That is a very good and balanced summary. I like the cricket analogy too.
Quote from: Pat McMahon on October 04, 2018, 02:24:06 PMThat is a very good and balanced summary. I like the cricket analogy too.As a big cricket fan, I think the comparison to Yorkshire's finest rings true. A player with Boycott's ability and technique could of course still make runs in the modern game, but his style would be seen as dour and unattractive. Things would soon unravel though if he tried to move away from his natural game and play more expansively.
Quote from: Pat McMahon on October 04, 2018, 02:24:06 PMThat is a very good and balanced summary. I like the cricket analogy too.As a big cricket fan, I think the comparison to Yorkshire's finest rings true. A player with Boycott's ability and technique could of course still make runs in the modern game, but his style would be seen as dour and unattractive. Things would soon unravel though if he tried to move away from his natural game and play more expansively.That's what I never really understood with Bruce. His natural approach is to be direct, solid at the back and quick on the break yet he never really put together a side capable of playing that way. Warnock proved last season that although that type of football is not easy on the eye, it can be effective if it is done properly. I lost count of the number of games I have saw under Bruce where a procession of long balls were pumped up to Hogan and Kodjia, who are both incapable (and at times unwilling) to compete with the type of centre halves who operate in the Championship. That type of football relies on having the kind of energetic midfielders who will get about and win second balls, but again he never really brought that type in. To hit teams on the break, you need players with pace out wide who can make up ground quickly, but we played a lot of last season with wingers on their 'wrong' side so they were continually forced to turn back on to their stronger foot. We had a team of players capable of getting on the ball and playing good football, but didn't play a passing game either. As John Percy said, it was just a mess and he never really looked like solving the problem.
Lovely summary. Dave, do you have a preferred choice of next Manager?
Quote from: Newby on October 05, 2018, 11:58:52 AMLovely summary. Dave, do you have a preferred choice of next Manager?I'd go for Brendan Rodgers. he's done all he can at Celtic, I don't think he's going to hang on another three years to get the ten in a row and he might think he's got unfinished business in England.
Is the Talksport interview available online?