Quote from: TonyD on December 05, 2019, 06:30:58 PMHe is not a bad manager at all - he’s a pretty good manager. But the difference between good managers and those who win silverware is the ability to act quickly during a game.The team are improving, so is the manager. I'll criticise him when he has the same options on the bench as he has on the pitch.
He is not a bad manager at all - he’s a pretty good manager. But the difference between good managers and those who win silverware is the ability to act quickly during a game.
Quote from: dave.woodhall on December 05, 2019, 06:34:16 PMQuote from: TonyD on December 05, 2019, 06:30:58 PMHe is not a bad manager at all - he’s a pretty good manager. But the difference between good managers and those who win silverware is the ability to act quickly during a game.The team are improving, so is the manager. I'll criticise him when he has the same options on the bench as he has on the pitch.This argument doesn’t work for me. Last season we had better players than Wigan for example when we were totally outplayed. Instead of changing formation he made a triple substitution on 60 minutes and kept things exactly as they were
Quote from: Ketzster on December 05, 2019, 06:37:19 PMQuote from: dave.woodhall on December 05, 2019, 06:34:16 PMQuote from: TonyD on December 05, 2019, 06:30:58 PMHe is not a bad manager at all - he’s a pretty good manager. But the difference between good managers and those who win silverware is the ability to act quickly during a game.The team are improving, so is the manager. I'll criticise him when he has the same options on the bench as he has on the pitch.This argument doesn’t work for me. Last season we had better players than Wigan for example when we were totally outplayed. Instead of changing formation he made a triple substitution on 60 minutes and kept things exactly as they wereI think it's safe to say that what he did towards the end of the season made up for one mistake.
Smith for me is our best manager since O'Neill. I think he will actually exceed him if we stay up
Quote from: dave.woodhall on December 05, 2019, 06:40:01 PMQuote from: Ketzster on December 05, 2019, 06:37:19 PMQuote from: dave.woodhall on December 05, 2019, 06:34:16 PMQuote from: TonyD on December 05, 2019, 06:30:58 PMHe is not a bad manager at all - he’s a pretty good manager. But the difference between good managers and those who win silverware is the ability to act quickly during a game.The team are improving, so is the manager. I'll criticise him when he has the same options on the bench as he has on the pitch.This argument doesn’t work for me. Last season we had better players than Wigan for example when we were totally outplayed. Instead of changing formation he made a triple substitution on 60 minutes and kept things exactly as they wereI think it's safe to say that what he did towards the end of the season made up for one mistake.One mistake? It went on for 14 games where we won 2 games. There were countless dreadful performances during that run. Preston away and Swansea in the cup came before Wigan and Reading away and Hull at home first half came after that for example. One of the two games we won was against Ipswich who hit the post and could easily have drawn. When he needed to find a way he didn’t and he refused to try anything different
Quote from: Ketzster on December 05, 2019, 06:42:13 PMQuote from: dave.woodhall on December 05, 2019, 06:40:01 PMQuote from: Ketzster on December 05, 2019, 06:37:19 PMQuote from: dave.woodhall on December 05, 2019, 06:34:16 PMQuote from: TonyD on December 05, 2019, 06:30:58 PMHe is not a bad manager at all - he’s a pretty good manager. But the difference between good managers and those who win silverware is the ability to act quickly during a game.The team are improving, so is the manager. I'll criticise him when he has the same options on the bench as he has on the pitch.This argument doesn’t work for me. Last season we had better players than Wigan for example when we were totally outplayed. Instead of changing formation he made a triple substitution on 60 minutes and kept things exactly as they wereI think it's safe to say that what he did towards the end of the season made up for one mistake.One mistake? It went on for 14 games where we won 2 games. There were countless dreadful performances during that run. Preston away and Swansea in the cup came before Wigan and Reading away and Hull at home first half came after that for example. One of the two games we won was against Ipswich who hit the post and could easily have drawn. When he needed to find a way he didn’t and he refused to try anything different Did you notice us getting promoted?
So the manager was at fault when we had a bad run but one player, who he brought back and had the balls to make captain, was the sole reason for a good one? I think I'll leave it there - my head's about to explode.
Quote from: dave.woodhall on December 05, 2019, 06:52:10 PMSo the manager was at fault when we had a bad run but one player, who he brought back and had the balls to make captain, was the sole reason for a good one? I think I'll leave it there - my head's about to explode. What is so absurd about what I’m saying? Grealish hadn’t been left out for tactical reasons, he’d been injured. When a player is that much better than everybody else in the league, yes it can have a huge impact. If Smith had tried something different before that Derby game, fair enough, but he didn’t
Quote from: Ketzster on December 05, 2019, 06:54:32 PMQuote from: dave.woodhall on December 05, 2019, 06:52:10 PMSo the manager was at fault when we had a bad run but one player, who he brought back and had the balls to make captain, was the sole reason for a good one? I think I'll leave it there - my head's about to explode. What is so absurd about what I’m saying? Grealish hadn’t been left out for tactical reasons, he’d been injured. When a player is that much better than everybody else in the league, yes it can have a huge impact. If Smith had tried something different before that Derby game, fair enough, but he didn’t Of course it's absurd. One player, no matter how good, is not going to make that much difference. And that really is my final word on the subject.