John Terry - Gone

[olaftab]

I wonder what he actually does at the club. I'm not seeing any signs that our defence is getting better from coaching.

He seems to do naff all from the dugout as well, stay up or be relegated, he'll be off in May.

I have heard he is a very good skier.

[Demitri_C]

Watching terry going crazy with smith at the end was fecking brilliant

[achilles]

Well if JT does actually coach the defence, then he is an utter failure as nothing has changed at all, we are still as inept as ever!

[Toronto Villa]

Maybe. But what if the manager has asked him to focus on certain areas? What if the midfield can’t keep a hold of the ball or if they keep giving it away and thus putting extra pressure on the defence. What if one of the manager tactics like yesterday was to have Hause launch long cross field passes to nobody thus conceding possession? What if earlier in the season our CF couldn’t hold the ball when it was lumped up to him and it came back immediately. There’s lots of reasons why a defence doesn’t perform. Not saying he’s not accountable but why would it be exclusively a failure on the part of one of the assistant coaches?

[SheffieldVillain]

Maybe. But what if the manager has asked him to focus on certain areas? What if the midfield can’t keep a hold of the ball or if they keep giving it away and thus putting extra pressure on the defence. What if one of the manager tactics like yesterday was to have Hause launch long cross field passes to nobody thus conceding possession? What if earlier in the season our CF couldn’t hold the ball when it was lumped up to him and it came back immediately. There’s lots of reasons why a defence doesn’t perform. Not saying he’s not accountable but why would it be exclusively a failure on the part of one of the assistant coaches?

A lot of what ifs in there.

Not saying Terry is exclusively accountable but I would like to know what he brings to the table. O'Kelly is known for being a technical coach and taking the strikers. What about JT? To me we're a bit light on numbers in the coaching team compared with other teams and could maybe do with a specialist addition come the summer. Liverpool have even got a specialist throw-in coach!

[ChicagoLion]

I don’t think it is the defense, it’s what is in front of them.
Not sure how you coach Hause to stop kicking it to the opposition, that is a lack of ability.

[Demitri_C]

Its not sorely terry its all the coaching staff

[Sexual Ealing]

Its not sorely terry its all the coaching staff

Thanks for clearing that up.

[hilts_coolerking]

I don’t think it is the defense, it’s what is in front of them.
Not sure how you coach Hause to stop kicking it to the opposition, that is a lack of ability.

It's a factor, sure, but it doesn't explain how disorganised we are at set pieces.  That's purely down to coaching.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

I'm just waiting for him to jump ship and claim "nothing to do with me".

[TopDeck113]

I could imagine that JT reckoned on a few years as assistant coach, get round to completing his badges, keeping his handicap down whilst staying at the Belfry and wait for the inevitable call from Abramovich.  Then Frank got stuck in at Derby and has probably now stopped the rotating door of the Chrslsea manager's office rotating for a while.

[CT]

You'd think he'd be continuously passing on his wealth of knowledge from top level football. Top level, thophy winning football.

Our lot make it look like we've got Paul Elliot as the assistant manager.

[Damo70]

It is always difficult to judge how good or bad an assistant manager/coach is. If the team are doing well everyone automatically accepts they must be good, if the team are doing badly they eventually get questioned when in reality we never really know one way or the other how good or bad they are and how much say or influence they do or don't have.

[colin69]

It is always difficult to judge how good or bad an assistant manager/coach is. If the team are doing well everyone automatically accepts they must be good, if the team are doing badly they eventually get questioned when in reality we never really know one way or the other how good or bad they are and how much say or influence they do or don't have.

Totally agree.

[brian green]

I have never had so much difficulty working out where the fault lies for our serial inability to avoid decline.  The manager is erratic and stubborn, the coaching staff are not able to rectify elementary shortcomings but through it all shines the incompetence of player acquisition.  We have bought too many bad players.