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Offline Ian.

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Re: Neil Critchley - New Assistant Head Coach
« Reply #135 on: August 29, 2022, 11:36:14 AM »
The only flaw in blaming Critchley is the fact it was also absolutely shit under Beale.

Quite, it’s absolute been shit for ages.

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Re: Neil Critchley - New Assistant Head Coach
« Reply #136 on: August 29, 2022, 12:39:31 PM »

It all smacks of jobs for the boys.

Purslows mate gets the managers gig.
Gerrards mate gets the coaching gig.

Throw in undroppable McGinn and another mate Coutinho being a ghost on the pitch and it's who you know not what you know.

Fucking shit.

The only flaw in blaming Critchley is the fact it was also absolutely shit under Beale.

Quite, it’s absolute been shit for ages.
At Rangers, however, Beale and Gerrard did collaborate at a senior professional level, and their accomplishments were on display and all to see.
It is only at the development level through the Liverpool academy, Crtichley and Gerrard are well known to each other.
Its not elite.
And theres a great deal of inexperience around them therefore.

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Re: Neil Critchley - New Assistant Head Coach
« Reply #137 on: August 29, 2022, 12:41:24 PM »
It all smacks of jobs for the boys.

Purslows mate gets the managers gig.
Gerrards mate gets the coaching gig.


Don't nearly all managers have an assistant they worked with before? Eddie Howe was reported only to have agreed to the Newcastle job if he could bring in Jason Tindall, for example.

Howe and Tindall are a pair.
Gerrard and Critchley are not.
Gerrard has his mate McAllister who never looks much animated on the sidelines here as he did at Rangers.
And as we know coach Beale went this summer.


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Re: Neil Critchley - New Assistant Head Coach
« Reply #138 on: August 29, 2022, 12:49:07 PM »
It all smacks of jobs for the boys.

Purslows mate gets the managers gig.
Gerrards mate gets the coaching gig.


Don't nearly all managers have an assistant they worked with before? Eddie Howe was reported only to have agreed to the Newcastle job if he could bring in Jason Tindall, for example.

Howe and Tindall are a pair.
Gerrard and Critchley are not.
Gerrard has his mate McAllister who never looks much animated on the sidelines here as he did at Rangers.
And as we know coach Beale went this summer.



And if Tindall left to get a full manager's job as Beale has done, he'd have to be replaced as well.

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Re: Neil Critchley - New Assistant Head Coach
« Reply #139 on: August 29, 2022, 12:54:43 PM »
It all smacks of jobs for the boys.

Purslows mate gets the managers gig.
Gerrards mate gets the coaching gig.


Don't nearly all managers have an assistant they worked with before? Eddie Howe was reported only to have agreed to the Newcastle job if he could bring in Jason Tindall, for example.

Howe and Tindall are a pair.
Gerrard and Critchley are not.
Gerrard has his mate McAllister who never looks much animated on the sidelines here as he did at Rangers.
And as we know coach Beale went this summer.



And if Tindall left to get a full manager's job as Beale has done, he'd have to be replaced as well.

I just mentioned Tindall and Howe are a pair.
Whereas Gerrard and Beale obviously aren't.
Like Dyche and Woan.

Critchley claims he's part of the coaching team and has his input so I'm not sure if that sort of input is better served for up and coming players rather than developed players.

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Re: Neil Critchley - New Assistant Head Coach
« Reply #140 on: August 29, 2022, 01:25:41 PM »


I just mentioned Tindall and Howe are a pair.
Whereas Gerrard and Beale obviously aren't.


Howe and Tindall weren't a pair when Tindall stayed on as manager at Bournemouth. Tindall would stilll be there now if he wasn't sacked for poor results.

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Re: Neil Critchley - New Assistant Head Coach
« Reply #141 on: October 19, 2022, 08:52:50 PM »
How much of the subpar performances can be attributed to Critcheley.
He has taken over as the manager's assistant and is in charge of the coaching, but the players aren't improving he has to be part of the stagnation.
Is Crtitchely in over his head here? failing to adopt a consistent playing style with the team from a coach who's never been at Premier league level or dealt with such high calibre players?

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Re: Neil Critchley - New Assistant Head Coach
« Reply #142 on: October 19, 2022, 09:01:02 PM »
Critchley wasn’t here when we were crap at the end of last season. There is one common denominator across the period we’ve been rubbish. Wonder who that might be?

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Re: Neil Critchley - New Assistant Head Coach
« Reply #143 on: October 19, 2022, 09:02:57 PM »
 Well aware of that.
Now this season though we have Critchely involved in the first team.
What sort of impact is this guy having?

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Re: Neil Critchley - New Assistant Head Coach
« Reply #144 on: October 19, 2022, 09:23:02 PM »
Critchley wasn’t here when we were crap at the end of last season. There is one common denominator across the period we’ve been rubbish. Wonder who that might be?
John McGinn? :D

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Re: Neil Critchley - New Assistant Head Coach
« Reply #145 on: October 19, 2022, 09:43:16 PM »
Critchley and Beale have both down well in their own right without Gerrard.

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Re: Neil Critchley - New Assistant Head Coach
« Reply #146 on: October 19, 2022, 09:49:52 PM »
Yes but in fairness it’s at a different level, and in Beale’s case still pretty early days. Not saying Gerrard isn’t the issue, but Critchley doing well at a lower level and Beale doing decently so far this year at a lower level doesn’t mean they’d be doing better as Villa manager.

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Re: Neil Critchley - New Assistant Head Coach
« Reply #147 on: October 19, 2022, 10:14:30 PM »

It all smacks of jobs for the boys.

Purslows mate gets the managers gig.
Gerrards mate gets the coaching gig.

Throw in undroppable McGinn and another mate Coutinho being a ghost on the pitch and it's who you know not what you know.

Fucking shit.

The only flaw in blaming Critchley is the fact it was also absolutely shit under Beale.

Quite, it’s absolute been shit for ages.
At Rangers, however, Beale and Gerrard did collaborate at a senior professional level, and their accomplishments were on display and all to see.
It is only at the development level through the Liverpool academy, Crtichley and Gerrard are well known to each other.
Its not elite.
And theres a great deal of inexperience around them therefore.

Sorry, you’re counting success in Scotland as a thing?  Scotland is absolutely not elite, it’s the lower end of the Championship at best, which is also where we got Critchley from by the way.  If Coventry played in the Scottish Premier League, they would win it.

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Re: Neil Critchley - New Assistant Head Coach
« Reply #148 on: October 19, 2022, 10:25:22 PM »
I keep thinking where is mcallister in all this. He never seems to be involved when in the dug out yet I thought he was a senior coach

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Re: Neil Critchley - New Assistant Head Coach
« Reply #149 on: October 20, 2022, 02:03:58 PM »
I keep thinking where is mcallister in all this. He never seems to be involved when in the dug out yet I thought he was a senior coach

He seems to be more active on the training ground.. someone's got to do it.

 


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