Danks and MacPhee

[dicedlam]

Why are these pair still here? is it because they were down to Lange and not Gerrard?

We have been distinctively shit ever since these pair walked through the door.

I'm sorry, but the whole coaching staff around the first team squad should shoulder the blame, not just what Gerrard brought with him. 

[dave.woodhall]

You can talk all you like about Luiz and the penalty, but leaving so much space for their first goal should be stackable in itself.

[not3bad]

Good chance they'll be gone when the new manager brings his own people in.

[Three Spires Villa]

MacPhee was already at the club when SG came, he might have been a Dean Smith appointment, who knows but SG didn’t appoint him

[tomd2103]

The fact that they have already worked under two managers during their short time at the club might be telling.  I always got the impression that they weren't Dean Smith's appointments and that Gerrard had to inherit them, so wouldn't be surprised to see them staying under the new manager.

[cdbearsfan]

We need somebody in charge on Sunday, to be fair.

[LeeB]

You can talk all you like about Luiz and the penalty, but leaving so much space for their first goal should be stackable in itself.

And that about 10 minutes before that they'd hit a corner straight to a man on the edge of the box and only a deflection had saved us

[London Villan]

Wasn't Danks one of the appointments that started to undermine Smith after Terry and OKelly left?

[SoccerHQ]

Don't really get why we fired Neil Critchley.

Not like he was some Gerrard lieutenant and he managed Blackpool to mid table in championship last season which was a really good season for them.

Surely would've made more sense to keep him for 1-2 games rather than give these pair of jokers a chance.

[Nev]

McPhee arrived under Smith but no one knows if it was Smiths decision. Either way, the then Manager altered his usual approach to incorporate long throws, some shithousing, booting it long from the KO, a high level of aggression, passing notes around and it began to fall apart. Was this down to the new set piece coach? Well Smith certainly hasn't employed any of those tactics at Norwich, nor did he before so you can put two and two together.......McPhee was active on the touchline and his input raised plenty of eyebrows and eventually Smith went.

Despite Gerrard bringing his own set piece coach McPhee was retained and gradually, once again, became the most prominent member of the backroom staff right up to the last game, giving specific instructions to the subs. However, the tactics seemingly accepted by Smith were nowhere to be seen under the new manager save for the odd Matty Cash long throw.

You can't hold this bloke responsible for our demise but he has certainly been around for all of it and while there have been a few successes, in general our set pieces have been very poor culminating in that first goal last night.

It's an oddity.

[not3bad]

However, the tactics seemingly accepted by Smith were nowhere to be seen under the new manager save for the odd Matty Cash long throw.

What about the Luiz corners?

[Nev]

However, the tactics seemingly accepted by Smith were nowhere to be seen under the new manager save for the odd Matty Cash long throw.

What about the Luiz corners?

I can't recall them being a thing under Smith, only this season and like I said there has been the odd success.

[LeeB]

However, the tactics seemingly accepted by Smith were nowhere to be seen under the new manager save for the odd Matty Cash long throw.

What about the Luiz corners?

I can't recall them being a thing under Smith, only this season and like I said there has been the odd success.

They did keep trying that long ball to the back stick, then nod it back for Danny Ings to attempt an elaborate scissor kick thing for a while after it worked that once.

[frankmosswasmyuncle]

Don't really get why we fired Neil Critchley.

Not like he was some Gerrard lieutenant and he managed Blackpool to mid table in championship last season which was a really good season for them.

Surely would've made more sense to keep him for 1-2 games rather than give these pair of jokers a chance.

Exactly what I thought would be happening!

[BC Villain]

We need somebody in charge on Sunday, to be fair.

At least we haven't got to watch MacDonald bungle his way through another caretaker stint