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‘Dead man walking’
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I have received good info from ‘an invisible person’ who has been close to the team that cliques are developing and that fallouts are plentiful.
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The ‘new’ contract is going to be an expensive & bitter pill to swallow.
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I have received good info from ‘an invisible person’ who has been close to the team that cliques are developing and that fallouts are plentiful.
I do not have any insider knowledge on the goings on at AAGP but got the feeling there are both “favourites” and unrest in the camp so your info may well be accurate Legs…
SOMETHING IS NOT QUITE RIGHT
If the entire fan base is miffed by the formation Butler is playing why do you expect the players to be any different?
Most will have spent their entire football life playing 4-4-2 and are now expected to play a system they are both unused to and clearly incapable of playing.
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Must be more frustrating for them as players than us as fans. The 5-3-2 flatters no one, so it’s no surprise to hear they have lost confidence in the manager and his system.
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If I pay to watch football – I pay to be entertained.
That isn’t happening all that frequently at the AA – is it?4 users thanked author for this post.
That Alfreton match was absolutely shocking. No pattern of play whatsoever and just hoofed the ball to Beck. That’s not on the players and is purely down to Butler who would rather sit most players behind the ball and hoof it to Beck to ensure we don’t concede.
I was struggling to remember a more poor match. That was beyond a joke. To say that was unacceptable is putting it mildly.
Whitehall as a no 10 and dropping Brogan. Butler’s head has completely gone.
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All valid points TJO but if we win the next three games playing like we did on Saturday even I will start believing in Santa Clause.
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but if he wins the next 3 he could be December manager of the month !!
That ship has sailed I’m afraid. There has to be an experienced manager who knows this level inside who would want to come, surely ?
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Butler losing the support of the fans doesn’t particularly bother me. It’s losing the support of the players that’s a concern.
If that’s true of course.
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Butler losing the support of the fans doesn’t particularly bother me. It’s losing the support of the players that’s a concern.
If that’s true of course.
It looked true on Saturday. There was a moment in the second half when the players were all called over to him (must have been an injury to an Alfreton player and a break in play, can’t quite remember). Butler held forth, offering comments and instructions, not one of them looked like they were listening.
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Butler is an inexperienced manager who may be leaning heavily into Schofield, it makes me wonder how much this is down to Schofield.
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Butler is an inexperienced manager who may be leaning heavily into Schofield, it makes me wonder how much this is down to Schofield.
Had one good season at Lincoln as manager and was sacked after.
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Butler is an inexperienced manager who may be leaning heavily into Schofield, it makes me wonder how much this is down to Schofield.
Good point .. Scoffs appointment was rushed and solely down to AB .. looking back at his past record it isnt that great .. in fact as pointed out already other than a decent spell at Lincoln its been pretty shite.
AB did get the boot from Donny Belles i believe also was he a set piece coach at some time things didnt work out.
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Butler is an inexperienced manager who may be leaning heavily into Schofield, it makes me wonder how much this is down to Schofield.
This could be a far more significant explanation than most realise, for how crap things have been.
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I dint think we can give him 4 6 more games, it will be far too late to catch up by then. We are already in a dire situation. People keep saying “but are third and haven’t been beaten in three games”. Take a look at the table, Curzon 2 pts ahead 2 games in hand, 3 teams below us have a game in hand, if they win them we will be in 7th place. On current form the only way we are going is down. Draws do not get you promoted, ask Russ Wilcox
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A poster said yesterday that this system was apparently played by Schofield throughout his managerial career so it would appear Butler and Schofield are as bad as each other.
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Take a look at the table, Curzon 2 pts ahead 2 games in hand, 3 teams below us have a game in hand, if they win them we will be in 7th place.
Take a closer look and it’s actually worse than that! There are 6 teams below us that if they win their games in hand will be ahead of us (although I haven’t bothered to look if any of those games are against each other).
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If the Board are ‘happy’ with the club becoming a perennial NLN team… then they’ll stick with him.
If they have any aspirations of promotion to the NL and then an eventual return to the EFL – then he has to go.
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4-6 games of more dire football, poor tactics, bad defence minded play and the long ball to our new striker.
Curzon pulling away similar to Tamworth last season, where JD did not have the metal or mental guile to challenge them despite our games in hand.
This team is playing worse and badly managed, Butler’s stubborn obsession with 5 across the back and lack of ability to focus on attacking football and worry about ‘setting up’ to thwart the opposition is killing us as a team and club. The latter the bigger worry.
4-6 games is 12-18 points and may be too much to make up. Also should we miraculously make the play-offs and even go up what can we look forward to next. Butler and Schofield are struggling at this level.
Talk to any fan and we ain’t happy.
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