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Agree that sacking Butler isn’t going to happen but 3 wins in 14 in what is without the doubt one of the worst leagues for fans to watch professional football in. Something has to change and doing the same thing over and over funnily enough isn’t working. He needs a midfielder needs a formation change
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Great bants…. will he get Lawsy in as a motivator/advisor?!
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He needs a midfielder needs a formation change
We all know what he needs, but he seemingly doesn’t want change nor thinks he needs it. As said before, he’ll field this formation until he’s fired.
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Actually, I am a pretty heavy drug user. I can supply a list of what is currently keeping me alive if anyone is desperate enough to want the facts.
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Let’s take a step back and view the big picture.
Manager has won 3 games out of 14.
Manager has been losing very regularly to totally inferior opposition – teams cobbled together with: part-timers, ultra low budgets and many with an extremely low fan base etc.
Manager demonstrably struggling to get the best out of what is a decentish squad.
Manager inevitably facing rumours that he has ‘lost the dressing room’.
Manager’s claims that our superior fitness would give us an edge have proved not to be the actual reality.
Manager is overseeing a side whose passing is frequently woeful and which creates space for the opposition.
Manager and a clear majority of fans not in any accord over: the system being played; defending slender leads; on-field positions being filled with ‘unsuitable picks’ etc.
Manager believes that his side has ‘balance’ – most fans apparently do not.
Manager’s weekly rhetoric is oft repeated and fans appear less than convinced.
Manager had a superb start and expected that to continue – most fans were able to spot the weaknesses and did not.
I could go on.
There is a terrible irony here for AB. When (not if) the sacking comes – some lucky manager is going to breeze in and find that he has many good players who only need organising within a system that they like and fully understand to see a huge upturn in fortunes on the pitch.
Even now, at the eleventh hour, AB could rescue himself from the above. All he has to do is show some flexibility.
In my life, I have worked for leaders WITH flexibility and those WITHOUT.
Guess which types create the most success!10 users thanked author for this post.
Stan (Butler) needs a smack around the head… it may make him see sense and change formation?
Can you stay off what you’re on pulling up 17 threads every time we lose?
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Twas years ago that 64 posted where he lived, so I guess he’s happy for everyone else to know, end of the day it’s probably him who’s running the drugs in our area and just got a crafty little advert in for them with his thread.
Nice thread for what a moderator though, Who moderates the moderators!1 user thanked author for this post.
Actually, I am a pretty heavy drug user. I can supply a list of what is currently keeping me alive if anyone is desperate enough to want the facts.
Same here les, where would the over sixties be without ramipril, lansoprazole and statins?, well probably not attending Iron games, lol.
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The players who began the season looked the part, Deerey. It probably all hangs on the fact that ‘we wuz sussed’.
So, yes. Pretty sure.1 user thanked author for this post.
I still think the 3 CBs causes the problem if the 3 are not experienced in the system. 3 CBs marking 2 forwards allows for the “one of the others will mark him” option often leading to unmarked opponents left to score. Sound familiar?
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Laws Robins Alexander McAll all tried 3-5-2 (maybe even more managers) and they almost always produced turgid football, not pretty and very frustrating, some of these managers had very good players at their disposal. We should have enough quality to play decent under 442
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Fitzsimons
Barrows Maxi Boyce Kelly
Roberts Brogan Beestin Carlton
Whitehall Beck (up to Williams to displace Beestin, Whitehall or Beck)
Would do for me, still plenty for a decent bench as well.1 user thanked author for this post.
That’s the defence which will surely work better than the others, Cass.
Denton however, was better than Kelly last year. In a changed setup – he may still prove to be the excellent LB we witnessed last season.1 user thanked author for this post.
And therein lies the problem IFA, or at least part of it IMO. A “must pick” captain with a one dimensional game that’s too slow for the way AB says he wants to play.
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