Ferrite is right. On past form it doesn’t matter who the manager is, the end result is the same. So unless it is someone special (no, not him) who we can’t afford to employ, what is the point?
MM is bang on the money too. Our senior squad and the U23s (that everyone was getting excited about a year ago) are now indistinguishable from one another. It’s a right mess!
If Cox did ask Swann for some of the later signings then one must question his judgment too. As Matt said on the latest podcast, it is all down to the summer recruitment.
only a fool would think Swanny tells the manager you must play boring football with one up front
Of course; but if you have to utilise the players Swanny has sourced and they are either injured or not up to the job then that’s what happens.
If your CMF are defensively minded or the type who prefers to play a safe backwards or sideways ball, then strikers have to come deep. If your defenders are inexperienced or bullied by a big CF then the MF drop even deeper. If the keeper is inexperienced and prone to error – well you get the idea! If you can’t get out of your own half things are going to get boring. Then when your best players are wingers but you bring then inside to compensate for the lack of creativity in CMF and have to use square pegs in round holes as makeshift wing-backs then it is a huge, huge gamble.
Sure the head coach is ultimately responsible for this but if the assembled squad is inexperienced and unbalanced (which it is) some blame has to be levelled at the people who brought them to the club in the first place.
A lot has been posted on the spine of the team and the fact that instead of signing four crap strikers we could have had one or two decent ones. All valid points and all about the make up of the squad.
All we’ve done is recruit from non-league and at the moment that looks like where we’re headed.
I am sick of supporters saying “who is there to replace Cox,”
So who is there? We’ve tried umpteen ex players. Knill – another who was brought in to play a crap hand. Got little backing, left and is currently a PL assistant manager. Laws/Wilcox – ’nuff said! Alexander – did what he’s done at every club he’s managed ie do great for eighteen months then start pissing about. Dawson – why? Now Cox/Lillis – just like Knill, forced to play a crap hand in the middle of a global pandemic BUT with no previous experience as a No1.
And those with no previous connection to the club. Robbins – I guess in hindsight he did okay. And he’s proved since he can get a team promoted from L1. Baffling how he caught the same disease as Wilcox and Alexander! McCall & Hurst – experienced, but not only did they yet again have to deal with some poor committee signings but with decent players who were throwing a strop! Neither were given enough time with their own players. Hurst clearly fell out with the Big Boss. Never a good idea at the SVS.
Mr Swann should seek advise because although he appears to have a good record in business, he gives the impression he knows very little about selecting and employing football managers,
But he seems very good at employing yes-men who are happy to take on the players the committee selected from agents recommendations. The same managers who are happy to get sacked with a pay-off just to get away from the club. I expect this to be repeated ad infinitum whilst the present regime is in place.
An experienced hard-man type manager to give them the hairdryer treatment? I think Swann would throw that CV straight in the bin!
No good spraying the leaves for greenfly if the roots are rotten!
It’s bad enough being stuck in lockdown without being able to pop down the pub for a pint or see your family without worrying about the Iron going out the league.
Nah! Out on a hike the other week and surprised some women walking her dog whilst coming over a stile.
“Eeh! I’ve lived rood here aal me life and that’s the first time I’ve seen anyone use that path”. I explained where it went to and she said, “Are yez up here on holiday then?” “No, I live here”, I replied.
Then followed the ultimate insult – “Really? You sound like yer from Yorkshire!”
I understand the lingo but don’t talk it!
November 2, 2020 at 6:50 pm
in reply to: Covid#196876
These countries do better than us because they trust those in charge to behave competently and look after their people. In return they behave themselves and follow the guidelines. Here, it seems people increasingly don’t believe what they’re told, because the government has cried ‘wolf’ far too often.
