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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2024 13:40:34 GMT
At present, our forward positions are two AM’s and a solo striker. He can’t play as a solo striker and I’ve never seen him as an AM. Obviously, that’s assuming that SS sticks with this formation for a while. He’s scored 1 in 12 and doesn’t have an assist to his name this season. Ive given up on Campbell to be honest. I used to like him a lot because I thought that there was potential there. However, even last year, he only picked up 1 in 4. That’s despite offering nothing else (link up, holding the ball up, closing down, aerial threat) in each game. I’d honestly rather bring on a midfielder from the bench or try Manhoef up top. I see them equally as likely to contribute something meaningful. U21s football suits him a lot. He’s strong enough and can shoot but he generally seems to have little desire to improve. He’ll do well sitting on the half way line twiddling his thumbs in Scotland. The managers preferred approach is 4-3-3 which relies on 2 wide forwards and a central striker. Campbell can play, with varying degrees of success, in either of those positions and if we go 3-5-2 he can definitely play alongside another striker as he proved playing alongside fletcher. In mitigation of his form this season I’d say he has barely played 2 games on trot all season which doesn’t help him build up any rhythm or any kind of durability or endurance. I don’t understand his omission at all. If we are safely tucked away in mid table and prepping for next season I can understand not using him as he clearly won’t be here next season but we aren’t and we need every possible goal we can muster. Ty is one of our best options for goals, if not the best. Last season, SS was promoted with two central attacking midfielders behind a central striker. In the last two games, he’s been playing the same formation. To me, that makes me think that it’s actually that formation that he likes the most. 433 has been our worst formation. Our wide players are crap (no idea about Manhoef yet) and none of our strikers can play on their own when the wide players are so far away. Ty’s entire career has been poor to average for goalscoring, excluding one spell of 10 games before he was injured randomly jumping for a ball. He’s also not been playing much because his attitude on the pitch is poor and he’s always bloody injured.
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Post by onepara on Feb 20, 2024 13:58:12 GMT
I think the situation needs full context of all contributing factors to enable a manager to make the correct decision with regards to ill discipline at a Football Club. I worked as a manager for a large, highly regarding technical company, when I joined, all of the fundamental structure in terms of policies, procedures, leadership and expectations was already in-place. Both in terms of the business and the existing staff knowing what was expected of them. A couple of years ago, I moved to a smaller organisation that was very immature in terms of that structure. No policies, no leadership, no structure and staff ultimately did what they wanted. A few months into my new post I added that structure and laid down the 'non-negotiables' as Schuey would call them. Staff seemingly respected those expectations and new structure and there was a significant upturn in our output and service levels. However, over 50% of the staff, most of which were long timers that had become so used to working with no leadership, with no expectations secured jobs elsewhere and moved onto other roles. Looking at their profiles now, they made sideways moves and are all still working at the same level they had done for considerable time. This is where the difference lies, in my role, I could literally get a job advert out within 10 minutes and be filling those gaps within a matter of days/weeks. In football, due to transfer windows, you can't just replace players mid-season. Regardless, we were diligent with our recruitment and employed individuals to match the newfound company ethos, people that lived and breathed the industry, not clock watchers or coasters that turned up at 9am bang on, did the bare minimum and had their bags packed to leave at 4:59. We've since gone on to grow by over 40% and are now recognised by industry recognised awards. I totally agree that poor discipline needs action and a law needs to be laid down to prove that rotten behaviour is not acceptable and will be punished. But, I do think had I been forced to stick with the same staff for 4/5 months, until I could next fill the gaps, I would have approached the situation differently. I'd be a football manager if I could give you an easy answer to Schuey's predicament, because there isn't one. However, the reality is we are up shit creek without a paddle and desperate for goals and putting all your eggs into the 'behave or your out' basket, could, in SCFC's case, have disastrous consequences. Especially when we are so desperate for attackers regardless of their ability to perform. It's only going to have a negative impact playing players with limited experience or in unfamiliar positions from now until the end of the season when you compare it with the alternative. To be pragmatic and dynamic with your approach, get players who've 'served their time' playing in their natural positions on a Saturday at 3pm, is obviously going to give you your best shot. If we do crawl over the line, which I really hope we do. Serious questions need to be asked from the top down. The recruitment process is obviously flawed and at the very least RM should be sacked to give us any chance of having a real go at top-half next season. For now, we just need to get behind Schuey and the team at any cost and pray that we have enough in the locker to see us through. I can identify with this, & fully agree with it. Industry & Football are totally different with regard to how you Manage your staff. These players have contracts that have to be honoured. A player can stay at a club until his/her contract runs out, & if he/she doesn't want to move, then they won't. Totally different rules of employment to Industry.
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Feb 20, 2024 14:01:58 GMT
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Post by premieraj on Feb 20, 2024 14:01:58 GMT
I wonder if we will get an update this week? Maybe sling the lines of disciplinary measures continue?
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Post by march4 on Feb 20, 2024 14:03:02 GMT
I wonder if we will get an update this week? Maybe sling the lines of disciplinary measures continue? Doing these things in public always makes the situation worse in my experience.
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Post by nottsover60 on Feb 20, 2024 14:03:18 GMT
Let's rewrite what actually happened and blame Schumacher instead of Mmaee. When Schumacher came in Mmaee played in all the first seven matches, starting all but the Sunderland game. He scored one goal and provided one assist. Despite very average performances he was constantly praised and bigged up by Schumacher. So that didn't work. What would you do if after six weeks someone was still disrespecting you despite all your efforts? Just stand by and let him carry on? How do you know that his attitude wasn't upsetting more players in the squad than not? Surely him being praised by a new manager when he's not putting in the work is more likely to alienate his teammates? Schumacher himself has not criticised him at all in public but the Sunderland game was a big turning point in our performances. I still stand by my feeling that in the end it wasn't just the time keeping which got him suspended and something happened at Sunderland whether before or after the match. He was dropped to the bench there but came on. After that he's not been near the first team squad so it stinks of something more than not turning up for or being late for training. If he has trained properly with the u21's.and in his current predicament I am sure Schumacher would welcome back a truly penitent, reformed striker? I’ve never said it was a situation that Schumacher has created or that in principle, discipline in the place is not something we would want. What I am saying if you read my other posts on the subject is that right now we just don’t have the goal threat, or indeed anyone other than Mmaee who can play that role as effectively as he had been doing. The focus the manager ought to have is on results, and only results, until we are clear of relegation. All of our best players need to be in contention to give us the best chance of success - you can have the best attitude in the world as I’m sure Nathan Lowe does - but if you can’t cut it then you can’t cut it. It’s a simple situation of putting points above all else, at least in my mind. Of course if it has been something more serious than being late to training for example, and if whatever that is would undermine the manager in a serious way if he didn’t deal with it then it’s fair enough what he’s done. But that’s just speculation, you don’t know and I don’t know. You didn't say it was of Shumacher's making but you did say he shouldn't just turn up at a new job and start to lay down the law. Things may have changed but I was always told that if you want respect you go in and make sure your minimum expectations are clear to everyone. Spend a couple of months being chummy and getting to know people, trying to be a good guy and popular you will never be able to get respect when you try later. I said the other day that we should be backing this manager whatever happens this season. Not because he's the best or will be fantastic in the future but because we have spent seven years avoiding relegation by sacking and appointing six managers who eventually all lost the players or the crowd and hence their job. We have gone precisely nowhere in those seven years (apart from relegation from the Premier) so what is the point? It is a widely held opinion that a manager needs time to build his team. I don't want relegation, hope we stay up, but perhaps we need to just let the playing squad know that they will not be getting another manager sacked and if they don't start towing the line they will be sitting in the u21's for the rest of their contracts and will have no help from the club in finding a new club as we will tell other clubs exactly what they are like.
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Feb 20, 2024 14:07:40 GMT
Post by nottsover60 on Feb 20, 2024 14:07:40 GMT
I wonder if we will get an update this week? Maybe sling the lines of disciplinary measures continue? The Sentinel did say last night when Mmaee didn't feature in the u21 squad that they understood that nothing had changed as regards his expulsion from the first team squad
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Feb 20, 2024 15:39:00 GMT
Post by foster on Feb 20, 2024 15:39:00 GMT
I wonder if we will get an update this week? Maybe sling the lines of disciplinary measures continue? Doing these things in public always makes the situation worse in my experience. Doesn't streaking in private kind of defeat the purpose though mate? Aside from that, this is hardly something that can be kept under wraps is it. Questions were bound to be asked after he was completely dropped.
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Post by pushon on Feb 20, 2024 15:57:45 GMT
The managers preferred approach is 4-3-3 which relies on 2 wide forwards and a central striker. Campbell can play, with varying degrees of success, in either of those positions and if we go 3-5-2 he can definitely play alongside another striker as he proved playing alongside fletcher. In mitigation of his form this season I’d say he has barely played 2 games on trot all season which doesn’t help him build up any rhythm or any kind of durability or endurance. I don’t understand his omission at all. If we are safely tucked away in mid table and prepping for next season I can understand not using him as he clearly won’t be here next season but we aren’t and we need every possible goal we can muster. Ty is one of our best options for goals, if not the best. Last season, SS was promoted with two central attacking midfielders behind a central striker. In the last two games, he’s been playing the same formation. To me, that makes me think that it’s actually that formation that he likes the most. 433 has been our worst formation. Our wide players are crap (no idea about Manhoef yet) and none of our strikers can play on their own when the wide players are so far away. Ty’s entire career has been poor to average for goalscoring, excluding one spell of 10 games before he was injured randomly jumping for a ball. He’s also not been playing much because his attitude on the pitch is poor and he’s always bloody injured. Are you sure he was jumping for the ball and not out of the way of a tackle 😮
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Feb 20, 2024 16:10:09 GMT
Post by chiswickpotter on Feb 20, 2024 16:10:09 GMT
The managers preferred approach is 4-3-3 which relies on 2 wide forwards and a central striker. Campbell can play, with varying degrees of success, in either of those positions and if we go 3-5-2 he can definitely play alongside another striker as he proved playing alongside fletcher. In mitigation of his form this season I’d say he has barely played 2 games on trot all season which doesn’t help him build up any rhythm or any kind of durability or endurance. I don’t understand his omission at all. If we are safely tucked away in mid table and prepping for next season I can understand not using him as he clearly won’t be here next season but we aren’t and we need every possible goal we can muster. Ty is one of our best options for goals, if not the best. Last season, SS was promoted with two central attacking midfielders behind a central striker. In the last two games, he’s been playing the same formation. To me, that makes me think that it’s actually that formation that he likes the most. 433 has been our worst formation. Our wide players are crap (no idea about Manhoef yet) and none of our strikers can play on their own when the wide players are so far away. Ty’s entire career has been poor to average for goalscoring, excluding one spell of 10 games before he was injured randomly jumping for a ball. He’s also not been playing much because his attitude on the pitch is poor and he’s always bloody injured. Forward started 80 games and came on as subs 77 times, scoring over 40 goals between them which suggests Plymouth had more than one forward for the majority of last season. In any case, two midfielders supporting the striker is fine but some combination of Cundle, Bae and Laurent who hardly ever score is unlikely to work. We spent two home games last week hardly attacking until we switched to 4-3-3 on Saturday. If MON or AN ir Rowett had set up like SS in the last two games they would have been slaughtered. So far he has played over-attacking or over-defensive, coaching is about finding the balance he needs to provide some evidence he can deliver this asap.
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Feb 20, 2024 16:14:01 GMT
Post by lawrieleslie on Feb 20, 2024 16:14:01 GMT
As far as I can see, unless I’ve missed summat, Campbell signed a 4.5 year contract in Jan 2020, if this is the case he will be free agent at the end of the season.
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Feb 20, 2024 16:17:20 GMT
Post by flea79 on Feb 20, 2024 16:17:20 GMT
As far as I can see, unless I’ve missed summat, Campbell signed a 4.5 year contract in Jan 2020, if this is the case he will be free agent at the end of the season. your correct he turned down moves in January as he and his agent believe he can get better offers in the summer when he is a free agent pound to a bloody penny he will sign a new 3 year deal with us instead....
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Post by foster on Feb 20, 2024 16:32:34 GMT
As far as I can see, unless I’ve missed summat, Campbell signed a 4.5 year contract in Jan 2020, if this is the case he will be free agent at the end of the season. your correct he turned down moves in January as he and his agent believe he can get better offers in the summer when he is a free agent pound to a bloody penny he will sign a new 3 year deal with us instead.... We'd be stupid to offer him a contract. 1) He's let his contract run down meaning we get nothing and he gets more, if he leaves. 2) He's dogshit
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Post by jesusmcmuffin on Feb 20, 2024 16:45:46 GMT
your correct he turned down moves in January as he and his agent believe he can get better offers in the summer when he is a free agent pound to a bloody penny he will sign a new 3 year deal with us instead.... We'd be stupid to offer him a contract. 1) He's let his contract run down meaning we get nothing and he gets more, if he leaves. 2) He's dogshit Yep..I imagine he's on a good contract and do well to match it . Obviously being a free agent helps. Is he worth a new deal...for me, no
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Feb 20, 2024 16:51:34 GMT
Post by onepara on Feb 20, 2024 16:51:34 GMT
I’ve never said it was a situation that Schumacher has created or that in principle, discipline in the place is not something we would want. What I am saying if you read my other posts on the subject is that right now we just don’t have the goal threat, or indeed anyone other than Mmaee who can play that role as effectively as he had been doing. The focus the manager ought to have is on results, and only results, until we are clear of relegation. All of our best players need to be in contention to give us the best chance of success - you can have the best attitude in the world as I’m sure Nathan Lowe does - but if you can’t cut it then you can’t cut it. It’s a simple situation of putting points above all else, at least in my mind. Of course if it has been something more serious than being late to training for example, and if whatever that is would undermine the manager in a serious way if he didn’t deal with it then it’s fair enough what he’s done. But that’s just speculation, you don’t know and I don’t know. You didn't say it was of Shumacher's making but you did say he shouldn't just turn up at a new job and start to lay down the law. Things may have changed but I was always told that if you want respect you go in and make sure your minimum expectations are clear to everyone. Spend a couple of months being chummy and getting to know people, trying to be a good guy and popular you will never be able to get respect when you try later. I said the other day that we should be backing this manager whatever happens this season. Not because he's the best or will be fantastic in the future but because we have spent seven years avoiding relegation by sacking and appointing six managers who eventually all lost the players or the crowd and hence their job. We have gone precisely nowhere in those seven years (apart from relegation from the Premier) so what is the point? It is a widely held opinion that a manager needs time to build his team. I don't want relegation, hope we stay up, but perhaps we need to just let the playing squad know that they will not be getting another manager sacked and if they don't start towing the line they will be sitting in the u21's for the rest of their contracts and will have no help from the club in finding a new club as we will tell other clubs exactly what they are like. When I first went into Management, I was told by a person that got the best out of his people, to "Start how you intend to carry on". I did, & he was right.
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Feb 20, 2024 16:59:56 GMT
Post by skemstokie on Feb 20, 2024 16:59:56 GMT
Yes he turned out to be a disastrous appointment. He was a panic appointment after we had been turned down by Flores, Rowett & O’Neil in the desperation to get someone in place. The point I was trying to make was his attempt at turning round the indiscipline at the club, whilst commendable, contributed to the subsequent relegation. All hindsight of course. I have no malice towards him, or any other manager, personally. It seems every appointment from Lambert onwards has had some kind of disciplinary/work ethic issue to sort out. Completely ridiculous. I do wonder what the terms are for a manager relieved of his duties,are they too generous,how many managers come in and give us average results before going into a sharp decline which ends in the sack and a mega payday ?
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Feb 20, 2024 17:03:08 GMT
Post by owdestokie2 on Feb 20, 2024 17:03:08 GMT
As far as I can see, unless I’ve missed summat, Campbell signed a 4.5 year contract in Jan 2020, if this is the case he will be free agent at the end of the season. He is free agent in the summer
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Feb 20, 2024 17:06:20 GMT
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Post by march4 on Feb 20, 2024 17:06:20 GMT
Doing these things in public always makes the situation worse in my experience. Doesn't streaking in private kind of defeat the purpose though mate? Aside from that, this is hardly something that can be kept under wraps is it. Questions were bound to be asked after he was completely dropped. Ankle strain. It’s easy to cover.
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Post by lawrieleslie on Feb 20, 2024 17:23:43 GMT
As far as I can see, unless I’ve missed summat, Campbell signed a 4.5 year contract in Jan 2020, if this is the case he will be free agent at the end of the season. He is free agent in the summer To think 4 years ago with Ty Campbell, Nathan Collins, Harry Souttar and Jo Bursik we had the nucleus of a decent team.
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Feb 20, 2024 17:41:14 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2024 17:41:14 GMT
Last season, SS was promoted with two central attacking midfielders behind a central striker. In the last two games, he’s been playing the same formation. To me, that makes me think that it’s actually that formation that he likes the most. 433 has been our worst formation. Our wide players are crap (no idea about Manhoef yet) and none of our strikers can play on their own when the wide players are so far away. Ty’s entire career has been poor to average for goalscoring, excluding one spell of 10 games before he was injured randomly jumping for a ball. He’s also not been playing much because his attitude on the pitch is poor and he’s always bloody injured. Forward started 80 games and came on as subs 77 times, scoring over 40 goals between them which suggests Plymouth had more than one forward for the majority of last season. In any case, two midfielders supporting the striker is fine but some combination of Cundle, Bae and Laurent who hardly ever score is unlikely to work. We spent two home games last week hardly attacking until we switched to 4-3-3 on Saturday. If MON or AN ir Rowett had set up like SS in the last two games they would have been slaughtered. So far he has played over-attacking or over-defensive, coaching is about finding the balance he needs to provide some evidence he can deliver this asap. Ennis, for example, played a number of games last season as a second striker in a central attacking midfield position. He played as the main attacker in most of his games, with someone else typically doing that role. Switching to 433 and attacking means little to me. Of course we attacked more. We were losing. We always attack more when we are losing and it always leads to nothing. Once the opposition has scored, the game is over. We’ve played 433 for most of this season and we’ve lost considerably more games than we’ve won while doing it.
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Feb 20, 2024 17:57:23 GMT
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Post by jesusmcmuffin on Feb 20, 2024 17:57:23 GMT
He is free agent in the summer To think 4 years ago with Ty Campbell, Nathan Collins, Harry Souttar and Jo Bursik we had the nucleus of a decent team. Wouldn't include Bursik, wouldn't want him currently. Some on here talking 20 million for Campbell
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Post by lawrieleslie on Feb 20, 2024 18:06:27 GMT
To think 4 years ago with Ty Campbell, Nathan Collins, Harry Souttar and Jo Bursik we had the nucleus of a decent team. Wouldn't include Bursik, wouldn't want him currently. Some on here talking 20 million for Campbell £20m…Gulp, they’re having a laugh. £2m would be stretching it.
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Feb 20, 2024 18:17:37 GMT
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Post by jesusmcmuffin on Feb 20, 2024 18:17:37 GMT
Wouldn't include Bursik, wouldn't want him currently. Some on here talking 20 million for Campbell £20m…Gulp, they’re having a laugh. £2m would be stretching it. He did look a player for a while back then under MON ..now , yep. worth a fraction of that
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Feb 20, 2024 18:24:34 GMT
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Post by gogogadget on Feb 20, 2024 18:24:34 GMT
your correct he turned down moves in January as he and his agent believe he can get better offers in the summer when he is a free agent pound to a bloody penny he will sign a new 3 year deal with us instead.... We'd be stupid to offer him a contract. 1) He's let his contract run down meaning we get nothing and he gets more, if he leaves. 2) He's dogshit It would make me happy if we got rid now Paid him up the remainder of his deal, sorry we don’t want you training at the club Bye
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Post by maine on Feb 20, 2024 18:36:48 GMT
Jesus McMuffin said--
'He did look a player for a while back then under MON ..now , yep. worth a fraction of that'.
I really don't get that a number of people seem to romanticize MON' A nice guy no doubt, but it seemed to me that he looked totally bewildered and confused for much of the time.
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Feb 20, 2024 18:42:59 GMT
Post by stokief on Feb 20, 2024 18:42:59 GMT
He is free agent in the summer To think 4 years ago with Ty Campbell, Nathan Collins, Harry Souttar and Jo Bursik we had the nucleus of a decent team. I was just thinking about this the other day. We weren't going to be able to stop Collins and Souttar from leaving I guess but I hope we gave it a damn good go ! I always thought that the grass might not be as green on the other side as they may have thought and being youngsters who were forming a good partnership I hope somebody did their best to point this out to them. It's not that their careers have stalled but Collins seems to change clubs each season. Yep, could've been so very different for us and them. We may even have got back to The Prem with them if we'd built around properly
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Feb 20, 2024 19:13:49 GMT
Post by Trouserdog on Feb 20, 2024 19:13:49 GMT
Pulis would kick his arse so hard, the useless twat would fly back to Morocco without an airline ticket. 'The world has changed'. Yes it thankfully has, but the effect of allowing one member of a team to take the piss while others work hard hasn't changed and won't change as long as humans are alive. The job of the manager is to get the best out of this team, including everyone. Right now, we have worse form over the games without Mmaee than we did with him. So get that up ya, cos the rest of what you are saying is irrelevant and just speculation. We’re in a results business "Get that up ya" 😂 Are phrases like that part of your modern management style, or do you just stick to condescension?
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Feb 20, 2024 19:50:08 GMT
Post by owdestokie2 on Feb 20, 2024 19:50:08 GMT
He is free agent in the summer To think 4 years ago with Ty Campbell, Nathan Collins, Harry Souttar and Jo Bursik we had the nucleus of a decent team. It’s easy to be on the outside looking in Lawrie. Of course you’re bob on. How we came to rely on loans and free transfer journeymen is the million dollar question. Am I correct in thinking that Bonham and Thompson (examples) reflect our longest current serving players on the road to promotion? Extremely sad if you take emotions out of the equation and take a few moments to reflect on where we are as a club
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Post by owdestokie2 on Feb 20, 2024 20:00:12 GMT
Jesus McMuffin said-- 'He did look a player for a while back then under MON ..now , yep. worth a fraction of that'. I really don't get that a number of people seem to romanticize MON' A nice guy no doubt, but it seemed to me that he looked totally bewildered and confused for much of the time. Check out MON’s Points per Game record against Rowett. Forget Nathan Jones, Forget Alex Neil. Compare his record against the messiah Mark Hughes. This was a guy who had to deal with all the shit and the signings of Rowett and Jones combined.
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Feb 20, 2024 20:19:26 GMT
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Post by chiswickpotter on Feb 20, 2024 20:19:26 GMT
Forward started 80 games and came on as subs 77 times, scoring over 40 goals between them which suggests Plymouth had more than one forward for the majority of last season. In any case, two midfielders supporting the striker is fine but some combination of Cundle, Bae and Laurent who hardly ever score is unlikely to work. We spent two home games last week hardly attacking until we switched to 4-3-3 on Saturday. If MON or AN ir Rowett had set up like SS in the last two games they would have been slaughtered. So far he has played over-attacking or over-defensive, coaching is about finding the balance he needs to provide some evidence he can deliver this asap. Ennis, for example, played a number of games last season as a second striker in a central attacking midfield position. He played as the main attacker in most of his games, with someone else typically doing that role. Switching to 433 and attacking means little to me. Of course we attacked more. We were losing. We always attack more when we are losing and it always leads to nothing. Once the opposition has scored, the game is over. We’ve played 433 for most of this season and we’ve lost considerably more games than we’ve won while doing it. We sacked MON because 3 at the back doesn’t work. Ennis as a second striker is very different to Bae/Laurent and Cundle as they have no pace or end product. If we set up with 1 Striker with Junuor and Thompson wide (one of whom lacks the technique to attack, the other the pace), we will end up like the last two games, surrendering possession and field position. W heave enough talent to be comfortably top half, this manager doesn’t have the injuries AN had and has 4 new players, time to deliver not set up to defend. Pick the right players, organise the team and we will progress. Pick 5 midfielders and we are going down. A front three from Campbell, Maaee, Ennis and Campbell is competitive as is a midfield from Laurent, Burger, Pearson and Bae.
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Feb 20, 2024 20:20:48 GMT
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Post by premieraj on Feb 20, 2024 20:20:48 GMT
Ennis, for example, played a number of games last season as a second striker in a central attacking midfield position. He played as the main attacker in most of his games, with someone else typically doing that role. Switching to 433 and attacking means little to me. Of course we attacked more. We were losing. We always attack more when we are losing and it always leads to nothing. Once the opposition has scored, the game is over. We’ve played 433 for most of this season and we’ve lost considerably more games than we’ve won while doing it. We sacked MON because 3 at the back doesn’t work. Ennis as a second striker is very different to Bae/Laurent and Cundle as they have no pace or end product. If we set up with 1 Striker with Junuor and Thompson wide (one of whom lacks the technique to attack, the other the pace), we will end up like the last two games, surrendering possession and field position. W heave enough talent to be comfortably top half, this manager doesn’t have the injuries AN had and has 4 new players, time to deliver not set up to defend. Pick the right players, organise the team and we will progress. Pick 5 midfielders and we are going down. A front three from Campbell, Maaee, Ennis and Campbell is competitive as is a midfield from Laurent, Burger, Pearson and Bae. Would you sack Shoey if he loses the next few games then?
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