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Cox has never been a good forward for others to play alongside
As well as the Kevin problem, I think this is very important too.
Cox has never been a good forward for others to play alongside
I just think there’s so little out there. Even when Powell went, the bookies list was so uninspiring
The home form is abysmal. Crowds will decline. I know Barrett is inexperienced but so is Frank Lampard
I don’t just keep saying “Barrett” for next manager to be an arse. I do genuinely believe he will be our next manager. That could be next month or that could be in 2022 after Bond miraculously turns this around but I truly believe AB is next
Hard compare these two, FL has a second team of superstars warming the bench, many would walk into a premier league team, we barely have ones that would warm a Division two bench
If any one deserves a shot is God Kevin Maher, knows the players many have come through his system and did not do too bad a job whilst here
Many wanted the prophet Powell and look how that worked, how long would AB get if he failed to get us up the table, excuses not his team etc can only work for a while
Sol Campbell - worked a miracle at Macclesfield.
I think that’s what little faith I had gone now.
Look, there’s a reason Bond has managed a combined total of 4 years in his 30-year post-playing career. It’s because he’s not a manager. He’s a good technical coach and has made a good career of coaching players at the top level. But his ideals are not suited to the League 1 footballer.
Paul Clarke put it perfectly on the radio last night. It’s an admirable philosophy but one which simply doesn’t work with his personnel. The qualities and technical attributes that you need in each position to play the way he wants to play are qualities and attributes which very, very few of our players possess. That even goes for most of the players he has signed, which I find even more bizarre. Good players in my eyes but largely-speaking, I don’t think he has gone out to acquire players who will fit into his system. He’s just got in what he can and tried to shoehorn them into his system. And these guys are not Premier League footballers, with good reason with all due respect, so they can’t be coached and moulded in the way that he’s used to with players at the top level. So everybody saying “it will come good, it will click in the end” are going on a wing and a prayer, because there is nothing I’m seeing which suggests that these players will ever settle in this system and with their instructions. So how long do we wait? If he is dead-set on playing this way then he should hold off on doing so until he has acquired the right kind of players for it. Until then, keep it simple and play a system and style which suits the players that you have and plays to their strengths. What he’s doing at the moment is accentuating the weaknesses of many of them, and Bond’s idealist view of coaching those weaknesses out of them doesn’t hold water with most players at this level. Time to be pragmatic instead. If he’s going to be pig-headed and continue to pursue this then I think we’ll have to accept that relegation is likely this season.
He’s out of his depth and needs to be put out of his misery before we fall even further behind. We missed the boat after Powell left - there were some good, young, dynamic managers available. I know that Darrell Clarke and Paul Hurst applied and I can’t get my head around why they were overlooked in favour of Bond. I do think Adam Barrett would be back in a flash and at the moment his passion for the club, his man management skills and his motivational skills are exactly what we need. After listening to what he has to say after our matches for the last couple of years, I wouldn’t say no to Paul Clark being involved either - I like the way he sees the game and he speaks an awful lot of sense.
Paul Clark would be an interesting choice as an interim manager to steady the ship should PB depart in the near future. He is very knowledgeable about the game, and was a very hard but disciplined player. He might just have a lot to offer in the current situation. But he is probably been out of the professional game too long be taken seriously by the Chairman.
yep he would be my choice. concern would be the budget he would be expecting
Shame the ship has long gone , Paul Clark and Glenn Pennyfather would of been an interesting duo .That ship long went Kiwi Rob
That ship long went Kiwi Rob
Shame the ship has long gone , Paul Clark and Glenn Pennyfather would of been an interesting duo .
4 league games... 3 different systems and 22 players used already. Bond hasn't got a clue.
I’m not saying that this would necessarily be bad or good. But you’ve got to have the aim to give 10 games at least to new managers.
Them bloomin' cash rich sharks will invest in anything.Never liked changing Gaffers at a drop of an hat,but Bondy baby you are making me very worried,i don't think your licence to thrill is working,time for you to be pushed in to the shark invested pool.
I agree. Would prefer Maher be given the chance.I’m not saying that this would necessarily be bad or good. But you’ve got to have the aim to give 10 games at least to new managers.
But the big point here is, why is everyone’s new manager selection policy always an ex player or somebody famous... I’m not saying this is you mate but it’s like people only know the names of ex players and famous players. With no understanding. Or am I being harsh?
Sol Campbell - worked a miracle at Macclesfield.