He's got no idea, but he has to stay :) 18:43 - Sep 25 with 1075 views | luffy22 | For what its worth, no point in getting rid of the manager for now, may as well let him finish his experiment. and hope it comes good. We all know it was a mistake getting him and listening to the drivel about possession football, these are pie in the sky dreams for the big teams that play in Europe and south America, not the English leagues. The fact is we don't have the players, even if we removed the manager to make advances we would have to also swap all the players out and that is not going to happen. We would need 1. An experienced journeyman keeper who can marshal the defence and punch a few strikers in the face when collecting crosses. Grobbelaar type (when he wasn't taking bribes) 2. Some good old fashioned defenders who can tackle and kick lumps out of the opposition and organise. Neil Ruddock types 3. We can keep the smaller full backs and let them run up and down supporting the wingers, but first teach them how to tackle and hit long sweeping balls up to the strikers to run onto. but to also stay in position and defend first. Jason Dodd, we need people like you. 4. A couple of midfield generals, Marsden tacking and kicking with Oakley or Magilton doing the fancy passing forward and jinking runs. 5. We need some heavy duty strikers like shearer who would make sure not only the ball went into the net but everyone him, and having a Dowie who he can play off. An finish by playing the old fashioned 4-4-2, where get get the ball and hit the strikers at every earliest opportunity. The good old days of football where it was about winning games and giving the crowd something to cheer about and be the 12th man | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) | | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
He's got no idea, but he has to stay :) on 18:51 - Sep 25 with 1036 views | grumpy | 'The fact is we don't have the players' Why is it always the players fault? I haven't seen any significant improvement in our players form for a long time now. The tactics and player selection are poor to say the least. | ![](/images/avatars/2053.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
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