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Thanks for unlocking, Keith. It deserves further debate - it's lovely, totally unscripted & passionate. We're lucky to have him. Just my opinion, of course.
(As you might or not be aware, I posted a link to the same 2 min video on another thread in the very small hours of this morning).
This is the myth about Plan A that's permeated through this forum, time and time again. It's very tiresome.
RM clearly stated in that interview in March 2021 that he would stick to Plan A.
He then clarified what he meant by this - and I'll have to paraphrase it - he wouldn't adopt a Plan B of lumping a long ball to a tall striker.
He added that it's a myth that Plan A's the problem. He stated that they need to get better at what they do (Plan A) and solve more problems being us with the identity we want to have at this football club.
But don't take my word for this. Here's the clip. It takes just 2 minutes of anyone's time. It helps.
You're a frequent poster on this forum and I applaud you for that.
Would you be happy to provide a transcription of that interview back in March? More specifically, just the bits where RM spoke about "short passing"?
For me, I think RM's footballing philosophy (if you like) is to dominate possession, control the ball, tire the opposition, pick them off by passing and movement.
So, as strange as andypitt's reasoning might seem to some, I fully agree with his supposition. With very limited training sessions, no pre-season blah blah blah, I believe it's highly likely that RM told the players to control possession at all costs (the initial building block in his philosophy) - this resulted in some chaotic performances and humiliating results initially.
The other elements of RM's system have been seen more recently, presumably because the players are now more confident with it and brave enough to go more direct when the opportunity arises. From memory, in his post-match interviews, I think he even said that he wanted the players to be "more brave". I can check this.
I'm sure RM takes full responsibility for all the performances, both the initial chaotic ones and the recent wins too. Personally, I think he's on the right track, and always has been.
The npr article in the original post simply talks about overwhelmed ERs across the US.
It concludes, naturally, that this is from the ongoing Covid crisis and the fact that people with serious heart, lung etc conditions have had to largely avoid treatment over the last 18+ months because of the Covid crisis.
Because of this, their conditions, in certain cases, have now worsened. I don't see that this is a particularly controversial - but it's a tragedy.
The article is an interesting read, if anyone's bothered to actually read it.
Alternatively, just dream up a fake news title. Wake up.
We've seen it before and we'll see it again. That is the nature of the beast, particularly for a club of our size & stature.
It's worth bearing in mind too, that Coops' 2 year tenure was probably slightly above the expected average. If anyone's still mourning him here, it's useful to consider that. Managers always get replaced, sooner or later.
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. Let's hope for the 3 pts tomorrow.