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Tell them not to rush, the last time we did that with a managers contract we got stuck with a lame ducksome small details on contract.
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Tell them not to rush, the last time we did that with a managers contract we got stuck with a lame ducksome small details on contract.
I reckon all this talk of Manning on Radio Oxford and the complete silence from the head honcho's, before kick off tomorrow the club will announce the double appointment of Robbie Fowler and Dwight Yorke.Goes without thinking? And it must be embarrassing for Manning to see his name on the poll on this thread is AN other
Firing up the fax machine nowTell them not to rush, the last time we did that with a managers contract we got stuck with a lame duck
Tell them not to rush, the last time we did that with a managers contract we got stuck with a lame duck
And a lesser seen SmythWe have had good Smiths and not so good Smiths
Mick Brown will not thank youFiring up the fax machine now
Understand photos etc have been done but some small details on contract. Club want to announce tonight
Absolutely agree and for me it would’ve been a critical part of the interview process! I suspect they did hypothesise over what the team would look like and rightly so.The short-term positive with Manning - unlike KR (and apparently Short as well), he's not allergic to 3-5-2. In fact his great MKD team last season played it all year.
It's what fits our current basket-case squad best, and leads to the fewest number of square pegs in round holes.
Now I think we're likely going to have to play Joseph & Wildschut as the front two, and ping it forward for them to fight for more often than he'd like (because asking our current defenders, at their current level of confidence, to pass the ball around like they're Man City is asking for trouble) but at least we'll hopefully have a formation that suits the personnel.
If we are going to be Man City like wake me up when the ball eventually gets to the opposition penalty area. Cannot stand watching City or any team Pep has his hands on. Far too many passes sideways, far too slow and as boring as hell. Would rather watch Arsenal, United, Liverpool or Madrid for entertainment. Can’t deny the City way is very effective though.
If you know what you’re watching, it is absolute genius what Manchester City do.If we are going to be Man City like wake me up when the ball eventually gets to the opposition penalty area. Cannot stand watching City or any team Pep has his hands on. Far too many passes sideways, far too slow and as boring as hell. Would rather watch Arsenal, United, Liverpool or Madrid for entertainment. Can’t deny the City way is very effective though.
I don’t know what I’m watching but I enjoy seeing them play! And they seemed a decent respectful bunch when we played them, unlike sly, whinging Arsenal.If you know what you’re watching, it is absolute genius what Manchester City do.
I think he will set us up well but it is still asking a lot as some players have ceilings that won’t be broken just because a new manager is in town - some just simply are not very good.
Saying that, we do have a smattering of bloody good footballers at this club and we forget that far too easily. A clutch of our players are some of the best in the league in their position. I haven’t seen many midfielders as good as Bate, wingers as explosive as Brown or wing backs as tricky as Anderson. That’s before talking about Brannagan, Findlay, McGuane - these are top, top L1 players. Imagine their potential in a Manning side - it makes you quite giddy. Then you realise it could be in league 2 and most of those names will be gone.
Any thought of squad improvements is completely on hold. We haven’t earned the right to that discussion and frankly it still bothers me that Tim even utters the word ‘championship’ or ‘promotion’ when we haven’t even achieved the absolute minimum which is to consolidate and be sure of our L1 status.One of the most frustrating things about this season is that this is not like the Kemp/Rix/Talbot/Patterson eras. Then, you looked down our squad list and there were a whole heap of players that were just complete bobbins.
I don't get that this season - there's very few players in our squad that I think are genuinely rubbish (though the jury's still out on the January signings).
The problem is that a) There's massive gaps in the squad where we're completely lacking players that are specialists in particular positions (FB, DM, ST), b) Half of the time our players don't seem to know what they're supposed to be doing and c) For many, motivation seems to be lacking.
Noone can sort out (a) until the summer; I have pretty high confidence that Manning can sort out (b) in short order......(c) is the big question mark. How is he as a motivator? How quickly can he get the bulk of the squad to buy in to what he wants?
Except his players did give the ball to us twice last season trying to play out from the back and we did score.I have absolutely no concerns over the style of play with Manning. Frankly, I’m beside myself with excitement as he plays the game exactly the way I like to watch it. His MK team kept the ball so you couldn’t score and drained you of energy and confidence. I love that type of philosophy. Very Man City-like
Well I voted for that she says smuglyGoes without thinking? And it must be embarrassing for Manning to see his name on the poll on this thread is AN other
Could be to their discredit or our credit, though. There isn’t a style out there that isn’t beatable and maybe we just got it right on the day. They finished 3rd so I would take from that that more often than not, teams had no answer to them.Except his players did give the ball to us twice last season trying to play out from the back and we did score.
There's a time and place for it, not all the time. He won't be able to do that with our defenders and especially not Eastwood. He'll have to forgo it with what he's got at the moment otherwise it'll lead to giving goals away.
Similar way to KR, losing?LM plays a similar way to KR....... Good, we'll see entertaining football.
Erm, he got to the playoffs twice, and close another time. Some here seem to be under the illusion that he was only manager here this season!Similar way to KR, losing?