Jon Dahl Tomasson - Officially No Longer Our Head Coach

[USABlue]

On 24/05/2023 at 16:15, jim mk2 said:

Ultimately, for Tomasson, I would imagine family will come first and if the chance arises for him to return home, or much nearer to it, he will take it.

That's assuming the story of his wife opening a tea and cake shop in Whalley was someone having a bit of fun. 

Does she do a lemon drizzle?

[Upside Down]

14 hours ago, Oldgregg86 said:

Maybe she’s really took to the culture 😅

Rumour has it she makes a cracking John bull.

[Beanie01289]

if Slots fee with one year left on his deal was 15m then the bar has been set at what we should be looking for for JDT

[wilsdenrover]

7 hours ago, windymiller7 said:

Too obvious, it's Daley Blind! It's an open & shut case. But I'm not one to be drawn on speculation. 

What's Mark Draper up to these days? 🤭

It’s Grealish…

[wilsdenrover]

7 hours ago, USABlue said:

Does she do a lemon drizzle?

Or a chocolate fudge? 

[bazza]

9 hours ago, windymiller7 said:

Too obvious, it's Daley Blind! It's an open & shut case. But I'm not one to be drawn on speculation. 

What's Mark Draper up to these days? 🤭

We want someone who can net a few goals.

[Armchair supporter supremo]

Remember when it was just the manager and his assistants job to plan on set pieces and keep players on their toes psychologicaly, etc!  Now all the areas like that need a separate dedicated team🙄 

I thought the all purpose of the 'head coach' role was to allow the head coach to have more time to just focus on the players and the football side🙄🙄

[philipl]

Norwich have a set piece coach.

Earlier this season they scored from a Harlem Globetrotters type free kick move and all rushed over to the set piece coach to celebrate on the touch line. 

They still lost at home...

[LeftWinger]

39 minutes ago, philipl said:

Norwich have a set piece coach.

Earlier this season they scored from a Harlem Globetrotters type free kick move and all rushed over to the set piece coach to celebrate on the touch line. 

They still lost at home...

We were only one goal in a game away from getting into the play-offs.

Something as simple as having someone on the near post to hack Coventry's injury time corner away and we could have been planning a trip to Wembley now.

Fine margins at this level - I'm all for anything that can improve us even if it's only slight improvements. It all adds up.

[DE.]

Our set pieces this season have generally been poor, so it makes sense to bring in someone to try and improve that side of our game.

Edited May 26, 2023 by DE.

[ben_the_beast]

On the set piece coach. Small margins add up and can be the difference when chasing promotion. I'm happy to see us having a more professional set up at the club.

Carter scoring his header against Luton kept us scrapping until the final day. In that game i thought we were dead and buried. For a team struggling for goals set pieces can be a get out of jail free card. 

[Guest]

7 minutes ago, DE. said:

Our set pieces this season have generally been poor, so it makes sense to bring in someone to try and improve that side of our game.

There have been a few silly and sarcastic comments about us hiring a set-piece coach, but it's probably the modern way to do things. Set-pieces are huge, and account for ~30% of all goals scored.

At least we appear to have some staff within the club who are now looking to be proactive for a change rather than sit comfortably and let things rot.

[BlackburnEnd75]

Issue with our set pieces at home has always been the slope for corners. Discourages inswingers because the player has to come up the slope.

[rigger]

14 hours ago, Upside Down said:

Rumour has it she makes a cracking John bull.

I used to love the John Bulls from the chippy at the top of St James road.

[Oldgregg86]

10 minutes ago, rigger said:

I used to love the John Bulls from the chippy at the top of St James road.

What’s a John Bull 😅

[roversfan99]

Set pieces have definitely been an area in which I have been disappointed in a lack of progress under Tomasson in. We don't have much in the way of good delivery but even when Thomas came in we didn't improve, lots of off the cuff short corners that clearly weren't rehearsed. We don't have the biggest team but our centre backs didnt get enough goals either. If we need someone else to come in to help things, so be it.

[rigger]

34 minutes ago, Oldgregg86 said:

What’s a John Bull 😅

 

34 minutes ago, Oldgregg86 said:

What’s a John Bull 😅

A burger between two slices of potato, dipped in batter and deep fried.

Edited May 26, 2023 by rigger

[Guest]

11 minutes ago, rigger said:

A burger between two slices of potato, dipped in batter and deep fried.

I didn't know you were Scottish.

[rigger]

1 minute ago, goozburger said:

I didn't know you were Scottish.

I lived in Scotland for 15 years, but that was after my daliance with John Bulls. When fat was good for you.

[chaddyrovers]

We need a good set piece taker cos we lack one of these. 

 

[philipl]

2 hours ago, rigger said:

 

A burger between two slices of potato, dipped in batter and deep fried.

Not a calorie on a Maltese burger pie...

JDT sticks to roll mops...

Edited May 26, 2023 by philipl

[Danny O.Brien]

John bull is just a dab with mince meat in it too. Gorgeous bit of cuisine.

[Armchair supporter supremo]

4 hours ago, DE. said:

Our set pieces this season have generally been poor, so it makes sense to bring in someone to try and improve that side of our game.

But my point is why does it need a separate coach just for planning a few set piece scenarios, surely the regular coaching team should be able to come up with a few ideas themselves.... they'll be hiring someone extra to pick the starting 11 next and deciding when to introduce subs (yes I'm being a little ott) i just wonder exactly what the head coach and his assistants do on the training grounds these days, they just micro manage things, even though you'd think they'd have time to be more hands on

[rigger]

2 minutes ago, Armchair supporter supremo said:

But my point is why does it need a separate coach just for planning a few set piece scenarios, surely the regular coaching team should be able to come up with a few ideas themselves.... they'll be hiring someone extra to pick the starting 11 next and deciding when to introduce subs (yes I'm being a little ott) i just wonder exactly what the head coach and his assistants do on the training grounds these days, they just micro manage things, even though you'd think they'd have time to be more hands on

Get the players to come up with ideas for set pieces.

[Armchair supporter supremo]

2 hours ago, rigger said:

 

A burger between two slices of potato, dipped in batter and deep fried.

Eeewww no it isn't a burger!! It's nicely seasoned mince meat between 2 thick slices of potato, battered and deep fried! Not many chippys still do them and of those that do not many do them well