bluebruce

Must win for the manager. Not must win for the club. Not talking about his standing with the owners either, just the fans. Once the fans turn against you, you're on borrowed time, Venkys or no. Even Kean ended up resigning when they wouldn't pot him. Venkys have also gotten a bit more ruthless since then (though they seem to like TM so who knows). If this rut continues for long, it'll take a Herculean effort that I don't think he is capable of, to take that writing off the wall.

I think you're underestimating the turning tide on Mowbray. Today is must win in a lot of people's eyes because people are getting thoroughly fed up with Mowbray's decisions. Both in the market and on the pitch. We've lost our first two games and nearly got humbled by Oldham. Faith is being lost. We have tough games on the horizon and risk being cut adrift early after all that promotion talk. At home to another out of form side is the best chance we have to arrest this slide and restore some faith. A draw will merely be a stay of execution.

Nope, you've taken it entirely the wrong way. I simply wanted to know what caused you to form your opinion. Not sure why that has to be taken as trying to make a point or being petty. No 'comeback' will be needed, as, your sarcastic jabs in this post aside, nobody is insulting anybody. So thanks for sharing. Now that you have, I'll share my views on those points. I'm less concerned. I don't expect u-23 managers to have management experience. I know some do, but I don't see it as a prerequisite for that level. So that he has any at all is a bonus. Johnson has none whatsoever. I think the height a coach's playing career reached is overrated, for the same reason I don't think top players should walk into top jobs for their first gig. I certainly didn't want Shearer to be our manager before proving himself. It's not the same job. The experience helps of course, but plenty of top managers had uninspiring playing careers. Barr is also a good ten years older, which I assume he has spent in the game. That should help counter not playing at the top. We give Johnson all the credit it seems, for the u-23s doing well. But as the man pointed out himself, the lads are raised through numerous age levels by numerous coaches to get to where they are. One of those is Barr. Am I 'inspired' by it? No. But your tone has repeatedly suggested you don't just mean inspired in the literal sense. You have obviously taken the appointment negatively, as you said this will take our u-23s backwards. Personally I'm ambivalent about the appointment. We will see what happens of course. I can't honestly say Johnson gave me any particular thrills, with no real prior coaching experience, which is more important than prior playing experience because that's the actual job. I also wasn't sure Dunn had the right mentality to teach kids. Worked out fine.

Ok fine, so what do you know about him that has you so uninspired?

What do you know about the bloke that has you so set against him?

I'm aware. The potential consternation amuses me a tad though, I must admit.?

Give your head a wobble. He's dogshit on toast at RB.

I'm aware of what gets you on in life (sheer luck in the case of the other person in my example though). I don't want to go too much into my personal circumstances, but there are other issues at play in them. I'm over it, partly through knowing you need to just kick on, but I'm older. Nyambe is barely past being a kid. The manager simply hasn't given him a fair crack of the whip and looks unlikely to do so whatever Ryan does. Much like myself, it's time for the lad to move on somewhere his abilities will actually be appreciated. He's on a hiding to nothing here. He needs a move and to rebuild himself.

If he has gone backwards it's no surprise. I went backwards at my workplace for months not long ago after seeing somebody useless land a job in front of me too.

If he changes his name will that make you happy?

Whatever your belief on Nyambe it can't sensibly be argued that Bennett is a better right back.

And we are rolling over. Hopefully soon we can overcome utterly instead.

Magloire played in the 5-2 League Cup win for Rochdale over Bolton. I guess their fans weren't too impressed with their first impression though, as this player rating vote has him down as the worst player on the pitch, including the subs: https://www.fansnetwork.co.uk/football/rochdale/match-ratings/rating/match:6288 Mind, it also has Jason Lowe down as one of the best players on the pitch, so what do they know eh?

This got me wondering...and turns out whelmed still means you're overwhelmed. Just can't be middle of the road eh? whelm [ hwelm, welm ]SHOW IPA EXAMPLES|WORD ORIGIN verb (used with object) to submerge; engulf. to overcome utterly; overwhelm:whelmed by misfortune. verb (used without object) to roll or surge over something, as in becoming submerged.

Hold on, when is he on record as not valuing the academy? I've only heard him speak well of it. But not necessarily follow through on what he says.

No no, this is something he will only ever say for junior players. The older ones are delicate little flowers who can't be told off.

"My mentality is that if you are not good enough to play against Oldham Athletic at home then you are not good enough to be in the building These young players sometimes need to go away on loan and learn Tosin has picked up a little knock, if both Tosin and Lenihan miss the weekend then we are really thin but i would be pretty hopeful one of them will make it So, to summarise. We are thin at centre back, but we are planning to loan out all of the junior cover there? So if Tosin and Lenihan are out at any stage, the entirety of our centre back options will be Williams and Nyambe? And what if one of them is injured? Not like it's never happened to either... And yet he also had the cheek to use the phrase "We found a way to win so let’s put it behind us very quickly and learn the lessons" Like you learnt your lessons in the last transfer window Tony, where basically this exact thing happened?

Only IF they BOTH miss the weekend though. If one or both of them makes it, we are hunky dory for the season.

When you're not confident in your abilities, everything looks poor. Effort, concentration, touch. I've seen flashes from him, and he's done some decent stuff prior to coming here, but I suspect we'll never found out what kind of player he really is (or at least, could have been). I mean he might just be a bit gash-on-toast, but personally I just think it's mental with him.

"No injuries, Bennett has a knock but he is a warrior. " Aka, "I would play Bennett if his head was hanging off."

I suspect the lad has feeble confidence, which probably means he will never make it as a top player at this level. After a good pre-season he probably expected a proper crack of the whip but was immediately displaced by a new signing. I reckon that's all it took to wobble his self belief. Don't think he will regain it now, and even if he does, he will probably always be susceptible to a crisis of confidence.

Shite. So it'll be Nyambe, Platt or Grayson. With Williams. If only the vulnerability of this area of the pitch to injuries had been apparent through the entirety of the last two windows. Then I'm sure we would have sorted it.

Then he wouldn't have the nous and experience that makes him so effective. He was a different type of player in his youth. But his current brain with his younger body, then you'd be talking.

True. It was the pitiful force against the highly movable object. With both teams counting as each.

Well. League 2 anyway.