Who is going to be our manager next season?

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If we are still in League 1 then it's nailed on to be Chris Morgan. If we manage to get promoted then we could be looking at the longest shortlist ever, with Morgan a decent outside bet.
 
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Yes, Morgs. has been a breath of fresh air after DW. But we shouldn't get too carried away. We blew Swindon away, but Tuesday showed at least two tactical frailties, namely not keeping 1 or 2 up when defending corners (pretty obvious), and an inability to 'make the pitch big' and kill off Brentford when we were leading and they were down to 9 men.
 
does anyone care anymore? we wont sign any players so what difference does it make
 
grafikhaus said:
Yes, Morgs. has been a breath of fresh air after DW. But we shouldn't get too carried away. We blew Swindon away, but Tuesday showed at least two tactical frailties, namely not keeping 1 or 2 up when defending corners (pretty obvious), and an inability to 'make the pitch big' and kill off Brentford when we were leading and they were down to 9 men.
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Yes but that is the problem isn't it. A new manasger has to learn the tactical craft. Morgan was a coach, not a manager. To be fair to Morgan he is learning. It comes to something, when SUFC gives him his first job.

Does it show how far we have sunk? I don't think you can blame Morgan, the guy is starting out. Blame McCabe. My choice would have been a Morgs/Warnock duo till the end of the season then review. That was McCabe's error. You need a mix of experience, nous and passion.
 
McCabe should have bit his lip & got Warnock in. Then at least we may have had the experience of many promotion battles.

He also would have commanded respect in the dressing room.

McCabe has fucked up again.

I cant blame Morgan. Hes as suprised as most of us to end up in his first job right at the business end of the season. Hes on a hiding to nothing the poor bloke.
 
I like the cut of the new bloke Ashtonmashton's gib he 's obviously young and ambitious and doesn't listen to any outside influences and can't read or write just like Harry Redknapp. Fits McWobblegob's criteria of being young (by being younger than the youngest player by at least 10 years) and cheap ( a packet of gobstoppers, a copy of the beano and £2 pocket money each week).......I say lets give him a try what have we got to lose?
 
Guys (and girls, even). Does it really matter one morsel of fuck who is manager, next season?

Let's face it, we have had our share of managerial change. Warnock came in on a similar downturn and because he manged to get the team he built playing some football, limited though it was, we capitalised briefly on this upswing. But look at the team we have now. Just look at them. In each of the three areas on the pitch we are fresh, glistening dogshit, pushed from the trembling tea-towel holder of a quivering poodle. We can't defend, we can't own the game in midfield and we can't hit the target. Ostensibly, we are as good as a team a division below us, in fact, Pompey yesterday were just that, and we failed miserably to exploit that.

This isn't a recent phenomenon. No matter what manager we excitedly clap in, piss-head Robson, daft-lad Micky Adams, never-a-manager Kevin Blackwell, out-of-his-depth Gary Speed and recently the ex-pig, the story is still the same. Honestly, the team tactics around the magnetic board must look summat like this:

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Because I honestly haven't a fucking clue what our strategy is, be it utilise the midfield to gain control, play wide and round the back, draw in the play into the central areas and play on the break or just possess and pull the opposition onto a counter. I'm no manager myself, but I see other clubs using various strategem to unlock the opposition, or change formation to change the game. Even when you are behind. Its one or other ways with the Blades, namely the McMahon - thump it long to his the big twat for a knock on or knock down or give it to McDonald and stop running to receive. My football coach (when I did my RNFA level two badge) was a wise old sage of 67 but fuck me did he have some pearls of footballing wisdom. One was, 'when you are on the ball, you have to have the eyes of a rabbit' (which figures - are you listening, Doyle?) and the other is 'if you haven't got the ball, you are still playing the game.' Both these statements are stupidly common-sense and complement each other beautifully and if you look at some of the 'lesser clubs' than us (ha!) Swansea for example, they play that to the letter. Everyone is moving who is not on the ball. Everyone is expecting a short range pass and then to move to give back, then move to space to receive again. Yesterday it was 'lay it back, lump it long'. Great if you do that once, maybe twice. Great when you have Peter Crouch who will win 85% of those long balls and be able to steer them on of bring it down. But do it time, and time again? Similarly playing through midfield. This requires everyone, in front and behind, to be fucking mobile and mobile enough to cover if possession is lost. Too many times yesterday we lost possession because Pompey cottoned on we are not confident enough to do this and raped us a fresh arsehole when they gained possession and attacked. And if you are playing the 'big bloke up front' game, then to complement that you need wingers and wingbacks who can play together to get it wide and driven across at eight feet off the ground. None of that, yesterday. When we did look like attaching the flanks, no one was coached enough to develop the ball forward to whip across from the crossing zones for Porter and Kitson to attack.

But then again, we have never been any different, have we? Lump it long has been our stock in trade since before Warnock.

pommpey
 



To be fair, pommpey, Morgan's hands are tied to an extent as he's stuck with the garbage squad assembled by Danny Wilson.

The problem is that there doesn't appear to be any discernible plan throughout the club to get the teams from U8 to the first team playing football in a way that will be successful at this level, let alone in the Championship. Every single side we face at this level will have at least one 6'2"+ centre half more than capable of dealing with our pub league, lump it tactics. The difference is that most of them add to that centre half with mobile midfielders.

Right from the youngest kids in our academy we need to be focussing on pass and move. Barcelona training sessions are all based around "rondo" - piggy in the middle. I don't know what ours are - maybe a competition to see who can hit the ball furthest?
 
Guesty said:
Probably just before Arthur Wellesley kicked his short arse all across Europe.
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Napoleon stats.. W50 L6

this team reminds me of the 79/80 team that lost at the Sty.. half full of journeymen, half full of kids.. set off ok, top at xmas and then fizzled out. relegated the season after
 
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