td53
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.... speak a bit more about tactical issues? He gives the impression of saying similar after every game... He talks about quality in the final third and so on every week and just described how he saw the game.
What I'd really like is someone to ask him more difficult questions. It's either Chissy or the lad from Club media and neither of them ever say anything like...
"So, Neil - you're losing at home, why don't you change formation or throw someone forward from the back - what's the thinking?"
It's always just..
"Neil, disappointed/happy with that?"
I don't think he's daft, he sounds thoughtful enough as a bloke, but he's not getting the feedback from a crowd and he's not being challenged in interviews either. He's not being made to justify stuff, explain decision making and I think it might help him to do so, both in terms of the fanbase and his own thinking...
I know it's same for everyone, but he's such a rookie and I can't help thinking with 7k fans screaming at him, it might shape his decisions a bit and be part of his thinking.
I know I always feel a bit more on the side of a manager who says stuff like "I was hoping x would happen when I tried y - hold my hands up, it didn't" or "yeah, we've struggled to get decent balls in, we need to rotate a bit more and see what happens with players on their different feet" or whatever.
Just setting him up to give a narrative of the game every single time isn't really doing him favours imho.
What I'd really like is someone to ask him more difficult questions. It's either Chissy or the lad from Club media and neither of them ever say anything like...
"So, Neil - you're losing at home, why don't you change formation or throw someone forward from the back - what's the thinking?"
It's always just..
"Neil, disappointed/happy with that?"
I don't think he's daft, he sounds thoughtful enough as a bloke, but he's not getting the feedback from a crowd and he's not being challenged in interviews either. He's not being made to justify stuff, explain decision making and I think it might help him to do so, both in terms of the fanbase and his own thinking...
I know it's same for everyone, but he's such a rookie and I can't help thinking with 7k fans screaming at him, it might shape his decisions a bit and be part of his thinking.
I know I always feel a bit more on the side of a manager who says stuff like "I was hoping x would happen when I tried y - hold my hands up, it didn't" or "yeah, we've struggled to get decent balls in, we need to rotate a bit more and see what happens with players on their different feet" or whatever.
Just setting him up to give a narrative of the game every single time isn't really doing him favours imho.