Is Critch weak and not capable or am I missing the point?

[BFC_BFC_BFC]

I think we are under performing you don't that's fine

You always think we’re underperforming and you just rotate the finger of blame, depending on whether you decide to like the Manager or not though.

I just don’t see the value in spending my life in a permanent state of negativity. I view the future with optimism and tend to focus on positives.

I think we’ve played some really good football recently and I’m excited about the future. I’m confident we’ll continue to improve and I wouldn’t be at all surprised if we got promoted this season.

 

[Phil_bfc deux]

You always think we’re underperforming and you just rotate the finger of blame, depending on whether you decide to like the Manager or not though.

I just don’t see the value in spending my life in a permanent state of negativity. I view the future with optimism and tend to focus on positives.

I think we’ve played some really good football recently and I’m excited about the future. I’m confident we’ll continue to improve and I wouldn’t be at all surprised if we got promoted this season.

Bollocks I've hardly commented on Critchley recently, I've already said its ok

Just ok ....

But we are under performing unless of course you are happy with 7th in the third tier

I think we should be top 2

 

[Alf]

I have no idea who applied for the role or who was even interested in taking the job thus meaning it impossible to say who would have been a better appointment

Therefore by your logic it’s entirely possible that he was the best choice of the candidates available.

 

[Phil_bfc deux]

Therefore by your logic it’s entirely possible that he was the best choice of the candidates available.

Of course

 

[BFC_BFC_BFC]

Bollocks I've hardly commented on Critchley recently, I've already said its ok

Just ok ....

But we are under performing unless of course you are happy with 7th in the third tier

I think we should be top 2

Which bit is bollocks ?

It’s where we sit in the table come the end of April that matters. Where we ‘should be’ right now is where we are, but I don’t expect that we’ll finish in 7th position.

If you think we should be top two, then that’s why you think we’re underperforming. Why don’t you just change and start thinking we should be top half and then we’ll be over-performing… Problem Solved

 

[Seaseaseasider]

How do you know that if you dont know who applied for the job?

Because of those who were available at the time and those who we potentially could have have recruited weren't as good as Critchley. It was no surprise that an independent group also came to the same conclusion... That's why we hired him. Really isn't that complicated.

 

[voyeur]

41% first time around and 47% current win percentage with us. Only Sam Allerdyce and Billy Ayre similar to that (And I'm not talking about anyone who managed a few games like Dobbie with a 50% record). So stats would say he's one of our most successful managers in at least the last 50 years.

We've won 6 of our 15 league games so where do you get 47% from?

 

[BFC_BFC_BFC]

We've won 6 of our 15 league games so where do you get 47% from?

Cup games ?

 

[clappers]

Those saying we are doing well assess it in the light of the diabolical performance of recent times by management and board. For me that mindset is just not right.

The reality is we are back where we were a couple of decades ago on the pitch. League One. Mid table, average, inconsistent and quite often boring to watch because of the manager and reliant on one or two players to deliver

 

[20togo]

Which bit is bollocks ?

It’s where we sit in the table come the end of April that matters. Where we ‘should be’ right now is where we are, but I don’t expect that we’ll finish in 7th position.

If you think we should be top two, then that’s why you think we’re underperforming. Why don’t you just change and start thinking we should be top half and then we’ll be over-performing… Problem Solved

seems mary is happy to be a mid table team then so when we're a bit higher in the table he thinks we're overperforming. The mindset of some-one who is more than happy for his team to spend years in L1.

 

[clappers]

Because of those who were available at the time and those who we potentially could have have recruited weren't as good as Critchley. It was no surprise that an independent group also came to the same conclusion... That's why we hired him. Really isn't that complicated.

Or possibly just a case that Sadler brought back someone he is comfortable working with and possibly with a mind to leave him to it whilst he disappears for extended periods on other business. Ambling in league one might be what our owner is happy with for the time being. It’s just as plausible as dossiers and independent analysis stuff. Who really knows outside of the Sadler inner circle?

 

[BFC_BFC_BFC]

Or possibly just a case that Sadler brought back someone he is comfortable working with and possibly with a mind to leave him to it whilst he disappears for extended periods on other business. Ambling in league one might be what our owner is happy with for the time being. It’s just as plausible as dossiers and independent analysis stuff. Who really knows outside of the Sadler inner circle?

I’m not convinced you bring in a SMT with the quality and experience that SS has with the intention of languishing in L1.

Ridiculously negative take on the situation.

 

[abt1835]

I have my own system using a Spreadsheet for working out the ranking of every Blackpool Manager since 1903.
A Manager who only had 4 games is in 1st position.
Neil Critchley this time is 2nd.
Neil Critchley first time is 9th.
Neil Critchley combining both his times together is 4th
Brilliant Manager and I am delighted he is here.

(Incidentally, Billy Ayre is 19th)

 

[clappers]

I’m not convinced you bring in a SMT with the quality and experience that SS has with the intention of languishing in L1.

Ridiculously negative take on the situation.

It wasn’t a take on the situation…just one of any number of plausible scenarios if Sadler did find the finances of the Championship too much and all the upheaval of poor management choices way too much hassle and wants to take stock for a few years

 

[voyeur]

Cup games ?

Against Barrow reserves and Liverpool U21s etc?

 

[voyeur]

Those saying we are doing well assess it in the light of the diabolical performance of recent times by management and board. For me that mindset is just not right.

The reality is we are back where we were a couple of decades ago on the pitch. League One. Mid table, average, inconsistent and quite often boring to watch because of the manager and reliant on one or two players to deliver

This is down to Critch leaving, though, rather than him coming back. I think!

 

[BFC_BFC_BFC]

Against Barrow reserves and Liverpool U21s etc?

I presume so... Typically the Win % for all Managers would include all games and so it would make sense (from a comparison perspective) to include them for Critchley as well.

 

[voyeur]

Those saying we are doing well assess it in the light of the diabolical performance of recent times by management and board. For me that mindset is just not right.

The reality is we are back where we were a couple of decades ago on the pitch. League One. Mid table, average, inconsistent and quite often boring to watch because of the manager and reliant on one or two players to deliver

This is down to Critch leaving, though, rather than him coming back. I think.

I presume so... Typically the Win % for all Managers would include all games and so it would make sense (from a comparison perspective) to include them for Critchley as well.

Including EFL Trophy games is daft, obviously. Just skew the figures, especially in a small total number of games.

I have my own system using a Spreadsheet for working out the ranking of every Blackpool Manager since 1903.
A Manager who only had 4 games is in 1st position.
Neil Critchley this time is 2nd.
Neil Critchley first time is 9th.
Neil Critchley combining both his times together is 4th
Brilliant Manager and I am delighted he is here.

(Incidentally, Billy Ayre is 19th)

What system is that? First time 9th, second time 2nd? Is it based on the inversed winger model?

 

[BFC_BFC_BFC]

Including EFL Trophy games is daft, obviously. Just skew the figures, especially in a small total number of games.

The other poster has obviously taken the figure from Wikipedia.... All sorts of things might skew the figure (being in L1 for one - Critchley's previous record with us includes a season in the Championship). I was just highlighting where the number had come from, I'm not trying to justify it, beyond the fact that it's the same for all managers.

Sample size matters obviously, as does the quality of the opposition. I agree with you that those games skew the figure favourably, given the small sample size.