I love the way he can change the team and tactics to combat the opposition. I know us mere fans question his selection at times, but he is certainly doing an excellent job so far and isn't afraid to drop players, if he feels he needs different tactics for different teams and that's what makes us hard to play against!!!
Speaking of depth, I've updated my depth chart! Everyone rejoice. Midfield options looking really good now.
Looks spot on to me, JK. Your charts do make it visually very simple to look at or compare positions. Considering the players we have out on loan the depth overall is even greater. It's also easy to see why AN likes players who offer more than one option.
Sexism and racism are no laughing matter, Thurnby. In the name of equality, I have had a voluntary operation to remove my eyes' ability to distinguish between colours. Furthermore, I am currently investigating how I can go about achieving 'androgynous-vision'. No gender shall be identifiable to me. Yes, I know. I'm a trail-blazer of progression. You are all welcome.
Presumably you're not losing your ability to tell the difference between yellow & green and blue? Some things are too important no matter how principled you are
THE TRANSFORMATIVE MANAGER (example = Alex Neil) Look at this place. There is dogs’ mess on the training ground. There are nettles growing out of the cracks in the terraces. Three of the players are smoking in the car park. The chairman is drunk and it’s only 11am. You know what this place is? It’s perfect. The first thing you do is to take a tin of paint and a brush into your office. With every stroke, you don’t simply remove a patch of the nicotine stained past. You lay down a example of purity for the future. You are creating a nerve centre and from here you will radiate change. The people who work here, lethargic and broken by failure, stare at you in awe. And this is just the start. You set up a meeting with the players. You speak to them without hyperbole or spin. This club is changing, you say. You can be a part of that change or you can leave. It is entirely down to you. The older players smirk, they’ve seen this sort of thing before. But they’ve never seen you before. Within days, they’re packed off to your rival clubs, replaced by earnest youngsters and a couple of grizzled leaders who can guide them, on and off the pitch. You bring in an old lieutenant to run the training sessions. You tell him that you want zip and oomph. You want noise. You want smiles on faces. A younger man, with an iPad and a box of heart monitors is there too. You have created a marriage of old values and new technology. You chat with a local journalist after training. He is impressed. He describes you as, “softly spoken, but a man of action.” And when the season starts and the sound of clattering studs fills the tunnel for the first time, the supporters can sense something different. There is purpose now. There is drive. Their old club, their typical bloody team, has morphed into something else. Something crackles through the air, teasing the hairs on the back of their necks erect. They look at you, standing impassively in the technical area, in tracksuit and boots, and they feel something they haven’t felt in some time. They feel inspired. http://thesetpieces.com/features/the-football-manager-guide-to-football-management/
