As a focal doubter of Chrissy's last season he was always going to have to work hard to win me and many sections of the crowd over. Obviously the start we've made is fantastic and the turnover within the squad looks to have worked out very smoothley thus far. BUT... He still has a long way to go. His tactics are questionable and his substitutions ridiculous (he just brings people on for the sake of it) Worst of all was the naivity of the whole Rob Elliot fiasco - showing his hand too early with the (probably expensive) Hamer signing could massively backfire if Elliot stays. His after match press comments always concern me too - he often seems to vague and I seldom agree with him He's young and still learning, and the signs are good for promotion - I have full faith in promotion which should see him grow as a manger
I tend to agree with the concerns regarding Powell. He is still naive, which is understandable, and that is why I would love to see Peacock on the touchline with him. However, it is plain to see that the football is coming along nicely and that the majority of his transfers are going to be great. Let's just hope that these creases are ironed out sooner rather than later.
Ponders was it you who said about Alex Dyer? Peacock should be more involved - a sort of Lennie Lawrence/Dougy Freedman deal
Yep, it was me, Kish. I am a great advocate of having an old-hand to help steer the ship through stormy waters. Like I say, Powell is producing good football, but sometimes that lack of nous will cost us dearly.
I would feel more comfortable too if we had an experienced 2nd. I just don't think Alex Dyer is up to it. Keith Peacock would be a good choice for definite. I think that we should seek another assistant manager during this period. No offence to Dyer (he's probably a really nice bloke), just, I agree with many of you lot, we need someone who is able to guide and give "better" advice.
I'm a tad confused- CP isn't and won't be the last manager to throw a defender on for a striker whilst defending a lead. Green for Waggy- perfect.
Don't you think, SuperC, that we would have been served better by keeping BWP on and stretching Scunny? After all, Green came on and started firing beautiful crosses into the box. But then there was no one in there for him to aim at. That was tactically naive - in my opinion. However, I did say in an earlier thread, that had we hung on for the win then no-one would be questioning the substitutions. But it didn't pay off, so we are.
And I do apologise for accidentally including a link to 'last season'... They do have some nice Bjorn Borg Boxers however
Chris' biggest challenge is how he handles having a large squad, IMO this may decide whether we get promoted or not. Look at the back of Saturday's program and we have a much bigger squad than Scunny and this will probably be the case most weeks. Especially with the 5 subs rule we could have several players who would expect to feature but won't. So does he rotate, and have people saying he doesn't know his strongest 11, or go for stability in the starting 11 and have several frustrated players?
I agree. I think Parky would be ideal. I am sure he would come back if we doubled his previous salary and Houndal crawled on his knees from his house to Parky's house with a petition written in his own blood beseeching forgiveness. No more two goals leads thrown away!
That's it pomders- had we won it would be a master stroke, but we didn't. Every manager will bring a centre back on for a striker with 10minutes to go whilst defending a lead. We as fans have been hurt for years- I just think we now instantly think the worse. Then again, I wasn't there.
The Guardian picked up on this issue, and suggest the draw was due to his strategy and inexperience. As an excerpt: "To prove it and maybe his inexperience he went from 4-4-2 for 80 minutes to 4-5-1 (with Jason Euell for Paul Hayes), then virtually 5-5-0 in added time (with Gary Doherty for Bradley Wright-Phillips). Scunthorpe, never outplayed[...]"
