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Monkey69 said:
So where does the real problem at the club sit? If there is a problem? Is it KS has he caused all the clubs problems. Is KLD? You must know as you have stated that in this message. Do you have inside information as to the workings of the club? Have you attended board meetings or have you just taken info from this forum and some snippets from click bait and ill informed media to draw your conclusion that KLD is to blame for 1 promotion, 1 crack at the playoffs and a mid table finish.
Yes there are some problems that is apparent but there is no need for a witch hunt to get people sacked. MD was clearly out of his depth at head coach and I have been critical of him because of his defensive mind set but still believe he was very good when in charge of personal player development. KS biggest mistake was the appointment of MB and I am pretty sure he was not first or even 2nd choice but they decided to appoint which was a mistake.
But you are talking like you want the owner gone which I think is ridiculous and TBH very short sighted as I believe longer term we will be stronger.
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Buck stops with one man. Dreyfus. He appoints thoise below him to manage and run the club. He is the one who chooses the personnel at the management level, as others have stated over the past twelve or so months, he rubber stamps appointments. At a guess, I'd say he was the man in charge.
 
The Redbaron said:
Buck stops with one man. Dreyfus. He appoints thoise below him to manage and run the club. He is the one who chooses the personnel at the management level, as others have stated over the past twelve or so months, he rubber stamps appointments. At a guess, I'd say he was the man in charge.
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Would you say he was right in appointing Johnson, who got us top two, Neil who got us promoted and Mowbray who almost got us in the PL?

I'd imagine your response will start with 'Yes but .... '
 
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ab65 said:
Yeah agreed. I was meaning that a lot of our supporters don’t like the 5/3 at the back.
Don’t mind it personall, we would need to tailor our recruitment accordingly but I think the front foot football is more suited to us as fans.
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100%, the recruitment needs to be tailored for that formation

That formation you must have a good CDM, or at least a CM with that defensive awareness - your CMs must be able to cover lots of ground

I think the press works really well in a 343 type formation, that's why its popular in German football - can be really aggressive with it

The issue our fans will see is Dodds played that formation and used it for defensive reasons, 5-4-1 (which lets be honest was more of a 5-5-0)
 
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Smug in Boots said:
Would you say he was right in appointing Johnson, who got us top two, Neil who got us promoted and Mowbray who almost got us in the PL?

I'd imagine your response will start with 'Yes but .... '
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Johnson not really top 2 - had played about 3 games more than a few teams below top 2, had just been handed the worst defeat in safcs history 0-6 at Bolton, with a team looking shot to bits.
Yes Neil and Mowbray were very good appointments at the right time but they haven't got virtually anything right for the last 5 months.
 
Coastal Dolphins said:
Johnson not really top 2 - had played about 3 games more than a few teams below top 2, had just been handed the worst defeat in safcs history 0-6 at Bolton, with a team looking shot to bits.
Yes Neil and Mowbray were very good appointments at the right time but they haven't got virtually anything right for the last 5 months.
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Ah right ....
 
Smug in Boots said:
Would you say he was right in appointing Johnson, who got us top two, Neil who got us promoted and Mowbray who almost got us in the PL?

I'd imagine your response will start with 'Yes but .... '
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Those were steadily improving appointments. Speakman has also been a good appointment by any sensible analysis. Sacking Mowbray was defendable too albeit I would argue the wrong time to do so. His replacement and the decision to go with Dodds for rest of season have been terrible decisions though. On the whole, still in credit for me but really need the head coach appointment to be a good one.
The replacement DoF if there is one also needs to be good.
Off the field, Mags debacle aside, things seem to be improving rapidly albeit a few niggles around supporters club shop etc.
end of last season I’d have scored them a 7.5/10 ( point deduction for lack of centre forward). This season a slightly generous but not disastrous 6/10.
 
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Mackem 10.1 said:
Say it as loud as you want, O'Nien is 1 of the first names on the team sheet for me
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Same. He has off games defensively but don’t they all. His 10m+ defensive partner also does (eg the mags game). If you look at his positives 09 must be one of if not the best distributors of the ball in the league. Would love to see the stats for this @Scout73 @SourPatch2 ? And if they prove me wrong I was right anyway.
 
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Coastal Dolphins said:
Johnson not really top 2 - had played about 3 games more than a few teams below top 2, had just been handed the worst defeat in safcs history 0-6 at Bolton, with a team looking shot to bits.
Yes Neil and Mowbray were very good appointments at the right time but they haven't got virtually anything right for the last 5 months.
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Yes the Neil appointment was the right one...But his contract would suggest it was a half hearted appointment. A one year roll over contract left us wide open to what actually happened with the Stoke thing
 
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flandersmackem said:
Yes the Neil appointment was the right one...But his contract would suggest it was a half hearted appointment. A one year roll over contract left us wide open to what actually happened with the Stoke thing
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Didn't it come out that the rolling contract was his idea? And that we offered him a significant contract before he left?
 
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flandersmackem said:
Yes the Neil appointment was the right one...But his contract would suggest it was a half hearted appointment. A one year roll over contract left us wide open to what actually happened with the Stoke thing
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Or perhaps it could suggest he thought he was better than us, wasn't sure he'd succeed and wanted a get out clause ...

... depends what you choose to believe I suppose.
 
Smug in Boots said:
Or perhaps it could suggest he thought he was better than us, wasn't sure he'd succeed and wanted a get out clause ...

... depends what you choose to believe I suppose.
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Assuming this was the case then our recruitment looked weak and desperate...as you say, depends on which version to chose to believe
 
Smug in Boots said:
My point is that KLD has appointed people who've help us progress and turned a rotten squad into one with more potential.
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He has and has also made a monumental mistake in Beale and then writing off a third of the season with Dodds and Proctor but that's old ground now.

Let's see who they come up with - I've a nagging fear that Speakman would love to appoint Dodds but his results have been so bad KLD won't sanction it. They are still a hindrance to getting a decent manager in if they are insisted on being part of the coaching team.
 
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