NP's Future, One Dimensional & Atkinson

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Supcon72 said:
do you not think that NP and his coaching staff have any blame for this? You were quick enough to point the finger at it being previous managers fault, so why not NP?
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He can talk-train-guide- but if those donkeys the majority can't learn or more importantly don't want to learn then he is banging his head against a brick wall.

Nige has managed players at a lot higher calibre than our lot for the majority of his management time.

As said you are never going to get donkeys to turn into stallions.
 
Angelicnumber16 said:
Red Robin is 100% correct when he says that if Nige goes, the problems we've created as a club, won't disappear with him.

A lot of us on here have said over the years that there is a rotten and toxic culture at the club that has been there for decades years and I'm not seeing any evidence to change my mind.
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Cancer has spread throughout the football club it needs cleansing and unless Nige Pearson is going to do it we are in freefall.
 
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Red Robin said:
He can talk-train-guide- but if those donkeys the majority can't learn or more importantly don't want to learn then he is banging his head against a brick wall.

Nige has managed players at a lot higher calibre than our lot for the majority of his management time.

As said you are never going to get donkeys to turn into stallions.
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We have some quality players, but what we don't have, and for me was a big weakness from LJ's signings are a couple of big horrible barstools in the side - think Sol Bamba etc.. LJ signed placid, mild manner characters to replace the likes of Pack and Flint, and seems NP has done the same in Klose, King, James etc.
We need some dressing room shakers to support the management, and I don't see it any of the players we have now, regardless of who signed them.
 
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Supcon72 said:
We have some quality players, but what we don't have, and for me was a big weakness from LJ's signings are a couple of big horrible barstools in the side - think Sol Bamba etc.. LJ signed placid, mild manner characters to replace the likes of Pack and Flint, and seems NP has done the same in Klose, King, James etc.
We need some dressing room shakers to support the management, and I don't see it any of the players we have now, regardless of who signed them.
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We've needed someone like that for years - I suppose Baker (when/if fit) is the closest we have (had) of late
 
bcfcredandwhite said:
We've needed someone like that for years - I suppose Baker (when/if fit) is the closest we have (had) of late
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To a degree, but I don't see Baker as the 'Roy Keane' in the dressing room type. He is also quite placid; you need a bit of a looney at times to get into the team when things aren't going well. That isn't Baker, or any of them.
 
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Leadership has been missing for years and I can't see any among this sad lot that could ever fit that mantra. Roy Keane is the modern definition of the term along with Der Kaiser and many others and how many times did I post that we needed a midfield general but he never arrived. We don't need a has-been or an over hyped egotist to fill the vacancy but rather a dedicated professional who has a history of meeting targets and has the inter-personal skills to get the message out on the pitch without upsetting rattle throwers. Personal injury prone players need to be given a wide berth because although I liked Baker's play his issues far out stretched his on field value. I can remember one of the rare games that I attended we had a fairly new player in Clayton Blackmore ex Man Utd and his mid-field play was top class and it makes me ask is there not players like him looking to prove a point, or 93?
 
Supcon72 said:
a big weakness from LJ's signings are a couple of big horrible barstools in the side - think Sol Bamba etc.. LJ signed placid, mild manner characters to replace the likes of Pack and Flint
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LJ replaced Flint with a the big lump Bailey Wright giving him the 5 shirt and club captaincy.
Not his best decision.
 
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Supcon72 said:
To a degree, but I don't see Baker as the 'Roy Keane' in the dressing room type. He is also quite placid; you need a bit of a looney at times to get into the team when things aren't going well. That isn't Baker, or any of them.
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The last real leader on the pitch I remember at BS3 was Shaun Taylor. Carey and Tinnion came close but Taylor was the last ‘real’ leader - and he was past his best when we had him too :(
 
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Like it or not what he says is absolutely on the button.
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have been a soft touch for a very very long time and until it is sorted it is never going to change. Even if NP walks or gets fired the same old same old issues will still be here.

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