The Manager Thread...

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originallambrettaman said:
One of Leonid Slutsky’s first tasks as Head Coach of the Tigers will be to complete a team of backroom staff to work alongside him.

Slutsky has appointed Tony Pennock as First Team Coach, the Welshman returning to the Club after being part of the coaching set-up under Mike Phelan in 2016, but there are still positions to be filled and the former CSKA Moscow boss says he has plenty of options to assess.

“There are some vacancies in the backroom team and we will of course have interviews for new coaches,” said Slutsky.

“There are many options. It could be some people who have history here at the Club like Tony or maybe ex-players. There would be no problem for me with this and I am happy to work with a domestic coach (Tony Pennock).

“Whoever we have on the staff, we will work together because we will all have the same target.”

Once his backroom team is in place, Slutsky and his staff will then look to communicate thoughts on a style of play to his squad and he admits he is adaptable when it comes to systems and formations.

“I adapt my system to the players that I have available,” added Slutsky.

“Brian Clough once said something like ‘there are no good or bad formations, just good or bad players’ – and I think it’s about having the best system for the players that you have.

“What you have to do is show the strength of your players and hide any weaknesses that may exist.

“Of course we will be looking to strengthen the squad in the next few weeks. We’ll be looking at one or two central defenders, a left-sided defender, a couple of forwards and maybe an attacking midfield player. We’re looking at six or seven players to come in and this is something we are already working on.”

http://www.hullcitytigers.com/news/article/2016-17/interview-2-3730753.aspx#IDPHEel62hRS2ypI.99
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One to two CBs is a bit optimistic, we probably need 3.
 
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GLP said:
Just got an e mail from the club from a Slutsky e mail account. With his first interview at the KCOM.

That's maybe progress?
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Me too, I'm liking the cut of his jib and what I'm hearing. Comes across very personable and confident, bearing in mind a new country, city he knows little about, no family with him, no posse/backroom gang with him. Seems relaxed and confident in his own abilities to work with a team unknown to him, obviously his Chelsea connections must help and undoubtedly the draw of City of Culture! Cautiously optimistic.
 
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John Ex Aberdeen now E.R. said:
I see Grayson is now favourite for the Sunderland job. It seems they are starting to scrap the bottom of the barrel now everyone else seems to have got their managers in place.
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What does Nigel have to do to get a job? He's light years ahead of Grayson. Guess mud sticks and owners don't like to be challenged.
 
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John Ex Aberdeen now E.R. said:
It does seem strange, though I thought he would have ended up at Boro. Seems Nigel is just to prickly for many.
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For me he has 2 completely natural fits - Boro and Wendies. The fact that one of these had a vacancy when he was out of work and didn't go for him unequivocally means this is reduced to one now. Carlos could easily be gone by Christmas as his dream becomes a nightmare so it's a question of does he sit tight and wait?
 
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Bum_Chinned_Crab said:
For me he has 2 completely natural fits - Boro and Wendies. The fact that one of these had a vacancy when he was out of work and didn't go for him unequivocally means this is reduced to one now. Carlos could easily be gone by Christmas as his dream becomes a nightmare so it's a question of does he sit tight and wait?
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I think the words out that he's not quite right upstairs if you get my drift?
 
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Bum_Chinned_Crab said:
He's the best 'man' of any of our managers that I've known. Simple as.
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Yes, it's odd how people want to cling to the superficial stuff when they make their assessment of how good or bad a manager was for us.
'Prickly' Nigel was never interested in being Burnsy's pal like SB was.
Ditto Silva - never remotely into being 'mates' with Burnsy. You're a journalist, I'm the coach. You've got you job, I've got mine.
Now people are getting a semi on cos Len's learnt good English in 5 months or he's made some encouraging statements about what he intends to do or how he likes to play.
E allora?
Actions not words.
Let's see how it's going mid November when we've had a few ****ty midweek aways at Ipswich, Wolves etc and see how Leonid is doing.
If Lenny can make us very hard to beat away like Big Nige did, then he's The Man.
Grinding out narrow 1-0 wins, watertight defence and deadly on the counter, is the Road back to the PL.
The side that Nigel, Walsh and Shakespeare moulded was expert in that, but call him sockface if you prefer to ignore the core details of his time here.
 
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City Man said:
Yes, it's odd how people want to cling to the superficial stuff when they make their assessment of how good or bad a manager was for us.
'Prickly' Nigel was never interested in being Burnsy's pal like SB was.
Ditto Silva - never remotely into being 'mates' with Burnsy. You're a journalist, I'm the coach. You've got you job, I've got mine.
Now people are getting a semi on cos Len's learnt good English in 5 months or he's made some encouraging statements about what he intends to do or how he likes to play.
E allora?
Actions not words.
Let's see how it's going mid November when we've had a few ****ty midweek aways at Ipswich, Wolves etc and see how Leonid is doing.
If Lenny can make us very hard to beat away like Big Nige did, then he's The Man.
Grinding out narrow 1-0 wins, watertight defence and deadly on the counter, is the Road back to the PL.
The side that Nigel, Walsh and Shakespeare moulded was expert in that, but call him sockface if you prefer to ignore the core details of his time here.
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