If he’d of gone to West Brom or Stoke when he allegedly had the chance would he still be employed by either now ? At both of the mentioned clubs he’d of possibly had a better calibre of players to pick from and more funds would he have delivered ? Or would he have only lasted a season or less ?
Alex Neil
For all the hype, what has he achieved at PNE?
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Didn’t think I would ever say it, but we had more of an idea on how to win games under Simon Grayson.
Is that because of poor managerial skills or the absence of a competitive budget?
Has his limitations but suspect it is mostly the latter.
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Combination of both.
Grayson got us out of league 1 after the mess left by Westley and stabilised us in the championship on a shoestring (by championship standards)budget.
To get us to the next level is likely to require more investment whoever is in charge. As I have said elsewhere I am not arguing that Neil is faultless.
The man has zero charisma. He strikes me as a dull, boring angry man. There is no connection with fans and there seems to be very little with his players. Counter that with Ainsworth at Wycombe, he had the 3rd lowest budget in League 1 after Accy and possibly Burton. The budget hasn’t held him back and look at the way he interacts with his players. I’m not saying Gareth Ainsworth should be out next manager ( I doubt he’d come anyway ), but someone who inspires belief would be a start.
AN has shown that he is a good Championship Manager by
1) Gaining promotion with Norwich
2) Having us in the top 6 for most of the season on a limited budget, but,
for me, he’s a bit of an upgrade on Grayson. Grayson did his job and got us promoted from L1 and AN has done his job and stabilised us as a decent Championship club. I’m not sure if TH shares our ambitions to get to the Premier League, so AN‘s job is pretty safe at the moment.
IF we are to progress, TH needs to either back AN or change Manager. I would prefer to keep AN as I think he may be operating to orders from above. He was all attack minded when he first came to the club, but he is now almost a Scottish version of Grayson. That tells me that he is instructed to keep us in the Championship. That’s only my opinion, but his style of play has changed dramatically the longer he’s been here.
1) Gaining promotion with Norwich
2) Having us in the top 6 for most of the season on a limited budget, but,
for me, he’s a bit of an upgrade on Grayson. Grayson did his job and got us promoted from L1 and AN has done his job and stabilised us as a decent Championship club. I’m not sure if TH shares our ambitions to get to the Premier League, so AN‘s job is pretty safe at the moment.
IF we are to progress, TH needs to either back AN or change Manager. I would prefer to keep AN as I think he may be operating to orders from above. He was all attack minded when he first came to the club, but he is now almost a Scottish version of Grayson. That tells me that he is instructed to keep us in the Championship. That’s only my opinion, but his style of play has changed dramatically the longer he’s been here.
Of have.
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Do we have a style of play, other than to stop the opposition playing? Can we be creative a fluent attacking force?
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Instructed to keep us in the championship? As opposed to finishing top 6?
No, I think everything we do is all safety first and doing things on the cheap. If we ever get promoted, it will be done on the cheap.....with a slice of luck thrown in.
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Exactly this. The club has no ambition to get promoted, they're content to sit in this division and hope to fluke it.
Thracia
Club Owner, or wingback, depending on your view
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AN inherited an under-performing Norwich squad and got them up through the play-offs within 5 months. It was all downhill from there.
Here, he inherited SG's squad and still largely relies on SG-era signings, especially in attack.
AN hasn't ever built a squad at this level, has he?
Normally good supportive chairman's give managers 3 years to build their own teams at football clubs.
At ours, we have sold our good strikers and not replaced them adequately!
At ours, we have sold our good strikers and not replaced them adequately!
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I think it's a bit of both. He's not been sufficiently backed from day one. He's had a little to spend but it's merely peanuts in the championship. However, i also think he abandoned what was a regular style of playing an has become more an more obsessed with the opposition instead of focusing on his own players an their abilities
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I found the selection of mcguire and barky baffling today - and the substitutions were far too late to have any meaningful impact - next season will be a struggle. The team seem flat and uninspired, which is reflective of the manager currently
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Think he said the reason why he didn't start Stockley was that we would've been looking to counter quickly an that wouldn't have suited him. So we just started with 2 players who haven't scored for ages instead
Niel never seems to make subs until the 70th minute neither I think did Simon grayson?