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How did AN do today?

How did AN do today?

deepdale207

deepdale207

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Glad to see the crazy calls for AN’s head are quietening. We have a really good young squad and the right manager to take us further. The way AN man-managed Nmecha (and Browne last year) has been excellent. He is nursing Storey and Barker into the team also, both very young players. Management is not all about spending big money (any Steve Bruce can do that)... it requires coaching young players, implementing a style of play, tactics, game planning and subs.

I’m sure AN said last year that he was building his team around Maguire and to lose him for the first quarter of the season was devastating to his plans. To call him clueless during the following struggles is short-sighted and I was delighted for him today.

I hope this is last we hear of any potential managerial change this season.




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You can coach kids soccer and know what it means to lose a couple of key players. No different coaching Real Madrid or Liverpool.
 
deepdale207 said:
Glad to see the crazy calls for AN’s head are quietening. We have a really good young squad and the right manager to take us further. The way AN man-managed Nmecha (and Browne last year) has been excellent. He is nursing Storey and Barker into the team also, both very young players. Management is not all about spending big money (any Steve Bruce can do that)... it requires coaching young players, implementing a style of play, tactics, game planning and subs.

I’m sure AN said last year that he was building his team around Maguire and to lose him for the first quarter of the season was devastating to his plans. To call him clueless during the following struggles is short-sighted and I was delighted for him today.

I hope this is last we hear of any potential managerial change this season.




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tbf , we were bottom conceding 3 per game and he didn't know his best 11, but anyway onwards and upwards
 
His most interesting decision today was to send on Davies rather than Moult for Nmecha when we were already three up, there were only a few minutes to play and they were looking a spent force. He obviously wanted to ensure that we got the psychological boost of ending that run of conceding in every game rather than get another one for ourselves though that of course is what we then went and did.
 
deepdale207 said:
Glad to see the crazy calls for AN’s head are quietening. We have a really good young squad and the right manager to take us further. The way AN man-managed Nmecha (and Browne last year) has been excellent. He is nursing Storey and Barker into the team also, both very young players. Management is not all about spending big money (any Steve Bruce can do that)... it requires coaching young players, implementing a style of play, tactics, game planning and subs.

I’m sure AN said last year that he was building his team around Maguire and to lose him for the first quarter of the season was devastating to his plans. To call him clueless during the following struggles is short-sighted and I was delighted for him today.

I hope this is last we hear of any potential managerial change this season.




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had the same set of players since beginning of season,still in the bottom 3,im not getting carried away yet,hope seani gets 20 goals this year and we are pushing for a play off place around march time,enjoy the night and the break from this torrid season,after the international break we need another win.then another..then another..
 
Schooled Steve Bruce second half in the week and had Cook's number today too. He's made mistakes so far this season, but has been dealt a poor hand and you don't become a bad manager overnight. He's obviously very tactically astute and good at working with young players, the right fit for us. The fact that his future was already being questioned is pretty staggering really. Even if we were losing a lot of games.
 
ernest said:
His most interesting decision today was to send on Davies rather than Moult for Nmecha when we were already three up, there were only a few minutes to play and they were looking a spent force. He obviously wanted to ensure that we got the psychological boost of ending that run of conceding in every game rather than get another one for ourselves though that of course is what we then went and did.
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It probably didn’t matter who he brought on at that time, I’m presuming the substitution was made purely to give the fans the opportunity to give Nmecha a great reception as he left the pitch. Good management to give the young lad added confidence.
 
And,to be fair,we've not had the easiest of fixtures so far....Sheff Utd,WBA,Leeds,Derby,Norwich ....all top 8 at the min,Stoke,Villa and Swansea....no push overs.....most played with various injurys and suspensions to key players.
Not getting carried away with todays result,but i'm confident we won't get relegated.
 
Bhagwan H said:
It would be interesting to see who voted for him to be sacked.
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Would be interesting to see how the vote would look if repeated now, 6 days later.

mickb said:
had the same set of players since beginning of season,still in the bottom 3,im not getting carried away yet,hope seani gets 20 goals this year and we are pushing for a play off place around march time,enjoy the night and the break from this torrid season,after the international break we need another win.then another..then another..
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Clearly you're not 😛

deepdale207 said:
Glad to see the crazy calls for AN’s head are quietening. We have a really good young squad and the right manager to take us further. The way AN man-managed Nmecha (and Browne last year) has been excellent. He is nursing Storey and Barker into the team also, both very young players. Management is not all about spending big money (any Steve Bruce can do that)... it requires coaching young players, implementing a style of play, tactics, game planning and subs.

I’m sure AN said last year that he was building his team around Maguire and to lose him for the first quarter of the season was devastating to his plans. To call him clueless during the following struggles is short-sighted and I was delighted for him today.

I hope this is last we hear of any potential managerial change this season.
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Agree with almost all that. But to be fair, he's made mistakes and, IMO, had a poor run of form as a manager these last few weeks. 2 points from 10 matches is going to put any manager under pressure, but really... some of the 'sack him'... 'I'm done with him' talk was really over-emotional twaddle and very disrespectful.
 
Don't post on here often, mainly due to the negativity, but thank you Deepdale 207, for some realism.

We have an excellent young manager who will make mistakes, but he is learning all the time , and has had a horrendous start to the season. Ok .Wigan today, were not at their best, but we completely outclassed them, and with a little bit if luck, which we are surely due, could have had at least half a dozen.

The next seven/eight months, will not all be plain sailing, but we should be looking forward with optimism, not gloom.
 
John58 said:
Don't post on here often, mainly due to the negativity, but thank you Deepdale 207, for some realism.

We have an excellent young manager who will make mistakes, but he is learning all the time , and has had a horrendous start to the season. Ok .Wigan today, were not at their best, but we completely outclassed them, and with a little bit if luck, which we are surely due, could have had at least half a dozen.

The next seven/eight months, will not all be plain sailing, but we should be looking forward with optimism, not gloom.
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Negativity on this forum?
Never!
 
John58 said:
Wigan today, were not at their best, but we completely outclassed them.
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I think we did not allow Wigan to be at their best. If Wigan had nicked a win they would have gone 5th. We are a team capable of sniffing at the play offs if we can keep the injuries and suspensions (Ben again!) to a minimum and keep our fans positive. Thanks for your response John.


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ernest said:
His most interesting decision today was to send on Davies rather than Moult for Nmecha when we were already three up, there were only a few minutes to play and they were looking a spent force. He obviously wanted to ensure that we got the psychological boost of ending that run of conceding in every game rather than get another one for ourselves though that of course is what we then went and did.
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TBF that sub also meant we went wing backs with 2 forwards through the middle against their 3 cb's.......Fisher pushed further up onto Robinson....so it was both attacking and defending in one change.
 
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