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Ryan Lowe

California_PNE said:
Does make me laugh to read coments about this not being his squad and we can't judge him until he has his own players. I hope nobody is thinking Lowe will be able to bring a new starting 11 into the club this summer?

There's a fundamental squad shake up required, I have no faith whatsoever it will happen, and for all the talk of takeover it'd be a miracle if the new ownership were able to shift out all the shite we have and recruit the quality required to compete in one summer. The question will remain is Lowe the right man, long-term to manage us through this potentially exciting period? Imo to make himself unsackable he has to get a lot more out of this squad than he has so far through his own coaching and tactical approach.
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Ok then.. do you think he was told he can bring in the players in the areas required if you where to sign?
 
It must be so easy for opposing managers to predict how we will setup under RL, right lads, they will play 3 at the back, one of them will be very slow, they will play 2 wingbacks who are not wingbacks so there will be space in front of
and behind them, they will always play Browne so that's like them playing with only 10, and perm any two from their front 3, but their fans love RL and will sing and shout all game (that's his plan for playing Browne who is crap) being their extra man.
6 wins from 18 games played and with Archer (and not the hapless Maguire) is worse then the postman, just like the postman RL has beaten teams above us but boring draws seem to be his speciality.

I like RL but perhaps keeping hold of Gallagher has been a mistake with him having played with Browne for years and his inclusion guaranteed every bloody game, I also don't get this "give him time" mentality as teams look for a positive "bounce" when a new manager arrives.
 
65on said:
FFS It's the football that counts most.I could generate a feel good factor. I couldn't manage a team though. They are 2 different skills. Give me a winning miserable atmosphere over a buoyant losing atmosphere. If you feel good being a mid table team ,fair enough. Not for me though.
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The players aren't good enough ( or are dawdling).... But they aren't his so he gets leeway.
 
SlaminSam said:
Ok then.. do you think he was told he can bring in the players in the areas required if you where to sign?
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I've no idea tbh, there'd be a lot of reasons for him to have took the job anyway, whether signings were a factor who knows - think it was mentioned during his first press conference with pr, think he made a joke of it.
 
California_PNE said:
Does make me laugh to read coments about this not being his squad and we can't judge him until he has his own players. I hope nobody is thinking Lowe will be able to bring a new starting 11 into the club this summer?

There's a fundamental squad shake up required, I have no faith whatsoever it will happen, and for all the talk of takeover it'd be a miracle if the new ownership were able to shift out all the shite we have and recruit the quality required to compete in one summer. The question will remain is Lowe the right man, long-term to manage us through this potentially exciting period? Imo to make himself unsackable he has to get a lot more out of this squad than he has so far through his own coaching and tactical approach.
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Hang on a sec - in one sentence you are saying we need a fundamental squad shake up (so basically saying the squad is shit) and in the next sentence you are saying he has to get a lot more out of the squad. Make your bloody mind up.
 
billymac said:
It must be so easy for opposing managers to predict how we will setup under RL, right lads, they will play 3 at the back, one of them will be very slow, they will play 2 wingbacks who are not wingbacks so there will be space in front of
and behind them, they will always play Browne so that's like them playing with only 10, and perm any two from their front 3, but their fans love RL and will sing and shout all game (that's his plan for playing Browne who is crap) being their extra man.
6 wins from 18 games played and with Archer (and not the hapless Maguire) is worse then the postman, just like the postman RL has beaten teams above us but boring draws seem to be his speciality.

I like RL but perhaps keeping hold of Gallagher has been a mistake with him having played with Browne for years and his inclusion guaranteed every bloody game, I also don't get this "give him time" mentality as teams look for a positive "bounce" when a new manager arrives.
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Yes that was the gist of that blog on Twitter that I saw re Reading at home , play 4-2-3-1 to overload the midfield , press high up the pitch and ' gang up ' to harass the hell out of Preston , one centre half is a bit ? slow and his distribution is suspect , the other two don't know who they are supposed to be marking and yes the wing backs don't really know the position well enough .

That could have been five not long after half time only for Iverson , so when the pasting came ( albeit on a silver platter for Luton ) ; I'm sorry but I wasn't really that surprised .

People have said John Swift and Lucas Joao are good players and rightly so but it was made easy for them ? .

The other points made in the blog was that Reading made sure that DJ Johnson and Emil Riss were isolated further up the pitch on the two flanks not getting any service and the ball going sideways and backwards - so Ryan Lowe had to revert to 4-3-3 and send for Chedwyn .

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A Lucas João brace and a John Swift goal gave Reading a huge win at Deepdale.
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California_PNE said:
I've no idea tbh, there'd be a lot of reasons for him to have took the job anyway, whether signings were a factor who knows - think it was mentioned during his first press conference with pr, think he made a joke of it.
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He'll have been promised all sorts but I imagine the biggest attraction is that he's from round here and his whole life/career was based " Up Norf "... He got to come home. 🙂
 
A solid 7.

Some fantastic away results early on but that's levelled out recently. Home form remains mediocre.

As ever next season determines on recruitment and who finances that as Iversen will be a big void to fill and likely Archer aswell.

At least that loan shows he has good connections out there like Grayson.
 
9/10, he said he wouldn’t except or play negative football, which he has proved. He said we will win more than we lose, We have. He said we would see more action in the later parts of games as he wanted the lads to play 90 minutes. We certainly seen that. Only concern the last few games, he’s tinkered a little to much and its showed.
 
California_PNE said:
I've no idea tbh, there'd be a lot of reasons for him to have took the job anyway, whether signings were a factor who knows - think it was mentioned during his first press conference with pr, think he made a joke of it.
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If he's taken the job without the option to assemble his own squad then he's an idiot.

I bet my bottom dollar our previous gaffers where told they could and look what investment they received.

For me, any manager is judged on the squad he assembles. Not the one he inherited.

He should atleast be allowed to bring in cover and starting dedicated wing backs as a minimum, if he wants to stick to a tactic he's proven works with Argyle. Which we may well be playing in 10 games time or so.
 
He's taken the job the for the money ! Well out of his depth and it's showing, can't make his mind up hence the tinkering. I don't like the guy, I don't like his management style.

Plenty on here still kissing the ass of Alex Neil, well sorry to break it to you pussies but he ain't coming back

For me, we need to get rid of RL and find someone else, someone like Leam Richardson would fit the bill. Our three point plan :

1) Stop ass kissing over your enjoyable recollection of Alex Neil - you're being an arsehole !
2) Get rid of Ryan Lowe - he's a shocker
3) Get rid of the dead wood - Brown, Potts, Hughes......maybe even Whiteman and Lindsay as well.
 
pne_5000 said:
He's taken the job the for the money ! Well out of his depth and it's showing, can't make his mind up hence the tinkering. I don't like the guy, I don't like his management style.



For me, we need to get rid of RL and find someone else, someone like Leam Richardson would fit the bill. Our three point plan :


2) Get rid of Ryan Lowe - he's a shocker
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Berk of the Year Award goes to you, you simpleton.
 
Do you mean I could have made it a two point plan by adding the Ryan Lowe to the list of 'dead wood' ? Thus making it a two point plan which is easier to understand.

We need to purge PNE for Ryan Lowe - It's as simple as that.
 
Liberation said:
He'll have been promised all sorts but I imagine the biggest attraction is that he's from round here and his whole life/career was based " Up Norf "... He got to come home. 🙂
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Yes, I'd agree, he wanted to come home. PNE is just a means to an end for him.
 
Lowe has inherited a team, he needs time to find his feet. He can talk the talk, full of footy charisma and snappy soundbites, that wins fans not games. The sooner we get our wingbacks sorted, the sooner we can make progress.
 
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