hertfordseasider
Well-known member
And to start I want to give my disclaimer that what I say here are my considered thoughts, not when watching the game and commenting on the game here when emotions are high and the tangerine blood is pulsating through my veins. This will never stop and I do not apologise for it but when calmed and pondered over things they are the thoughts that really count.
I actually thought we would win last night, the team changes raised the eyebrow but NC did say he wanted to keep players fresh. We started well, fell for the early sucker punch again and had another uphill struggle made worse by 2 sendings off. Even with those things happening we still deserved at least a point out of it but it wasn't to be.
My thoughts are that SS decided on NC after missing out on his initial targets and I think we can all see why he went for him. Top credentials re coaching badges and highly thought of at Liverpool and by Klopp. He clearly had a plan which he sold to SS and that plan is what he is now trying to put into place. SS was obviously impressed and has backed him handsomely. However, we basically have a completely new squad, filled with the younger end of the player spectrum so lacking League 1 and above experience. We were all hoping that because of his pedigree and all the new players he bought in that we would hit the road running and were going to sweep sides away with beautiful football.
Well, that hasn't happened and it was never going to. This really is a long term project and although we all think we can see the problems we all react rather than think because we are supporters and want success.
Whatever I say on a match day NC has to be given this season and whatever happens this season he has to be given the season after too. We cannot continue to chop and change. Grayson ws a mistake. NC was a risk but one SS wanted to take. I like NC, I like his interviews and I like his ideal. It just isn't happening for him yet and we are likely to feel a lot more pain before we feel pleasure. He has to be given the chance to get his tactics to work. These are not bad players, they are young, exciting prospects, many coveted by teams we would have lost out to in the past. We all want instant success but lets get realistic, unless you are really lucky it just doesn't happen.
So, I support NC, I want his system to work and I want him to adapt and get used to being a manager in League 1 quickly, he is after all, a rookie.
I don't expect everyone to agree with me, but for me he has to be given plenty of time. It will come, I'm sure of it. Potting a manager now or in the next few months will not help, we will have to start from square one again with no guarantee of success.
So. I'm with NC and SS and I look forward to the future.
I actually thought we would win last night, the team changes raised the eyebrow but NC did say he wanted to keep players fresh. We started well, fell for the early sucker punch again and had another uphill struggle made worse by 2 sendings off. Even with those things happening we still deserved at least a point out of it but it wasn't to be.
My thoughts are that SS decided on NC after missing out on his initial targets and I think we can all see why he went for him. Top credentials re coaching badges and highly thought of at Liverpool and by Klopp. He clearly had a plan which he sold to SS and that plan is what he is now trying to put into place. SS was obviously impressed and has backed him handsomely. However, we basically have a completely new squad, filled with the younger end of the player spectrum so lacking League 1 and above experience. We were all hoping that because of his pedigree and all the new players he bought in that we would hit the road running and were going to sweep sides away with beautiful football.
Well, that hasn't happened and it was never going to. This really is a long term project and although we all think we can see the problems we all react rather than think because we are supporters and want success.
Whatever I say on a match day NC has to be given this season and whatever happens this season he has to be given the season after too. We cannot continue to chop and change. Grayson ws a mistake. NC was a risk but one SS wanted to take. I like NC, I like his interviews and I like his ideal. It just isn't happening for him yet and we are likely to feel a lot more pain before we feel pleasure. He has to be given the chance to get his tactics to work. These are not bad players, they are young, exciting prospects, many coveted by teams we would have lost out to in the past. We all want instant success but lets get realistic, unless you are really lucky it just doesn't happen.
So, I support NC, I want his system to work and I want him to adapt and get used to being a manager in League 1 quickly, he is after all, a rookie.
I don't expect everyone to agree with me, but for me he has to be given plenty of time. It will come, I'm sure of it. Potting a manager now or in the next few months will not help, we will have to start from square one again with no guarantee of success.
So. I'm with NC and SS and I look forward to the future.