Mancgull
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I’m struggling to link an article to this post but if I can direct people to The Coaches Voice - Liam Rosenior ‘building trust’.
Really interesting read.
Really interesting read.
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[Albion] Rumours of Unrest - received wisdom, or a reality?
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jackalbion
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- Aug 30, 2011
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I get your point, but they spent most of their time in the attacking third is what I saw.
Ike and Tina Burner
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- Mar 22, 2019
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My source, the player's spouse I spoke to on saturday, specifically mentioned that substitution as causing confusion to her partner. It's obviously worried the dressing room that's he's out of his depth.
Mike Small
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- Dec 26, 2008
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Tony Bloom is obviously incredible but (and this is probably hindsight talking as well) it concerned me how at the time (I think it was David Weir) was saying in some interview how when they interviewed Hurzelar, they were immediately impressed and were looking at each other as if to say 'this guy is good' by his answers. Those three being impressed by his 'intensity guys and fwriendly authority' is somewhat different to what would impress Lewis Dunk, Joao Pedro and Julio Enciso. I don't see the players with him at all anymore. I like Fabian's ambition and TB has taken a punt but would be very surprised if he has the respect in the dressing room for this to be turned around l/t. Happy to be wrong but he shrinks ever more every game. Good/stable teams and man managers don't throw away points like we do let alone the 7-0.I’ve been thinking very carefully about how to respond to Saturday and this is my take… if Fabian has lost the dressing room, he’s finished… it’s a question of time. No coach/manager can survive a player revolt, nothing new - he’s done for.
If however, this is all bollocks then he could turn it round… but, and here’s the thing… I’m not sure I want the latter…
I’ve tried, you know… to warm to him… he’s a bit of a strange one… I felt really uncomfortable watching the pre-season ‘PowerPoint’ cliche ridden god awful almost self parody of a junior manager gone rogue… it was cringe town, and if I’d been a player I’d have been glad to get loaned out… delighted to have spent the year playing for Port Vale, where trust and process and team matey happy clappy, let’s hold hands and sing Kumbaya would have been an unlikely eventuality… the players looked incredulous then, after months of this SHIT they look lost, bereft of wanting to make thisinducing BS a success…
So in summary, I think we’ve made a colossal mistake BUT thankfully one we might just be able to back out of after a 14th ish finish…
In the meantime, won’t someone at the club take Fabian to one side and gently tell him…
“JUST STOP SAYING GUYS AND PROCESS… PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF f*** STOP.”
Was that the team's take, the wife's take, or your take?
Three degrees of separation takes me to Putin. I shit you not.
jackalbion
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- Aug 30, 2011
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Who will be our Hyypia, I’m excited to see, I reckon Michael Carrick.
To be fair to Fab, it seemed like a "last throw of the dice" type decision - no-one on the pitch before that had seemed like scoring - we didn't have a shot on target. If nothing "normal" is working, then sometimes it's worth taking a punt.
HangletonGull
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- Apr 10, 2023
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That post comes across very arrogant, but like many others was there Saturday and could see it was 1 in the middle also it was highlighted on motd
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Clive Walker
Stand Or Fall
At last I now know our style is helter skelter! I’ve been trying to work this out since FH joined.
Not as long as the damn documentary thankfully.
Yep. We were saying poor Hinch - not fully fit - had been thrown under the bus, expected to do Baleba’s job with Rutter not providing adequate defensive support…….
Agree. Would have been better to play JPvH ain midfield and bring in Webbo.
Well her partner is a bit thick then. Big man up front as a last resort - it's not rocket science regardless of whether it worked.
pigmanovich
Good Old Sausage by the Sea
Don’t know what your definition of good or stable is but a LOT of PL sides have thrown away points this season, it’s nothing unusual. The 7-0 is but it doesn’t have to define our campaign.
he really didn’t get up front though did he. We tried it with Duffy in the past.
I described it a ‘settling for a loss’.
AZ Gull
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Maybe they've never done that in Holland!
AmexRuislip
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Was the offside rule debated as well over a blue rinse
No need for sexismWas the offside rule debated as well over a blue rinse
Ike and Tina Burner
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- Mar 22, 2019
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Webster came on, wandered around aimlessly and touched the ball about twice. It may be an old school tactic but in this instance it was completely pointless and was basically admitting defeat. Everyone knew nothing positive would come of it, even Fab I suspect. That’s what's worrying.