Give the manager more time

[MapperleyMagpie]

This will costs us hundreds of thousands in lost revenue and if this season start of next, feel good factor gone in the blink of an eye and even the Reedtz should come under scrutiny now

[WarsopPie]

This will costs us hundreds of thousands in lost revenue and if this season start of next, feel good factor gone in the blink of an eye and even the Reedtz should come under scrutiny now

Could someone post the link to SM after game interview please I’m not on social media or anything. Thanks

[freemuzzy]

He can’t be blamed for the nature of the goals conceded tonight IMO, just basket case individual errors again.

But when we got it back to 3-3 he then decides it’s a great idea to needlessly change formation (again), move Nemane to right back (again) when he was having a half-decent game and Langstaff out to left wing (again). We then created nothing for the remaining 25 minutes. So while it’s way too soon to call for his head, that side of it is on him. It really isn’t clever to be changing your formation every single match, however much you think it shows great tactical flexibility.

[i961pie]

He can’t be blamed for the nature of the goals conceded tonight IMO, just basket case individual errors again.

But when we got it back to 3-3 he then decides it’s a great idea to needlessly change formation (again), move Nemane to right back (again) when he was having a half-decent game and Langstaff out to left wing (again). We then created nothing for the remaining 25 minutes. So while it’s way too soon to call for his head, that side of it is on him. It really isn’t clever to be changing your formation every single match, however much you think it shows great tactical flexibility.

I agree changing the formation made us even worse (if that’s possible).

[Lullapie]

He can’t be blamed for the nature of the goals conceded tonight IMO, just basket case individual errors again.

But when we got it back to 3-3 he then decides it’s a great idea to needlessly change formation (again), move Nemane to right back (again) when he was having a half-decent game and Langstaff out to left wing (again). We then created nothing for the remaining 25 minutes. So while it’s way too soon to call for his head, that side of it is on him. It really isn’t clever to be changing your formation every single match, however much you think it shows great tactical flexibility.

He can be blamed if he isn't playing the players to their strengths.

[1955pie]

Some great posts and concerns
Recruitment recruitment recruitment
Whatever decision making process has been used since Wembley has failed to address our defending and goalkeeper.
Will the club please sort this out. Simples.
A major overhaul is required in the close season.
In the meantime inconsistencies will inevitably continue unless
players return to their effective roles
( changing these roles gives them an excuse for not performing )

Link to a BBC article of the 5th December quoting Luke Williams.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/67625496

Here repeated are sentences 1,4,5 & 6.
Notts County boss Luke Williams says the club may run out of patience with some players if they keep conceding goals at the current rate.
"In this game, you only get so many chances," head coach Williams told BBC Radio Nottingham.
"There will be a list of players that the club are very interested in and feel may be able to come in [in January] and improve our performance from day one - if we're ambitious enough, that will happen."
He continued: "There has been a huge effort to try and eradicate some of the mistakes that are occurring. Ultimately it comes down to concentration.

This says it all - If we're ambitious enough ......

So what have we done to meet that ambition. Signed a young full back who was already here on a permanent deal. Signed another young centre back from Norwich on loan. And yet another goalkeeper on loan. And that is it!

This was a situation that needed addressing last summer.
Either Richard Montague has his eyes shut or the Radar model doesn't work for defenders or he doesn't have the money.

Last year we paid money for Morias (in case Macca left in the summer???)
This year we paid money for Jatta (in case Macca leaves in the summer???)
When what we needed then and now are 2 decent defenders and a goalkeeper.

If he hasn't been allocated the money, Montague should leave now for the sake of his own reputation.
If the model doesn't work for the defence it needs updating now.
If he stubbornly has his eyes shut he should be gone now.

I sometimes wonder whether they ever run the model against our existing squad and what the results show. We did give Rawlinson and Cameron new 2 year contracts last summer, so that is a bit alarming.

[upthemaggies]

This says it all - If we're ambitious enough ......

Yes, well found. That implies Luke wasn't totally confident that the board would match his own ambition and back him, if he stuck around.
Surprised this wasn't picked up at the time.

[SmiffyPie]

Yes, well found. That implies Luke wasn't totally confident that the board would match his own ambition and back him, if he stuck around.
Surprised this wasn't picked up at the time.

It was picked up, by me (and a few others). I questioned the "ambition" part but the silence was deafening. Correct me if I am wrong but I think that "ambition" statement came very close to his first actual critical post match interview concerning "players that won't do as they are told (or words to that effect). I think LW had a biblical moment, he saw the writing on the wall!! I also queried whether the ambition thing had an influence on his Swansea decision making.

[Could'vebeenacontender]

It was picked up, by me (and a few others). I questioned the "ambition" part but the silence was deafening. Correct me if I am wrong but I think that "ambition" statement came very close to his first actual critical post match interview concerning "players that won't do as they are told (or words to that effect). I think LW had a biblical moment, he saw the writing on the wall!! I also queried whether the ambition thing had an influence on his Swansea decision making.

I suspect it's not lack of ambition, possibly more a case of trying to stay within the SCMP (Financial Fair Play) rules
SM has a record of doing well on a limited budget at Wealdstone. No doubt this was a big plus point in hiring him
Recruiting on data is great on paper and in theory makes financial sense
Our failing defenders may have pretty good data stats overall at past clubs but we fans know that almost all of them lack concentration and none them are natural leaders in the JOB mould
Lewis Macari may be an exception but he's missed a lot of games through illness and injury
I can't remember him making any howlers so far
The ridiculous mistakes of Tuesday night happened all the time under LW. Remember the Shrewsbury FA cup game?
I had friends who support other clubs genuinely ask me if I thought some of our players had deliberately thrown the match
Of course I was able to say definitely not as similar cock ups happen every other week. It was just a case of 3 happening together in one game v Shrews. Watch them again. They are pitiful
Let's be honest it was even happening in the NL last season but our forwards were usually able to score more than we gave away at the other end at that level
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toLBm0Sr4T8

[nw6pie]

I suspect it's not lack of ambition, possibly more a case of trying to stay within the SCMP (Financial Fair Play) rules
SM has a record of doing well on a limited budget at Wealdstone. No doubt this was a big plus point in hiring him
Recruiting on data is great on paper and in theory makes financial sense
Our failing defenders may have pretty good data stats overall at past clubs but we fans know that almost all of them lack concentration and none them are natural leaders in the JOB mould
Lewis Macari may be an exception but he's missed a lot of games through illness and injury
I can't remember him making any howlers so far
The ridiculous mistakes of Tuesday night happened all the time under LW. Remember the Shrewsbury FA cup game?
I had friends who support other clubs genuinely ask me if I thought some of our players had deliberately thrown the match
Of course I was able to say definitely not as similar cock ups happen every other week. It was just a case of 3 happening together in one game v Shrews. Watch them again. They are pitiful
Let's be honest it was even happening in the NL last season but our forwards were usually able to score more than we gave away at the other end at that level
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toLBm0Sr4T8

There was a lot of denial about our defence from LW (and presumably Richard Montague). I lost count of the number of times this season he talked about how brilliant we were defensively last season, but we would have conceded a lot more goals if NL strikers were up to snuff. Three games that instantly spring to mind are Woking and Yeovil away, and Altrincham at home - we won all three, but should have conceded a few more in all of them.