Quote Originally Posted by hissingdwarf View Post
This. If they get rid of Maynard (tonight or tomorrow would be good please Brothers!) they then need to step back a little. Look at why it’s failed so miserably. Admit the mistake and most importantly, on the next appointment, get someone who has hardened experience of the dog fight that is League football.
I had the Swindon commentators today and they nailed us perfectly all through the match. Comments like committed to total football, philosophical football, possession based stats… they all came out, but they were all paired with “but they've been getting hammered week in, week out.”
I don’t want us to go to route one football, but if all we do is appoint another inexperienced head coach who is totally committed to the pure football or nothing approach….we’ll end up relegated.
Keep the elements that we’ve seen works so well. Fast, fluid football on a quality pitch.
But have the nouse to instruct players to deal with things differently when needed. The amount of pointless passing is now beyond the joke.
The prattling around our own box in defence leads to far too many mistakes.
Our inability to commit to challenges 110% etc…

I saw Flitcroft mentioned earlier in the week. If someone such as him is genuinely in the mix, he needs to be given more control.
Be a manager. By all means keep the radar idea and the data led stuff, but let the new guy stand by his own players and his own style occasionally.

Realise that what we achieved last season was superb, but it also managed to mask a few things. Those things now are in neon lights for all to see.
Be willing to adapt to life now. What really does work in the lower leagues? The be sensible enough to adopt parts of that to our game and staff.

The “Gerrrittt Forward” comment is often used as a mickey take out of older fans, but I’d happily take more positive tempo and bang it forward right now.
Agree with this, at present Flitcroft could be the man for the job, but he too is a tippy tappy proponent. Gerrit Forward? Well, yes it is dismissed by many here but like many things it isn't as straightforward a choice as do we play tippy tappy or hoofball. How about Jürgen's "heavy metal" football? This is based on playing three mobile and direct strikers that harry opposition defenders, win balls from defenders and go fast and strong and score lots of goals. If you loose possession you get it back asap. Four fast and capable midfielders that play possession football on the half way line, looking to play killer passes to the strikers when the opportunity arises, rather than back to the goalie and repeat, and that pressure the opposition midfielders when out of possession. Three fast and nimble defenders that can tackle and win balls and a goalie that can save and pass the ball with his feet. And a manager that players and fans respect. Pep's passive possession or Klopp's heavy metal? Both work and there is a fag paper between City and Liverpool but I know which I prefer.