Carlos’ interviews.

[Leicesterbaggie]

I realise that this is only a minor observation but I wish that somebody would tell Carlos to slow down when being interviewed. I don’t know about anybody else but I have great difficulty in understanding what he is saying. I seem to able to understand other foreign coaches but not Carlos. How do the players manage when he is coaching them? Surely they must find it difficult as well!

[Prando]

Absolutely correct. I get about 30% of what he says and interpret the rest as best I can. To be fair, it know makes me smile as I’m not expecting to learn anything !
Clearly though, he does have a very detailed plan of what is required to win matches. Unfortunately it seems the team are struggling to follow it.
I like the guy though and his enthusiasm is infective. I’m also not sure there is anyone better around for our Club’s overall situation, so I hope we keep him.

[Omegstrat6]

Absolutely correct. I get about 30% of what he says and interpret the rest as best I can. To be fair, it know makes me smile as I’m not expecting to learn anything !
Clearly though, he does have a very detailed plan of what is required to win matches. Unfortunately it seems the team are struggling to follow it.
I like the guy though and his enthusiasm is infective. I’m also not sure there is anyone better around for our Club’s overall situation, so I hope we keep him.

I'm sure he does have a very detailed plan and, from what I've heard, his training sessions are very intensive (and perhaps overly so since the departure of one of the key members of his coaching team). Just think that he should spend a bit more time on encouraging more freedom of play and flexibility in attacking strategies as well as the emphasis on maintaining our defensive record-oh, and getting our forwards to practice their rather neglected shooting skills, Palmer his long kicks and -as bomber suggests-study a few videos on how to convert corners!

Don't get me wrong, I too love his enthusiasm, genuinely appreciate what he has achieved given the resources and players available to him and I certainly would not advocate getting rid (and who would we get to do any better in any case) but that does not mean that some of the criticisms levelled at him are not valid.

Rather tellingly, such criticisms are mostly around the same issues. As I'm sure Boingy would (rightly) point out, we fans are not at the training sessions nor privy to everything that may feed into Carlos''s decisions, but surely we cannot all be wrong?

[boingy]

I'm sure he does have a very detailed plan and, from what I've heard, his training sessions are very intensive (and perhaps overly so since the departure of one of the key members of his coaching team). Just think that he should spend a bit more time on encouraging more freedom of play and flexibility in attacking strategies as well as the emphasis on maintaining our defensive record-oh, and getting our forwards to practice their rather neglected shooting skills, Palmer his long kicks and -as bomber suggests-study a few videos on how to convert corners!

Don't get me wrong, I too love his enthusiasm, genuinely appreciate what he has achieved given the resources and players available to him and I certainly would not advocate getting rid (and who would we get to do any better in any case) but that does not mean that some of the criticisms levelled at him are not valid.

Rather tellingly, such criticisms are mostly around the same issues. As I'm sure Boingy would (rightly) point out, we fans are not at the training sessions nor privy to everything that may feed into Carlos''s decisions, but surely we cannot all be wrong?

You know Omeg, apparently Carlos contacted Bielsa to talk about it and Bielsa simply said “That’s football” and it’s true. Strange things happen. 6 games all draws is unusual. 6 losses in a row would be more of a concern. One thing I do know is that Carlos and the team want to win matches and I’m sure they’ll get through this patch. They don’t plan to get a draw but then we sometimes forget that the opposition want to win too. It’s tough. I respect all the teams in this league. Some really good performances from us last night btw. It must be really frustrating for them.

[Bombers right foot]

Actually I think CC does plan for a draw, his fixation with cautious football was highlighted against both Leeds and Burnley, neither full backs over lapped and spent the majority of the game in their own half, the lack of positivity in those games was criminal, Leeds were there for the taking and we were very lucky indeed against Burnley last night, the Burnley goalkeeper could have brought a deckchair, rug and newspaper, the guy must have been freezing with the lack of action

[Omegstrat6]

You know Omeg, apparently Carlos contacted Bielsa to talk about it and Bielsa simply said “That’s football” and it’s true. Strange things happen. 6 games all draws is unusual. 6 losses in a row would be more of a concern. One thing I do know is that Carlos and the team want to win matches and I’m sure they’ll get through this patch. They don’t plan to get a draw but then we sometimes forget that the opposition want to win too. It’s tough. I respect all the teams in this league. Some really good performances from us last night btw. It must be really frustrating for them.

I don't doubt that the team want to win matches Boingy, but the longer this goal drought goes on, the more frustrated and nervous the players will become which will only impact on performances on the pitch (as it did against Luton for example).

Thankfully, last night's performance at least demonstrated more intent than we have seen recently, even if we continued to lack that quality in the final third. I think we were very lucky that they had their goal disallowed but Burnley are tougher opposition than many we have struggled with so last night wasn't a bad result.

I too think that the goals will come again and I understand Corberan's desire in the meantime to protect our defensive record but whilst it's tempting to talk of "bad patches" or say "Oh well, that's just football", as with anything in life, I don't believe that things "just happen" for no reason. This is why the police, for example, replaced the term Road Traffic Accident with Road Traffic Incident because "accident" may carry the connotation of not being a deliberately caused outcome but it also implies a lack of blame. Basic "cause and effect" if you like.

I am sure that there are many variables that are feeding into our current inability to score goals whether that is a dip in fitness or form with some players or lack of confidence and nerves in others but tactical decisions and what appears to be insufficient practice at certain skills (e.g. shooting or corner conversion!) also play their part.

One other thing also occurred to me. Many years ago, early in my management career, I was on a training course and one of the things they set us was quite a complex task to be done in a very tight timescale. The idea was obviously to see how we all performed under pressure. Those from my sector of the business were all quite young and used to working under pressure so the attitude was just plough on through and get it done. We were therefore quite surprised when part way through the task we were made to take an enforced break and to do something completely different and non work related for an hour before being able to return to the task. As I'm sure you've already gathered, the point of this was to show that we can all get sucked into problems with a tunnel vision so that we lose the ability to step back and see the bigger picture and with it some possible solutions.

Going at it and driving through things without a break is sometimes necessary but more often than not, taking just a bit of time out to relax and re-charge is more than feasible and can lead to better end results. Carlos is known for the intensity of his training sessions but maybe this is part of the problem? Maybe it puts the players under even more pressure and stifles that bit of freedom of play that we seem to be missing on the pitch?

I don't think you can compare the quality of our current squad to our classic late 70s one but Ron Atkinson's attitude was famously less about tactics and intensive training sessions than simply telling his players to "go out and enjoy themselves". I'm certainly not suggesting Carlos just do this, but maybe there is something in it?

[baggieal]

Actually I think CC does plan for a draw, his fixation with cautious football was highlighted against both Leeds and Burnley, neither full backs over lapped and spent the majority of the game in their own half, the lack of positivity in those games was criminal, Leeds were there for the taking and we were very lucky indeed against Burnley last night, the Burnley goalkeeper could have brought a deckchair, rug and newspaper, the guy must have been freezing with the lack of action

All correct although would say CC plans not to lose as opposed to getting a draw! If we passed backwards and sideways against Kettering in a potential FA Cup match there would be a comment on here - no easy matches - they deserve respect - all the players tried blah blah blah!

I do respect you Bomber as you say what you think and it’s correct whether some like to hear it or not.

I have tickets for Sunday and the Mother in Law is due over. Normally I would be quicker out the door than Jed Wallace ( well that’s easy ) but on this occasion will grin and bear the Mother in Law. Can’t be arsed to drive and get frustrated!

[TipperaryBaggie]

All correct although would say CC plans not to lose as opposed to getting a draw! If we passed backwards and sideways against Kettering in a potential FA Cup match there would be a comment on here - no easy matches - they deserve respect - all the players tried blah blah blah!

I do respect you Bomber as you say what you think and it’s correct whether some like to hear it or not.

I have tickets for Sunday and the Mother in Law is due over. Normally I would be quicker out the door than Jed Wallace ( well that’s easy ) but on this occasion will grin and bear the Mother in Law. Can’t be arsed to drive and get frustrated!

If she has got a pair of boots, maybe you could get her to play. Let's face it, she would probably be an improvement on some of the current players!

[boingy]

I don't doubt that the team want to win matches Boingy, but the longer this goal drought goes on, the more frustrated and nervous the players will become which will only impact on performances on the pitch (as it did against Luton for example).

Thankfully, last night's performance at least demonstrated more intent than we have seen recently, even if we continued to lack that quality in the final third. I think we were very lucky that they had their goal disallowed but Burnley are tougher opposition than many we have struggled with so last night wasn't a bad result.

I too think that the goals will come again and I understand Corberan's desire in the meantime to protect our defensive record but whilst it's tempting to talk of "bad patches" or say "Oh well, that's just football", as with anything in life, I don't believe that things "just happen" for no reason. This is why the police, for example, replaced the term Road Traffic Accident with Road Traffic Incident because "accident" may carry the connotation of not being a deliberately caused outcome but it also implies a lack of blame. Basic "cause and effect" if you like.

I am sure that there are many variables that are feeding into our current inability to score goals whether that is a dip in fitness or form with some players or lack of confidence and nerves in others but tactical decisions and what appears to be insufficient practice at certain skills (e.g. shooting or corner conversion!) also play their part.

One other thing also occurred to me. Many years ago, early in my management career, I was on a training course and one of the things they set us was quite a complex task to be done in a very tight timescale. The idea was obviously to see how we all performed under pressure. Those from my sector of the business were all quite young and used to working under pressure so the attitude was just plough on through and get it done. We were therefore quite surprised when part way through the task we were made to take an enforced break and to do something completely different and non work related for an hour before being able to return to the task. As I'm sure you've already gathered, the point of this was to show that we can all get sucked into problems with a tunnel vision so that we lose the ability to step back and see the bigger picture and with it some possible solutions.

Going at it and driving through things without a break is sometimes necessary but more often than not, taking just a bit of time out to relax and re-charge is more than feasible and can lead to better end results. Carlos is known for the intensity of his training sessions but maybe this is part of the problem? Maybe it puts the players under even more pressure and stifles that bit of freedom of play that we seem to be missing on the pitch?

I don't think you can compare the quality of our current squad to our classic late 70s one but Ron Atkinson's attitude was famously less about tactics and intensive training sessions than simply telling his players to "go out and enjoy themselves". I'm certainly not suggesting Carlos just do this, but maybe there is something in it?

“the longer this goal drought goes on, the more frustrated and nervous the players will become which will only impact on performances on the pitch”

That’s true, which makes it even harder. Things will change.

[boingy]

https://brummieroadender.com/baggies...es-go-to-hull/

Agree with his assessment.