New Manager?

[midshipman]

Thanks for all your replies we do not see the training we can only judge from what we see on the pitch. From the teams performance he seems unable to get the team to play at a high tempo for any length of time If we can play at a high tempo for a good proportion of the match we would walk this league. The slow tempo we are playing at present gives the opposition plenty of time to get back pack the defence and try to hit us on the break. They are happy to let us keep passing it around in the defence possession is no good if it does not create chances and goals. Can he inspire the team or deliver a kick up the back side we do not know. Even after a good first half they often come out looking half asleep what does he tell them at half time ? It's not working.

[jackal2]

Thanks for all your replies we do not see the training we can only judge from what we see on the pitch. From the teams performance he seems unable to get the team to play at a high tempo for any length of time If we can play at a high tempo for a good proportion of the match we would walk this league. The slow tempo we are playing at present gives the opposition plenty of time to get back pack the defence and try to hit us on the break. They are happy to let us keep passing it around in the defence possession is no good if it does not create chances and goals. Can he inspire the team or deliver a kick up the back side we do not know. Even after a good first half they often come out looking half asleep what does he tell them at half time ? It's not working.

I see a team that wants to be too safe and to play at a pace that feels comfortable for them, and that's where the Head Coach/Manager needs to say, "I'm not going to allow you to play in your comfort zone, I want you to push the pace and take risks in areas of the pitch where you can afford to take risks".

To my mind we've gone from one extreme 18 months/two years ago where the likes of Baldwin and Cameron and the goalkeeper were doing ridiculous things close to their own goal, to the other extreme now where wingers/wingbacks receiving the ball three quarters of the way up the pitch in attacking positions are passing the ball backwards rather than taking on their man, and where we often don't have enough players willing to pile into the box and get on the end of any decent service that does arrive.