I wasn' there, I never am. So have no idea if that statement is a load of cobblers - you tell me.
Have been extremely impressed with the way he has rebuilt the side this season - some great signings on next to zero budget, but when it comes down to tactics & motivation is he the man??
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Can't see what all the fuss is about.
It's his signings you should be worried about.Not too many people have had good things to say about Mccormack,Francis or Abbott today
I'm not there either, but today, he did what all the amateur managers would have done. He dropped Liera, and gave a young kid a chance in a tricky game against a nasty old bastard. At half time replaced McCormack with Racon.
I understand that it wasnt pretty, and a lot of things arent gelling yet. But if you'd offered me 10 points from the first six games after all the turmoil of the summer, I'd have bitten your arm off.
I thought that was Pardew. Didn't he break some CAFC record or something by ''finding'' circa 39 of them in one season....
Problem was only about three of them were any good.
Full backs I think it's just the type of players we have. Richardson and Youga both loved to overlap. Not only that, Sam and Bailey were more likely to hold up the ball and actually give the full backs a chance to overlap. Reid and Martin are more direct, they get the ball and run at players.
Not for on him at all. Fry looks a good player. Parky hasn't got lucky there, he knew Fry was capable.
Racon for McCormack was the right thing to do, though would have preferred to see him start over McCormack. Him and Semedo end up trying to do the same things.
Obviously he himself has admitted that promotion is the target so if we fall into mid-table obscurity I could understand him being replaced but we aren't going to find anyone better unless we take a huge risk on a Chris Powell or Mark Robson which we can't really afford to take.
I meant it as a supportive comment towards Parky. I didnt put it well. I meant that people come on and say why didnt Parky do this and that, and today he did, so nobody can really fault his response to the way the game panned out. I think that's all from me for tonight :-)
If he doesn't like that then I can't see them ever getting back in.
My thoughts ate known about parky.
Saying that he did change it early and the sub scored .
I also hear he is popular with the players is that a good thing I dont know
We create very little and our corners and free kicks lack imagination and produce nothing.
Yes he's good at picking up some bargains, but if he'd done a better job we'd be in the Championship now and wouldn't have had to sell the likes of Bailey and our better players.
In summary he has lot's of strengths, but his weakness negates them all.
I have to agree with the title - Parky given limited budget has put together what on paper looks one of the strongest squads in the league but we do lack imagination on the pitch and are predictable. We create down the wings and then greedy Reidy goes for goal from the goal line. We create little through the middle.
There are some basic things like at a corner having a player wide incase the ball overshoots - which it often does to get the ball back in for another go. Like when heading a ball clear from the penalty box - head to the side rather than to their midfield waiting outside the penalty box (cost us 2 points 2 weeks ago and we did it several times before they scored).
I am a huge Parky fan - think he has been good with substitutions and like our players if he was the complete manager would be in the Prem and not with us. Hopefully the tactical piece will improve.
We create very little and our corners and free kicks lack imagination and produce nothing.
Yes he's good at picking up some bargains, but if he'd done a better job we'd be in the Championship now and wouldn't have had to sell the likes of Bailey and our better players.
In summary he has lot's of strengths, but his weakness negates them all.[/quote]
You forgot to mention the season we went down it was the same thing on the last throw of the dice.
if that is true then that is poor mgmt.
at a football club surely the mgr has the first the the middle and the last say in all things football
There would be doubts about any manager we can get at this level.
Surely if it works for them then it doesn't matter how they do it?
It's been said that Parky watches plenty of games. There are so many players out there, he mentioned enquiring about 30 or 40 strikers, I can't really believe Chapple decided on who to sign and he just agreed.
Exactly how many chances did we create for Abbott yesterday?
Exactly how many chances did we create for Benson yesterday?
Happy to admit that they don't look like working as a partnership, but no way can they get a slating. Strikers need chances and the fact that our midfield are creating nothing at present is the real issue.
My other gripe.....Phil, stop playing favourites like your old pal Pardew, and play those worthy of a place....Racon and Waggy, not to mention Solly spring to mind.
Agree with this 100%. Always play the form players, not the favs, all the good managers do this!!
Think that is a fair comment.