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It's nice that there is a post of the managers interview and no slagging him off and giving personal insults - I wasnt sure at the beginning of the season as I was a big MC fan, but he has grown on me a lot and think he is a good fit for this club
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Gaffer on today's win on 11:15 - Feb 22 with 911 views
Clearly, yesterday was clearly a lot better, and we got a result I for one never saw coming, in some part because Hull went to pot in the closing minutes almost as badly as we did v Wrexham, However, 8 on-target goal attempts was really good and it seems to have been one of our more complete showings away from home.
Of course - like a lot of other clubs around us, I suppose - consistency is what eludes us. I want us to move from a manic-depressive situation where we have to keep generating (I suppose commendable) 'reactions' to bad games/runs to one in which we produce a level of performance that doesn't dip into incompetent or unwatchable but preserves a level of footballing credibility and pride week in, week out.
Can this manager and team deliver that? Frankly, I am doubtful from all I've seen this season, especially on the road, but of course it starts with individual players. Prior to the dreck against Wrexham, Cook and Dunne had been hitting their marks for a few weeks, while Madsen is another who is now producing a sustained level of performance - not quite as impressive, for me, as some of his admirers make out, but nevertheless he is turning in 6s and 7s, if not 8s, on a regular basis. (If he can do better with his free kicks and pitch in with one or two more goals, he'll really be an outstanding asset.)
I suspect what we'll see between now and the seaon's end, irrespective of who's playing and who's injured, will be continuingly fluctuating displays, with one or two notable victories along the way to spear us with the drug of hope. Much depends on how competitive and demanding this manager really is, as well as his squad. (It worries me that JS likes to tell us how high he aims then undercuts it by refusing to talk about the playoffs, rather than simply demonstrating a real edge at times. If I were a player, I'd want to hear my manager bullish and expectant, challenging me and my team mates to play themselves into contention and show how aspirational they are.)
As ever, in the words of The Waterboys, dream harder! (If the current incumbents can't or won't, find men who can!)
Clearly, yesterday was clearly a lot better, and we got a result I for one never saw coming, in some part because Hull went to pot in the closing minutes almost as badly as we did v Wrexham, However, 8 on-target goal attempts was really good and it seems to have been one of our more complete showings away from home.
Of course - like a lot of other clubs around us, I suppose - consistency is what eludes us. I want us to move from a manic-depressive situation where we have to keep generating (I suppose commendable) 'reactions' to bad games/runs to one in which we produce a level of performance that doesn't dip into incompetent or unwatchable but preserves a level of footballing credibility and pride week in, week out.
Can this manager and team deliver that? Frankly, I am doubtful from all I've seen this season, especially on the road, but of course it starts with individual players. Prior to the dreck against Wrexham, Cook and Dunne had been hitting their marks for a few weeks, while Madsen is another who is now producing a sustained level of performance - not quite as impressive, for me, as some of his admirers make out, but nevertheless he is turning in 6s and 7s, if not 8s, on a regular basis. (If he can do better with his free kicks and pitch in with one or two more goals, he'll really be an outstanding asset.)
I suspect what we'll see between now and the seaon's end, irrespective of who's playing and who's injured, will be continuingly fluctuating displays, with one or two notable victories along the way to spear us with the drug of hope. Much depends on how competitive and demanding this manager really is, as well as his squad. (It worries me that JS likes to tell us how high he aims then undercuts it by refusing to talk about the playoffs, rather than simply demonstrating a real edge at times. If I were a player, I'd want to hear my manager bullish and expectant, challenging me and my team mates to play themselves into contention and show how aspirational they are.)
As ever, in the words of The Waterboys, dream harder! (If the current incumbents can't or won't, find men who can!)
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If you are genuinely worried about this, then I respectfully suggest you need to find better things to worry about!
In fact, I would go so far as to say the your "dream harder" philosophy is not only counter-productive, but potentially quite damaging to both Stephan's calm and considered approach and the need to keep a young squad's feet firmly on the ground.
As the self-confessed "perfectionist" that you love to style yourself as, I would have thought that you would have been all for an approach that stresses the importance of individual players working to personalised, tailored plans that give them the tools they need to make repeated incremental, marginalised gains on a continual basis whilst stressing that they've still got work to do in order to reach the next level, or is that philosophy too sensible, rational and boring for you?
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(No subject) (n/t) on 19:22 - Feb 23 with 345 views
Gaffer on today's win on 09:57 - Feb 23 by E15Hoop
If you are genuinely worried about this, then I respectfully suggest you need to find better things to worry about!
In fact, I would go so far as to say the your "dream harder" philosophy is not only counter-productive, but potentially quite damaging to both Stephan's calm and considered approach and the need to keep a young squad's feet firmly on the ground.
As the self-confessed "perfectionist" that you love to style yourself as, I would have thought that you would have been all for an approach that stresses the importance of individual players working to personalised, tailored plans that give them the tools they need to make repeated incremental, marginalised gains on a continual basis whilst stressing that they've still got work to do in order to reach the next level, or is that philosophy too sensible, rational and boring for you?
PS But thanks for implying I'm foolish and irrational - I'll take that as a compliment.
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