| Did anyone else pick up on this? 08:59 - Dec 30 with 1670 views | tractorboy1978 |
“Me and the staff we try and help them the best that we can. People think the game is about managers. It’s not about managers, the game’s about players and supporters and that’s what people want to see".
What a bizarre quote. Almost as bizarre as his quote earlier in the season about players being more important than tactics and formations. |  | | |  |
| Did anyone else pick up on this? on 09:01 - Dec 30 with 1628 views | onlymehere |
It’s all laughable but very annoying looks like the club is running on empty. |  | | |
| Did anyone else pick up on this? on 09:12 - Dec 30 with 1538 views | hoppy |
Indeed. Good spot.
It should be “The staff and I try to...” |  |
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| Did anyone else pick up on this? on 09:22 - Dec 30 with 1486 views | SomethingBlue |
It's not bizarre at all, it's just rightly pointing out that "manager in/manager out" is far from being the extent of everything both here and elsewhere. | |
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| Did anyone else pick up on this? on 09:26 - Dec 30 with 1459 views | Pinewoodblue |
It shouldn’t be about the players. It is the team that matters.
The manager should, at this point in the season, know exactly what he wants from a settled team.
He doesn’t appear to know what he wants. |  |
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| Did anyone else pick up on this? on 09:29 - Dec 30 with 1441 views | artsbossbeard |
Picking apart press conference utterings to make another dig at the manager takes me back to the days of being a mid table championship team. Twtd. |  |
| Please note: prior to hitting the post button, I've double checked for anything that could be construed as "Anti Semitic" and to the best of my knowledge it isn't. Anything deemed to be of a Xenophobic nature is therefore purely accidental or down to your own misconstruing. | | Poll: | Raining in IP8 - shall I get the washing in? |
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| Did anyone else pick up on this? on 09:32 - Dec 30 with 1395 views | PJH |
| Did anyone else pick up on this? on 09:29 - Dec 30 by artsbossbeard |
Picking apart press conference utterings to make another dig at the manager takes me back to the days of being a mid table championship team. Twtd. |
But think of all the new grounds that people have been able to tick off this season. |  | | |
| Did anyone else pick up on this? on 09:33 - Dec 30 with 1377 views | artsbossbeard |
| Did anyone else pick up on this? on 09:32 - Dec 30 by PJH |
But think of all the new grounds that people have been able to tick off this season. |
That worked out well then. | |
| Please note: prior to hitting the post button, I've double checked for anything that could be construed as "Anti Semitic" and to the best of my knowledge it isn't. Anything deemed to be of a Xenophobic nature is therefore purely accidental or down to your own misconstruing. | | Poll: | Raining in IP8 - shall I get the washing in? |
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| Did anyone else pick up on this? on 09:33 - Dec 30 with 1378 views | footers |
| Did anyone else pick up on this? on 09:32 - Dec 30 by PJH |
But think of all the new grounds that people have been able to tick off this season. |
At this rate we should all buy season tickets for Lincoln. |  |
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| Did anyone else pick up on this? on 09:36 - Dec 30 with 1352 views | PJH |
| Did anyone else pick up on this? on 09:33 - Dec 30 by footers |
At this rate we should all buy season tickets for Lincoln. |
At this rate there will be a hell of a lot less people buying season tickets for ITFC next season. | | | |
| Did anyone else pick up on this? on 09:41 - Dec 30 with 1316 views | BlueBadger |
| Did anyone else pick up on this? on 09:29 - Dec 30 by artsbossbeard |
Picking apart press conference utterings to make another dig at the manager takes me back to the days of being a mid table championship team. Twtd. |
Given the utter cliche-ridden vacuity of most things he says the TWTD pastime of 'overanalyse the presser' is even more pointless than usual. |  |
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| Did anyone else pick up on this? on 09:41 - Dec 30 with 1305 views | BlueBadger |
| Did anyone else pick up on this? on 09:32 - Dec 30 by PJH |
But think of all the new grounds that people have been able to tick off this season. |
And The Football Is Better now, never forget that. | |
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| Did anyone else pick up on this? on 09:45 - Dec 30 with 1274 views | Herbivore |
It's just empty words. It's all he has in his locker. |  |
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| Did anyone else pick up on this? on 10:21 - Dec 30 with 1093 views | No9 |
The game isn't about players? | | | |
| Did anyone else pick up on this? on 10:39 - Dec 30 with 1023 views | tractorboy1978 |
| Did anyone else pick up on this? on 10:21 - Dec 30 by No9 |
The game isn't about players? |
Clearly. But of course it is about managers too. As a player I would read that and think 'here is a bloke that wants to take no responsibility'. | | | |
| Did anyone else pick up on this? on 14:56 - Dec 30 with 790 views | hoppy |
| Did anyone else pick up on this? on 10:21 - Dec 30 by No9 |
The game isn't about players? |
Wouldn’t get very far without them! | |
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| Did anyone else pick up on this? on 15:01 - Dec 30 with 773 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
| Did anyone else pick up on this? on 09:22 - Dec 30 by SomethingBlue |
It's not bizarre at all, it's just rightly pointing out that "manager in/manager out" is far from being the extent of everything both here and elsewhere. |
I think the point is more that the manager should be more active in it. Rather than "trying to help them", the manager should be deciding on tactics, ensuring the players understand their role and how it fits into the tactics and motivating and deciding on how best to implement the tactics.
It is like it is going wrong and he wants to deflect the blame to the players. Most of where it is going wrong is players not seeming to know or be able to carry out their roles and players not building partnerships and understanding on the pitch. That doesn't come from "helping" the players, that comes from leading and guiding the players.
While I could imagine a similar quote coming from Sir Bobby, I think the context would be entirely different. I think every player would know exactly what was being asked of them. I wonder if every player currently does. |  |
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