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Post by Tarbie on Jan 15, 2023 12:52:56 GMT
Your last line hits the nail on the head Corbs. They may follow that process, but I bet most players that come in are suggested by the gaffer.
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Post by West Acton on Jan 15, 2023 20:45:01 GMT
Super man management pleased with this
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Post by Ginger Ninja on Jan 15, 2023 21:34:40 GMT
Super man management pleased with this Fair play to Critch. Only time will tell if his man management works. Willock will rediscover his form again no doubt, just hope it's soon. We need him firing. |
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Post by hal9thou on Jan 15, 2023 22:01:41 GMT
Christ, it feels like only yesterday plenty of gooners were calling for Arteta's head......
Don't underestimate what years of poor decision making have done to the club. On top of that you have injuries and a thin squad.
He does seem like Mr. Nice Guy, but remember Graham Potter has had plenty of success and by all accounts he's pretty chilled out. I can think of several gaffers who scream and shout and things still haven't worked out.
Our problem is not a manager problem. Our problem is the people who make the appointments.
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Post by Ginger Ninja on Jan 15, 2023 22:15:43 GMT
Christ, it feels like only yesterday plenty of gooners were calling for Arteta's head...... Don't underestimate what years of poor decision making have done to the club. On top of that you have injuries and a thin squad. He does seem like Mr. Nice Guy, but remember Graham Potter has had plenty of success and by all accounts he's pretty chilled out. I can think of several gaffers who scream and shout and things still haven't worked out. Our problem is not a manager problem. Our problem is the people who make the appointments. Fully agree. Regarding Potter, I did think at the time that job is too big for him. Chelsea need to be patient with him to see success under him, but they aren't that patient. Good manager is Potter. |
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Post by MattyRangers on Jan 16, 2023 7:41:02 GMT
Interesting that. Fingers crossed we can follow then 7th game onwards form also....! |
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Post by sparks on Jan 16, 2023 9:03:55 GMT
Christ, it feels like only yesterday plenty of gooners were calling for Arteta's head...... Don't underestimate what years of poor decision making have done to the club. On top of that you have injuries and a thin squad. He does seem like Mr. Nice Guy, but remember Graham Potter has had plenty of success and by all accounts he's pretty chilled out. I can think of several gaffers who scream and shout and things still haven't worked out. Our problem is not a manager problem. Our problem is the people who make the appointments. |
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Post by stainrodisalegend on Jan 16, 2023 9:49:37 GMT
Yes Think we moved it across back four marginally quicker but aside from that it’s as you were. This is one of the negatives for me under Critchley. As you were saying, we moved it forward quicker under Beale which to me was Beale's main achievement here. Now we seem to have gone back to a form of War-balls which was probably the worst aspect of Mark's coaching style. But think defenders get too much stick for this. The problem is the likes of Field and Tim Longname who should be finding space and turning forward. Instead they have gone back to facing the goalkeeper and just hitting it straight back to the defender. I remember Beale saying this was one of the patterns of our play he was most determined to change. When you have so little in midfield the likes of Chair have to come ever deeper. Willock and Roberts (until late on yesterday) seemed very static. And meanwhile Dykes, for all his faults, has a pretty thankless task with no one within 20 yards of him. I know its easy to sit there watching and playing at being Barry Football Manager so I'm prob talking bollox but if Critchley has been studying videos of our games, the problems should be fairly apparent. Is he, for example, telling Field that simply knocking it back to the centre half is not "job done", its a complete bloody cop out? |
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Post by Shania on Jan 16, 2023 9:59:12 GMT
Our playing style will always be affected by our injury situation. Imo.
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Post by Timmy Doc on Jan 16, 2023 12:55:00 GMT
Following 10 games MB - W7 D1 L2. |
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Post by alanwycombe on Jan 16, 2023 14:04:52 GMT
Going to be tough
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Post by hal9thou on Jan 16, 2023 14:33:11 GMT
Yes Think we moved it across back four marginally quicker but aside from that it’s as you were. This is one of the negatives for me under Critchley. As you were saying, we moved it forward quicker under Beale which to me was Beale's main achievement here. Now we seem to have gone back to a form of War-balls which was probably the worst aspect of Mark's coaching style. But think defenders get too much stick for this. The problem is the likes of Field and Tim Longname who should be finding space and turning forward. Instead they have gone back to facing the goalkeeper and just hitting it straight back to the defender. I remember Beale saying this was one of the patterns of our play he was most determined to change. When you have so little in midfield the likes of Chair have to come ever deeper. Willock and Roberts (until late on yesterday) seemed very static. And meanwhile Dykes, for all his faults, has a pretty thankless task with no one within 20 yards of him. I know its easy to sit there watching and playing at being Barry Football Manager so I'm prob talking bollox but if Critchley has been studying videos of our games, the problems should be fairly apparent. Is he, for example, telling Field that simply knocking it back to the centre half is not "job done", its a complete bloody cop out? Absolutely spot on. While it's true that the club has 'systemic' problems, the fact is we moved the ball quicker under Beale and if you want success in the modern game you absolutely have to do that, and not just at the back. Another thing Beale tried to do was avoid units getting totally isolated (although injuries put paid to that). |
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Post by 1973ranger on Jan 20, 2023 11:55:19 GMT
My lad trains with us and Critchley and his coaches turned up at their session this week and I have to say all three were great with the boys and took part with the kids. Give this guy a chance as he wants the club to progress at all levels.
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Post by jfrabbit on Jan 20, 2023 14:06:02 GMT
My lad trains with us and Critchley and his coaches turned up at their session this week and I have to say all three were great with the boys and took part with the kids. Give this guy a chance as he wants the club to progress at all levels. That's really good to hear mate. |
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Post by hal9thou on Jan 20, 2023 14:31:17 GMT
My lad trains with us and Critchley and his coaches turned up at their session this week and I have to say all three were great with the boys and took part with the kids. Give this guy a chance as he wants the club to progress at all levels.Of course he does and I think everyone wishes him all the best. I think these days when things go to shit the finger pointing is increasingly aimed upstairs. As it should be, frankly. |
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Post by jfrabbit on Jan 21, 2023 17:22:59 GMT
This is genuinely not a dig as I thought we looked a lot better today for 65 minutes. Didn’t allow them hardly anything BUT I’ve got to say 5 mins before they scored I said to my son I think he should take Chair off and put Johansen on to bring some calm to the midfield.
We were letting them back into it big time and my only criticism is he left it too late to shore things up. Then the inevitable happened.
Highly frustrating.
Also when he did make the subs they were completely ineffective.
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Post by stainrodisalegend on Jan 21, 2023 18:01:20 GMT
This is genuinely not a dig as I thought we looked a lot better today for 65 minutes. Didn’t allow them hardly anything BUT I’ve got to say 5 mins before they scored I said to my son I think he should take Chair off and put Johansen on to bring some calm to the midfield. We were letting them back into it big time and my only criticism is he left it too late to shore things up. Then the inevitable happened. Highly frustrating. Also when he did make the subs they were completely ineffective. The match did seem to cry out for Stef - think I said the same in the match thread at the time - the only poss excuse for not bringing him on cd be that he wasn't really fit, otherwise baffling. Was crying out for his calmness and ability to "take care of the football" (Warbs - gotta miss those cliches...). |
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Post by jfrabbit on Jan 21, 2023 18:11:14 GMT
This is genuinely not a dig as I thought we looked a lot better today for 65 minutes. Didn’t allow them hardly anything BUT I’ve got to say 5 mins before they scored I said to my son I think he should take Chair off and put Johansen on to bring some calm to the midfield. We were letting them back into it big time and my only criticism is he left it too late to shore things up. Then the inevitable happened. Highly frustrating. Also when he did make the subs they were completely ineffective. The match did seem to cry out for Stef - think I said the same in the match thread at the time - the only poss excuse for not bringing him on cd be that he wasn't really fit, otherwise baffling. Was crying out for his calmness and ability to "take care of the football" (Warbs - gotta miss those cliches...). Someone next to me said that but if that’s the case shouldn’t be on the bench especially if he can’t do 25 mins. Was absolutely crying out for someone to get a hold of the ball and keep it. |
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Post by Shania on Jan 21, 2023 19:57:44 GMT
By not using the bench more proactive, it seems like he is still testing some players mentality and dedication even though it cost us points. Just a thought.
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Post by West Acton on Jan 22, 2023 7:39:04 GMT
This is genuinely not a dig as I thought we looked a lot better today for 65 minutes. Didn’t allow them hardly anything BUT I’ve got to say 5 mins before they scored I said to my son I think he should take Chair off and put Johansen on to bring some calm to the midfield. We were letting them back into it big time and my only criticism is he left it too late to shore things up. Then the inevitable happened. Highly frustrating. Also when he did make the subs they were completely ineffective. he had two subs stripped and ready to come in (Salter and dozzell) when they scored. So he was in fairness ready to make a change. Salter never got on as he went more attacking and put Albert on. |
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Post by shepherdsmush on Jan 22, 2023 11:20:00 GMT
Can see the change to more of a press (Chair ran himself into the ground) and I like that. Would like to see the team Critchley puts together given time as I think it'll have more of those willing to run through brick walls than we probably have at the moment
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Post by Stanley75 on Jan 22, 2023 12:27:26 GMT
He's the better coach, I've always maintained that, but in the words our other ex-manager "It is what it is!" Too easy to say “it is what it is” Stan.That is the case if Critchley doesn’t pick alternatives to what’s he’s selected so far in his tenure. From my personal view I don’t want to see many of the players he’s currently selecting on his subs bench. This squad is crying out for changes such as Armstrong, Aoraha, Lloyd, Bonner ,Kolli and even a proper back up Keeper to put pressure on Dieng. What is there to lose by trying something different to his current rigid outlook on players at his disposal. Totally get the frustration Sparks and agree to a certain extent. Personally I’m giving NC benefit of the doubt as he’s still relatively new in job. Would prefer to cast a more critical eye once he’s 10-15 games in. On plus side he’s still only lost once since taking charge, which is an improvement in form regardless of the obvious frustrations, and it appears he has at least made us harder to beat. |
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Post by alanwycombe on Jan 22, 2023 12:38:40 GMT
Too easy to say “it is what it is” Stan.That is the case if Critchley doesn’t pick alternatives to what’s he’s selected so far in his tenure. From my personal view I don’t want to see many of the players he’s currently selecting on his subs bench. This squad is crying out for changes such as Armstrong, Aoraha, Lloyd, Bonner ,Kolli and even a proper back up Keeper to put pressure on Dieng. What is there to lose by trying something different to his current rigid outlook on players at his disposal. Totally get the frustration Sparks and agree to a certain extent. Personally I’m giving NC benefit of the doubt as he’s still relatively new in job. Would prefer to cast a more critical eye once he’s 10-15 games in. On plus side he’s still only lost once since taking charge, which is an improvement in form regardless of the obvious frustrations, and it appears he has at least made us harder to beat. They are all far too young to be playing for QPR😂 Bonner is an interesting one. Brought in because he was supposedly highly thought of st Liverpool but not good enough for our bench and a few minutes to see what he can offer. The point is always made to me that the staff see them in training. Doesn’t convince me because the staff consistently see Dykes failing to hit a cow’s arse with his banjo in training so does beg the question what are they looking at? |
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Post by Timmy Doc on Jan 28, 2023 16:54:50 GMT
I'm patient. Will give him next month to sort this out.
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Post by James1979 on Jan 28, 2023 16:57:36 GMT
I’m not patient.
Played 8, won 1. (!!), drawn 4, lost 3
Scored 6. (!!)
Conceded 12
Abysmal. Clueless. Zero fight and passion.
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Post by jfrabbit on Jan 28, 2023 17:05:10 GMT
Shit. Again.
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Post by alanwycombe on Jan 28, 2023 17:06:53 GMT
Let’s see if he’s got the balls to get a couple of players back in to try and change things
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Post by sparks on Jan 28, 2023 17:15:24 GMT
If Critchley doesn’t “now” realise that playing Dunne and Dickie as a 2 is a disaster he should go back to coaching kids football.
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Post by stainrodisalegend on Jan 28, 2023 17:17:26 GMT
If Critchley doesn’t “now” realise that playing Dunne and Dickie as a 2 is a disaster he should go back to coaching kids football. One of my frustrations about Critchley - it seems like he has to learn everything from scratch. How hard is it to watch all the videos of past matches? There is a reason why Warbs and Warty avoided that at all costs |
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Post by shepherdsmush on Jan 28, 2023 17:28:32 GMT
How Critchley cannot see that Kakay is useless at RB is beyond me
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