Are our players technically better than 'hoof ball'?

[splott parker]

I reckon players at our level are pretty adaptable. You’ve got to be a decent footballer to survive and be open to different methods of play, different coaching, different systems etc. Players move from club to club and fall in with the way their new club operate quite quickly and by the same token new managers/coaches join a club and implement their way and the players due to the fact that they’ve made it as a pro footballer take things on board. I’m not too worried about our players being so set in Warnock’s ways that they couldn’t adapt to a different mindset & system.

[the other bob wilson]

I reckon players at our level are pretty adaptable. You’ve got to be a decent footballer to survive and be open to different methods of play, different coaching, different systems etc. Players move from club to club and fall in with the way their new club operate quite quickly and by the same token new managers/coaches join a club and implement their way and the players due to the fact that they’ve made it as a pro footballer take things on board. I’m not too worried about our players being so set in Warnock’s ways that they couldn’t adapt to a different mindset & system.

I take the point that they may have been playing to orders to some extent, but that Fulham game makes me wonder if if we are capable of keeping the ball for concerted periods - we don't keep the ball that well when we're defending single goal leads in the closing minutes either.

[Tuerto]

I take the point that they may have been playing to orders to some extent, but that Fulham game makes me wonder if if we are capable of keeping the ball for concerted periods - we don't keep the ball that well when we're defending single goal leads in the closing minutes either.

I think it's a combination of things, players lack of ability, Warnocks refusal to allow players to break shape, players not allowed to make themselves available for the ball, Central defenders told to hit it 40 yards, midfield by passed and only one midfielder allowed to 'play' and only in the final third. God, it's shit.

[Tuerto]

I reckon players at our level are pretty adaptable. You’ve got to be a decent footballer to survive and be open to different methods of play, different coaching, different systems etc. Players move from club to club and fall in with the way their new club operate quite quickly and by the same token new managers/coaches join a club and implement their way and the players due to the fact that they’ve made it as a pro footballer take things on board. I’m not too worried about our players being so set in Warnock’s ways that they couldn’t adapt to a different mindset & system.

Plenty of them could make the change. People talk like our players are pit ponies and that a different managerial style would be the equivelant to showing them the light. When they were learning the game it wouldn't have been football the 'Warnock way' that style has been obosolete amongst coaches for 25 years. It's only since they've come to us that they've had to play this direct crap. Most of them could adjust in my opinion, the point is would they be any good at it?