Quote Originally Posted by PhyllisStant View Post
It's so interesting as that's what a lot of us were saying about our players near the end with NH. I'm convinced football at this level is so much about man management and getting players to knuckle down and and play as a team. Look at the gulf in results MM and NW managed compared to their predecessors.
Leeds took a year to build a promotion winning side on the back of expansive football. If NW and MM can get results so much more quickly it's because going back to basics is a better strategy, in the short-term, and easier to coach. It can even help first year of the premier league but if your play is too basic you're going to struggle after that.