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I was there too and Don Murray committed one of the worst tackles I've ever seen on a football pitch against Vic Halom. The Echo headline after the game was the classic: 'City Sizzle and Batter Fulham.' I've still got it.
Are we saying Harris is a latter day Scoular?
My thoughts are that Harris has done well, punching a little above his weight this season with an above average squad in a poor Championship but can be found wanting tactically.
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Can anybody explain why we played Pack last night against that team
Hallelu Yah!
There have been times, these last 60 seasons, when being City fan was far grimmer than it is today and miraculously I have not lost hope during those six decades. My feeling about last night was that we were playing draughts when Fulham (and Brentford) play chess.
Ps 71:14.
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Exactly what’s been running through my head this morning, it’s as though certain teams are playing in a way that makes it look like a different sport to what others are playing. Of course we’ve always had top flight elite and teams at the top of a division looking different to teams at the bottom but the difference now is evident in games between teams that after a full season are only a couple of league positions apart.
It’s a conundrum though, our last two Championship seasons (which our history tells us is our natural home) we’ve finished second and fifth. To many similar clubs that’d look quite acceptable but we City fans see it as frustration. So is it rip it up and start again? Drop down a few league places for a season or two of complete change? If we went that way would some City fans create and demand a return to the old ‘successful’ formula? Myself, I’m leaning toward a change to the more modern approach, even if it means a few mid table seasons (as long as the progress is evident but I do fear our more impatient support’s attitude).
I think we're in transition at the moment.
Harris has us playing more football certainly. Sometimes our players panic a bit, especially at the back, and can play themselves or others into trouble a bit but it is definitely evident that we're trying to play more.
I think it is frustrating at the moment as while it is plain to see we couldn't just say stop playing that Warnock style and play this new way we have frustrating hangovers from the Warnock era that just don't work. Long throws for me are a total waste and an example of this. Teams now all crowd out Morrison and it is threat averted. It is never thrown to anybody else when launched into the box.
It will be interesting to see how Harris progresses but it is disappointing that on the face of it he won't be able to add too much quality with the upper hierarchy already coming out and saying we won't be spending a great deal.
I think he can get these players playing a better style, we just need our best ball players in the right areas. At the moment there are clear areas where we start to play football and when it goes to certain areas it is either lost or slows down. They either need to be dropped or improve if there is to be a new style with this same first team.
We lose the ball far too much but again this could be a hangover from treating it like a hot potato under Warnock.
Pretty much every great team of the past has managed success through longevity of the manager, we change manager every 2-3 years, nobody has any real time to instill a style of play or tactical plan with bedded in players, it seems 90% of the clubs in all divisions are constantly "in transition" and it doesn't always make for great viewing