If you were the manager...could you do better?

[Blooburd]

Re: If you were the manager...could you do better?

One of football's mysteries. Some players can be amazing for some managers, yet utter gash for others. Some managers get some players playing beyond their potential yet fail to get the best out of better players.

Managers are just people as are players.

If you worked for a boss who was not giving you the respect the previous did. I'm guessing you'd underperform whether you mean to or not. As would i..

[Citizen's Nephew]

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Robinson’s got form for arguing with Bulut plenty of times. Seen it many times pitchside. I used to like him but he’s got some problems and yeah, he’s been playing like shit for a while.

[Citizen's Nephew]

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Grant is our best attacker, and you’re not playing him?

I would play Colwill though, that’s a no brainer for me. And I wouldn’t just play the same boring garbage we’ve been playing, and I’d go a bit more direct at times. Nothing wrong with a ball in the channel or 2 to mix it up.

Spot on!

[Taffy Blue in Berkshire]

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Don't think the tea lady could do any worse. Bulut been working with the squad long enough to know their strengths and weaknesses. He keeps saying their pressing is not good enough, well that's down to him.
Every team that plays us got so much time and space, don't know what the manager is thinking but I don't think he got a clue.

Bulut might have football knowledge but his people management skills are rubbish.

[The Bloop]

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We could all pick a preferred starting XI but that's as far as it goes.
I have no clue regarding tactics both with and without the ball, or anything else for that matter, so will leave that to the professionals.

[the other bob wilson]

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To answer the original question, no - that said, I wouldn't have got myself into the mess Bulut did regarding the goalkeeping situation.

[Citizen's Nephew]

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To answer the original question, no - that said, I wouldn't have got myself into the mess Bulut did regarding the goalkeeping situation.

That was farcical. We seemed to be gelling as a team until that crazy decision.

[North Cardiff Blue]

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I think a lot of people are disenchanted by our players of late. I personally think this is because our park the bus and hoof when in doubt tactics do not exactly flatter the types of players we have. We have seen glimpses of the potential in our side..normally when we up the tempo and play up the feed with grounded passes and pace. People are quick to forget these moments due to the dull manager's immediate reverting of tactics in the very next match.

Anyways..enough of that this is what I'd do

My team with an aggressive 1 to 2 touch passing, high press but with less regards for tracking back would be :

-------------Alnwick----------------
Ng--Goutas--McGuiness--Collins
--------------Ralls-------------------
-------Colwill----Robinson--------
Tanner---------------------Bowler
--------------Etete------------------

If we ever seen O'Dowda and Ramsey back we can see Bowler share the right side with tanner. The link up between Collins and O'dowda was top draw earlier in the season. Robbo/Colwill or even Ralls drop for Ramsey

I'm no football manager. I have played competitively and can see plenty of 'professionals' that seem to have no idea how they became successful as a player.

What would you do? or not do..i guess

NO, BUT SOME THINK THEY COULD!

[splott parker]

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To answer the original question, no - that said, I wouldn't have got myself into the mess Bulut did regarding the goalkeeping situation.

The Runnarrson affair was a defining period of the season. I wonder if any outfield players did any thinking out loud over his selection over Alnwick? I think a lot of us have played at lower levels where ‘How the feck is he still in the side?’ has been loudly said, no different at pro level I’d imagine.

[North Cardiff Blue]

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The Runnarrson affair was a defining period of the season. I wonder if any outfield players did any thinking out loud over his selection over Alnwick? I think a lot of us have played at lower levels where ‘How the feck is he still in the side?’ has been loudly said, no different at pro level I’d imagine.

Who did you play for?

[North Cardiff Blue]

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One of football's mysteries. Some players can be amazing for some managers, yet utter gash for others. Some managers get some players playing beyond their potential yet fail to get the best out of better players.

Love them or hate them, Dave Jones and Warnock, got so much out of some players.

[North Cardiff Blue]

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Robinson has been rank awful. buluts tactics may have something to do with that, but robinson has to take a big portion of responsibility for his inept performance levels. He's even lost the ability to control a ball and shows no urgency. Thre's not a manager or coach on this planet who can make a player lose those attributes, unless the player is past giving a shit, which i don't believe is the case at the moment. Bulut is no messiah, he has faults, we can all see them, and players aren't improving, in fact, some are getting worse, Although the players need to take responsibility for their failings as well. Way too much blame culture in football these days, and plenty on here as well.

He seems on a different wavelength from his team mates, you can see where the pass should go, and he either passes too far ahead or in a different direction, expecting them to make a run that they are not making, its frustrating because their is some talent their.

[North Cardiff Blue]

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The Runnarrson affair was a defining period of the season. I wonder if any outfield players did any thinking out loud over his selection over Alnwick? I think a lot of us have played at lower levels where ‘How the feck is he still in the side?’ has been loudly said, no different at pro level I’d imagine.

Did the keeper coach or other coaches influence this, maybe he was magic in training either way, it was an error, he seemed to start OK, then get worse every week.

[Moodybluebird]

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Bulut might have football knowledge but his people management skills are rubbish.

That does seem to be the case but how much of it is due to there being a language barrier ? Remember all his coaches are foreign too.

What is obvious is that none of the current team appear to have improved under Bulut and that is a worry.