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Nick

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Season long loan to Gillingham
 

SlowerThanPlatt

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Hope he doesn’t teach him out of playing out from the back. Not sure a Steve Evans team is the right fit for a player like Drysdale

They had 29% possession on Saturday but won 2-0. I said in the other thread both are sound footballers and the management wants them to toughen up.
 

lifeskyblue

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Perhaps Evans is developing his team and trying less hoof ball. I think this is a really good move for CCFC and drysdale. A year of playing every week in L1 (rather than u23s) will toughen him up as well as improve his defensive skills.


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Liquid Gold

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To be frank I think there will be very few L1 teams capable of playing out like we do. He already seems comfortable on the ball so a year of developing the rest of his game against much tougher opposition than in the u23 can only do him good.
 
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Liquid Gold

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Maybe so but his record as a lower league manager isn’t up for debate
I'd disagree with that, he might get wins in the short term but he often leaves clubs in a worse position than he finds them. In some instances out of business, generally without a pot to piss in all the while burning bridges with the network you need to develop within the game.

If you want a few wins go for it, I think a longer term strategy is more important.
 

KenilworthSkyBlue

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Maybe so but his record as a lower league manager isn’t up for debate

He's hardly got a glowing managerial record. His last promotion was back in 2014. Since then he's underperformed at every club he's managed, probably bar Gillingham.

I still think it's a good move for both Eccles and Drysdale though. As there's probably few tougher managers to work under in League One/Two.
 

Magwitch

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Good move for Drysdale, I thought he looked a real prospect in the Gillingham league cup-tie but he needs more than U23 games to bring him on a season with a decent division one team will do him and hopefully long term us a lot of good, as for Evans not a fan but he has decent teams.
 

Grendel

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Take out the periods in the conference (so it's more comparable) and it's about the same, if not in Robins favour.

Bit odd to take that out surely?
 

Skyblueweeman

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Bit odd to take that out surely?

Really? Taking out the non-league stuff surely makes it more comparable, no?

If manager A has a 40% win ratio with mainly Prem/Champ games versus a manager who has a 40% win ratio with mainly L1/L2 games, who is the better manager?
 

Grendel

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Bit like taking out cup goals

Not really. He’s managed at a championship club as well

Gordon Milne was a much better manager than Robins but as he was at a higher level he’s record looks mediocre

If Evans managed a team in the national league with no money he wouldn’t automatically succeed
 

Grendel

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Really? Taking out the non-league stuff surely makes it more comparable, no?

If manager A has a 40% win ratio with mainly Prem/Champ games versus a manager who has a 40% win ratio with mainly L1/L2 games, who is the better manager?

Try putting Pep into Stevenage and see how he does
 

bawtryneal

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Maybe so but his record as a lower league manager isn’t up for debate

If you fancy a 10 minute phone call regarding Steve Evans I will be happy to oblige

Of all the people currently involved in football in this country he would be top of my list of people who I would not want to influence my young players.

Spend 5 mins researching his history Wkipedia would be a good start and it is 99% accurate in his case.
 

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