Many people maybe happy with division 3 lower table side. In a relegation battle.
Some others have higher ambitions for CCFC. And have certain standards to be met.
I know which camp im in.
Hands up to preston though , they have a good manager and are well drilled , they looked a good side and i imagine they will be right up top this seasonYep, too soon to consider sacking him.
He does seriously need to look at whether or not he has the right personnel to deploy the system he is using at the moment though.
5-3-2 / 3-5-2 can work, but you have to have the right players in place,. You do also need to be flexible in your approach and not just stick with a sytem come hell or high water.
Different teams deploy different systems and you have to be prepared to counter that. Against Preston the system was a total disaster.
Anyone else think that the Pressley Out brigade might be being a bit hasty ? Yeah we've had a shite start but the blokes only just signed a new contract, getting him out now would be costly and I'm not sure we would attract anyone better. I agree not all (if any) of his signings have been much cop but I honestly don't think he's a bad manager. Yeah he's playing a formation that none of them seem to be able to grasp but I reckon we should stick with him. We're still only 5 points outside the playoffs, get a run going at this point and people will be talking about Pressley getting knighted for Christ sake. Stop jumping on the bandwagon people, were not Barcelona, we've always been an inconsistent club but I'm not sure it's Pressley that's the problem.
I would have thought the contract would have included some performance criteria.
Like .... we expect to be in the top 6 this season, failing to achieve that results in some agreed criteria.
Maybe, top half by Xmas ready for a push for promotion in the new year. Again with implications.
If they gave him a 4 year contract without criteria they are even bigger idiots than I thought.
http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rc...zsnutQQ11euAJdb4A&sig2=pcrYBMfAsqoytRhEIRtpDA
link is long sorry , shows transfers in league 1 , see how many clubs actually spend anything, this league is full of frees and loans , with 1 or two teams spending anything
Yes except we have a higher wage budget than 16 of the 24 teams ...according to waggot and fishface.So we're in the same boat as most of the league, and most teams aren't in the top 6.
Yes except we have a higher wage budget than 16 of the 24 teams ...addording to waggot and fishface
Yes except we have a higher wage budget than 16 of the 24 teams ...according to waggot and fishface.
How long do you think Pressley would last if the ownership of our club change hands ?
Many people maybe happy with division 3 lower table side. In a relegation battle.
Some others have higher ambitions for CCFC. And have certain standards to be met.
I know which camp im in.
I agree. Pressley is always banging on about the standards he has set at the club. But those standards seem to revolve around workrate, intensity, pressing etc. These qualities should go without saying - no team will succeed at this level unless they are willing to graft for 90 minutes, The extra factor that sets the top teams apart is that the grafters also have a bit of quality. Since relegation in 2001 we have seen the squad deteriorate in quality every season to the point where we have nothing but willing runners. It's almost as if Pressley isn't bothered when we lose as long as they have given 100% in his opinion.
As I have said before, we have a point a game in 2014, relegation form. If that doesn't ring a few alarm bells I don't know what will.
He has to have until the end of 2014 to turn round the situation.
If the same issues persist its time to wave goodbye.
Thorn had a 21% win ratio in a higher league with no experience , was a terrible manager that refused to change things .
pressley has a 22% win ratio in the last 43 league games , and refuses to budge on his tactics .
he can dig his own grave
Perhaps Pressley does think he has time, given the fact that he's just signed a 4 year contract, which is unheard of at this level. I thought when I've listened to him after recent games that he is certainly complacent about our plight. He said we were terrific after Crawley and thought we deserved something yesterday because we played well in the second half. So maybe he thinks it will all come right fairly soon.
The flaw in all this is that as and when any of the young players come good they will be sold. So we will always have journeymen and kids, never any proven quality. His master plan simply cannot work. As people say, you have no time in football.
If the current model is not sustainable in the Championship as Fisher says, then Pressley is probably getting a pat on the back and crate of bubbly every game at the moment.Pressley just needs to keep us up.. there is no requirement to win many games surely, that will not affect the mission.
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