Two words...Millwall Away. On Friday, August 24, 2018, 6:30:08 AM EDT, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: I remember posting a while back questioning how MB will cope if and when other teams suss us out - I suggested that he would have a Plan B, C and even D - from his presser yesterday this clearly is not the case He has one Plan - Plan A and if that is not working he will tinker with personnel etc until it does - he will not be changing the way we play. Not sure I 100% agree with this Crespo story - I (as a parent and cub leader) see nothing wrong with telling a youngster something that is not true if it helps them in their development etc - surely part of being a manager is knowing when to 'big someone up and when to pull them down a peg or two' - instilling belief is not a bad thing even if you have to lie / exaggerate a bit)
I do get the meaning behind the story - a manager cannot tell a team how to play and tell them this is the best way and then change it when the game is going against them -but I am not sure he is correct, surely there is an argument for 'horses for courses' and on occasion adapting your method to cope with the opposition ? I do have faith in MB and to be honest the early games have been great to watch , even Swansea when we never really hit the heights was excellent at times but I worry what will happen if we cannot impose our style on other teams . Various things went wrong last season - having a rubbish keeper and the defence losing confidence in him, injury to ayling, Saiz being banned, not having a reliable goal scorer etc BUT one of the main things was being 'found out'/ being bullied by the likes of Millwall and Cardiff - will this side be able to stand up to teams like that ? Coming from behind twice at Swansea is a good start but it is very early days Anyway lets hope we can continue our early season form - Norwich away and Middlesboro at home are both difficult games (not that many look easy on paper in this Division) - so 4 or 6 points would be amazing. I expected us to have 4* or 5 points rather than the 10 we have so it has been a great start (fancied a point v Stoke with it being first game at home v a relegated team, 0pts at Derby, 3 at home to Rotherham, and 0 or maybe 1 v Swansea) Dave _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/leedslist/ RIP Jimmy WAC-COE _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/leedslist/ RIP Jimmy WAC-COE
