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Post by Neshead on Nov 23, 2018 14:08:40 GMT
Can you stop with the personal attacks please? Abuse of ‘staff’ no less. Sexual abuse? Allegedly?
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Post by Nice boy on Nov 23, 2018 14:46:01 GMT
Bit over the top. Dish some forced ignores around. That'll be fun for all the family. 48 hour time-out for you m8.
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Post by Hoochy on Nov 28, 2018 11:17:30 GMT
I wish he'd settle on a formation particularly at the back. Messing about with 2,3,4 and 5 means they're all over the shop. Stick with 4 defenders and stick 2 bastards in front of them like Henry and J O'B. Could do with having a settled 4 that don't change week in week out but that rarely happens this season. Strange how you could name PP's back 4, 3 weeks in advance for any fixture.
Mess around with the front 4 all you want but that back 6 should be our foundation. The front 4 has to include Payne and they need to give him the ball every single time. The other 3 need to know he's going to get it and make intelligent runs, together, make passes, create space, play 1-2s. When the opposition realise we give it to Payne's feet every time, GOOD. That's when you mix it up and play the odd direct ball or balls into the channels. And ffs stop picking Panzer.
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Post by fish on Nov 28, 2018 11:29:04 GMT
I don't get all the gompers giving Hopkin a free ride. Shit squad or not, he's managed a worse record than the fucking pe teacher ffs. I'll let him off with the defence as it's clear with the exception of O'Connor, they're all inadequate. However he keeps picking Chickshit and even gave him the armband last night which is unforgivable.
Then you move on to the attack where we actually have a bit of ability. Dropping Payne is unacceptable no matter how injured he is, he's the only one who can keep hold of the ball and pass it 5 yards. But it's the style of play which makes me think he isn't cut out for this level. Constant hoofball to strikers who can't win a header is getting tiresome and bordering on ridiculous tactics. He's tried hoofing it to Doyle, Miller and Panzer with fuck all success yet still does it every week. If he's insistent on long ball at least try playing it long into the channels or into the strikers chest, where they've got a chance of keeping the ball or winning a foul.
If we bothered working on simple pass and move stuff in training and ditch the hoof, I'm in no doubt we'd score more goals.
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Post by jose on Nov 28, 2018 11:55:39 GMT
Long ball is shit. Forget it.
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Post by Dick on Nov 28, 2018 12:03:56 GMT
There's this desperate, slobbering gompering that Hopkin will run riot in the January window, bring his own men in then we'll smash our way to safety.
Well so far he's barely got anything right. We get cut apart too easily by simple pass and move football, we lack organisation and aggression all over and still persist with fucking long ball tactic.
There's a few games I recently recall - Last night, Coventry, Gillingham, where we just crumble in the space of minutes. Then there's other games where we score then within minutes concede again.
You can slag off the players and owners relentlessly but at some point you have to wonder what the manager actually brings. So far there's been zero improvement.
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Post by Hoochy on Nov 28, 2018 12:09:43 GMT
Add Blackpool to that list.
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Post by benitocarbone on Nov 28, 2018 15:02:05 GMT
He’s lost me now. I thought that he looked like he knew what he was doing at the start and was unlucky with a few results but now we just look shite. Fuck giving him to January, there’s a few decent league one managers available at the moment - Heckingbottom, Hurst, Appleton and maybe Parky too soon. Id take any of them over Hopkin if Edin is fucked off in time to give us a chance with any of them.
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Post by longerz15 on Nov 28, 2018 20:49:50 GMT
Hopkin is fucking useless. I hated PP's style of play but this cunt makes his look like Barcelona. He hasn't a clue tactically. And the fact that he picks CHICKSEN just highlights how fucking bad his football brain is. I'll piggy back him back home barefooted if it meant him leaving our club. Rupp hasn't a clue either and don't think Rhodes will turn anything around either because he won't. We need the likes of Mason, McCall, and more of the backroom staff back ig we are to salvage anything this season
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Post by You can't beat a double dip on Nov 28, 2018 22:44:19 GMT
Hopkin is fucking useless. I hated PP's style of play but this cunt makes his look like Barcelona. He hasn't a clue tactically. And the fact that he picks CHICKSEN just highlights how fucking bad his football brain is. I'll piggy back him back home barefooted if it meant him leaving our club. Rupp hasn't a clue either and don't think Rhodes will turn anything around either because he won't. We need the likes of Mason, McCall, and more of the backroom staff back ig we are to salvage anything this season McCall is shit.. he’s proving that at Scunthorpe
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Post by Nice boy on Nov 28, 2018 23:04:29 GMT
Hopkin is fucking useless. I hated PP's style of play but this cunt makes his look like Barcelona. He hasn't a clue tactically. And the fact that he picks CHICKSEN just highlights how fucking bad his football brain is. I'll piggy back him back home barefooted if it meant him leaving our club. Rupp hasn't a clue either and don't think Rhodes will turn anything around either because he won't. We need the likes of Mason, McCall, and more of the backroom staff back ig we are to salvage anything this season McCall is shit.. he’s proving that at Scunthorpe McCall's situation is no different to the one Hopkin is in now. He's trying to fix a mess he didn't create but to no avail. No coincidence both clubs have been dogshit after enduring shambolic preseasons. Didn't Scunthorpe have their own Micky Collins equivalent in the summer?
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Post by rahicscissorbudget on Nov 28, 2018 23:14:04 GMT
Hopkin is fucking useless. I hated PP's style of play but this cunt makes his look like Barcelona. He hasn't a clue tactically. And the fact that he picks CHICKSEN just highlights how fucking bad his football brain is. I'll piggy back him back home barefooted if it meant him leaving our club. Rupp hasn't a clue either and don't think Rhodes will turn anything around either because he won't. We need the likes of Mason, McCall, and more of the backroom staff back ig we are to salvage anything this season McCall is shit.. he’s proving that at Scunthorpe The Mccall that had us in the play-offs the whole time he was here?
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Post by Bacon on Nov 29, 2018 8:25:51 GMT
McCall is shit.. he’s proving that at Scunthorpe The Mccall that had us in the play-offs the whole time he was here? With a mostly Parky squad, who was also shite.
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Post by rahicscissorbudget on Nov 29, 2018 9:08:39 GMT
The Mccall that had us in the play-offs the whole time he was here? With a mostly Parky squad, who was also shite. The squad from the first half of last year? The one that played much better football than Parkinsons ever did?
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Post by You can't beat a double dip on Nov 29, 2018 9:56:45 GMT
With a mostly Parky squad, who was also shite. The squad from the first half of last year? The one that played much better football than Parkinsons ever did? Yeah and when it all started going wrong he couldn't turn it around.. same at Motherwell and appears to be the same at Scunthorpe. blame outside influences all you want.. Good managers keep of the pitch matter exactly there off the pitch. PP got Bolton promoted from league 1 and survived the championship with a squad of players that sometimes went a couple months without being paid!
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Post by Bacon on Nov 29, 2018 10:12:57 GMT
With a mostly Parky squad, who was also shite. The squad from the first half of last year? The one that played much better football than Parkinsons ever did? He massively overachieved with those players, which in my opinion is down to his man management style, the players would genuinely do anything for him. But when it went wrong there was no plan B, I'm not even sure there was a plan A. Don't get me wrong, I love Stuart, I'd love him to be still involved at City, but a great manager he certainly isn't.
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Post by rahicscissorbudget on Nov 29, 2018 11:36:48 GMT
The squad from the first half of last year? The one that played much better football than Parkinsons ever did? Yeah and when it all started going wrong he couldn't turn it around.. same at Motherwell and appears to be the same at Scunthorpe. blame outside influences all you want.. Good managers keep of the pitch matter exactly there off the pitch. PP got Bolton promoted from league 1 and survived the championship with a squad of players that sometimes went a couple months without being paid! The club where players weren't being paid that Parkinson left City for as soon as he met Rahic? I am absolutely going to blame outside influences. I'm going to blame Rahic.
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Post by rahicscissorbudget on Nov 29, 2018 11:40:26 GMT
The squad from the first half of last year? The one that played much better football than Parkinsons ever did? He massively overachieved with those players, which in my opinion is down to his man management style, the players would genuinely do anything for him. But when it went wrong there was no plan B, I'm not even sure there was a plan A. Don't get me wrong, I love Stuart, I'd love him to be still involved at City, but a great manager he certainly isn't. Grayson couldn't fix it, and had pretty much the same results as McCall, and is generally regarded as a very good League 1 to mid-Championship manager. There definitely was a Plan A, a team cant be in the play off spots for that long without a Plan A. To suggest otherwise is revisionist bullshit. If that story about the Sheff U game is true, its pretty clear his hands were tied.
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Post by Neshead on Nov 29, 2018 11:51:43 GMT
He massively overachieved with those players, which in my opinion is down to his man management style, the players would genuinely do anything for him. But when it went wrong there was no plan B, I'm not even sure there was a plan A. Don't get me wrong, I love Stuart, I'd love him to be still involved at City, but a great manager he certainly isn't. Grayson couldn't fix it, and had pretty much the same results as McCall, and is generally regarded as a very good League 1 to mid-Championship manager. There definitely was a Plan A, a team cant be in the play off spots for that long without a Plan A. To suggest otherwise is revisionist bullshit. If that story about the Sheff U game is true, its pretty clear his hands were tied. I love McCall but he was to blame for the Sheffield Utd defeat. As usual spent more time worrying about the opposition. Hung Dieng out to dry that day with his weird team selection.
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Post by Bacon on Nov 29, 2018 11:54:30 GMT
Grayson couldn't fix it, and had pretty much the same results as McCall, and is generally regarded as a very good League 1 to mid-Championship manager. There definitely was a Plan A, a team cant be in the play off spots for that long without a Plan A. To suggest otherwise is revisionist bullshit. If that story about the Sheff U game is true, its pretty clear his hands were tied. I love McCall but he was to blame for the Sheffield Utd defeat. As usual spent more time worrying about the opposition. Hung Dieng out to dry that day with his weird team selection. Noo, he was told to pick that weird team...….
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