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Post by mids on Jul 24, 2020 9:45:52 GMT 1
Quick Spanish lesson for the uddersfield supporters. The Spaniards don't pronounce their h's Any word that ends 'al' in English, is the same in Spanish "Get it forward" - "adelante." "That's it" - "eso es". Probably covers it. Can just imagine loads of town fans shouting S.O.S - hopefully for the right reasons. ;-) I wonder what; Gerrit forrwad For christ sake Town Bloody rubbish Are in Spanish?? adelante - as translated in the post you quoted por el amor de dios basura sangrienta
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Post by btwoowah on Jul 24, 2020 9:48:19 GMT 1
I enjoyed his interview, he seems like a determined and serious guy. I am optimistic about next season, UTT. Yes, when he gets his team around him I think we will see something different. Certainly different to the Cowleys and different to Wagner. DW always looked liked everyone's friend, and he did build great camaraderie, but he didn't seem to have the depth of reserve when things started to go wrong. From his interview I think Carlos may be a very resolute character, he is here to do a job. I am sure, as with many managers and players, Town are a stepping stone for him but I really hope we may have unearthed a gem. We desperately need to turn this tanker around. We have many players here who have been in a relegation battle for 3 years, they need to regain their confidence and start playing winning football again. I’m all for optimism, but bloody hell! Saying he has deeper reserves than the most successful town manager in my lifetime is one hell of a stretch!
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Post by schindlersmissed on Jul 24, 2020 9:57:36 GMT 1
Regarding the Academy. The way I see it is Carlos will need a couple of seasons to get us playing the type of football both PH and most fans want. In that time he will be able to help bring on any Academy players he thinks are good enough. This should be, and I think will be, a more holistic approach by the club. Problem will be that unless we are in the middle of the table or better he won’t get anywhere like 2 years. He’ll be sacked by Christmas if were in the relegation zone at that time.
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Post by Mastercracker on Jul 24, 2020 10:02:56 GMT 1
Great interview Like this bit “There are clubs that are recognised throughout the football world, Huddersfield is one of these clubs”. Lets stick with this attitude rather than hiding behind how small we 'are'. Also enjoyed him calling Phil The President I reckon he’s been reading your posts on datm mate. We need some fire, especially now those fucks have gone up. If not we will wither and die back to 90s chest subservience.
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Post by Leporid on Jul 24, 2020 10:11:46 GMT 1
I reckon he’s been reading your posts on datm mate. We need some fire, especially now those fucks have gone up. If not we will wither and die back to 90s chest subservience. No need for the reference to Leeds.
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Post by Floyds on Jul 24, 2020 10:17:53 GMT 1
Regarding the Academy. The way I see it is Carlos will need a couple of seasons to get us playing the type of football both PH and most fans want. In that time he will be able to help bring on any Academy players he thinks are good enough. This should be, and I think will be, a more holistic approach by the club. Problem will be that unless we are in the middle of the table or better he won’t get anywhere like 2 years. He’ll be sacked by Christmas if were in the relegation zone at that time. Given all the rhetoric around "vision", perhaps we've accepted now that even if we get relegated that we need to stick with the new guy. Appointing an unproven 37 year old and asking him to develop a vision, with this squad and without any money to spend - as well as keep us out of the relegation zone - seems remarkably optimistic. If we do sack him after 10 games when we're bottom, where do we go then? Back to being pragmatic and getting someone in to grind out a few wins to again keep us up. Before another review next summer... Nothing would surprise me currently though.
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Post by townrwe on Jul 24, 2020 10:25:38 GMT 1
Pushing this using the Academy kids.... not sure they are ready for the first team. Most of them haven't even had a successful loan. If he can turn 7 of them into first XI starters in 3 weeks then he's better than Bielsa. Think it could be a long year next season if we don't see significant investment in the first team. I'd run it as a quota system. Having progressively more academy players/u21s in the squad of 22 each year. Starting with say 3 and adding 1 per year until we reach 5 or 6. Let's be honest, we arent going to win anything with Kids. I hope Phil is planning on opening his wallet and backing him like we did wagner or his spell incharge may be pretty brief. Might be worth keeping the cowleys on the payroll for when we need them in October if Big Phil doesn't put his money where his mouth is. I don't think he was pushing the academy he was answering a question, the question was about 7 academy players in the squad at Millwall he didn't say he was going to be playing them and was he excited about that. He said he wants the academy players to play the same way as the first team and then they can see if they're able to step up "one day". He could hardly say "I thought they all played shit at Millwall they've got no fucking chance and I'm not bothered about bringing players through" could he? I don't understand where all this we're just going to play with academy lads next year has come from, I asked the question in another thread and nobody could answer. Danny schofields pre match and post match interview vs Millwall. You would have thought that the club vision would have been passed on to the EDT manager and as he is mates with carlos.
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Post by Amigo on Jul 24, 2020 10:30:11 GMT 1
I don't think he was pushing the academy he was answering a question, the question was about 7 academy players in the squad at Millwall he didn't say he was going to be playing them and was he excited about that. He said he wants the academy players to play the same way as the first team and then they can see if they're able to step up "one day". He could hardly say "I thought they all played shit at Millwall they've got no fucking chance and I'm not bothered about bringing players through" could he? I don't understand where all this we're just going to play with academy lads next year has come from, I asked the question in another thread and nobody could answer. Danny schofields pre match and post match interview vs Millwall. You would have thought that the club vision would have been passed on to the EDT manager and as he is mates with carlos. Danny Schofield who has been looking after the kids, was promoting the kids he's been working with. I'm shocked...
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Post by townrwe on Jul 24, 2020 10:39:56 GMT 1
Danny schofields pre match and post match interview vs Millwall. You would have thought that the club vision would have been passed on to the EDT manager and as he is mates with carlos. Danny Schofield who has been looking after the kids, was promoting the kids he's been working with. I'm shocked... Nah. Danny Schofield who said that this was the ethos of the club going forward, The questions DTS asked, The Quotes Bromby and Devlin have made...... You show me the quotes saying we arent relying on youngsters and going to serious acquisitions this summer, other than the cowleys, who have ended up sacked. It feels like we are gambling that enough teams will go into ADMIN that we dont need to worry about relegation as long as we keep our heads above water, therefor its a good year to blood youngsters.
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Post by HuddsTerrier on Jul 24, 2020 10:41:33 GMT 1
The comment about the team having 7 academy players in the game vs Millwall spoiled what was a good interview IMO. It had no relevance whatsoever and as anyone who watched the game knew it wasn't exactly a good advert for the players involved. Adding 7 academy players was contrived and the mention of it in the interview was also contrived. All it suggests to me is that the club has an unrealistic expectation of its younger players, I'm just hoping its not expecting them to replace quality signings otherwise we're in the shit. I totally get that young players need to be given the opportunity but Ive always struggled with the concept that managers deliberately ignore the talent that's under their noses, its more a case they have a look and decide they're not good enough one way or another. Does anyone think we'd still be in the championship if Cowley had played Brown and Duhaney as full backs instead of Simpson and Toffalo? I rate both of the young players, Brown in particular, but this season wasn't the time to chuck youngsters in and we need better as first choice at the moment IMO. To be honest I'd be way more inclined to trust Danny Cowley as a judge than Danny Schofield, Phil and Bromby. Thats no disrespect to any of them but they don't have the experience of being a first team coach, or the unrelenting pressure to deliver results. We've heard this all before, I seem to remember Powell was accused of it, I dont remember a raft of youth players suddenly coming to the fore when he left. I can think of Duane Holmes and Josh Windass that seem to have slipped through the net but they were both late developers, not good enough when at Town and overlooked by more than one manager. I think too much is being read in to the whole 7 academy players to be honest. They could be using it to attract more young players from other clubs with the attraction that we give youth a chance rather than actually believing we have good youngsters now, you could read it they think the opposite and need the PR to attract better. I've still seen nothing to make me think he team is going to be full of academy players next year. I agree that managers don't ignore players in their own club and go out and buy someone else for the sake of it. If the quality is there they'll use it if it isn't they won't. To be fair our results were actually worse after Toffolo joined but I get your point. I think we've heard all this before because nearly every club at some point every year or 2 will talk about bringing youngsters through, whether it's to give the players themselves a boost, or give the fans something to look forward to or to make youngsters at other clubs take notice and think the grass might be greener. The best example of not appreciating what we had in the squad was Town last summer Lewis O'Brien had been a standout player for Bradford in League One Instead, we spent what limited money we had on Reece Brown - who had a good season on League Two, but came with a reputation at both Birmingham and Chesterfield. It potentially would have blocked O'Briens development (Mooy, Bauna, Hogg also on the books when we signed Brown) Givene we only paid a fee for four players last year; Koroma, Brown, Brockhorn and Toffolo we could have spent the money elsewhere IMO
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Post by royrace on Jul 24, 2020 10:48:56 GMT 1
The comment about the team having 7 academy players in the game vs Millwall spoiled what was a good interview IMO. It had no relevance whatsoever and as anyone who watched the game knew it wasn't exactly a good advert for the players involved. Adding 7 academy players was contrived and the mention of it in the interview was also contrived. All it suggests to me is that the club has an unrealistic expectation of its younger players, I'm just hoping its not expecting them to replace quality signings otherwise we're in the shit. I totally get that young players need to be given the opportunity but Ive always struggled with the concept that managers deliberately ignore the talent that's under their noses, its more a case they have a look and decide they're not good enough one way or another. Does anyone think we'd still be in the championship if Cowley had played Brown and Duhaney as full backs instead of Simpson and Toffalo? I rate both of the young players, Brown in particular, but this season wasn't the time to chuck youngsters in and we need better as first choice at the moment IMO. To be honest I'd be way more inclined to trust Danny Cowley as a judge than Danny Schofield, Phil and Bromby. Thats no disrespect to any of them but they don't have the experience of being a first team coach, or the unrelenting pressure to deliver results. We've heard this all before, I seem to remember Powell was accused of it, I dont remember a raft of youth players suddenly coming to the fore when he left. I can think of Duane Holmes and Josh Windass that seem to have slipped through the net but they were both late developers, not good enough when at Town and overlooked by more than one manager. I think too much is being read in to the whole 7 academy players to be honest. They could be using it to attract more young players from other clubs with the attraction that we give youth a chance rather than actually believing we have good youngsters now, you could read it they think the opposite and need the PR to attract better. I've still seen nothing to make me think he team is going to be full of academy players next year. I agree that managers don't ignore players in their own club and go out and buy someone else for the sake of it. If the quality is there they'll use it if it isn't they won't. To be fair our results were actually worse after Toffolo joined but I get your point. I think we've heard all this before because nearly every club at some point every year or 2 will talk about bringing youngsters through, whether it's to give the players themselves a boost, or give the fans something to look forward to or to make youngsters at other clubs take notice and think the grass might be greener. I hope you're right. Just with the noises coming out of the club, rumours on here, Wednesdays team selection and interim manager its a fair bit of smoke for there to be no fire. The only thing going against that I thought is the interview with Carlos, he seemed to downplay the reliance on youngsters a little and he seems like an intelligent enough guy to realise he cant turn water into wine. I just hope Phil is on the same page this time and stays on it. As has been said the covid situation maybe a great time to pick up some quality additions without spending a small fortune. I'm just hoping Carlos has good contacts because the thought of relying on the football forum for a third pre-season running fills me with dread!
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Post by Amigo on Jul 24, 2020 11:00:51 GMT 1
I think too much is being read in to the whole 7 academy players to be honest. They could be using it to attract more young players from other clubs with the attraction that we give youth a chance rather than actually believing we have good youngsters now, you could read it they think the opposite and need the PR to attract better. I've still seen nothing to make me think he team is going to be full of academy players next year. I agree that managers don't ignore players in their own club and go out and buy someone else for the sake of it. If the quality is there they'll use it if it isn't they won't. To be fair our results were actually worse after Toffolo joined but I get your point. I think we've heard all this before because nearly every club at some point every year or 2 will talk about bringing youngsters through, whether it's to give the players themselves a boost, or give the fans something to look forward to or to make youngsters at other clubs take notice and think the grass might be greener. The best example of not appreciating what we had in the squad was Town last summer Lewis O'Brien had been a standout player for Bradford in League One Instead, we spent what limited money we had on Reece Brown - who had a good season on League Two, but came with a reputation at both Birmingham and Chesterfield. It potentially would have blocked O'Briens development (Mooy, Bauna, Hogg also on the books when we signed Brown) Givene we only paid a fee for four players last year; Koroma, Brown, Brockhorn and Toffolo we could have spent the money elsewhere IMO I could agree with that regarding O'Brien had he not been in every match day squad at the start of the season and starting at least every other game so I'm not sure it is a good example. We knew Mooy wouldn't stay it wasn't realistic to think he would, Brown like many signings was an inexpensive gamble on a youngster.
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Post by turbo2 on Jul 24, 2020 11:09:46 GMT 1
Quick Spanish lesson for the uddersfield supporters. The Spaniards don't pronounce their h's Any word that ends 'al' in English, is the same in Spanish "Get it forward" - "adelante." "That's it" - "eso es". Probably covers it. Can just imagine loads of town fans shouting S.O.S - hopefully for the right reasons. ;-) I wonder what; Gerrit forrwad For christ sake Town Bloody rubbish Are in Spanish?? F***ing Sh*te needs no translation anywhere on the planet
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Post by Bassingham Terrier on Jul 24, 2020 11:44:41 GMT 1
I think too much is being read in to the whole 7 academy players to be honest. They could be using it to attract more young players from other clubs with the attraction that we give youth a chance rather than actually believing we have good youngsters now, you could read it they think the opposite and need the PR to attract better. I've still seen nothing to make me think he team is going to be full of academy players next year. I agree that managers don't ignore players in their own club and go out and buy someone else for the sake of it. If the quality is there they'll use it if it isn't they won't. To be fair our results were actually worse after Toffolo joined but I get your point. I think we've heard all this before because nearly every club at some point every year or 2 will talk about bringing youngsters through, whether it's to give the players themselves a boost, or give the fans something to look forward to or to make youngsters at other clubs take notice and think the grass might be greener. The best example of not appreciating what we had in the squad was Town last summer Lewis O'Brien had been a standout player for Bradford in League One Instead, we spent what limited money we had on Reece Brown - who had a good season on League Two, but came with a reputation at both Birmingham and Chesterfield. It potentially would have blocked O'Briens development (Mooy, Bauna, Hogg also on the books when we signed Brown) Givene we only paid a fee for four players last year; Koroma, Brown, Brockhorn and Toffolo we could have spent the money elsewhere IMO
Errr... Did we not pay loan fees for King, ESR, Willock, Chalobah, Lössl, Grabara? They will have been expensive too you know.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2020 11:46:57 GMT 1
The best example of not appreciating what we had in the squad was Town last summer Lewis O'Brien had been a standout player for Bradford in League One Instead, we spent what limited money we had on Reece Brown - who had a good season on League Two, but came with a reputation at both Birmingham and Chesterfield. It potentially would have blocked O'Briens development (Mooy, Bauna, Hogg also on the books when we signed Brown) Givene we only paid a fee for four players last year; Koroma, Brown, Brockhorn and Toffolo we could have spent the money elsewhere IMO
Errr... Did we not pay loan fees for King, ESR, Willock, Chalobah, Lössl, Grabara? They will have been expensive too you know. Not to mention the fee for Mbenza we paid last summer
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Post by HuddsTerrier on Jul 24, 2020 11:47:43 GMT 1
The best example of not appreciating what we had in the squad was Town last summer Lewis O'Brien had been a standout player for Bradford in League One Instead, we spent what limited money we had on Reece Brown - who had a good season on League Two, but came with a reputation at both Birmingham and Chesterfield. It potentially would have blocked O'Briens development (Mooy, Bauna, Hogg also on the books when we signed Brown) Givene we only paid a fee for four players last year; Koroma, Brown, Brockhorn and Toffolo we could have spent the money elsewhere IMO I could agree with that regarding O'Brien had he not been in every match day squad at the start of the season and starting at least every other game so I'm not sure it is a good example. We knew Mooy wouldn't stay it wasn't realistic to think he would, Brown like many signings was an inexpensive gamble on a youngster. I actually disagree and don't think the club realised how much O'Brien had come on Remember we also took a West Ham midfielder on trial to Germany - www.hammers.news/transfer-news/report-moses-makasi-joins-huddersfield-town-on-trial-after-west-ham-release/When we had a very small budget I don't think we should have been spending it on Brown, who at best was only going to be a sub (behind Hogg and Bacuna, Chalobah and assuming the club knew the level O'Brien was at him as well). I actually think the club under estimated O'Brien and saw Brown as initially ahead of him in the pecking order
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Post by Bassingham Terrier on Jul 24, 2020 11:48:32 GMT 1
Also... looking at the video of Corberán he could do with a few of Dean's kiddies' breakfasts inside him. One gust of wind and he'll be blown away!
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Post by HuddsTerrier on Jul 24, 2020 11:50:51 GMT 1
The best example of not appreciating what we had in the squad was Town last summer Lewis O'Brien had been a standout player for Bradford in League One Instead, we spent what limited money we had on Reece Brown - who had a good season on League Two, but came with a reputation at both Birmingham and Chesterfield. It potentially would have blocked O'Briens development (Mooy, Bauna, Hogg also on the books when we signed Brown) Givene we only paid a fee for four players last year; Koroma, Brown, Brockhorn and Toffolo we could have spent the money elsewhere IMO
Errr... Did we not pay loan fees for King, ESR, Willock, Chalobah, Lössl, Grabara? They will have been expensive too you know. Point is we went over budget in September - that's what the Cowleys told us - so the budget was limited Spending a fee on a young midfielder with a questionable track record who was going to be 5th choice at best (6th if Mooy had stayed) seemed unneccessary to me. Others in front Hogg, Bacuna, Chalobah and O'Brien
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Post by Amigo on Jul 24, 2020 11:57:19 GMT 1
I could agree with that regarding O'Brien had he not been in every match day squad at the start of the season and starting at least every other game so I'm not sure it is a good example. We knew Mooy wouldn't stay it wasn't realistic to think he would, Brown like many signings was an inexpensive gamble on a youngster. I actually disagree and don't think the club realised how much O'Brien had come on Remember we also took a West Ham midfielder on trial to Germany - www.hammers.news/transfer-news/report-moses-makasi-joins-huddersfield-town-on-trial-after-west-ham-release/When we had a very small budget I don't think we should have been spending it on Brown, who at best was only going to be a sub (behind Hogg and Bacuna, and assuming the club knew the level O'Brien was at 4th choice to him). I actually think the club under estimated O'Brien and saw Brown as initially ahead of him in the pecking order Reece Brown cost about £130k, some of the loan fees (not including wages) we will have paid will have been more than that. If you remember he was also being chased by Leeds, Middlesbrough and Reading at the time. The fact O'Brien was on the bench in the first game and starting the 2nd game and in the match day squad consistently makes me think he wasn't underestimated at all.
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Post by JG Mellor on Jul 24, 2020 12:00:15 GMT 1
Problem will be that unless we are in the middle of the table or better he won’t get anywhere like 2 years. He’ll be sacked by Christmas if were in the relegation zone at that time. Given all the rhetoric around "vision", perhaps we've accepted now that even if we get relegated that we need to stick with the new guy. Appointing an unproven 37 year old and asking him to develop a vision, with this squad and without any money to spend - as well as keep us out of the relegation zone - seems remarkably optimistic. If we do sack him after 10 games when we're bottom, where do we go then? Back to being pragmatic and getting someone in to grind out a few wins to again keep us up. Before another review next summer... Nothing would surprise me currently though. cert I made a similar point earlier in the thread. It takes guts as the owner to do it these days, but sticking with CC through a relegation would give him chance to bring some stability to the club and build a team to play to his vision.
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Post by HuddsTerrier on Jul 24, 2020 12:02:21 GMT 1
I actually disagree and don't think the club realised how much O'Brien had come on Remember we also took a West Ham midfielder on trial to Germany - www.hammers.news/transfer-news/report-moses-makasi-joins-huddersfield-town-on-trial-after-west-ham-release/When we had a very small budget I don't think we should have been spending it on Brown, who at best was only going to be a sub (behind Hogg and Bacuna, and assuming the club knew the level O'Brien was at 4th choice to him). I actually think the club under estimated O'Brien and saw Brown as initially ahead of him in the pecking order Reece Brown cost about £130k, some of the loan fees (not including wages) we will have paid will have been more than that. If you remember he was also being chased by Leeds, Middlesbrough and Reading at the time. The fact O'Brien was on the bench in the first game and starting the 2nd game and in the match day squad consistently makes me think he wasn't underestimated at all. Like I say I disagree on O'Brien and what the club saw - In terms of the money I think it was a unneccessary signing and it should have been allocated better elswehere. The Cowley's complained of inheriting an unbalance squad and we started the Derby game with 6 central midfielders (Hogg, Bacuna, Mooy, Chalobah, O'Brien and Brown) and no specialist left back on the books. The loan fees were paid for players who all got minutes and influenced our league position. The only minutes Brown got was in the Dev Team, it looks a needless excess to me
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Post by Porrohman on Jul 24, 2020 12:02:40 GMT 1
Your dinner is in the dog. You are on top tonight. Shall we leave it there darling? Bunk beds at your ages? Weird... It's the only way we'll get any sleep 😳
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Post by portugalterrier on Jul 24, 2020 12:02:44 GMT 1
Reece Brown was living in Longwood before moving to Pboro, an extreamlly polite young man, hope the new man can get him onside, a very creative forward thinking player. Hope he does well.
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Post by Bassingham Terrier on Jul 24, 2020 12:04:42 GMT 1
Reece Brown was living in Longwood before moving to Pboro, an extreamlly polite young man, hope the new man can get him onside, a very creative forward thinking player. Hope he does well. Posh want him back again. I think he wants to prove himself at HTAFC though.
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Post by Porrohman on Jul 24, 2020 12:05:34 GMT 1
Bunk beds at your ages? Weird... It's the only way I can keep him off me. That and a Liverpool shirt. The equivalent of "the painters are in" 🤢
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Post by The King's Head 1230 on Jul 24, 2020 12:08:06 GMT 1
Carlos says to Hogg... Tapas
Hogg says.. Sideways or backwards
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Post by Porrohman on Jul 24, 2020 12:18:57 GMT 1
Thanks for trying to answer but it's a lot of straw clutching and nothing of any substance. We've appointed an under 23 manager, that was just half his job wasn't it? Many many managers have started having had very similar roles though. Points 2, 3, 4 and 5 you've made are pretty much the same point but spread out to make it look like more reasons than there are. We've played many more academy players than that on the last day before, it wasn't exactly a youth side the average age was over 25. Reading a lot in to what was said on twitter, there's a few young lads in here so they've bigged them up it's hardly surprising. Basically what you're saying is because we've done the unthinkable and appointed someone that's worked with young players previously in his career and because there's a few young lads in the squad on the last day of the season and because the twitter page has given them a bit of PR and embellished the story a little this means that PH is demanding the team next season is going to be full of academy lads and we're not buying any players this summer? The comment about the team having 7 academy players in the game vs Millwall spoiled what was a good interview IMO. It had no relevance whatsoever and as anyone who watched the game knew it wasn't exactly a good advert for the players involved. Adding 7 academy players was contrived and the mention of it in the interview was also contrived. All it suggests to me is that the club has an unrealistic expectation of its younger players, I'm just hoping its not expecting them to replace quality signings otherwise we're in the shit. I totally get that young players need to be given the opportunity but Ive always struggled with the concept that managers deliberately ignore the talent that's under their noses, its more a case they have a look and decide they're not good enough one way or another. Does anyone think we'd still be in the championship if Cowley had played Brown and Duhaney as full backs instead of Simpson and Toffalo? I rate both of the young players, Brown in particular, but this season wasn't the time to chuck youngsters in and we need better as first choice at the moment IMO. To be honest I'd be way more inclined to trust Danny Cowley as a judge than Danny Schofield, Phil and Bromby. Thats no disrespect to any of them but they don't have the experience of being a first team coach, or the unrelenting pressure to deliver results. We've heard this all before, I seem to remember Powell was accused of it, I dont remember a raft of youth players suddenly coming to the fore when he left. I can think of Duane Holmes and Josh Windass that seem to have slipped through the net but they were both late developers, not good enough when at Town and overlooked by more than one manager. 2 of them have played pro football for nigh on 20 years each, Cowley hasn't but he's a better judge 🤔
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Post by Boaty McBoatface on Jul 24, 2020 13:54:51 GMT 1
Problem will be that unless we are in the middle of the table or better he won’t get anywhere like 2 years. He’ll be sacked by Christmas if were in the relegation zone at that time. Given all the rhetoric around "vision", perhaps we've accepted now that even if we get relegated that we need to stick with the new guy. Appointing an unproven 37 year old and asking him to develop a vision, with this squad and without any money to spend - as well as keep us out of the relegation zone - seems remarkably optimistic. If we do sack him after 10 games when we're bottom, where do we go then? Back to being pragmatic and getting someone in to grind out a few wins to again keep us up. Before another review next summer... Nothing would surprise me currently though. Isn't it obvious? We get the Cowley bros back in. I'm sure they'll be no hard feelings.
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Post by bluesandtwos on Jul 24, 2020 14:46:51 GMT 1
Yes, when he gets his team around him I think we will see something different. Certainly different to the Cowleys and different to Wagner. DW always looked liked everyone's friend, and he did build great camaraderie, but he didn't seem to have the depth of reserve when things started to go wrong. From his interview I think Carlos may be a very resolute character, he is here to do a job. I am sure, as with many managers and players, Town are a stepping stone for him but I really hope we may have unearthed a gem. We desperately need to turn this tanker around. We have many players here who have been in a relegation battle for 3 years, they need to regain their confidence and start playing winning football again. I’m all for optimism, but bloody hell! Saying he has deeper reserves than the most successful town manager in my lifetime is one hell of a stretch! I realised recently when thinking back to DW going how odd it was after everything he had achieved with the club and the rapport he had with the supporters for him to just go mid-season. He just seemed like a balloon with all the air let out. I know it was a tough time but I think he took the decline very personally and coupled with Dean’s awful illness he just seemed to crumble. I doubt Carlos will have to deal with anything like that but the reason I made the comparison is because I feel it is just a job to him. One he very much wants to succeed at but still a job. DW seemed to have much more invested and I don’t think it helped him at the end.
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Post by Boaty McBoatface on Jul 24, 2020 16:29:29 GMT 1
I’m all for optimism, but bloody hell! Saying he has deeper reserves than the most successful town manager in my lifetime is one hell of a stretch! I realised recently when thinking back to DW going how odd it was after everything he had achieved with the club and the rapport he had with the supporters for him to just go mid-season. He just seemed like a balloon with all the air let out. I know it was a tough time but I think he took the decline very personally and coupled with Dean’s awful illness he just seemed to crumble. I doubt Carlos will have to deal with anything like that but the reason I made the comparison is because I feel it is just a job to him. One he very much wants to succeed at but still a job. DW seemed to have much more invested and I don’t think it helped him at the end. Crikey, give him a chance, he's only been here 2 minutes!
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