Lets hope he is doing what he usually does and sizing up new managers in case we put in another abject performance tonight, we definitely do no what a caretaker manager as nothing would change.
We played as if we were away to a league club in the FA Cup. Until the 88th minute wed had 2 two shots neither of which were on target. When we actually got some bodies in the box in the last couple of minutes we nearly equalised.Meanwhile our Management team were as inspiring as a trip to the dentists.
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They get the full videos of every opposition and our coaching staff cannot get our players to even create chances against some bang average teams with the players they signed . Let alone score a goal and win a game.
Have the players jacked it in or is the coaching to blame?
Another defeat. Another game without a goal. Another disappointing display in a disappointing season. 17th in the league table. Equal bottom of the form table with 3pts from a possible 18. Relegation form.
-- Edited by Riverstown on Tuesday 29th of October 2019 10:58:59 PM
If he knows what's right he'll speak to a manager, find out who that manager would want to keep and make the rest available then after the chippenham game there's two weeks to sort it out.
And I cannot believe how much this new lad is on p/w..
He's got potential yea but its ridiculous considering how many levels he's come up.
Only positive tonight was Montels performance in midfield. Why MG took him off I have no idea. Get rid of Waldron and or Dymond and play him. And send Theo back to Bristol.
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If he knows what's right he'll speak to a manager, find out who that manager would want to keep and make the rest available then after the chippenham game there's two weeks to sort it out.
And I cannot believe how much this new lad is on p/w.. He's got potential yea but its ridiculous considering how many levels he's come up.
Wholesale changed needed? New manager, chairman?
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What a transformation from last season. We're sinking quicker than the Titanic and relegation is a certainty unless changes are made NOW, what's it got to take for MG to realise he's not a manager. We need a quality striker who can mix it at our level yet he brings in someone who's track record is 4 league's lower. Hardly inspiring is it for the fans. Good luck to the lad but I'll be surprised if he can deliver the goals that we need. I hope I'm proven wrong
I was stood behind our bench just before kick off and did think about making the following polite enquiry. "Any chance we might elevate ourselves above abject b0ll0cks tonight?" In the end, I refrained but they didn't!
The Welling highlight of the first 90 minutes was Waldren vaulting the fence and nipping off to the dressing rooms whilst warming up.
You can get in loads of supposedly good players and not have a real plan (Fulham last year) or have next to no money and go through the Leagues upwards (Cowleys at Concord and Lincoln) because you have worked out a decent plan and stick to it. Which do we look like at the moment?
Without disclosing some of the finer points of conversation with Steve King at Eastleigh last week you could see the clarity of thought. Wants to play with one creative and one disruptive central midfielder. Couldn't because Jebb got injured. Who have I got who could do a similar job and where? How do I get them in the game?
I know he is not shy of getting players in either but in 30 seconds you could see a clarity of purpose, even if it didn't work out every week. I have seen more than 50% of the games this season and, take out Tavistock and Chipstead where the talent differential was such that it didn't matter, I can't tell you what the main thrust of our game plan is. Are we a passing team? Not obviously. Are we a long ball team? Not with any effect. Are we getting it wide and crossing it for the strikers? Not that I've seen recently.
And if we are any of these we certainly are executing it to any effect against most of the teams in the league at the moment.
It isn't obvious to me what philosophy the management believe in or whether they even believe in it enough to show it visibly. However if they don't have conviction in it and show it, why will anyone else. Relying on throwing more players at it who may or may not self motivate sufficiently to get you by doesn't strike me as a very viable strategy.
Our contact book doesnt seem good and lets all not kid ourself, the budget was ok and since then you have the new guy and Waldren added.
Is there any part of this season where we are doing well?
Recruitment, coaching, preparation for matches at training and scouting opposition, winning matches, highlighting and rectifying problems.
You could give recruitment a C based on them generally being good enough for this level. The rest you would be struggling to give them an F.
We are told we need to hold the ball up and we bring in a whippet from 4 leagues below? We already have a whippet, we brought in Waldren when we already had 38 midfielders.
Forget Jebbs deliveries we have some big Center backs and we cant create scoring opportunities from set pieces and its November. Theyve had since the summer to work on set pieces with the coaches.
If there are cliques and bust ups in the changing room is that surprising seeing as most are golden boys who 5 seasons ago did well at Bromley. Forget Dulwich they are a nonsense club and have won nothing and never will.
How do you fix this problem? You work harder, you work on different shapes, you expose often mediocre opposition, you show some balls. MG has already said he cannot or doesnt want to pay a Manager. Given the coaches are palpable in this mess it would be foolhardy to promote them to manager and lets be honest nothing would change. So you need to gamble on an up and coming Manager or get rid of a couple of the decent earners and pay for a proper Manager. That to me is the way to go and gives them a chance of organising decent players who should be able to escape relegation. Its no guarantee but on paper it gives you the best opportunity to stay up. Find a manager at this level or above who has a good record generally and has contacts. F me we would be better off with Jamie Day managing via Skype.
Or you are going into new year having been smashed by Steve King and Darrford and in the relegation zone with little chance of turning things round. It really will be some achievement to turn a good club in this league into an Isthmian club in a season and its all our own doing.
-- Edited by TheGhostOfJodyBrown on Wednesday 30th of October 2019 01:22:15 PM
I was told last night that the first half was an improvement from Saturday. TF I was working Saturday and didnt witness what must have been horrendous. Why do we employ coaches? Are the even football coaches? Our tactics seem to be A:- Wilks kicks it out the our tallest striker on the left touchline who wins maybe 1 in 5 and then let the opposition win the second ball unchallenged. B:- Swaine tried to hit a 50/60 yard diagonal pass that goes no where near our player then blames the player for not making a run into a crowded area. Time and time again last night Cook made a run into space only for the ball to go out to the opposite side. Joe Anderson when no opponent is near him takes his time looks for a team mate to pass it to, but if anyone comes near him he gets rid of it as if it was a hot potato. It does take long for the opposition to figure out our left flank is our weakness. Montel for me was our best player last night and gets subbed??????? If Dymond could play as well as he mouths off at the ref would be world class. Massive improvement required in the next few weeks on and off the pitch or relegation is looming.
-- Edited by Davy K on Wednesday 30th of October 2019 03:31:36 PM
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If he knows what's right he'll speak to a manager, find out who that manager would want to keep and make the rest available then after the chippenham game there's two weeks to sort it out.
And I cannot believe how much this new lad is on p/w.. He's got potential yea but its ridiculous considering how many levels he's come up.
Wholesale changed needed? New manager, chairman?
The problem is when a man becomes of certain age no matter what they say they will do differently, you cant change their ways.
I fully believe MG has never ever been a good manager, it's clear as day that the reason bromley won the league was down to Neil Smith.
Nothing has changed from 3 years ago in terms of recruitment or the way things are done despite what he says. He's also not a very good businessman or decision maker. All he is, is a trier....his heart maybe in the right place he's doing what's best but he really ain't.
He offers people ridiculous contracts, has no idea about players outside of his circle, majority of his business vemtures fail, and clubs he's been at prosper when he's gone. Also has got nobody around him other than yes men who clearly dont tell him any different.
I don't dislike the man personally, I actually think it's got to quite a sad state of affairs but the single best thing for him to do at some stage this season is find a new buyer for the club and walk away, not only for our sake but for his too. Because all he's gonna do now is lose money and he lost enough of that at palace.
Jamison, I think you are being polite when you say he is not a very good buisnessman. Banned from being a company director for 10 years is not the sort of thing that happens to a decent person.
Jamison, I think you are being polite when you say he is not a very good buisnessman. Banned from being a company director for 10 years is not the sort of thing that happens to a decent person.
Well yea I've seen better business ventures on the apprentice, and I don't mean the winners i mean the things they do to actually try and get to the final!
Jamison, I think you are being polite when you say he is not a very good buisnessman. Banned from being a company director for 10 years is not the sort of thing that happens to a decent person.
Jamieson is spot on about people don't change and the same shenanigans will continue. What's to say a new boss comes in who is a "head coach" or some random set up that keeps MG in charge of team selection etc
But if reports of the finances are true, it might not be long before the same happens, and for a nice bloke, a trier, someone seeking something via football - that would be a real shame. No one would wish MG that. Has to be a good chance the Academy bloke will step up...."have a go" - put some money in.
And let's have it right another director,Roots has a chequered past in football
-- Edited by Wingman1963 on Thursday 31st of October 2019 09:33:59 PM
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-- Edited by Wingman1963 on Thursday 31st of October 2019 02:53:19 AM
I would be against the academy directors taking over. Maybe WUSA could try and raise 91k for a controlling share in the club. Then we could be sure people are involved for the clubs best interest and not a pound note.
-- Edited by TheGhostOfJodyBrown on Friday 1st of November 2019 09:47:23 AM
Yea please delete or edit that last paragraph wingman, as much as i also think he's a idiot he was at croydon after that actually trying to save them after the guy used it as a money laundering business and went to prison. And the guy killed himself after he was pursued for the debts because he was on the board not knowing what was going on.
