Matt Dean

Quoted from Northbank Mariner

Lew, (know that's not your name btw) I know we see things differently and that's not an issue but the bit in bold got me thinking about his appointment.

I'm wondering if he sold Stockwood a pup here, making out how he coached and brought players through from the Crewe academy into the first team, how he has the academy players playing the sane style as the first team so the flow was seamless, which is actually a load of bollox, its was a system set up Gradi, which Artell carried on and he's built a reputation on that.
Once that flow of quality run dry and he had to sign and coach players he was found out, thus the fall from grace, a 19 game winless run and eventual relegation.

Though he says he’s not a football person I’m sure Jason knows that the Crewe structure isn’t down to Artell.

Quoted from Northbank Mariner

Lew, (know that's not your name btw) I know we see things differently and that's not an issue but the bit in bold got me thinking about his appointment.

I'm wondering if he sold Stockwood a pup here, making out how he coached and brought players through from the Crewe academy into the first team, how he has the academy players playing the sane style as the first team so the flow was seamless, which is actually a load of bollox, its was a system set up Gradi, which Artell carried on and he's built a reputation on that.
Once that flow of quality run dry and he had to sign and coach players he was found out, thus the fall from grace, a 19 game winless run and eventual relegation.

You may well be right but you would have thought background checks would have highlighted that.

The owners have clearly decided that to be "sustainable" the only way to go was to get a head coach to make the most of the relatively small budget, and especially bring on young talent as they think we have some good prospects in the academy. It is a fair enough policy as the constant signing of average players has brought us back to where we started.

It is going to be a long haul though isn't it, and if things don't improve more or less immediately they might have to shelve those grand ideas for something more pragmatic.

I bet like me you are fed up of having to talk about reasons things never seem to go well enough for a club with such good support, good responsible owners and there is no way we should ever contemplate dropping out of the league again which is what will happen if results on the pitch (not a spreadsheet) don't improve.

Quoted from HertsGTFC

Though he says he’s not a football person I’m sure Jason knows that the Crewe structure isn’t down to Artell.

You say that, but in one of his early interviews, might have been his first, that that's exactly what he brings to the table, and kept quoting Perry NGs name.

Yes, whilst I agree Stockwood isn't a stupid man, I can see him being blindsided by Artells bullshit.

Quoted from Northbank Mariner

You say that, but in one of his early interviews, might have been his first, that that's exactly what he brings to the table, and kept quoting Perry NGs name.

Yes, whilst I agree Stockwood isn't a stupid man, I can see him being blindsided by Artells bullshit.

Oh I’m 100% sure he talked himself into the job. Also I don’t buy this 18 months off to re-charge bollox.

I suspect his pay off from Crewe ran out and he needed to find a job. His agent actually did a good job packaging him on various channels as a thinking man’s coach.

I want him to be successful and clearly he’s a knowledgeable and capable coach but suspect it’s a case of wrong man, wrong club, wrong time.

The next 4 weeks will confirm or deny.

Quoted from HertsGTFC

Oh I’m 100% sure he talked himself into the job. Also I don’t buy this 18 months off to re-charge bollox.

I suspect his pay off from Crewe ran out and he needed to find a job. His agent actually did a good job packaging him on various channels as a thinking man’s coach.

I want him to be successful and clearly he’s a knowledgeable and capable coach but suspect it’s a case of wrong man, wrong club, wrong time.

The next 4 weeks will confirm or deny.

The more I think about it, he comes across a bit jolleyesque, only Jolley was slightly more articulate in the way he put his bulllshit across.

Quoted from Northbank Mariner

The more I think about it, he comes across a bit jolleyesque, only Jolley was slightly more articulate in the way he put his bulllshit across.

Yeah like Jolley he’s certainly trying to project his brand.

At a slight tangent, John Tondeur has tweeted to say he's interviewing JS at around 2.30.

Quoted from MuddyWaters

At a slight tangent, John Tondeur has tweeted to say he's interviewing JS at around 2.30.

It's good JS is at the game today. He can pop down into the tunnel after the game to sack DA at 17:00 like he did with PH.

What if we win ?

Quoted from Caveman

What if we win ?

Are we talking about winning by scoring actual goals or by xG?