Pre Match Interview

Quoted from drbell

If anyone on this forum were the manager right now, of a team low on confidence, in need of results, knowing the players you have are the only ones you can work with, so you need to motivate them, help them believe they are good enough and success is quite possible, even probable, with hard work, what would you say?

Regardless of whether DA will or won't have success, I simply don't understand what people want him to say that's different that will actually help the team succeed (which is far more important than saying anything us fans might want to hear, or believe is the reality).

He's saying what the players need to hear him say.

I wouldn't expect a manager to try and bullshit the fans.

It's obvious we are playing crap, everyone can see that, all he has to say is we understand where we are and we will try to improve.

Quoted from Mandy Dunnit vs Hettie

It’s ok though because our ‘expected goals’ position has gone up to 11th! Can’t quite see where this is reflected on our league table stats but surely this will be vital come the end of the season?…

I think he has a point. If we actually increase the amount of our XG being converted into goals whilst simultaneously reducing the oppositions converted XG conversions we will start to win games. Sadly missing from the conversation is the average distance our players are from the opposition when they're in our penalty area - if we can reduce this by a factor of around 1000 then we might be alright. In order to achieve this we're going to need to do some coaching though.

Artell says the data shows we are improving so it’s fine that we lost 4-1 to a the 20th best team at home

It’s not our XG that’s the problem it’s the fact that the opposition only have to cross the halfway line a few times to waltz through our midfield and defence and score . Dont know what the data abbreviation is for that. GM Gone Missing?

Aren't Humberside allowed interviews anymore ? They might have asked more pertinent questions.

Quoted from Mariner_501

Artell says the data shows we are improving so it’s fine that we lost 4-1 to a the 20th best team at home

5-1 wasn’t it? Yep worse than you thought

Quoted from heppy88

Thanks, davmariner. Any chance you could DM me with a quick tutorial. As I've tried following the instructions that have been put on, but I only get a load of text and no video?

We could all have a tutorial I've given up.

Quoted from Balthazar Bullitt

I think he has a point. If we actually increase the amount of our XG being converted into goals whilst simultaneously reducing the oppositions converted XG conversions we will start to win games. Sadly missing from the conversation is the average distance our players are from the opposition when they're in our penalty area - if we can reduce this by a factor of around 1000 then we might be alright. In order to achieve this we're going to need to do some coaching though.

There were plenty of players back for the 3rd goal last week, its just one stopped running leaving our left back outnumbered 2 to 1 and Artell hasn't addressed basic poor defending like that.  

So odd that our captain defends from the front but other attacking players don't.  But if they can get away with it.... let's see if this changes Saturday.

Quoted from Balthazar Bullitt

I think he has a point. If we actually increase the amount of our XG being converted into goals whilst simultaneously reducing the oppositions converted XG conversions we will start to win games. Sadly missing from the conversation is the average distance our players are from the opposition when they're in our penalty area - if we can reduce this by a factor of around 1000 then we might be alright. In order to achieve this we're going to need to do some coaching though.

xG only tells half the story though. Take the Stockport game, they scored 3 goals and were coasting. We pulled one back and then they shut up shop, took off forwards and made defensive substitutions. They were more interested in securing 3 points. Had they wanted to they could have scored more goals. Even if you look at the xG of both sides it gives a false impression.

He has a point to some extent in last week's game because Doncaster scored with almost every chance they had and we missed two chances at the end of the first half and one in the second, but again data doesn't tell you about the body language of the players.

Don't see a lot wrong with the interview personally.

What can he really come out and say? "Yeah the players have been rubbish lately, we're in real trouble and need to be loads better" ??? Of course he's not going to come out and say that.

He's got to put some sort of positive spin on it, definitely to the players which is why he explained how he'd shown some performance stats to the players to try and raise morale a bit by showing them some bits they've done well.

Managers don't always tell the truth in interviews or say the same as what they say behind closed doors to the squad. PH got hammered for always being too negative in interviews, and Artell gets hammered for being too positive.

This is not a post in defence of Artell, I'd have had his P45 ready by Last Sunday morning by the way. But I think the desperation for him to be sacked can lead to some nit-picking just to get some extra criticism in. This sounded like a run-of-the-mill pre-match interview of a struggling team I thought.

I absolutely am worried about the next 2 games and where we could be after them. But I'm not particularly worried about what DA says in these mandatory interviews.