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Sheridan in/out thread
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Since we beat Morecambe 5 - 0 last season and we were apparently world beaters we've won 6 out of 22 competitive fixtures.
22, that's almost half a season.
What other manager would have it so comfortable?
22, that's almost half a season.
What other manager would have it so comfortable?
I went to the 'meet the manager' do soon after he arrived here. He had the air of 'I'm the manager and you're only the fans' and seemed annoyed when anyone asked questions about tactics etc.
How the hell is this Brent's fault?
Sheridan has had a good enough budget to build his own squad, and quite a decent squad it looks at that. If Sheridan would concentrate on our own game and making sure the players are well drilled on a formation and style which suits the players we have, we'd be ok. The problem is that the players play different formations and tactics week in, week out and haven't a clue what they are supposed to be doing or where on the pitch any of their team-mates are likely to be. It's as organised as a schoolyard kickabout.
Sheridan has had a good enough budget to build his own squad, and quite a decent squad it looks at that. If Sheridan would concentrate on our own game and making sure the players are well drilled on a formation and style which suits the players we have, we'd be ok. The problem is that the players play different formations and tactics week in, week out and haven't a clue what they are supposed to be doing or where on the pitch any of their team-mates are likely to be. It's as organised as a schoolyard kickabout.
PL2 3DQ":7ry8a449 said:
Indeed, I'm agreeing with Mannamead that perhaps criticism being directed at the manager is a tad harsh given the dross management sitting in the offices above him... Apologies for making a joke in the meanwhile. I'll be more to the point, Brent Out.
GreenThing":32dvzgwx said:
Yep, of the 19 outfield players who have played this season eight have played in more than one position. You could argue that the squad is adaptable or a different point of view would say Sheridan doesn't know his best formation, best team and the best positions for the players at his disposal.
With it being so early in the season it's crazy that so many players have been played in different positions and it's also not fair on them, there's no routine or rhythm to the team.
Here's a novel idea, play the best 11 in their best positions in the same formation week after week barring suspensions and injuries.
He certainly lost the plot with tonights team selection.
I have no idea what he was thinking or trying to do and nor did the players judging by the performance.
There was no structure or game plan and the better, more organised TEAM beat us.
We look tactically inept at times
The balance of the team is all wrong, he doesn't know his best 11 and every week we have new players and formations.
Individually I reckon we have a top 5 team for this league but as a team we are more like relegation candidates.
The buck has to stop with JS for me now. Can't imagine our Chairman tearing a strip into him tonight though
Simply not good enough JS - sort it out or get out
I have no idea what he was thinking or trying to do and nor did the players judging by the performance.
There was no structure or game plan and the better, more organised TEAM beat us.
We look tactically inept at times
The balance of the team is all wrong, he doesn't know his best 11 and every week we have new players and formations.
Individually I reckon we have a top 5 team for this league but as a team we are more like relegation candidates.
The buck has to stop with JS for me now. Can't imagine our Chairman tearing a strip into him tonight though
Simply not good enough JS - sort it out or get out
It's.a.decent squad bar the centre of midfield. It's inadequacies has lead to a great deal of tinkering to try and compensate. Sheridan is struggling to deal with this massive flaw in his squad, but the truth is Hourihane should have never have been sold or once sold Brent should have opened the wallet and boosted the budget to bring in a real replacement. Clearly the suits upstairs underestimated the importance of Conor and the difficulty of replacing him; I'll hold them responsible.
1-0 down for the majority of the game, he brought on a left back and 2 central midfielders in response. When Cox came on for Smalley I joked that we must have been playing for the 1-0. By the looks of it we were, the manager left his one attacking option on the bench, we had a right back on the wing and the team played with zero urgency, even with 6 minutes added on we carried on with our slow stop start passing, players lingering on the ball with no idea where to go.
It's frustrating to watch especially as it's so easy to solve; you simply pick a formation and stick to the damn thing! Once it's drilled into the players, they know exactly where they need to be and exactly where their teammates will be, it's not rocket science it really isn't :banghead:
It's frustrating to watch especially as it's so easy to solve; you simply pick a formation and stick to the damn thing! Once it's drilled into the players, they know exactly where they need to be and exactly where their teammates will be, it's not rocket science it really isn't :banghead:
Been thinking long and hard and think it's time to pass the baton.
Too many flashes of promise, yet too many basic mistakes from Sheridan from what is essentially a good enough squad.
I have always said this season would boil down to whether Shez's strengths would outwiegh his weaknesses. At the moment every single indication is that the weaknesses will outweigh the strengths.
As PL2 said, if we could afford to pay off Fletch/Romain/Nance so we can afford to pay off this lot. I am no James Brent aficionado as is well known on here but on this occasion I will defend him and say that he's too easy a scapegoat for brainless managerial decisions time after time.
Sheridan needs win against Hartlepool to get a stay of execution.
Too many flashes of promise, yet too many basic mistakes from Sheridan from what is essentially a good enough squad.
I have always said this season would boil down to whether Shez's strengths would outwiegh his weaknesses. At the moment every single indication is that the weaknesses will outweigh the strengths.
As PL2 said, if we could afford to pay off Fletch/Romain/Nance so we can afford to pay off this lot. I am no James Brent aficionado as is well known on here but on this occasion I will defend him and say that he's too easy a scapegoat for brainless managerial decisions time after time.
Sheridan needs win against Hartlepool to get a stay of execution.
Nathan Thomas is not the catch-all answer to all of our problems but alternatively he is not useless either. The game was crying out for him with 25 minutes to go. But instead we bring on a River Allen a defensive minded midfielder (who I like btw and think he has a future) when we could have capitalised on a 10 minute spell we were having and bring on Nathan Thomas instead?
The mind boggles.
The mind boggles.
