My feelings too. We haven't lost because of any system. We've lost because of stupid individual errors, just like we did under Pardew. Need better defenders and a keeper, ones who can concentrate preferably.
But hang on a minute the pundits (failed or never were managers) have said otherwise, contradicting what even our own Jimmy Mac has said. Know who I'll listen to.
If the system is to blame can someone tell me why I've never noticed us playing it at home for the last four seasons?

Edited by Dangermouse (28 Aug 2017 6.06pm)

That's Life
And as funny as it may seem
Some people get their kicks stompin' on a Dream.
KEEP THE FAITH!!!!!

It's both. Or it's the players and forcing a formation that we can't select 11 players for, so play a few out of position, and at this level you cannot get away with it. Maybe in Holland you can.

COYP

Look what happened to Inter that year. 4 managers in 12 months!

FDB got 12 (?) league games and got 14 points: this was despite the restrictions on the playing squad because of financial irregularities. That's poor by Inter standards, but apart from a short spell by the end of the season they were not much better off, despite two changes of manager.

No, but I wouldn't be confident with anyone else in charge right now either. There are too many players stealing a living at the club, and several who would get nowhere near most other teams squads, let alone first teams.

By the way, how do you know BFS would have sorted this out? That is conjecture, and his record was not great overall, if you took out our star defender. That problem does not automatically get fixed by better organization in pre-season.

I wanted Pellegrino or Silva, as I thought they would do the best with what we had. But the owners saw different, but have not yet really backed the manager with players.

If you come to a fork in the road, take it.

Yesterday I posted on the 5 FDB errors thread that we should give him or any manager the right resources to be competitive. After looking again at the recording of the match, I feel that even with the right resources FDB will not make it. He is learning on the job and was not the man to hit the ground running as Parish and others were convinced he would. FDB is a manger/coach out of his depth and class. Terrible hiring decision in hindsight, best to admit the brutal facts and move on. Parish and Co continue to make basic leadership errors though, so its not clear to me that whatever they decide will be a better solution. Frankly, the club is in a complete state of Leadership disarray, starting at the top. The Parish mentality stems from the days of survival, both financially and on the pitch. A bold new strategy would be required to stay in the Premiership. The idea that you wait to the last day to sign quality players is totally naive and makes the club mickey mouse in comparison to well run organizations.

Where is the firm evidence that this is a club strategy in terms of acquiring players ?

Often the process of securing one's targets can be really protracted and frustrating with various factors coming in to play so in many instances one cannot blame the club if targets don't 'Get over the line' far quicker.

I happen to believe that there will be a plethora of late signings, across the board as the 'Window' come to a close.Will be a busy week for a host of clubs.

Like most seasons we have a very good 12/13 players, after that we are struggling. Until our bench improves and Wilf and RLC return any manager would struggle.

That's Life
And as funny as it may seem
Some people get their kicks stompin' on a Dream.
KEEP THE FAITH!!!!!