Steven pressley (5 Viewers)

[Evo1883]

What is it that our supporters see , to make them chant his name and rejoice in a 4 year deal .
to make note andy thorn widely regarded as our worst manager in modern history if not ever (i agree) , won 7 games in his last 29 in charge in the league at coventry , with a very poor team absolutely full of inexperience .
steven pressley has won 9 from the last 37 , with arguably more freedom in the market and also in a lower division.
is it because we moved to sixfields that has given pressley a free pass to underachieve , seems that way

 

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[TheSkyBlueSquirrel]

Agree 100%
to me he come across as a bully, shouting at players to get a reaction.
if they don't perform they are ostrisised, he doesn't manage them he just bomb squads them out.
right now he has a big squad that he has put together so no excuses.

he talks about ccfc being in years of decline and he is continuing the trend as we slide down the 3rd division.

steve Waggott got so excited about the Ricoh return and the wave of goodwill to give another 4 years. No justification for this and if he doesn't rectify this soon yet another season will be lost and potentially our league one status.

pusb

 

[ccfc92]

When was his old contract due to run out?

 

[Evo1883]

When was his old contract due to run out?

Not entirely sure tbh

 

[skybluetony176]

People rejoicing at the Ricoh? I find that hard to believe. The Ricoh is full of boo boys remember

 

[percy]

he was a hero for keeping us up last season.

 

[Evo1883]

Lets squash the he has nothing to work with attitude by our supporters too , we have a bigger wage budget than preston , they also bought in 6 players , all free barring 1 of a couple hundred thousand , even joe garner was a free and is arguably the leagues best striker , im sorry but pressley has bought in 31 players on free and loan altogether , can somebody please tell me what they see in pressley ....im baffled

 

[ccfc92]

People rejoicing at the Ricoh? I find that hard to believe. The Ricoh is full of boo boys remember

I think that was my favorite post/quote.

Maybe man u should move stadiums when they get booed at old Trafford?

 

[Evo1883]

he was a hero for keeping us up last season.

Well we did have a team better than half the division , its hardly suprising we clawed out of the 10 point deduction

 

[percy]

Lets squash the he has nothing to work with attitude by our supporters too , we have a bigger wage budget than preston , they also bought in 6 players , all free barring 1 of a couple hundred thousand , even joe garner was a free and is arguably the leagues best striker , im sorry but pressley has bought in 31 players on free and loan altogether , can somebody please tell me what they see in pressley ....im baffled

when you are playing in league one 35 miles from home in front of 1500 fans you are'nt going to attract many good players. this is why the turnover of players as been so high. you have to take freebies and fringe players in to have a good luck at them. i bet he hasnt cost us that much money during this process.

 

[percy]

Well we did have a team better than half the division , its hardly suprising we clawed out of the 10 point deduction

ok so it was a given that we would always stay up then despite losing his preferred strike force for a big chunk of the season and being one of the bookies faves to go down. i think your dislike of pressley is blinkering your view of how well he performed last season

 

[Evo1883]

when you are playing in league one 35 miles from home in front of 1500 fans you are'nt going to attract many good players. this is why the turnover of players as been so high. you have to take freebies and fringe players in to have a good luck at them. i bet he hasnt cost us that much money during this process.

Im sorry but manchester united could play on the memorial park and still attract top players , its the wage at the end of the day , and regardless where we play ...a footballer is paid to play and help achieve results whilst goving 100% .
and in our first season in league 1 at the ricoh , we were hardly great either

 

[skybluetony176]

Lets squash the he has nothing to work with attitude by our supporters too , we have a bigger wage budget than preston , they also bought in 6 players , all free barring 1 of a couple hundred thousand , even joe garner was a free and is arguably the leagues best striker , im sorry but pressley has bought in 31 players on free and loan altogether , can somebody please tell me what they see in pressley ....im baffled

How many players did Preston lose over the summer? What I'm asking is did they build on last season's team or did they what we did, replreplace outgoing players. How does their squad size compare to ours?

 

[percy]

Im sorry but manchester united could play on the memorial park and still attract top players , its the wage at the end of the day , and regardless where we play ...a footballer is paid to play and help achieve results whilst goving 100% .
and in our first season in league 1 at the ricoh , we were hardly great either

this is a joke right!!!!!!!

how much do you think we pay

the main reason a player would sign for us is to play at the ricoh

they would probably get more wages at most other league one clubs and a few league 2 clubs at a guess

 

[Evo1883]

Pressleys coventry city record Coventry City 8 March 2013Present75 26 21 28 34.67
never said i hated pressley , i am saying he is not the man to take us forward , wont get the best from this team or squad , and is abysmal in the market , i would also say he has an inability to switch things up when things are going wrong in game , and has a severe lack of plan B .
but if we want to retain a manager based off the fact that we play decent football at times , whilst going sideways and backwards and not creating a single shot at home , go ahead

 

[Evo1883]

this is a joke right!!!!!!!

how much do you think we pay

the main reason a player would sign for us is to play at the ricoh

they would probably get more wages at most other league one clubs and a few league 2 clubs at a guess

Remind me ...where were brighton playing when they achieved promotion to the championship, and again we have around the 5th 6th highest wage bill in the league

 

[Deleted member 5849]

and again we have around the 5th 6th highest wage bill in the league

Says who?

 

[percy]

brighton is a poor comparison. they were playing in there home ground not ground sharing miles away from their pupose built arena. they also recieved some heavy investment

 

[Evo1883]

Says who?

Sheffield united regarded as having the biggest or second biggest in the league , maybe bristol have a higher one , at 2 million , last season ours was halfed from 4.25 mill to 2 mill , this season how much smaller is it , we have more players , and leta few go on a couple thousand more . I would say we are still top 6 in wage terms

 

[skybluedan]

i would not trust sp to spend any money on players if we had it,think his majority of signings are shocking and if he carries on with this bollocks formation then he will take us down, come Xmas if we are still in this same position then they will have to get rid

 

[Rusty Trombone]

Sheffield united regarded as having the biggest or second biggest in the league , maybe bristol have a higher one , at 2 million , last season ours was halfed from 4.25 mill to 2 mill , this season how much smaller is it , we have more players , and leta few go on a couple thousand more . I would say we are still top 6 in wage terms

So, to confirm then, you've no actual idea whether our wage bill is in the top 6 of this league, so to castigate Pressley on the basis may be unfair?

 

[Bob Latchford]

What is it that our supporters see , to make them chant his name and rejoice in a 4 year deal .
to make note andy thorn widely regarded as our worst manager in modern history if not ever (i agree) , won 7 games in his last 29 in charge in the league at coventry , with a very poor team absolutely full of inexperience .
steven pressley has won 9 from the last 37 , with arguably more freedom in the market and also in a lower division.
is it because we moved to sixfields that has given pressley a free pass to underachieve , seems that way

I really can't make my mind up if he's a good manager or not. did well last season before the exodus of our 'star' players. he's doing okay-ish with the players he has at his disposal this season. however, the five games I've seen thus far,have been very,very,very, boring at best. reminds me of colmans reign.

 

[rupert_bear]

[QUOTE
Steve Waggott got so excited about the Ricoh return and the wave of goodwill to give another 4 years. No justification for this and if he doesn't rectify this soon yet another season will be lost and potentially our league one status.

pusb[/QUOTE]Pressley was given a contract extension simply to give him value. Every time a lower league manager gets the push he is linked to that job, perhaps Waggott knows something we don't.

 

[Nick]

Pressley was given a contract extension simply to give him value. Every time a lower league manager gets the push he is linked to that job, perhaps Waggott knows something we don't.

You obviously do as you are obsessed with Waggot.

Has he been smashing your Mrs or something?

 

[rupert_bear]

Waggot is a bullshitter and twats fall for it, I don't. When the history book is written and the truth told people will realise I am right

 

[Evo1883]

So nobody can say why they like pressleys management then , 1 reason stating we avoided relegation last season ..fair enough

 

[rupert_bear]

You obviously do as you are obsessed with Waggot.

Has he been smashing your Mrs or something?

Who are you to assume I am male ?

 

[Bob Latchford]

Who are you to assume I am male ?

Rupert is a male bear.

 

[Deleted member 5849]

Who are you to assume I am male ?

Your attitude towards women ref: Marlon king would have been an even stranger attitude to take had you been female...

 

[kmj5000]

Well we did have a team better than half the division , its hardly suprising we clawed out of the 10 point deduction

Yes, unfortunately we sold most of them or told them to go because the wages were too high! (Re-investment of the Wilson transfer money? Utter Bollocks, as usual)

 

[Otis]

So nobody can say why they like pressleys management then , 1 reason stating we avoided relegation last season ..fair enough

I'm mot liking him at this very moment for sure, but he has been very good at bringing kids through and giving them a chance, which is something many of our previous managers have been reluctant to do and he is willing to change.

Last season we were shipping in goals and giving goals away late in games and this season he has solidified the defence and given us a bit more strength there. You can't blame him for us losing our top goalscorer, so he has my sympathy on that one, but he does need the players he has brought in this season to come good, or the pressure will be on him for sure.

Yesterday was abysmal and I was not at all enamoured with him for not changing things much earlier in the game. We looked certain losers from the off and well before half time he should have tweaked the system.

I'm certainly not going to get on his back too much just yet though. This is still a newish squad and some of the new players might yet come good.

Swanson and Tudgay for instance. Having watched them in the games I've seen so far, I would have rated them as Sunday football standard and nowt else. I have seen Tudgay play before though for other clubs and thought he has always looked half decent. What I've seen out there this season, it's like a different player.

It's very easy to overreact after 3 straight defeats. I now want to see what he comes up with next week to turn the tide and how he alters things.

 

[Evo1883]

I'm mot liking him at this very moment for sure, but he has been very good at bringing kids through and giving them a chance, which is something many of our previous managers have been reluctant to do and he is willing to change.

Last season we were shipping in goals and giving goals away late in games and this season he has solidified the defence and given us a bit more strength there. You can't blame him for us losing our top goalscorer, so he has my sympathy on that one, but he does need the players he has brought in this season to come good, or the pressure will be on him for sure.

Yesterday was abysmal and I was not at all enamoured with him for not changing things much earlier in the game. We looked certain losers from the off and well before half time he should have tweaked the system.

I'm certainly not going to get on his back too much just yet though. This is still a newish squad and some of the new players might yet come good.

Swanson and Tudgay for instance. Having watched them in the games I've seen so far, I would have rated them as Sunday football standard and nowt else. I have seen Tudgay play before though for other clubs and thought he has always looked half decent. What I've seen out there this season, it's like a different player.

It's very easy to overreact after 3 straight defeats. I now want to see what he comes up with next week to turn the tide and how he alters things.

A good reply , i think how we get on against crawley and crewe will either keep preesleys boat steady or it will land him in deep trouble

 

[Samo]

What is it that our supporters see , to make them chant his name and rejoice in a 4 year deal
to make note andy thorn widely regarded as our worst manager in modern history if not ever (i agree) , won 7 games in his last 29 in charge in the league at coventry , with a very poor team absolutely full of inexperience .
steven pressley has won 9 from the last 37 , with arguably more freedom in the market and also in a lower division.
is it because we moved to sixfields that has given pressley a free pass to underachieve , seems that way

I must admit I am starting to wonder why people are so impressed?

His results record?
His transfer market history?
His tactical ability?
His nice new (I watched the world cup) system?

Anyone care to explain?

 

[Otis]

A good reply , i think how we get on against crawley and crewe will either keep preesleys boat steady or it will land him in deep trouble

Totally agree. He needs to turn this round fast otherwise the fans will indeed start to really get on his back.

 

[Deleted member 5849]

Anyone care to explain?

The fact he does have a plan and a vision, and he sees the long game as much as the short one in terms of the need to build a club, not just a team.

It's easy to look at first team performances and judge solely on that, but often it's the legacy left for the managers that follow that's more important - take Newcastle for example, Keegan did well with results but binned the reserve team so there was no easy [path through to the first team for younger players (benefited us as we got Huckerby on the back of that) so after he left, the following managers were running uphill.

We've had similar, focussing on the first team beyond all else, and arguably neglecting a whole generation of players, the likes of Quinn, Betts, Fowler, Thornton as a result. Sure they had issues, but our club culture didn;t help, and that's something only McAllister ever tried to sort out (unsuccessfully).

So ultimately, the manager will be judged on results but they're not the be-all and end-all. We'd have also been in a better position long term, I reckon, had Adams not played Wise in a bunch of meaningless end of season games, but instead used those games to tune the side for the following season.

Problem is, circumstances have meant we haven't been able to try and build while Pressley's been here - Northampton handicapped that. So we've had a bunch of loanees and short term contracts as that's the cards we've been dealt. We need to move away from that, so having a manager who's prepared to0 give chances to the likes of Willis, Haynes, Finch etc. is exactly what we need. Rome wasn't built in a day an' all that.