ccfcmustang
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I just want to start this off by saying that I am glad that SP came to the club when he did and have a lot of respect for the man for the way he has dealt with unbelievably challenging times and the positivity he has tried to instill at the club. I genuinely believe he is a good manager but i think he might perform better at a club in the Premier League or maybe Championship. The way in which we play, or try to, is how teams at this years world cup tried to set up and now some other teams near the top of the footballing pyramid. To use the 3-5-2 formation successfully, you need quality players with a huge tactical nouse. We simply havent got this.
On the other hand from what ive saw and what ive read from Falkirk fans, SP seems to be a manager who works best under an extremely tight budget and testing, unstable times. He is what i would describe as a settler. He is very competent in stabalising a football club, and maximising what the club already has to its benefit. ie- youth players. As soon as there seems to be a light at the end of the tunnel, a glimmer of hope off the field, our form on it starts to decline.
Pressley came with the words which everybody wanted to hear, hes was going to change the club from the ground up, set up the best youth system about and instill a new mentality to everyone at the club. 'The Coventry Way'. Noone can argue that last season was a very good one for our young players, out to prove everybody wrong, enthusiastic for the challenge of starting the season on -10 points. That enthusiasm and that drive is probably what pulled us through (and Leon Clarke's goals too). Younger players play better under smaller amounts of pressure and lack of experiance plays a huge part in that. Pressley must know, as we all do, that CCFC is a selling club. Simple as that lets not pick any bones about that. Spo theres my first reason why he isnt the man to take us further. His philosophy will never actually work as CCFC is a stepping stone club for players to move on from. Callum had one good season for gods sake, and he has already been sold. He keeps banging on about Southampton but they actually held onto all of their young players during the climb to the Premier League and have reaped the benefits now. Some might say SISU wanted the money players are always going to go and thats true, so why didnt Pressley jump ship when he apparently had the job in the bag at Huddersfield?
This season i think he is completely out of his depth. The youth teams haven really got the same quality as they had a couple of years ago (Johnson Clarke Harris, Gael Birigirama, Callum Wilson, Jordan Clarke and many others). I beleive letting Gregor Rioch go was poor by the club. But Pressley hasnt been able to replace him sufficiently. But keeping to his philosophy he keeps bringing them through. Im not putting down the abaility of the players who are coming through this season but other than Maddison our league position tells us how good they really are. Out of the relegation zone on goal difference. Pressure of success has risen witht he return to the Ricoh and signings of Tudgay Jackson and co. He is out of his depth and doesnt really know what hes doing. I know in football you have to adapt, but changing playing 'the coventry way' the whole philosophy of the club and changing formation is just too much for our younger players. 3-5-2 is a very hard formation to master.
This league is brutal, you need big strong players who are going to win you the imporatant tackles and cause porblems for the opposition. And it has proved that with Johnson and Nouble he has signed players with them attributes. But i cant see why he hasnt clocked on to the fact that we need one in the middle of the park too. To me, it just seems clueless on his part. I understand that he wants to mould his young players into what he wants but that takes time, years infact and football just hasnt got the patience for that anymore. PLayers like Tudgay, Webster, Jackson and co (the more experienced players) dont lose confidence as easy and dont become poor overnight. I think that with their experience they know that what SP is trying to do will not breed success in the short term and can see right through him. On the other hand he is a youth team players dream first team coach.
I think that this year he has just lost his head. Reffering back to his philosophy, it was originally to bring players in to develop them and build a legacy here. This year he drafted in about 5 players on one year contracts? whats all that aboout? The only players who are on longer contracts are those who came through the academy. I dont think he himself knows what his philosophy is anymore.
My last reason is his tactical ability. When you are losingevery week and confidence is 'fragile' surely it is best practice to fill your team with as much experiecne as possible. Each player needs to look to the man next to him and believe that he knows what his job is, hes going to put his foot an and is experienced. Putting youngsetrs in the team actually damages them more than anything else because younbg lads that age will lose confidence and concentration during a game. Thats normal. He seems to stubborn to change a formation which clearly isnt working and hasnt got the assertiveness to send Allsopp back to bournemouth and draft someone else in.
So i suppose i leave you with a choice. We either hold onto Pressley, hope he can continue to develop our academy and produce good players in time whilst maininting mediocrocy on the pitch (and hope they arent sold by our money grabbing owners) or we can get him gone, get someone in who has managed here before had success in this league and knows exactly what we need to succeed.
Unfortunately Steven, in my opinion, football hasnt got the time to wait for this profecy you envisage
we need the job doing now
On the other hand from what ive saw and what ive read from Falkirk fans, SP seems to be a manager who works best under an extremely tight budget and testing, unstable times. He is what i would describe as a settler. He is very competent in stabalising a football club, and maximising what the club already has to its benefit. ie- youth players. As soon as there seems to be a light at the end of the tunnel, a glimmer of hope off the field, our form on it starts to decline.
Pressley came with the words which everybody wanted to hear, hes was going to change the club from the ground up, set up the best youth system about and instill a new mentality to everyone at the club. 'The Coventry Way'. Noone can argue that last season was a very good one for our young players, out to prove everybody wrong, enthusiastic for the challenge of starting the season on -10 points. That enthusiasm and that drive is probably what pulled us through (and Leon Clarke's goals too). Younger players play better under smaller amounts of pressure and lack of experiance plays a huge part in that. Pressley must know, as we all do, that CCFC is a selling club. Simple as that lets not pick any bones about that. Spo theres my first reason why he isnt the man to take us further. His philosophy will never actually work as CCFC is a stepping stone club for players to move on from. Callum had one good season for gods sake, and he has already been sold. He keeps banging on about Southampton but they actually held onto all of their young players during the climb to the Premier League and have reaped the benefits now. Some might say SISU wanted the money players are always going to go and thats true, so why didnt Pressley jump ship when he apparently had the job in the bag at Huddersfield?
This season i think he is completely out of his depth. The youth teams haven really got the same quality as they had a couple of years ago (Johnson Clarke Harris, Gael Birigirama, Callum Wilson, Jordan Clarke and many others). I beleive letting Gregor Rioch go was poor by the club. But Pressley hasnt been able to replace him sufficiently. But keeping to his philosophy he keeps bringing them through. Im not putting down the abaility of the players who are coming through this season but other than Maddison our league position tells us how good they really are. Out of the relegation zone on goal difference. Pressure of success has risen witht he return to the Ricoh and signings of Tudgay Jackson and co. He is out of his depth and doesnt really know what hes doing. I know in football you have to adapt, but changing playing 'the coventry way' the whole philosophy of the club and changing formation is just too much for our younger players. 3-5-2 is a very hard formation to master.
This league is brutal, you need big strong players who are going to win you the imporatant tackles and cause porblems for the opposition. And it has proved that with Johnson and Nouble he has signed players with them attributes. But i cant see why he hasnt clocked on to the fact that we need one in the middle of the park too. To me, it just seems clueless on his part. I understand that he wants to mould his young players into what he wants but that takes time, years infact and football just hasnt got the patience for that anymore. PLayers like Tudgay, Webster, Jackson and co (the more experienced players) dont lose confidence as easy and dont become poor overnight. I think that with their experience they know that what SP is trying to do will not breed success in the short term and can see right through him. On the other hand he is a youth team players dream first team coach.
I think that this year he has just lost his head. Reffering back to his philosophy, it was originally to bring players in to develop them and build a legacy here. This year he drafted in about 5 players on one year contracts? whats all that aboout? The only players who are on longer contracts are those who came through the academy. I dont think he himself knows what his philosophy is anymore.
My last reason is his tactical ability. When you are losingevery week and confidence is 'fragile' surely it is best practice to fill your team with as much experiecne as possible. Each player needs to look to the man next to him and believe that he knows what his job is, hes going to put his foot an and is experienced. Putting youngsetrs in the team actually damages them more than anything else because younbg lads that age will lose confidence and concentration during a game. Thats normal. He seems to stubborn to change a formation which clearly isnt working and hasnt got the assertiveness to send Allsopp back to bournemouth and draft someone else in.
So i suppose i leave you with a choice. We either hold onto Pressley, hope he can continue to develop our academy and produce good players in time whilst maininting mediocrocy on the pitch (and hope they arent sold by our money grabbing owners) or we can get him gone, get someone in who has managed here before had success in this league and knows exactly what we need to succeed.
Unfortunately Steven, in my opinion, football hasnt got the time to wait for this profecy you envisage
we need the job doing now
