They are all professional sportsmen so losing should not be acceptable, they should all have that competitive edge that sets them apart. If our win ratio before with Mark Robins was far superior to Pressley how successful has he been in creating a winning culture? Something must be wrong because you see other teams who would gladly go out and run until their lungs burst but ours just seem to accept their fate, Pressley has been here for a while now so how would you gauge his record and the culture he is trying to create?
There are those out there that will back Pressley blindly and come up with the reason that he has had his hands tied behind his back (which is true to a certain extent) but the fact remains that his record is poor, his tactics are very one dimensional, he has no plan B, his signings have been poor, his interviews are sounding more like a David Icke speech and he doesn't seem to know his best team. But the fact he is a snappy dresser seems to please a few on here so that's alright. There are other managers in this league with smaller budgets and signings loans and frees like us but they seem to get either better players or are able to get the most out of them. I want us to be as successful as we can be, I just don't think that he has shown anywhere near enough to convince me that he is the second coming that some think on here.
Pressley had to deal with a lot more off field issues compared to robins. Robins was also backed from the first day he came in, with the signing of 3 players. Last year Pressley was left getting scraps due to the embargo, and 1/2 price one in one out basis. This summer is the first time he has been able to recruit properly. I don't think it is fair to judge last years signings as he didn't have adequate scouting or funding. And so was just buying in hope Imo. This summer a lot of singings see. To be fairly good. Johnson, nouble and o'brian are now 3 of our best players. Swanson and Miller have both been fairly useful but have had injury problems. Jackson has played well. The rest have however not been great e.g. Tudgay started well, but has been very poor since. Pugh, harsh to judge as he has been injured. The Bournemouth loans, I doubt Pressley had much choice with. Although allsop has been alright without being spectacular. Mcqoid I do not rate at all, all his goals seem to have been accidents. And coulibaly hard to judge.
Pressley has shown that he is willing to change tactics and players to try and win, highlighted by the fact he's used 3 formations in the last 3 games. Yes ofc he didn't change it straight away, but he's trying to create a long term strategy and style of play, which will define coventry, he's trying to make it so that teams have to find a way to outplay us and not the other way around.
I'd say we have a mid table-lower end budget and considering that's where we are, we can't completely be unhappy.
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