Mucca Mad Boys
Well-Known Member
Why is everyone on his back already?
I for one, think he's doing ok, the results under him have been typical of our season so far, inconsistent. I'd like to praise him on selection last two games, picking Barton and Fleck has overall been positive for the team as well as Moussa on the wing, now, I think Bailey and Ball should be edged out of the team, they don't warrant a starting place and less importantly, they aren't our players (Bailey could for 13/14) so shouldn't focus on playing them. I personally think Pressley will be a good manager, I'm willing to put my neck out on that assertion, and these comparisons to Thorn are ludicrous. Criticising his post-match interviews is a bit silly, managers always BS, even Fergie, but I bet, he'd have a go at, for example, McSheffrey (since he called him terrific) behind closed doors, where it is important.
When evaluating Pressley we should consider this:
- Leon Clarke is injured, left a vacuum of goals that needs to be filled and since we can't sign players, it's immediately going to cause problems. Furthermore, unless Wilson and/or Philliskirk or even Cody, I think SP will need to sign a ST because bar Clarke, and even then, nothings guaranteeing he'll score like he did next season.
- Defence is weak, it gets exposed too often, and again, we can't sign players, so the manager has to work with what he's got (not much) and I expect SP to sign CBs in the summer.
- Thorn, his signings were clearly favoured to 4-1-2-1-2 so when he didn't sign any wingers, it was going to be a handicap to future managers in the season, so in the summer I expect Pressley to address this in the summer.
- He's got to entrench his style, some have said nothings changed, I disagree, we play with a slower tempo, and we tend to press harder with individual players rushing up to close them down, he's imposing a good style.
I think he needs to start off well at the start of the season and I back him to do it if he receives the necessary backing from the board, whether it be PHVI, SISU or anyone.
I welcome peoples' views on this.
I for one, think he's doing ok, the results under him have been typical of our season so far, inconsistent. I'd like to praise him on selection last two games, picking Barton and Fleck has overall been positive for the team as well as Moussa on the wing, now, I think Bailey and Ball should be edged out of the team, they don't warrant a starting place and less importantly, they aren't our players (Bailey could for 13/14) so shouldn't focus on playing them. I personally think Pressley will be a good manager, I'm willing to put my neck out on that assertion, and these comparisons to Thorn are ludicrous. Criticising his post-match interviews is a bit silly, managers always BS, even Fergie, but I bet, he'd have a go at, for example, McSheffrey (since he called him terrific) behind closed doors, where it is important.
When evaluating Pressley we should consider this:
- Leon Clarke is injured, left a vacuum of goals that needs to be filled and since we can't sign players, it's immediately going to cause problems. Furthermore, unless Wilson and/or Philliskirk or even Cody, I think SP will need to sign a ST because bar Clarke, and even then, nothings guaranteeing he'll score like he did next season.
- Defence is weak, it gets exposed too often, and again, we can't sign players, so the manager has to work with what he's got (not much) and I expect SP to sign CBs in the summer.
- Thorn, his signings were clearly favoured to 4-1-2-1-2 so when he didn't sign any wingers, it was going to be a handicap to future managers in the season, so in the summer I expect Pressley to address this in the summer.
- He's got to entrench his style, some have said nothings changed, I disagree, we play with a slower tempo, and we tend to press harder with individual players rushing up to close them down, he's imposing a good style.
I think he needs to start off well at the start of the season and I back him to do it if he receives the necessary backing from the board, whether it be PHVI, SISU or anyone.
I welcome peoples' views on this.