He'd be much better alongside Sheaf or Eccles.
Far too subtle.Exactly my point
Think we stuck we a 5-2-1-2 since the first championship year until O’Hare got injured and then we went between 5-2-2-1 and the 5-2-1-2. Since then though it’s been a bit all over the place with 4-3-3 and 4-2-3-1Weirdly I’m sure we’ve changed shape every season under robins
If I recallThink we stuck we a 5-2-1-2 since the first championship year until O’Hare got injured and then we went between 5-2-2-1 and the 5-2-1-2. Since then though it’s been a bit all over the place with 4-3-3 and 4-2-3-1
Positively shows he is willing to change, but does seem to need a tinker to get going. Hoping we can either get going in a 4-3-3 or we change shape a bit earlier than last year.If I recall
League two - 4-2-3-1 - 4-2-4 once Jones injured
League one - did he go back to 4-2-3-1?
League one winning -went to 5-2-2-1
Championship - morphed into 5-2-1-2
Now - as you’ve said 4-3-3/4-2-3-1
What a load of cobblers.I’m assuming you’ve never heard of something called periodisation?
Literally coach in every sport will try to utilise this. In short, it gears the athletes to be physically and mentally at their best at the most important parts of the season.
So no, it isn’t setting them up to ‘play better’ deliberately at later points of the season, it’s about getting the players to be at their best when it most matters. For arguments sake, if the team is at 90%, we’ll be steadily working to get them up to 98-99% by Xmas and again by Easter. It’s not possible to be at that level all season in any sport.
I’m assuming you’ve never heard of something called periodisation?
Literally coach in every sport will try to utilise this. In short, it gears the athletes to be physically and mentally at their best at the most important parts of the season.
So no, it isn’t setting them up to ‘play better’ deliberately at later points of the season, it’s about getting the players to be at their best when it most matters. For arguments sake, if the team is at 90%, we’ll be steadily working to get them up to 98-99% by Xmas and again by Easter. It’s not possible to be at that level all season in any sport.
Jesus, I've heard it all now. We're purposely having bad starts so that we can have better finishes?It's as simple as this... we try and win every league game but sometimes we just don't.
The fact that people are even talking about robins having pressure this season is bizarre to me. We're in a group of about 15 teams that have a chance of going up.. 3 will. If we don't this year then I'd still want Robins to be the one to have another crack next year.
And for the original thread, I think Torp is a good player and will have a decent season.
I mean it’s a football club, but it’s also a goalkeeping holiday resort. Food and board provided in exchange for laying out some cones a few times a week.It’s not you whose funding the club though is it?
It’s not you whose funding the club though is it?
No and I think that the man that is funding the club is well aware he’s got one of the best managers that would be available to CCFC and is the reason that we are now a club with 22,000 season ticket holders which *is* helping to fund the club.
We as fans should be very wary of putting pressure of “no promotion this season = change manager”. Promotion is still a bit of a lottery but Robins would buy us more tickets than most.
It’s not “no promotion - change manager” it’s expectation of competing, of course if Robins gets to the play offs and loses, it’s a good season. The moment we start sliding back to midtable is when King will be asking questions.No and I think that the man that is funding the club is well aware he’s got one of the best managers that would be available to CCFC and is the reason that we are now a club with 22,000 season ticket holders which *is* helping to fund the club.
We as fans should be very wary of putting pressure of “no promotion this season = change manager”. Promotion is still a bit of a lottery but Robins would buy us more tickets than most.
What a load of cobblers.
We have a squad. That's what it's for.
Football in general teams and players get better and fitter as the season goes on for most teams anyway
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Agreed. What would be a sackable offence for Robins?People are buying tickets as they want success. That is improvement not stagnation or decline.
King is bridging a £7 million black hole. Its very naive to think he will just sit, shrug his shoulders and think its a lottery or why be so active in spending money on players at all.
I think there is more an expectation that we will be competing for the top 6. I think it's a bit of a stretch to say an expectation that we will be comfortably in there.there’s an expectation we will be comfortably in the top 6.
I’d agree with this. Although I’m not sure King would wait the season out if we sit 17th say at XmasAgreed. What would be a sackable offence for Robins?
In my view, if we don’t make playoffs this season (finishing Top 9 or 10) there will be a lot of pressure going into 2025/26 where a slow start would probably result in the sack. Other than that, only a disaster this season such as a relegation scrap would result in the sack imo.
So don't wear yourself out just before the game, and have a bit of a rest after it?Football in general teams and players get better and fitter as the season goes on for most teams anyway
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We didn't lose a game until OctoberWhich is not automatics. The reality is we entered the automatics and then top spot 2-3 weeks before the season ended. In relative terms, it’s a ‘slow start’.
I think you would be surprisedThe Ipswich comparison is an anomaly.
I don't think anyone connected with the club would have said they would go up automatically last season .
Revisit that seasons fixture and results list. The first games was a decent start tracking at 2 PPG, but from then on, until the the midway point, we dropped off a lot.We didn't lose a game until October
So ignoring the first quarter it was a slow start, coolRevisit that seasons fixture and results list. The first games was a decent start tracking at 2 PPG, but from then on, until the the midway point, we dropped off a lot.
1-23 - 40 points, 1.74 PPG
24-34 - 27 points, 2.45 PPG
Specifically, our form picked up from the game before Xmas. In the next 10 games after October, we won 2 games leading up to the game before Xmas. Not only did the results pick up, the difficulty of opponents got harder and won us the league because we gained points and took points off the likes of Sunderland, Wycombe, Pompey, Ipswich
On the balance of things and you look past the first 10 games, I think it’s reasonable to say we got off to a slow start.
Think if they had both started Stoke we would have won personallyThought him and Eccles looked ok tonight
How do ensure squad members not in the starting 11 are at their best if they’ve not played a lot of minutes or not at all? It isn’t as simple as just having a squad.
Yep. It applies to both the macro and microcycles. You will be looking at the optimal times to peak your performance throughout the season.
Eccles makes a big difference when he playsThink if they had both started Stoke we would have won personally
So ignoring the first quarter it was a slow start, cool
I can just about tolerate it but if we're in the bottom half at the turn of the year I might be minded to agree with you, as our form is virtually relegation form as I posted last week.
I don't enjoy football if it doesn't deliver a good outcome and for the last 15 games or so it hasn't
I think the next two games are must wins, fail to win either and we're going to really struggles
One up front again, fail to win today and I'm a step closer to Robins out tbh
We struggle as a whole against team who press us hard and play a physical game. One of the big things we need to work on this season.One thing I’ve noticed about Torp is that he generally doesn’t play well against teams that pressure and Harry him. His best games came against teams that gave him space.
he was great in his cameo against United and played alright last night. Conversely struggled against Stoke and if I recall Birmingham last year
We struggle as a whole against team who press us hard and play a physical game. One of the big things we need to work on this season.
Drogba was at Chelsea for 18 months before he finally settled down and became the fantastic player that everybody remembers. Could well be that Torp is struggling with being in a new country and the expectation on his shoulders maybe weighing on his mind for the moment.Some pretty stinging criticism already for someone only here half a season.
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