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Post by yellowblood on Jul 6, 2017 9:30:40 GMT
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Post by oufcyellows on Jul 6, 2017 9:35:54 GMT
I don't read it like that. I read it as that is what he will do in the short term as they have a better understanding at present of what we have and what's needed
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Post by Denissmithswig on Jul 6, 2017 9:43:22 GMT
I read it as he will sit back and observe how the team currently play, what players we have already, what our recruitment team have ear marked to bring in. Once he has viewed all this then he will give his thoughts on where he wants the recruitment team to focus on, how he thinks he can develop the team etc.
He understands that if it isn't broken then don't fix it for the sake of fixing it but he will try and improve areas that need to be.
Right now though he wants to take a step back and assess how the players how, how the coaches coach and how the recruitment team do their work.
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Post by dolly on Jul 6, 2017 9:51:55 GMT
Appleton was Head Coach and very hands on. I expect Pep to be involved in all aspects of the playing side, but is just taking it all in and seeing where we are before he changes anything or introduces new ideas. A sensible approach.
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Post by tatabanya on Jul 6, 2017 12:33:50 GMT
Appleton was Head Coach and very hands on. I expect Pep to be involved in all aspects of the playing side, but is just taking it all in and seeing where we are before he changes anything or introduces new ideas. A sensible approach. Appleton rarely ever took training.
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Post by Toeby on Jul 6, 2017 12:37:20 GMT
I read it as he will sit back and observe how the team currently play, what players we have already, what our recruitment team have ear marked to bring in. Once he has viewed all this then he will give his thoughts on where he wants the recruitment team to focus on, how he thinks he can develop the team etc.
He understands that if it isn't broken then don't fix it for the sake of fixing it but he will try and improve areas that need to be.
Right now though he wants to take a step back and assess how the players how, how the coaches coach and how the recruitment team do their work.
I read it that we don't have a top 6 budget.
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Post by charliesghost on Jul 6, 2017 13:17:38 GMT
I read it as he will sit back and observe how the team currently play, what players we have already, what our recruitment team have ear marked to bring in. Once he has viewed all this then he will give his thoughts on where he wants the recruitment team to focus on, how he thinks he can develop the team etc.
He understands that if it isn't broken then don't fix it for the sake of fixing it but he will try and improve areas that need to be.
Right now though he wants to take a step back and assess how the players how, how the coaches coach and how the recruitment team do their work.
I think that that is right. And the right thing for him to say. As Pep rightly says, it's not often that you get the chance to take over something that is, broadly, working. So the attitude has to be different to taking over a basket case where the manager has just been fired, as is usually the situation. The challenge for him - and something that he cannot address in words, but only in actions - is to replace the massive hole left by Appleton. It is no great secret that for all the very good people up at the training ground, MApp ruled the place with an iron fist. Reports I heard at the time suggested that he made almost every decision, and took full responsibility for everything - workaholic, control freak, call it what you will. Wilder was the same. When you think about successful football managers, most of them have that almost un-definable quality of being "winners" above all else. They communicate that standard to the bunch of insecure millennials entrusted to their care and get them to understand where the lines are, what is expected, how they need to react. MApp once said: "I know that I can coach with one hand tied behind my back - the challenge is to manage". Which is ironic, given what he has subsequently gone on to do, but does neatly summarise the challenge for Pep. Being a great coach just doubles up on Faz's strength. Not much point in having the former England coach if he isn't allowed to get on with that! So Pep is going to have to segue into being a manager. Not the 'good cop' to Garry Monk's bad cop. He now has to be the bad cop himself. When Wilder left, I remember that the Mail printed a look-back on his tenure that started with a very early training session. The coaches had the players doing a drill that involved a 1-2, followed by a run and cross and finish. After the players had fucked it up for the third time CJW stormed onto the pitch steam coming out of his ears, grabbed the ball, punted it miles in the opposite direction and told them that if they couldn't get this right they might as well give up professional football. He was setting his standard, telling the players that he wasn't going to have the p*ss taken out of him. He wasn't there to be their friend, or anyone's friend, but he was there to win. MApp did the same very early on his time with us when we got drubbed at Cambridge. And the tone of his tenure was set from that moment on. He repeated the dose after Shrewsbury last year. And again with Liam Sercombe. So it'll be fascinating to see how Pep seeks to make his mark as a manager; how he sets the standard; how he communicates that he is here to win. He will presumably have communicated that to the interview panel, but for those of us who weren't there for that, we'll have to wait and see.
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Post by charliesghost on Jul 6, 2017 13:29:09 GMT
Ps..... haven't heard all the media work he did yesterday, but did he say anywhere what his target is? Normally a club will have a fair idea of how the manager is expected to perform. Automatic promotion; top 6; maintain league 1 status comfortably; avoid relegation. You could probably put most of our rivals into one of those four pots.
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Post by oufcyellows on Jul 6, 2017 13:31:03 GMT
Ps..... haven't heard all the media work he did yesterday, but did he say anywhere what his target is? Normally a club will have a fair idea of how the manager is expected to perform. Automatic promotion; top 6; maintain league 1 status comfortably; avoid relegation. You could probably put most of our rivals into one of those four pots. He said he's not setting a target like promotion, but wants oufc to be a better team at the end of the season than at the start . Or words to that effect
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Post by dolly on Jul 6, 2017 13:38:48 GMT
Ps..... haven't heard all the media work he did yesterday, but did he say anywhere what his target is? Normally a club will have a fair idea of how the manager is expected to perform. Automatic promotion; top 6; maintain league 1 status comfortably; avoid relegation. You could probably put most of our rivals into one of those four pots. He said he's not setting a target like promotion, but wants oufc to be a better team at the end of the season than at the start . Or words to that effect I take that to mean that if we are in the playoffs at the end of the season (which would be an improvement) then he'd be happy.
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Post by oufcyellows on Jul 6, 2017 14:32:52 GMT
He said he's not setting a target like promotion, but wants oufc to be a better team at the end of the season than at the start . Or words to that effect I take that to mean that if we are in the playoffs at the end of the season (which would be an improvement) then he'd be happy. Exactly but it can't be tied down to just that, if at the end of the season we have a full squad of players in contract we will have a better team than we do now. Can be read many ways. But is still a positive
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