Alan Sheehan-Manager for Next Season

[monmouth]

How many other clubs would have an interim manager get the results Sheehan has and say to them thank you but no thanks.

Cardiff would have given him a 3 year contract after 3 games.

I just hope that whatever happens he hasn’t been shat on and the club have been honest with him.

 

[J_B]

Cardiff would have given him a 3 year contract after 3 games.

I just hope that whatever happens he hasn’t been shat on and the club have been honest with him.

Cardiff will probably offer him that contract if we don’t.

 

[Nocountryforoldjack]

He's winning football games, sign him up, in very happy with him because he's made me forget about Willy.

 

[monmouth]

Cardiff will probably offer him that contract if we don’t.

Good point indeed.

 

[A4Jack]

Didn't want him at first but would be quite disappointed if it wasn't.

There's a huge feel good factor at the minute and he's part of it. Something I haven't felt down there since the days before the Premier League.

And who jumps in when the next guy gets the sack if he's not around...

 

[Swans Jack]

Well the way Sheehan was going around hugging his players today, had a look about it that suggested a change could be happening or is on the way.

Very disappointing if that is the case.

I didn't get this impression at all. End of match he was proud and hugging. Either way we will know soon enough. Personally can't see how they could pull the rug from him and then go pay 1 Million plus to bring in another coach.

 

[cadleigh]

Ok, I understand you now.

It's all a matter of how you perceive the squad isn't it.

There are some - and I guess you're one then - who thinks it's capable of far more and cites the rare occasions (usually against much poorer sides than ourselves, like QPR and Plymouth) where we play like Brazil, as evidence they are capable of more.

Then there are some - and I'm firmly in this camp - who would rather look at the longer term evidence base of circa 200 matches under Martin and Williams, which pretty clearly displays the folly of trying to get extremely limited players to play like Barcelona.

My view is that this squad has quite a lot of potential. Eom, Ronald, Franco, Cooper and Ginnelly in particular. Yes there are gaps. We need at least one 20-goal striker. Tymon and Key are weak defensively. We need to retain or replace O'Brien and we need at least one more CB. But Sheehan is finally getting the best out of a squad that has been poorly managed for three and a half seasons now. Take Ronald. All that bombing down the wing and then pausing and passing back to whoever was behind him. A lot of us thought that was in his nature - he bottled when it mattered. Under Sheehan he's been following through. It wasn't him, it was Williams. We might have been play-off contenders if Sheehan had been in post all season. With our current gaps I wouldn't go any further than that.

 

[Dr. Winston]

We need at least one 20-goal striker.

Do you know how many strikers have scored 20 goals in the Championship this season? None. Zero.

Only two did it last year. Three the year before. They're neither common nor necessary. Leeds are the division's top scorers and Piroe has 15, but they have five other players who have scored at least six. What we need to do is increase the number of goals from elsewhere.

If Vip can get around the 15 goal mark (and to me there's no reason why he can't. He's already got at least seven despite only having ten games under a coach interested in using him properly) then he will comfortably find himself amongst the division's top scorers. Widell will hopefully chip in, but our wide players need to be getting between 5-10 each.

 

[magicdaps10]

Do you know how many strikers have scored 20 goals in the Championship this season? None. Zero.

Only two did it last year. Three the year before. They're neither common nor necessary. Leeds are the division's top scorers and Piroe has 15, but they have five other players who have scored at least six. What we need to do is increase the number of goals from elsewhere.

If Vip can get around the 15 goal mark (and to me there's no reason why he can't. He's already got at least seven despite only having ten games under a coach interested in using him properly) then he will comfortably find himself amongst the division's top scorers. Widell will hopefully chip in, but our wide players need to be getting between 5-10 each.

Something that needed addressing during the summer, goal contributions from central and wide midfield.

 

[Manselton Jack]

My view is that this squad has quite a lot of potential. Eom, Ronald, Franco, Cooper and Ginnelly in particular. Yes there are gaps. We need at least one 20-goal striker. Tymon and Key are weak defensively. We need to retain or replace O'Brien and we need at least one more CB. But Sheehan is finally getting the best out of a squad that has been poorly managed for three and a half seasons now. Take Ronald. All that bombing down the wing and then pausing and passing back to whoever was behind him. A lot of us thought that was in his nature - he bottled when it mattered. Under Sheehan he's been following through. It wasn't him, it was Williams. We might have been play-off contenders if Sheehan had been in post all season. With our current gaps I wouldn't go any further than that.

Absolutely agree on Ronald but how you can mention Cooper & Ginelly as those with potential I just don't get.
Cooper is 25, he's played 100 games for us. Apart from a brief period under Martin he's been disappointing & just isn't good enough other than maybe as a squad player.
Ginelly has played a handful of games in 2 seasons. He's been available for a while now & isn't even making the matchday squad.

 

[Dr. Winston]

Style of play helps.

If most of your squad are regimented to only do certain things in certain spaces then their opportunities to get themselves onto the scoresheet will be limited (also your main striker will have to be a miracle worker able to create stuff for himself). We have to play in a way that creates openings. I don't think we're quite there yet. Sheehan has done well in ten games, but a few bad habits crept back in yesterday for me. Forward passing opportunities were available and not taken. The ball moved a little bit too slowly when more tempo might have stretched Hull. Work in progress though.

Our lack of a genuine #10 has also been hurting us all season. The kind of player able to slot the pass through for Eom or Ronald (or Vip) to get onto. Cullen can't do it consistently. Cooper can't do it at all. A lot will rest on Widell's shoulders there I think.

 

[cadleigh]

Absolutely agree on Ronald but how you can mention Cooper & Ginelly as those with potential I just don't get.
Cooper is 25, he's played 100 games for us. Apart from a brief period under Martin he's been disappointing & just isn't good enough other than maybe as a squad player.
Ginelly has played a handful of games in 2 seasons. He's been available for a while now & isn't even making the matchday squad.

OK maybe Cooper is a case of my hope overriding my experience! But Ginnelly was so impressive before his injury. It’s odd he’s not being given opportunities.

 

[Swansea93]

Is Ginnelly out of contract in June? Wouldn’t be renewing.

 

[magicdaps10]

Just a thought, nothing else.

Maybe Sheehan has agreed to take this role on until the end of the season and then he leaves to take up another role once the season finishes.

 

[Manselton Jack]

OK maybe Cooper is a case of my hope overriding my experience! But Ginnelly was so impressive before his injury. It’s odd he’s not being given opportunities.

I'm sure he's got plenty of ability & his League Cup goal was a screamer but with his injury record we need to move on