Comparison to 23/24

[Smurph]

Absolutely
Where the f@ck was he today when the chips were down?

Probably asking the touchline for his passing stats.

 

[LaJollaJack]

I accept that Luke isn't the answer but it's been a consistent theme for three and a half years through Martin, Duff, Sheehan and now Williams.

There’s a proper feel-good factor with the proper management quorum:
- Marge, Sheez along with Matty and Joey as a proper collective effort

As shown in spades most recently.

And the beauty of it is that it draws upon and leverages our proper playing heritage - with NO egos

 

[A4Jack]

There’s a proper feel-good factor with the proper management quorum:
- Marge, Sheez along with Matty and Joey as a proper collective effort

As shown in spades most recently.

And the beauty of it is that it draws upon and leverages our proper playing heritage - with NO egos

So who would you suggest as manager to work with Marge and Sheez?

And don't say Sheez as manager

 

[Andrew - North Hill]

We will never gain momentum.

The attitude down at Fairwood is "couple of wins under the belt, no pressure now"

And has been for years

This.

I never thought I'd hear myself say this out loud, and I still think he wasn't the right fit, but maybe Mike Duff really wasn't the problem during his time here.

It's the players, it's the dressing room culture, it's a total failure of on-pitch leadership over several years. And it's all led by the so called captain, who has a hold over this football club despite being nothing more than a coaster.

 

[Dr. Winston]

The squad isn't as good as it was between 2021-2023. That's for sure. The level of Martin's failure with the tools he had available was significant.

Is it better than getting stuffed 4-0 at Portsmouth, and some of the other results that we've seen? I'd have to say so. Tactically Key and Tymon are getting pulled all over the place. The likes of Abdulai and MPH hung out to dry on the wing weekly. Forwards get hammered for a lack of goals but the team attacks with such little pace and certainty they're basically left with scraps.

 

[TerryPHELAN]

This.

I never thought I'd hear myself say this out loud, and I still think he wasn't the right fit, but maybe Mike Duff really wasn't the problem during his time here.

It's the players, it's the dressing room culture, it's a total failure of on-pitch leadership over several years. And it's all led by the so called captain, who has a hold over this football club despite being nothing more than a coaster.

Does he have too much power/influence amongst the squad?

 

[Smurph]

This.

I never thought I'd hear myself say this out loud, and I still think he wasn't the right fit, but maybe Mike Duff really wasn't the problem during his time here.

It's the players, it's the dressing room culture, it's a total failure of on-pitch leadership over several years. And it's all led by the so called captain, who has a hold over this football club despite being nothing more than a coaster.

I get the impression Duff was brought in to shake things up and when he did the owners shit themselves.

 

[Dr. Winston]

Duff got the best string of performances out of Grimes than anyone since Potter. For about five or six games he actually looked like the player some people would have us believe that he already is.

He shot himself in the foot by not playing along with the idea that the Cardiff game is the most important one of the season, which turned loads of people against him, despite having a point.

 

[A4Jack]

This.

I never thought I'd hear myself say this out loud, and I still think he wasn't the right fit, but maybe Mike Duff really wasn't the problem during his time here.

It's the players, it's the dressing room culture, it's a total failure of on-pitch leadership over several years. And it's all led by the so called captain, who has a hold over this football club despite being nothing more than a coaster.

The problem is though, are none of these managers strong enough to deal with him if this is the case?

And surely it would be career suicide to allow said problem to take the pre, half time and end of match team talks in consecutive games.

Whatever, there's something seriously wrong.

 

[Andrew - North Hill]

Does he have too much power/influence amongst the squad?

The fact he now does team talks would suggest so.

 

[LaJollaJack]

So who would you suggest as manager to work with Marge and Sheez?

And don't say Sheez as manager

I’d say there’s no rush right now to appoint a figurehead - the current quorum has delivered, has the respect and did have some momentum til Williams stuck his last gasp oar in today.

What’s as clear as the sunniest of sunny days on Swansea beach is that we have the squad, the tools, the latent young talent to do far far better than Williams’ ceiling.

 

[Cooperman]

Duff got the best string of performances out of Grimes than anyone since Potter. For about five or six games he actually looked like the player some people would have us believe that he already is.

He shot himself in the foot by not playing along with the idea that the Cardiff game is the most important one of the season, which turned loads of people against him, despite having a point.

Duff was terrible whenever he opened his mouth, his words just accelerated his pace towards the exit door when it was clear that his tactics were not going to click.

 

[LaJollaJack]

Does he have too much power/influence amongst the squad?

The previous two games show that Matty has the respect, the nous, the wherewithal to deliver

And together with Marge &Sheez is the obvious solution to the obvious standout limiting factor - Lukey lad.

 

[Andrew - North Hill]

Duff was terrible whenever he opened his mouth, his words just accelerated his pace towards the exit door when it was clear that his tactics were not going to click.

Yeah he was very clumsy in his pressers but what's becoming more and more clear is that he was trying to change the culture in the dressing room. But said dressing room, in a comfort zone and with the captain essentially running the club as a safe haven of mediocrity and zero accountability, was having none of it.

Looks increasingly to me it was a case of the right idea, but the wrong man to achieve it.

Swamp needs draining but instead we keep extending player contracts. Putrid.

 

[J_B]

Nice to have it confirmed that when we win Grimes is the manager and when we lose it's Williams.

That sort of clarity is very helpful.