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Post by Rimmer on Apr 6, 2024 6:37:05 GMT
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Post by Harry Lime on Apr 6, 2024 7:06:06 GMT
Good from Cal that.
He's genuinely tried to explain his thoughts and tactics through the season, and how he's tried to evolve the team.
Nothing he said there was wrong. Some might disagree, that's football. We all have opinions, and some are more valid and accurate than others.
I thought that was a passionate and honest interview. You can tell he's frustrated and is working really hard to achieve for this club.
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Post by Jack on Apr 6, 2024 8:53:21 GMT
Rocky ground. Never a good idea to tell your supporters they don’t understand football, even if it’s true.
Also, listing the various strikers, attacking midfielders, systems and approaches as evidence that we’ve been an attacking side is irrelevant. The end results are the only ones that matter and anyone that understands football will tell you we’ve been boring and cautious.
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Post by Royal Blue on Apr 6, 2024 8:54:24 GMT
An interesting interview. Football is all about opinions and there are a few things I disagree with. "You can't be a side that passes across the back four and also be lumping balls up all the time, it's impossible". Well you can as we often knock it around the back line ineffectively for a period then run out of options and hoof it long for the defence to mop up. Then repeat. Lots of talk about shape and formation too but maybe not the consideration if players can actually be effective in those positions. Anyway, always good to hear sensible talk about matches instead of kneejerk reactions. I still back him to get things right, he'll have learnt a massive amount this season.
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Post by Al on Apr 6, 2024 12:23:31 GMT
An interesting interview. Football is all about opinions and there are a few things I disagree with. "You can't be a side that passes across the back four and also be lumping balls up all the time, it's impossible". Well you can as we often knock it around the back line ineffectively for a period then run out of options and hoof it long for the defence to mop up. Then repeat. Lots of talk about shape and formation too but maybe not the consideration if players can actually be effective in those positions. Anyway, always good to hear sensible talk about matches instead of kneejerk reactions. I still back him to get things right, he'll have learnt a massive amount this season. Aye I did wonder with those comments about passing it around at the back and then lumping it forwards, we've done it loads at home this season. Mainly because of a complete lack of options. We take so long to switch the play that any time or space in wide areas gets taken. He just needs to get this team to deliver on the pitch, if he can get them to do that then everything else falls into place. |
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Post by sammychester on Apr 6, 2024 12:32:58 GMT
FFS Cal. Please just focus on delivering results on the pitch
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Post by jackblue7 on Apr 6, 2024 12:59:04 GMT
he just loves to talk bollocks all the week after week , he wants to be on the radio week in week out .just do your with the team . far to much media
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Post by borussiachester on Apr 7, 2024 1:36:55 GMT
Feeling pretty positive after today’s result so not really in the mood to be too harsh, but I’ve only just got around to listening to this and think some of his comments are ill-advised to say the least. Appreciate the openness and honesty regarding his tactical thinking, and find some of his musings very interesting, but this isn’t the first time that he’s claimed dissenting supporters don’t understand football. I really don’t think it’s helpful for him to be insulting fans’ intelligence, or to be accusing them of having an agenda and implying that they’re rooting for him and the team to fail - surely all that is far more ‘disrespectful’ than criticism of his tactics? Not convinced many other managers could get away with making these sorts of statements without sparking major controversy.
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Post by blaconblues on Apr 7, 2024 5:19:00 GMT
Good from Cal that. He's genuinely tried to explain his thoughts and tactics through the season, and how he's tried to evolve the team. Nothing he said there was wrong. Some might disagree, that's football. We all have opinions, and some are more valid and accurate than others. I thought that was a passionate and honest interview. You can tell he's frustrated and is working really hard to achieve for this club. Agree with this. Some may feel it's harsh but it's factual - especially around majority of fans not actually knowing football (you only have to look at our social media comments or hear the shouts in the ground to understand that). I can see why Cal will be like marmite during his career but I'm on the side of liking his style and I dont think we realise how lucky we are to have him. An actual fan of the club, who loves the club as much as anyone I've ever known and who will only grow as a person and professional in OUR club. 2 seasons in and he's done more than most have since we reformed. He'll make mistakes, he'll say things he shouldn't but he's doing it with his heart in the right place. If he can't make them mistakes as one of us and one of our own, and us supporting him then the "our" in our motto is wasted words. |
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Post by Moltisanti on Apr 7, 2024 9:36:09 GMT
Good from Cal that. He's genuinely tried to explain his thoughts and tactics through the season, and how he's tried to evolve the team. Nothing he said there was wrong. Some might disagree, that's football. We all have opinions, and some are more valid and accurate than others. I thought that was a passionate and honest interview. You can tell he's frustrated and is working really hard to achieve for this club. Agree with this. Some may feel it's harsh but it's factual - especially around majority of fans not actually knowing football (you only have to look at our social media comments or hear the shouts in the ground to understand that). I can see why Cal will be like marmite during his career but I'm on the side of liking his style and I dont think we realise how lucky we are to have him. An actual fan of the club, who loves the club as much as anyone I've ever known and who will only grow as a person and professional in OUR club. 2 seasons in and he's done more than most have since we reformed. He'll make mistakes, he'll say things he shouldn't but he's doing it with his heart in the right place. If he can't make them mistakes as one of us and one of our own, and us supporting him then the "our" in our motto is wasted words. Spot on mate. |
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Post by kyle on Apr 7, 2024 10:08:58 GMT
Not sure that having a go at the people who pay your wages is a good idea
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Post by Al on Apr 7, 2024 12:02:28 GMT
Good from Cal that. He's genuinely tried to explain his thoughts and tactics through the season, and how he's tried to evolve the team. Nothing he said there was wrong. Some might disagree, that's football. We all have opinions, and some are more valid and accurate than others. I thought that was a passionate and honest interview. You can tell he's frustrated and is working really hard to achieve for this club. Agree with this. Some may feel it's harsh but it's factual - especially around majority of fans not actually knowing football (you only have to look at our social media comments or hear the shouts in the ground to understand that). I can see why Cal will be like marmite during his career but I'm on the side of liking his style and I dont think we realise how lucky we are to have him. An actual fan of the club, who loves the club as much as anyone I've ever known and who will only grow as a person and professional in OUR club. 2 seasons in and he's done more than most have since we reformed. He'll make mistakes, he'll say things he shouldn't but he's doing it with his heart in the right place. If he can't make them mistakes as one of us and one of our own, and us supporting him then the "our" in our motto is wasted words. absolutely no denying how much he loves the club, we all do. But no matter how frustrated he may feel at performances people have every right to air that opinion, most of the feedback on here has been constructive during the last few weeks, and it's good to see that the Buxton and Gloucester games have gone some way to address those issues. We still need to sort these issues out at home though, and calling people out as having agendas or supporters not knowing the game is pathetic. Fine maybe people don't understand the intricate bits around match prep and training but we can all see performances at home have been turgid. Don't need to be a qualified coach to see that! We all want this club to succeed and ultimately get back to where we all believe we belong. But these interviews of late are almost touching Benitez and Keegan levels of gotten to. |
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Post by kyle on Apr 7, 2024 13:02:52 GMT
Can you imagine this is any other job?
Customers don't enjoy their meal, chef tells them they don't understand food.
Don't like a film, director says people don't understand cinematography.
Authors book doesn't sell, tells people they don't understand literature.
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Post by southernblue on Apr 7, 2024 13:23:11 GMT
Cal mentions no ball boys behind the goal. Surely that's in our control, why isn't that happening?
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Post by Al on Apr 7, 2024 13:26:07 GMT
Cal mentions no ball boys behind the goal. Surely that's in our control, why isn't that happening? No idea, I'm sure if call went out for ball boys or girls they'd get volunteers? Just asked my eldest and he'd do it in a heartbeat |
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Post by superhans on Apr 7, 2024 17:48:24 GMT
Yeah is a bit of a strange interview for me. He talks about having to stay off social media but then qoutes all the things that have been said on social media and here recently, so I don't really get that.
Saying that people who claim we pass it round the back and then hoof if forward don't understand football / don't understand what our game plan is... Just a bit bizarre to me, that's how most of the home games have gone since late Feb.
Appreciate he says that teams come here and park the bus but I'm not sure I buy that in all cases where we've failed to score. And talking about how our current points tally would've got us plays offs last season, we should've been aiming to win winnable games not thinking 70 points will do.
He should do as he says and ignore social media comments as he's seems a bit obsessed with addressing them all in interviews rather than fixing things on the pitch (though the last two away games are steps in the right direction)
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Post by oldtimer on Apr 7, 2024 18:37:34 GMT
Rocky ground. Never a good idea to tell your supporters they don’t understand football, even if it’s true. Also, listing the various strikers, attacking midfielders, systems and approaches as evidence that we’ve been an attacking side is irrelevant. The end results are the only ones that matter and anyone that understands football will tell you we’ve been boring and cautious. Seem to remember Mark Wright saying if you don't like my brand of football don't come it never ends well football IS a form of entertainment and we are a very difficult team to watch even when we win |
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Post by deesideblue1 on Apr 7, 2024 18:45:32 GMT
Enjoyed his brief description of the way Alfreton attack and sort of sustain territory, a little bit like rugby league etc.
Clearly knows there’s things to work on next year, and I think we’ll see a change in recruitment a little.
Why do some fans get at a manager speaking so open and candid about tactics? It’s really interesting.
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