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Is anyone else getting concerned with Artell’s interviews?
Last week he declared that we are “definitely not” getting relegated this season (a naive, at best, statement which reminds me of one of Keith Hill’s lines at Scunthorpe) and after Mansfield today he believes we were by far the better team in the first half? I’m not sure which game he was watching as Mansfield looked like a team way higher up the football pyramid than us all game.
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Is anyone else getting concerned with Artell’s interviews?
Last week he declared that we are “definitely not” getting relegated this season (a naive, at best, statement which reminds me of one of Keith Hill’s lines at Scunthorpe) and after Mansfield today he believes we were by far the better team in the first half? I’m not sure which game he was watching as Mansfield looked like a team way higher up the football pyramid than us all game.
Whatever he says will be scrutinised but I don’t it’s unreasonable to say that we could have scored more than once in the first half but were crap in the second half. Think that was a fair enough assessment.
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December 26, 2023, 4:57pm |
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Just listened and for the first time I'm questioning his perception.
To say we could have been 4 up in the 1st half is pushing the bounds of credibility. We were awful and I see little difference between the halves.
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141269 |
December 26, 2023, 4:57pm |
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Just listened and for the first time I'm questioning his perception.
To say we could have been 4 up in the 1st half is pushing the bounds of credibility. We were awful and I see little difference between the halves.
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141269 |
December 26, 2023, 4:57pm |
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Just listened and for the first time I'm questioning his perception.
To say we could have been 4 up in the 1st half is pushing the bounds of credibility. We were awful and I see little difference between the halves.
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December 26, 2023, 4:58pm |
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He's correct in so far as we had a shitload of opportunities in the first half, mostly ruined by Clifton being indecisive, and also managed to hit both the bar and post and forced their keeper into 3 or 4 very good saves. Both the goals we conceded were self-inflicted - the first came from Rodgers stupidly hanging a lazy leg out to deflect the ball past Cartwright who would have otherwise saved comfortably, and then the second came from a combination of Efete, Conteh and Gnahoua all deciding they couldn't be arsed to close down their midfielder and he punished us with a very good low strike into the corner.
Artell additionally said today that the second half was unacceptable, which is correct. I also have no issue with him saying we're definitely not getting relegated after a poor performance (which came after a string of improved performances) to try and instill confidence in a squad he's inherited which is clearly lacking it. Coming out and slating the players in the media isn't going to lead to improved result and performances, but in today's post match interview he inferred that his feedback behind closed doors to the players had been a lot stronger than what he'd said publicly (which is again the correct thing to do).
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December 26, 2023, 5:20pm |
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He sounds like somebody you meet in a smoking area outside a pub
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December 26, 2023, 5:30pm |
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I have to be honest I am getting a little concerned. His post match interviews seem overly optimistic, given the level of performance in the last 2 games. The corner debacle just a few days ago and it not being changed mid game Lack of tatical changes when things go wrong. Any sort of changes really..... We seem to get worked out very quickly No plan b Complete collapse in the 2nd half or at the very least a much poorer 2nd half compared with the 1st half. Manager bounce didn't last very long.
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I have to be honest I am getting a little concerned. His post match interviews seem overly optimistic, given the level of performance in the last 2 games. The corner debacle just a few days ago and it not being changed mid game Lack of tatical changes when things go wrong. Any sort of changes really..... We seem to get worked out very quickly No plan b Complete collapse in the 2nd half or at the very least a much poorer 2nd half compared with the 1st half. Manager bounce didn't last very long.
He has a crap squad to work with....that isnt his fault. Certain individuals today, for instance, wasted 3-4 excellent opportunities that could have , arguably should have, resulted in goal attempts....instead all went begging largely due to the inability of one player to be able to run with a football. He also has an extremely limited pool of pace and strikers so difficult to introduce "game changers" currently.
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December 26, 2023, 5:59pm |
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I agree and I don't blame Artell. This mess is all on PH. I just hope he is as good as many think.
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