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Same as Mel. Too much pride to accept when they are wrong. First job in management he won't walk unless pushed and we can't afford it. 
 
We have only recently been able to put an away kit on a production line ??

This is not because of one loss, it’s a consistent pattern of results that are far below the level. Individual errors can be looked at today, but there comes a point where you have to look at the coach. It’s been consistently not good enough since the injury of Bielik. 

But it's worse than that, our problem is that he may not even be an average manager. In fact, he may well be quite bad at managing football clubs. The evidence seems to point in that direction.  And whatever else, he is certainly an inexperienced manager.  And that simply won't be enough for us. What we really need is a near miracle worker of a manager this season if we are going to survive.
However I agree entirely that there are more fundamental problems with the club that need to addressed, that much is clear. The discussion of whether manager should stay or walk is something of a distraction.  We clearly don't have the money to sack him, so whether he leaves or not is entirely at Rooney's discretion alone.  We have no reason to expect that he will...he has every right to continue in the job that he is contracted to do.  In a sense, he is now almost in a no lose situation, regarding his reputation. Get relegated, and everyone outside the club will just blame our shambolic off the field situation.  Somehow stay up and he earns a huge amount of credit.  There is no reason at all for him to walk. 

My favourite part of the tactics is getting  the players to completely switch positions during the game to confuse the opposition!
I mean who’d expect us play Lawrence as a part time CDM?

Cocu is a much better manager and coach than Rooney - its as simple as that
Unfortunately we've got Rooney who's not very good and his job as manager is completely hindered by the financial mess the club has got itself into, ironically which he is a part of
It seems that it's going to be a long slow death, without much to cheer about along the way

Think we all could have guessed that from the last year. 

For me, today was a story of three substitutions - one enforced, one good, one bad.
The first one was significant because although Kazim-Richards wasn't having his most successful game, he would have been an important pivot for a late assault on the Peterborough goal from our young substitutes. As it was, it left us one tactical substitute short.
Stretton did well when he came on early and I am so delighted that he has got his first senior goal. We needed other players to play to his strengths, though, which they didn't always do.
Sibley's introduction once Stretton was on, was a must, as he does play well with Stretton and his forceful play driving forward, changed the game in our favour. Good substitution.
Having got the lead and knowing we would have to see out a considerable amount of injury time then the third substitution was a poor one. I thought Morrison had been running the game, so to replace him with Jozwiak left our midfield exposed and invited the counter attack. Maybe Brown in defensive midfield would have been better? 
I thought at the game the foul against Sibley should have gone in his favour and the Peterborough player clearly kicked him when he was on the floor, but I haven't seen a replay having only just got home so I could be completely wrong there. Regardless of that, the way we defended it was amateurish. This isn't the kids letting us down, it is the established players.
Then to do it all again a few minutes later turned a good afternoon completely on it's head. How deflating for the supporters who were magnificent all afternoon (idiots notwithstanding.)
Just a couple of other observations, Ebosele for me is an excellent fullback/wingback so play him there. If Byrne's shaky start to the season continues that will happen sooner rather than later.
Lawrence needs to step up. I like his workrate but I don't think he is affecting the game enough. Others have observed it is because he has to keep dropping deep to fetch the ball. But even allowing for that,  he is not driving play as Sibley, or even Watson, does. 
Another frustrating afternoon because I felt that game was there for the taking. We need to be braver, managerially, individually and collectively.

Crowd great could not have done more and thought we were on our way to a precious away win.  We felt absolutely gutted at the final whistle, really hard to take today.  Telling who came to clap the fans and how much effort put into that. Curtis and Sibley looked totally down. Did Rooney clap the fans (i didnt notice but may have been watching others more closely)? 

I was completely baffled by most of the things we tried to do before Sibley came on.
Non of it made any sense, who on earth thought it was a good idea?

Yes, the tactics were totally unfathomable until we bought Sibley on! 

My favourite part of the tactics is getting  the players to completely switch positions during the game to confuse the opposition!
I mean who’d expect us play Lawrence as a part time CDM?

Sibley comes on and we finally start breaking through the lines.
Back to the bench next game……naughty boy!

Mac after watching the first half “tactics”

Mac after watching the first half “tactics”

Mac after watching the first half “tactics”

I'm a big fan of Mac but I don't think this team suits his style of play at all. It's bereft of technical ability, and I just can't see us controlling a game with our current midfield.
If we were to change manager I'd rather see Wass in charge. At least the younger players would feel more confident and we may actually utilise the likes of Louie Sibley and play him in his best role.
 

To be fair,he's having a good crack at forcing himself out over the past month or so,I'm not sure how Mel could make it worse other than supplying him with incriminating photographs involving a nun,3 Springer spaniels and a large pack of lurpak.

He’s got plenty of potential and I like the look of him as a player.
He’s going to thrown in at the deep end and a lot of his success is going to depend upon how we set up without CKR.
If Rooney tries to continue the current “tactics” then Stretton stands no chance. To give the lad a fighting chance we need Sibley up there with him and a team that knows it’s roles and plays further up the pitch!

Exactly…….it’s not even the defeat- that I can take on the chin.
My problem is the utter shambles of a “tactical system” pre Sibley.
Look difference in performance in Shinnie, first part of the game he looked like he didn’t have a scoobie what he was doing/where he was supposed to be.
After the change he was much improved, had his aggression back and played to a position he understood!

He'll be fine if we play Sibley and Watson with him because they know how to thread the ball through to him.

He’s got plenty of potential and I like the look of him as a player.
He’s going to thrown in at the deep end and a lot of his success is going to depend upon how we set up without CKR.
If Rooney tries to continue the current “tactics” then Stretton stands no chance. To give the lad a fighting chance we need Sibley up there with him and a team that knows it’s roles and plays further up the pitch!

Exactly…….it’s not even the defeat- that I can take on the chin.
My problem is the utter shambles of a “tactical system” pre Sibley.
Look difference in performance in Shinnie, first part of the game he looked like he didn’t have a scoobie what he was doing/where he was supposed to be.
After the change he was much improved, had his aggression back and played to a position he understood!

Well, a pretty wretched way to finish what could have been a decent week...on the field. Life is difficult enough at the minute without this self-inflicted nonsense.
For 85 mins though it was actually OK. They'd barely threatened us all match & whilst our attacking effort was very blunt first half, we picked up once Sibley got on the park. Great finish from Stretton too for his first league goal. On subject of first half, I can't fathom why we're persisting with this habit of split DMs & Lawrence/Morrison picking the ball deep...all it led to was us playing very deep as a team, Kazim getting totally isolated & a traffic jam of Derby players on the wing doing little. Second half Shinnie stepped up a few yards as did Morrison & we started to threaten them a lot more.
Injury time was as pathetic a collapse as I've seen from us & totally preventable. I like the lad but that was Nathan Byrne's worst game in a Derby shirt by a mile...losing men, not stopping crosses & falling over constantly at crucial moments. That said, Jozwiak & Forsyth both also culpable for their equaliser...switching off is unforgivable at such a late stage in a match.
Onto Hull. Need to pick ourselves up, stop feeling sorry for ourselves & build that siege mentality we'll need to eke out results. And keep it simple please...play DMs where they should be & full backs where they should be.

Got to smile. I think it might be quite courteous to pay up the last management team before we sack the current lot.
In Mel we trust.

Wait…. We have tactics?