ronnieronalde Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 I took a bit of stick for the team sheet saga with many telling me I'm looking for issues that don't exist. Strangely I got a different reaction when I asked none Derby County fans, almost to a man they agree it was unprofessional and worrying.Still I understand the protective blanket you're all throwing over Paul in his first few weeks.Little things used to nark me about Steve, for example having a coffee during the game, not coming back out for the first five minutes of the second hald or missing the first few minutes of the game while he took up his position next to Sam in the stands. It used to drive me mental.Now, it worked out ok for Paul tonight, the team came back and fully deserved the point. Derby were the better side, even though Birmingham deserved their point as well.But can anyone explain to me why the manager waited 4 minutes and 52 seconds of the 15 minute break before going in to deliver his team talk. He's not won a game, his selections have been "quirky", the team sheet saga is careless at best and now he's decided to play mind games with the lads by not going in straight away, it could have badly backfired.It didn't, the same as the team sheet issue isn't an issue.Little things planting little doubts, you can get away with that if you've won your first few games but if you haven't won a match it's little things like this that will be noted.. you can tell me I'm harsh to be noting them but he's a rookie manager and I want my rookie managers to show experience, not to do weird things that make me worried about whether he's fully in control. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philmycock Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 Is it really worth a whole thread for such trivial drivel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIMBAUD Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 Have to say ronnie -this is weird.Not interesting or clever weird -just serial killer/stalker weird.(Sorry - I do agree with quite a few of your opinions.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kernow Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 The team sheet and now not running off down the tunnel the second the ref blows the whistle. Give it a ******* rest man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronnieronalde Posted August 21, 2015 Author Share Posted August 21, 2015 Come on Phil, that's harsh.Why is it drivel? The sky commentators made the same comment and observation, Higginbottom AND Holloway agreed it was strange and that the players might be wondering why he hadn't gone straight in, you can be sure if we didn't get that second half goal, it would have been discussed again.I just think it was an unnecessary risk he didn't need to take. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIMBAUD Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 Ronnie - some of these posts are inviting unnecessary pressure upon yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDeadlySaul Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 You know that Jose Mourniho leaves games early to call his wife? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 Had his name been clough you would have called him a tactical genius. Judge him on what happens on the pitch not off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tombo Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 What pisses me off the most about this is the exact nature of "4 minutes and 52 seconds". Like some sneak with a stopwatch was round the corner observing.Nothing wrong with it at all, give them a chance to settle and calm down and digest the first half and their own frustrations. Maybe have a chat with each other, give the dressing room leaders a chance to say their bit, I imagine Baird had a few things to say himself. But most important is letting them sit down and relax first, otherwise they're not going to listen to you, they're still caught up in the emotion of the first half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronnieronalde Posted August 21, 2015 Author Share Posted August 21, 2015 Have to say ronnie -this is weird.Not interesting or clever weird -just serial killer/stalker weird.(Sorry - I do agree with quite a few of your opinions.)I don't mind weird. I don't like serial killer weird :-)So, a point that is discussed on national TV by football people, during the half time interval and cos I've decided to post it on here there are 3 or 4 who jump in to have a pop.Drivel, serial killer stalking and give it a ******** rest.Christ I'd hate to see the reaction if I posted something really nasty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carra Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 Maybe he just wanted to collect his thoughts? Had a discussion with some of his backroom staff before talking to the the players. Does it really matter anyway? We were much improved in the second half and maybe deserved the win. Somethings the manager cannot help in football. One of them being luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briggsy Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 Considering we were better in the second half one could infer that it worked did it not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inglorius Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 The longer we go without a win the more focus comes on trivial behaviour as the OP described fact of life unfortunately Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammy Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 I'm sure some people just love to moan and complain. We could win a game 5-0, and there'd still be something they don't like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derbados Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 now he's decided to play mind games with the lads by not going in straight away, it could have badly backfiredbut it didn't, it had the opposite effect? so I don't know what your issue is?he's a rookie manager and I want my rookie managers to show experiencewhat?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronnieronalde Posted August 21, 2015 Author Share Posted August 21, 2015 Had his name been clough you would have called him a tactical genius. Judge him on what happens on the pitch not off.Give it a rest with that Leeds.I mention Clough less than most on here and it's p-ing me off that you keep throwing out that cheap line.I AM judging him on what happens on the pitch, so far he's got a 0% win percentage and he's done a couple of things that are out of the ordinary in my mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronnieronalde Posted August 21, 2015 Author Share Posted August 21, 2015 You know that Jose Mourniho leaves games early to call his wife? Jose has won League titles and Champions Leagues in multiple countries.He's earned the right to be quirky. Paul just needs to keep his head down and win some games, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIMBAUD Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 I don't mind weird. I don't like serial killer weird :-)So, a point that is discussed on national TV by football people, during the half time interval and cos I've decided to post it on here there are 3 or 4 who jump in to have a pop.Drivel, serial killer stalking and give it a ******** rest.Christ I'd hate to see the reaction if I posted something really nasty.i think you've overreacted there, fella... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briggsy Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 Give it a rest with that Leeds.I mention Clough less than most on here and it's p-ing me off that you keep throwing out that cheap line.I AM judging him on what happens on the pitch, so far he's got a 0% win percentage and he's done a couple of things that are out of the ordinary in my mind.In this case he's also never lost a game in his management career Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CumbrianRam Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 I feel sorry for the guy who times it, why not just say 5 minutes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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