RoyMac5 Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 There seems to be some fans convinced that Mac's 2nd coming will be a repeat (ie failure - in their eyes) of the first time. I wonder whether he needs a different assistant manager, and/or coaching staff. I like Powelly but is he the 'right fit' for Macs weaknesses. Just wondering. I really want Mac and Derby to do well next season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomsdubs Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 This isn't Mac's team, I think that is the first thing that needs addressing. What players actually fit here, remember the original playoff final side was the inherited side plus a few loans. Even the follow up season he didn't really change much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtains Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 13 minutes ago, RoyMac5 said: There seems to be some fans convinced that Mac's 2nd coming will be a repeat (ie failure - in their eyes) of the first time. I wonder whether he needs a different assistant manager, and/or coaching staff. I like Powelly but is he the 'right fit' for Macs weaknesses. Just wondering. I really want Mac and Derby to do well next season. What weaknesses ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LazloW Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 Here we go again... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyMac5 Posted February 23, 2017 Author Share Posted February 23, 2017 4 minutes ago, LazloW said: Here we go again... What do you mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramant62 Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 Never mind next season, I want them to do well this season. Believe me, it wouldn't make much difference who we had in charge or assisting, if you haven't got the players to do the job on the pitch, you wont achieve anything. I have said it once, and I will say it again, we had chances to sign players in the window, players that may have brought something different to the team, mixed it up a bit, but we didn't and now we are paying for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrdave85 Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 1 minute ago, ramant62 said: Never mind next season, I want them to do well this season. Believe me, it wouldn't make much difference who we had in charge or assisting, if you haven't got the players to do the job on the pitch, you wont achieve anything. I have said it once, and I will say it again, we had chances to sign players in the window, players that may have brought something different to the team, mixed it up a bit, but we didn't and now we are paying for it. Cause Villa have gone storming up the league... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtains Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 5 minutes ago, RoyMac5 said: What do you mean? You said McClaren had weaknesses mate do you want to edit it lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramant62 Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 3 minutes ago, mrdave85 said: Cause Villa have gone storming up the league... I didn't say do what Villa did and sign everything that moves. They are where they are because they have signed a whole new team, who will need more than a few months to gel. We on the other hand needed just a few new additions, who could bring something different to the team. We have become too easy to play against, everyone knows how to play us. Variety is the spice of life so the missus tells me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrdave85 Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 1 minute ago, ramant62 said: I didn't say do what Villa did and sign everything that moves. They are where they are because they have signed a whole new team, who will need more than a few months to gel. We on the other hand needed just a few new additions, who could bring something different to the team. We have become too easy to play against, everyone knows how to play us. Variety is the spice of life so the missus tells me What chances did we have to sign players that we didn't take? Officially there was only Lansbury? Who Villa signed. Otherwise we signed who we wanted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyMac5 Posted February 23, 2017 Author Share Posted February 23, 2017 21 minutes ago, curtains said: You said McClaren had weaknesses mate do you want to edit it lol Why, everyone has weaknesses. Clough was never as good without Taylor. Maybe the 'backroom boys' should also be considered this summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddy Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 4 minutes ago, RoyMac5 said: Why, everyone has weaknesses. Clough was never as good without Taylor. Maybe the 'backroom boys' should also be considered this summer. I would look at the playing staff before the back room staff........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyMac5 Posted February 23, 2017 Author Share Posted February 23, 2017 Just now, toddy said: I would look at the playing staff before the back room staff........... They all link together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramant62 Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 11 minutes ago, mrdave85 said: What chances did we have to sign players that we didn't take? Officially there was only Lansbury? Who Villa signed. Otherwise we signed who we wanted. We had a whole transfer window to do something about it, so there must have been plenty of chances to sign players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddy Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 Just now, RoyMac5 said: They all link together. You can have the best coach's in the world on the side lines but if the players ignore what they are told to do then it does not really matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrdave85 Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 Just now, ramant62 said: We had a whole transfer window to do something about it, so there must have been plenty of chances to sign players. But we did sign players? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioactiveWaste Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 McClaren/Powell does come off a bit "good cop / good cop" I guess, but without knowing how the group dynamic is really it's hard to say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddy Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 There were short coming under Clement [yeah you could argue we were too defensive minded] but in the end thatwent down the plug hole, we had Wassall in and again short coming in performances and the basic's went out of the window. We got Pearson in and he went on to change everything and too quickly and again performances were poor, we bring Mac back in players gain almost immediate confidence boost and performances although not brilliant we get results, where we didn't get under Pearson. We now have a situation where we are currently back to the type performances we had under Pearson and the results to boot. The squad is really not good enough if you want promotion, if you want mid table finishes, then we doing ok. One thing for sure the squad of 2008 was bad enough in the prem, this current squad would not make the 11 pts and I think that is why Mel wants us to go up when we are ready. Players need sorting first........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramant62 Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 8 minutes ago, mrdave85 said: But we did sign players? ....and they have made a difference ? Players from lower leagues, players no-one has heard of but who could bring something different to the table, they are out there, that's what scouts are for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrdave85 Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 3 minutes ago, ramant62 said: ....and they have made a difference ? Players from lower leagues, players no-one has heard of but who could bring something different to the table, they are out there, that's what scouts are for. and unless you're in the know, maybe they wanted too much money? Maybe those players weren't interested in signing for DCFC? There's always players out there but that doesn't mean they're a fit or a deal could be done. I think we need to move a few players on first, and look at our youth before we bring in too many more faces personally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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