I couldn't care less about the guy's opinions or views. As long as it does not impinge on man management and coaching skills. DO'L decided he wasn't a coach. He got that cretin from Manchester United. On doing so he lost all. McKay: I haven't a clue how he worked. He did produce results. But is he a coach or a manager?
Dr Michael Benjamin, Community Psychiatrist ------------------------------- myRay: On-line Self-Help CBT http://www.myRay.com http://www.myRay.org ------------------------------ Mental Health: http//www.MyDoctorExplains.com -------------------------------- Auditing || Quality Control http://www.MyDoctorExplains.com/alamo/ -------------------------------- Blog: http://www.DrMichaelBenjamin.com On 29 August 2014 10:26, Chris Wright <ch...@chrisgwright.org> wrote: > > So its bye bye Hock. Inevitable I'm afraid, the only mystery being the > sudden change of mind over the Bank Holiday. > > As to why anyone would want to take over, plenty of reasons. Whatever the > naysayers might think, we have a completely different squad profile to last > year's ageing collective. Cellino has gone pretty methodically through the > process of building a squad that should be competitive. It includes the > bright lights from last year, Dawson, Cook and Mowatt, he's bought in a > striker most people are happy with in Sharpe and another that had a decent > scoring record in Italy, he's tried to address the creativity problem by > bringing in Sloth and hopefully Adryan. I don't see much there to complain > about. > > Hockaday was a different problem. Obsessed with the diamond, he had no > plan B and once the pressure was on, did what most people would have done, > turned "Can Win" into "Must not Lose" in his mad mind and reverted to the > old guard to shore up the defence, leaving most of the newcomers on the > bench. Quite rightly sacked. > > To the future, I hope Cellino invests in a decent coach, because that is > what is needed. In every respect except for the choice of manager. Cellino > has been correct in his thinking so far. Turned the ship around > financially, invested in a decent, young squad, initiated the buyback of > the ground. Trimmed the fat from the admin staff. We don't need some old > school manager to come in and run the club. We need, as we have done for > years now, a coach with progressive ideas who will come in and stamp his > authority on the squad and the game plan. Whether that coach is Italian or > not I don't care, but the only one of the ten or so that people keep going > on about I'd give a second thought to is Simon Grayson and he hasn't > exactly set the world on fire since leaving Leeds. > > And lastly, a new set of fans might not go amiss. Positivity, realism and > pragmatism are in short supply right now. People are hollering for O'Leary > to return. Or the racist homophobe Mackay. My worst fear is we'll get the > manager we deserve. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: > http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org > > John 'Grampa' Sykes > Rest In Peace old lad > 28th Oct 1938 - 12 Nov 2013 > MARCHING ON TOGETHER > > _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org John 'Grampa' Sykes Rest In Peace old lad 28th Oct 1938 - 12 Nov 2013 MARCHING ON TOGETHER
