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He reminds me of Moyes . . . Defeatist attitude.

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I think Alex Neil is looking at this squad of players objectively and can see the obvious weaknesses. He will not mince his words which I hope will upset some players, shame !
 

As a player I'd rather listen to Lloyd Grossman slowly harping on than this person's spine-tinglingly motivational Celt drawl, I think
 
Hmmmmmm returns said:
Came in moaning about the squad all being at different levels of fitness, excuses at the ready.

No huge lift, no massive boost. Depressing.

We must be the only team in the country who never gets a mew manager bounce.
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We keep hiring dour managers like Neil. Already can’t wait to get rid of him. The football tonight was unforgivably bad. Aimless long balls, shocking.
 
Scootsie said:
I disagree.

He’s come in and called it as he’s seen it.
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Nah he’s made his excuses. His remit is to get promotion. Johnson had us third playing decent football. This guy has come in and all we do is aimlessly punt it long. He’s dour as fuck. Can’t wait til he leaves.
 
Sweeper said:
Agreed. My main hope for the new manager was that it would be someone who could point at the obvious failings in the “philosophy” and “structure”, and call them out. That’s why I wanted Keane. I really hope Neil says it like it is - and let’s be honest, it’s f***ing bleak. I’d be more concerned if he was coming out trying to spin positives.
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His football tonight was bleak. Aimless long balls, negative team selections. The guys f***ing shite. People can sneer all they like about philosophy etc but I’d pay my money to watch the football we played first half of the season. I ain’t paying next season if that’s the shite served up.
 
Tinyfooty said:
His football tonight was bleak. Aimless long balls, negative team selections. The guys f***ing shite. People can sneer all they like about philosophy etc but I’d pay my money to watch the football we played first half of the season. I ain’t paying next season if that’s the shite served up.
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It was dreadful mind
 
Wearside Wanderer II said:
Who’s inherited shit!

What about the owners? DoF, previous manger?

Didn’t seem you moan about them
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The previous manager was far and away better than this. We’ve got a dour Hamilton reject playing aimless hoof ball. Seems Johnson did a canny job.
jimbob said:
He was going mental on the touchlines then later on bowed his head in disbelief…not his fault
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Playing aimless long balls from minute one is his fault.
Phantom of mobs said:
All Neil has done wrong so far for me is play Pritchard on the wing. Spakman is the problem imho. Time to ditch this data driven bullshit and allow a manager free reign
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Aimless long balls all night. f***ing grim. Not what we need.
 
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EchoMan said:
He was going crackers with the players after 10 minutes. They clearly weren’t doing what he’d told them as he said in his post match interview.

Thought he was going to make a sub after 20 minutes. He can’t believe what he’s seeing. But I’m confident he’ll turn it around.
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We played long ball from minute one. It was a clear instruction from the manager. A f***ing clueless one at that.
danbob said:
Not his fault? What did you make of his team selection, formation, tactics and substitutions? I thought they were marginally worse than the caretakers the other week. He'll leave at the end of the season.
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Correct
 
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Negatives - I was disappointed that we started with both Gooch and Pritchard on the right and nobody on the left. The throw-ins are still crap and we are chipping aimless balls from the centre halves to Ross Stewart. At the end when they had a corner Clarke asked if he should drift towards the centre circle for a break and Neil told him to defend.

Positives - none yet on the pitch but I think Alex Neil will be very determined and will mould this team or another set of players into a unit that will play with the passion we deserve. Whether he can do it quickly enough to salvage a play-off spot is another matter.
 
Under Lee Johnson we always looked like creating chances and scoring goals at home. Under this dour Scotsman we’re not better at the back and horrific up top. Like the early Parkinson days. Awful.
roker beach said:
Negatives - I was disappointed that we started with both Gooch and Pritchard on the right and nobody on the left. The throw-ins are still crap and we are chipping aimless balls from the centre halves to Ross Stewart. At the end when they had a corner Clarke asked if he should drift towards the centre circle for a break and Neil told him to defend.

Positives - none yet on the pitch but I think Alex Neil will be very determined and will mould this team or another set of players into a unit that will play with the passion we deserve. Whether he can do it quickly enough to salvage a play-off spot is another matter.
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All of the negatives you mentioned are AN’s fault. The guy isn’t up to it
 
Some short memories here like, after a good start to the season we turned to shit long before LJ left, the Sheff Weds at home aside there’s been some turd performances, culminating in a 6 0 thrashing to Bolton.
such shitness has only been beaten by those at the top who have shown an unbelievable level of inept actions since the Bolton game.
 
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