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His position would’ve been questioned if we didn’t go up, January and February were a disaster, playing on when players had Covid, The Mike Dodds games, sacking Johnson then taking over two weeks to get Neil
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He's also made positive contributions. He's in a new job for him and will make mistakes.Hmmm or did Neil pull him out of the shit…
Losing Flanagan without a replacement remains a joke decision (as does his reasoning of putting the player first), not having a coach for two weeks was shocking, plus we’ve been playing central midfielders and wingers at full back all season, not to mention the lack of cover for Stewart.
All I’m saying is he has made plenty of errors regardless of which division we are in next year..
Huggins was signed permanentlyCirkin not on loan but Spurs lad too. Huggins Leeds.
I think most agreed when they joined that Broadhead, Roberts, Clarke, Hoffman, Dajaku, Huggins, Cirkin, Doyle, that West Ham guy, were exactly what we should be going for. Before they were signed I saw every single one of those described on here as overly ambitious, literally out of our league.
They didn't all work out perfectly but for where they were at the time (Tottenham, Bayern etc) I don't think anyone here had a more exciting shopping list than the above.
Comfiortabky is my new favourite word.i would hope a budget in the top dozen or so...perhaps top ten..
then if he have a manager who is above the average, which i think we do, we will outperform the bugdet and come comfiortabky top ten
Hmmm or did Neil pull him out of the shit…
Losing Flanagan without a replacement remains a joke decision (as does his reasoning of putting the player first), not having a coach for two weeks was shocking, plus we’ve been playing central midfielders and wingers at full back all season, not to mention the lack of cover for Stewart.
All I’m saying is he has made plenty of errors regardless of which division we are in next year..
Thank god Speakman appointed Neil. Or does he get no credit for that?Not sure about the competent bit. As you say we finished 5th in L1 - 8 points behind Wigan and 6 behind Rotherham. IMO if we hadn't got AN we'd still be down there.
Reported (Soviet sympathiser)Comfiortabky is my new favourite word.
After Bolton+3 I get why people wrote Batth off, but Batth AND Neil, that was a great partnership to bring together, even if it did take too long.We replaced him with Batth, no?
Thank god Speakman appointed Neil. Or does he get no credit for that?
Reported (Soviet sympathiser)
After Bolton+3 I get why people wrote Batth off, but Batth AND Neil, that was a great partnership to bring together, even if it did take too long.
But shifted out Alves and Younger.We replaced him with Batth, no?
Aah so mistakes are his fault but good decisions aren't just his.Are you saying it was his decision - there were a few involved in the recruitment process IIRC.
Think we'd all love to know the intricacies. Speakman did say very clearly that Johnson sacking was more to do with data than Bolton.Are you saying it was his decision - there were a few involved in the recruitment process IIRC.
But shifted out Alves and Younger.
For a team often playing 3 centre backs you would want 6..
We had:
Wright
Batth
Xhemajli (hadn’t played in 18 months)
Doyle… (who looked done in after Bolton)
Am I missing anyone?
Could be worse. He could be saying "we dust worselves down and go again".That reminds me…”Naturally, we’re delighted” was how Martin O’Neill seemed to start his quotes for us.![]()
Think we'd all love to know the intricacies. Speakman did say very clearly that Johnson sacking was more to do with data than Bolton.
KLD liking Keane on instigram and the like, it did feel like a farce at the time, and kind of was in terms of PR. Luckily Sir Alex Neil > PR.
Speakman does talk about this in his interview. Mentions we'd all love 4 players in each position, but they made difficult calls and will continue to make difficult calls.But shifted out Alves and Younger.
For a team often playing 3 centre backs you would want 6..
We had:
Wright
Batth
Xhemajli (hadn’t played in 18 months)
Doyle… (who looked done in after Bolton)
Am I missing anyone?
Saturday was great. Feels most decisions they made have been justified by the final points total, and squad AN was able to work with by Wembly. (He didn't mention Batth iirc, but obviously alluding to him + AN = better defence imo).
Subtley hinted we'd have a huge budget next season: Q: "Other teams will have higher..." A: "Ha, says who?"
(I'm paraphrasing)... but also mentioned high spenders can easily be relegated from the Champs.
Happy with all loans as they all played their part. Pure buzzing for Patto and Embleton, highly complimentary re: his own involvement in their development plans. Retained list focused on who can develop with us as players (didn't name names as recorded before list released).
"We don't want players happy in L1, a desire to leave us if we didn't get promoted is a good thing"
Says KDL is MASSIVE on developing our own, notes we're the only club in the country that would retain their A1 academy status through 5yrs in the 3rd division, which could well be true (tho ultimately untestable).
Wouldn't get drawn in on Broadhead but positive tone IMO.
AN contract not a priority because we love him and he loves us, end of.
Doesn't want people to expect a promotion push next year, but it's clearly the medium term plan and essential if we want to keep our better players.
Everyone would love him if he'd dropped that in thereCould be worse. He could be saying "we dust worselves down and go again".
From the interview, to Speakman it's clear as day Alex Neil is sticking to the task in hand.You dont think AN should we have a good season next year will attract attention from other clubs?
Aah so mistakes are his fault but good decisions aren't just his.
Got ya