Ole cannot resist the urge to tinker as unbeaten run is ended.

Posted on August 24, 2014 by The other Bob Wilson

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8 Responses to Ole cannot resist the urge to tinker as unbeaten run is ended.

  1. Graham says:
    August 24, 2014 at 9:53 am

    As always I find myself agreeing with your summaries – and this time the last words in your final sentence are exactly correct. Getting the ball at the feet of one of our players in, or nearly in, the penalty area is something we just don’t do – yet .. constructive, creative midfielders needed. Too often when seeking to score goals we rely upon getting a free kick or a corner in the hope that this time Whittingham will deliver the ball precisely to the head of one of our taller players who has practised aiming headers. Yes – far more possession needed, but please not possession simply for its own sake : last season’s dire practice of passing the ball over and across and then eventually back for Marshall to hoof it up the pitch is creeping back. What a delight to see Fabio and Brayford realising that what they need to do is set off towards the net at the other end of the pitch .. oh for midfielders to do that – and Daehli does try to, so bring him back. A final thought – in his few minutes on the pitch Guerra has seemed to me to offer more than some of the others in our collection of ‘forwards’ …

  2. Big Al says:
    August 24, 2014 at 11:55 am

    I just hope Ole has read this very interesting report. Consistency is a word that firstly comes to mind here. Yes Ole may be consistent in his tinkering but this bad habit of his must change if he is to be successful in team Management. One own goal is bad enough but three own goals! – Two by the Manager and one by a player is just not good enough.
    Good luck Ole there is in my view a need for change in this aspect of your decision making so ‘Just do it’ before it’s too late!
    Please don’t change a winning team if the players are fit and ready to play – a must in any sport. The other C WORD comes into play then – Confidence.
    Bluebirds bluebirds.
    Big Al.

  3. Rod says:
    August 24, 2014 at 11:57 am

    You can have the best forwards in the world but if you do not win the midfield you do not get enough of the ball and your forwards simply don’t get the ball

  4. Dai Woosnam says:
    August 24, 2014 at 10:02 pm

    Thanks Paul, for your wise words.
    Our “Norwegian Ranieri” does not impress me.
    Dropping Brayford yesterday was criminal: not least because he is very much a confidence player.
    When he has a manager who thinks him “the best full back outside the Premier League” as Nigel Clough opined on a TV interview I saw last season, just watch him go.
    Alas, when he has a manager who is going to Molineux with no greater desire than to keep a clean sheet, and doubts his defensive qualities, and so VERY UNFAIRLY drops him, what will it do for his confidence?
    Answers to me on a virtual postcard please …
    And that apart, has it not occurred to Ole that often ATTACK is the best form of defence?
    JB’s amazing runs would have pinned them back.
    Ole, do not get the title of Tinkerman!
    Remember a tinkerman traditionally mended broken pots and pans.
    A damn sight easier, incidentally, than what a footballing tinkerman has to mend: broken CONFIDENCE.
    Oh and finally Ole: always play with a mighty target man of at least 6ft 2ins. Two dwarfs COMBINED together like Maynard and ALF, don’t – metaphorically speaking – get up much past Kenwyne’s chest.
    Kindest,
    Dai.

  5. The other Bob Wilson says:
    August 25, 2014 at 8:27 am

    Thanks for all of your replies. I don’t think Ole is going to change and, trying to be fair to him, I suppose as supporters we only tend to talk about his tinkering when it works against us rather than for us – trouble is, at the moment I’m struggling to think of times when we have benefited from his changes!

  6. Matt N says:
    August 25, 2014 at 2:55 pm

    It could be worse. We could have Felix Magath in charge.

  7. The other Bob Wilson says:
    August 26, 2014 at 12:10 pm

    I was going to say that it looks like he’ll still be in charge for Saturday’s game Matt, but, if they lose to Brentford in the cup tonight, maybe not (no pun intended!)?

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    August 29, 2014 at 11:50 am

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