very odd how Barnsley looked and played very good football last season, yet this season they are all at sea and sinking fast .. I imagine, but don't know, that once a team is in dire straits, the manager in place finds it very difficult to address the problems and change the situation for the better .. it's a tough game, and Barnsley are just following the present trend, i.e. when in doubt, chuck the manager out
See what a change Cowley has made and even more apt, what a difference Bowyer made to struggling teams
Many fans would blame the club's recruitment policy not the head coach for the circumstances they find themselves in.
Barnsley use a 'Moneyball', spreadsheet model for finding players. Not all of them are going to work and trying to make the ones that do arrive work in a harder division than League One was always going to be tough.
Thank god we have Steve Gallen in charge of recruitment now
remember how other big clubs, e.g. both Sheffields, Leeds, us, found it so diffucult to get out of L1 .. Gary Rowett would be a decent choice for the Mackems, but not sure he'd want it now he's getting a few TV gigs .. whoever goes there will still be on a restricted transfer budget come January
BUT remember, they are still in a play off spot .. perhaps being beaten by the mighty Lincoln Imps was the final straw ((:>)
Thought the Stendel decision was tough - thought he had them playing decent football last season but goes to show Moneyball can come back and bite you when you dont get it right. Talking of Moneyball, Brentford, i thought, were very good against us earlier, so, who is in charge of their Moneyball?
Well I'm blowed Jack Ross gone, never saw that coming..,,,,,,,.next! 😉
- Of current teams within the top four tiers of English league football, only Liverpool (1) and Manchester City (6) have lost fewer league games (excl. playoffs) than Sunderland (7) since Jack Ross was appointed ahead of 2018-19
Well I'm blowed Jack Ross gone, never saw that coming..,,,,,,,.next! 😉
- Of current teams within the top four tiers of English league football, only Liverpool (1) and Manchester City (6) have lost fewer league games (excl. playoffs) than Sunderland (7) since Jack Ross was appointed ahead of 2018-19
Win 1, lose 1 =3 points Draw 2 = 2 points.
There endeth the lesson.
PS. He lost the biggest one of all. 1-0 after 3 mins & then did feck all.
Well I'm blowed Jack Ross gone, never saw that coming..,,,,,,,.next! 😉
- Of current teams within the top four tiers of English league football, only Liverpool (1) and Manchester City (6) have lost fewer league games (excl. playoffs) than Sunderland (7) since Jack Ross was appointed ahead of 2018-19
Win 1, lose 1 =3 points Draw 2 = 2 points.
There endeth the lesson.
PS. He lost the biggest one of all. 1-0 after 3 mins & then did feck all.
Yup. Under Ross at Sunderland they drew 27 games, including 20 of them being 1-1.
Just far, far too many draws and for a club that should in theory have walked the league last season and this season, to draw that many is not good enough.
Last season it's all well and good only losing 5 all season, but you can't expect to go up when you win 22 games and draw 19. That's ridiculous.
Under Bowyer he goes for the win in every game and is disappointed in each game we don't, hence why his record is so good. Under Ross, Sunderland were making sure they did not lose first and foremost, that approach doesn't get you anywhere.
Just looked Gomes up on wikipedia. He's had 13 managerial jobs and the longest he was employed at any of them was 20 months. Nice work if you can get it.
Just looked Gomes up on wikipedia. He's had 13 managerial jobs and the longest he was employed at any of them was 20 months. Nice work if you can get it.
At the time it seemed a weird appointment, but then Reading has been erratically run since Madejski sold the club
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See what a change Cowley has made and even more apt, what a difference Bowyer made to struggling teams
They don't blame Stendel for the poor results. Not happy with recruitment policy and owner from what I read
Barnsley use a 'Moneyball', spreadsheet model for finding players. Not all of them are going to work and trying to make the ones that do arrive work in a harder division than League One was always going to be tough.
Thank god we have Steve Gallen in charge of recruitment now
Irrespective of whether he does go back Silva must surely be a dead man walking.
https://www.safc.com/news/club-news/2019/october/jack-ross-leaves-safc
On a serious note they could do a lot worse than Stendel who just left Barnsley, or even Phil Parkinson.
BUT remember, they are still in a play off spot .. perhaps being beaten by the mighty Lincoln Imps was the final straw ((:>)
Mark Hughes favourite to replace him
Talking of Moneyball, Brentford, i thought, were very good against us earlier, so, who is in charge of their Moneyball?
Gobinson who?
Including the period when he was caretaker manager, Bowyer is now the SIXTH longest serving manager in the Championship
Draw 2 = 2 points.
There endeth the lesson.
PS. He lost the biggest one of all. 1-0 after 3 mins & then did feck all.
Just far, far too many draws and for a club that should in theory have walked the league last season and this season, to draw that many is not good enough.
Last season it's all well and good only losing 5 all season, but you can't expect to go up when you win 22 games and draw 19. That's ridiculous.
Under Bowyer he goes for the win in every game and is disappointed in each game we don't, hence why his record is so good. Under Ross, Sunderland were making sure they did not lose first and foremost, that approach doesn't get you anywhere.