It's really hard to make a fair comparison of goals per minute as it depends on who you're playing for. If you're playing for a top of the table side creating loads of chances then you would expect to score more goals than if you're in a defensive team playing for clean sheets and set pieces or a struggling team not creating much
While his overall play was really good (and far better than Bonne's) last season Patrick Bamford got 16 goals in a very good Leeds side (including 2 penalties), which to me is far less impressive than Bonne getting 11 (no penalties) in a far worse side
While his overall play was really good (and far better than Bonne's) last season Patrick Bamford got 16 goals in a very good Leeds side (including 2 penalties), which to me is far less impressive than Bonne getting 11 (no penalties) in a far worse side
But at no point would you see Bonne more wanted than Bamford imo
While his overall play was really good (and far better than Bonne's) last season Patrick Bamford got 16 goals in a very good Leeds side (including 2 penalties), which to me is far less impressive than Bonne getting 11 (no penalties) in a far worse side
But at no point would you see Bonne more wanted than Bamford imo
But that's a separate question. And Bonne was more wanted than Bogle, seeing that QPR paid £2m for Bonne, whereas Bogle was a free agent all summer
10 goals in last three years in total. Though Bogle and Aneke up top will at least bully a few centre back partnerships!
4 in 12 for Pompey at this level, last time he played at this level. Yeah probably shit isn't he.
Thanks for that comprehensive stat. Looking forward to seeing him regularly finding the back of the net though I do wonder why he only started half of those games for Pompey and never actually played 90 minutes for them? Equally, the previous time he played at this level, for Peterborough, he managed just one goal in 9 games. And he only started 4 of those too and again he never played 90 minutes for them either.
My spread would be 10-12 for the season which will be OK as long as we are getting goals elsewhere. The trouble is that we were spoilt with Grant and Taylor and we simply aren't fishing in the same pool now. Which is something we all just have to accept.
What I didn't like particularly about this signing is not Bogle. It's the fact that we had this big build up and that smacked a bit too much of what was going on with Mouthall and his marguee signings. Which is why I mentioned the 10 goals in the last three years. There's a reason why he's been available for three months and no one has snapped him up already.
But what the hell? We're playing football and have, at face value, a stable future which is infinitely better than where we were a few weeks ago
I think I'm definitely a seller of that spread now!
LB took him off tonight because he wasn't doing it. On Saturday after Washington missed his penalty, Bogle is clearly seen turning round with the ball in play and his back to it, as if to say "I told you so". LB came out in support of Bogle after the game but I suspect that he was probably seething in private. Taking him off tonight and before half time was a message to Bogle as to which of them is boss.
10 goals in last three years in total. Though Bogle and Aneke up top will at least bully a few centre back partnerships!
4 in 12 for Pompey at this level, last time he played at this level. Yeah probably shit isn't he.
Thanks for that comprehensive stat. Looking forward to seeing him regularly finding the back of the net though I do wonder why he only started half of those games for Pompey and never actually played 90 minutes for them? Equally, the previous time he played at this level, for Peterborough, he managed just one goal in 9 games. And he only started 4 of those too and again he never played 90 minutes for them either.
My spread would be 10-12 for the season which will be OK as long as we are getting goals elsewhere. The trouble is that we were spoilt with Grant and Taylor and we simply aren't fishing in the same pool now. Which is something we all just have to accept.
What I didn't like particularly about this signing is not Bogle. It's the fact that we had this big build up and that smacked a bit too much of what was going on with Mouthall and his marguee signings. Which is why I mentioned the 10 goals in the last three years. There's a reason why he's been available for three months and no one has snapped him up already.
But what the hell? We're playing football and have, at face value, a stable future which is infinitely better than where we were a few weeks ago
I think I'm definitely a seller of that spread now!
LB took him off tonight because he wasn't doing it. On Saturday after Washington missed his penalty, Bogle is clearly seen turning round with the ball in play and his back to it, as if to say "I told you so". LB came out in support of Bogle after the game but I suspect that he was probably seething in private. Taking him off tonight and before half time was a message to Bogle as to which of them is boss.
He was substituted because he was absolute shit.
If Bowyer 'was boss' why did Bogle even start?
As a Manager, you don't display your superiority with public humiliation of the type that you suggest. Most players don't react well to that. You sort it out behind the scenes.
10 goals in last three years in total. Though Bogle and Aneke up top will at least bully a few centre back partnerships!
4 in 12 for Pompey at this level, last time he played at this level. Yeah probably shit isn't he.
Thanks for that comprehensive stat. Looking forward to seeing him regularly finding the back of the net though I do wonder why he only started half of those games for Pompey and never actually played 90 minutes for them? Equally, the previous time he played at this level, for Peterborough, he managed just one goal in 9 games. And he only started 4 of those too and again he never played 90 minutes for them either.
My spread would be 10-12 for the season which will be OK as long as we are getting goals elsewhere. The trouble is that we were spoilt with Grant and Taylor and we simply aren't fishing in the same pool now. Which is something we all just have to accept.
What I didn't like particularly about this signing is not Bogle. It's the fact that we had this big build up and that smacked a bit too much of what was going on with Mouthall and his marguee signings. Which is why I mentioned the 10 goals in the last three years. There's a reason why he's been available for three months and no one has snapped him up already.
But what the hell? We're playing football and have, at face value, a stable future which is infinitely better than where we were a few weeks ago
I think I'm definitely a seller of that spread now!
LB took him off tonight because he wasn't doing it. On Saturday after Washington missed his penalty, Bogle is clearly seen turning round with the ball in play and his back to it, as if to say "I told you so". LB came out in support of Bogle after the game but I suspect that he was probably seething in private. Taking him off tonight and before half time was a message to Bogle as to which of them is boss.
He was substituted because he was absolute shit.
If Bowyer 'was boss' why did Bogle even start?
As a Manager, you don't display your superiority with public humiliation of the type that you suggest. Most players don't react well to that. You sort it out behind the scenes.
So you think that being substituted in the first half isn't publicly humiliating and that Bogle will react well to that happening?
It is extremely rare for any Manager to do it no matter how badly someone is playing. In fact, when was the last time, if any, that LB has done so? When was the last time you saw any Manager do it? LB started him because he wants a physical presence up front and the only other (and mush better) alternative is, as LB is at pains to explain, incapable of playing 90 minutes.
I'm not arguing that Bogle wasn't poor. If you look I questioned whether the "fanfare" that preceded his arrival was justified. Little wonder he was so desperate to take that penalty on Saturday.
10 goals in last three years in total. Though Bogle and Aneke up top will at least bully a few centre back partnerships!
4 in 12 for Pompey at this level, last time he played at this level. Yeah probably shit isn't he.
Thanks for that comprehensive stat. Looking forward to seeing him regularly finding the back of the net though I do wonder why he only started half of those games for Pompey and never actually played 90 minutes for them? Equally, the previous time he played at this level, for Peterborough, he managed just one goal in 9 games. And he only started 4 of those too and again he never played 90 minutes for them either.
My spread would be 10-12 for the season which will be OK as long as we are getting goals elsewhere. The trouble is that we were spoilt with Grant and Taylor and we simply aren't fishing in the same pool now. Which is something we all just have to accept.
What I didn't like particularly about this signing is not Bogle. It's the fact that we had this big build up and that smacked a bit too much of what was going on with Mouthall and his marguee signings. Which is why I mentioned the 10 goals in the last three years. There's a reason why he's been available for three months and no one has snapped him up already.
But what the hell? We're playing football and have, at face value, a stable future which is infinitely better than where we were a few weeks ago
I think I'm definitely a seller of that spread now!
LB took him off tonight because he wasn't doing it. On Saturday after Washington missed his penalty, Bogle is clearly seen turning round with the ball in play and his back to it, as if to say "I told you so". LB came out in support of Bogle after the game but I suspect that he was probably seething in private. Taking him off tonight and before half time was a message to Bogle as to which of them is boss.
He was substituted because he was absolute shit.
If Bowyer 'was boss' why did Bogle even start?
As a Manager, you don't display your superiority with public humiliation of the type that you suggest. Most players don't react well to that. You sort it out behind the scenes.
So you think that being substituted in the first half isn't publicly humiliating and that Bogle will react well to that happening?
It is extremely rare for any Manager to do it no matter how badly someone is playing. In fact, when was the last time, if any, that LB has done so? When was the last time you saw any Manager do it? LB started him because he wants a physical presence up front and the only other (and mush better) alternative is, as LB is at pains to explain, incapable of playing 90 minutes.
I'm not arguing that Bogle wasn't poor. If you look I questioned whether the "fanfare" that preceded his arrival was justified. Little wonder he was so desperate to take that penalty on Saturday.
He needs to score to help get his confidence back. We can't rely on Aneke for 90 minutes by the sound of it.
LB like most managers is harder on some players than others.
Sadly he’s just a journeyman striker who we bought out of desperation. It’s alright saying he holds the ball up well but call me old fashioned, I like my strikers to score and he hasn’t looked close to scoring .
I really hope he proves me wrong but I doubt he will.
Problem is, he doesn't even look close to scoring.
And that is the crux of the matter. At least if a centre forward misses chances he is getting in to the right positions - he isn’t doing that enough. He seems to be dropping deeper and deeper each game he plays. I think his general hold up play and ability to bring other players in to the game is fine. He needs to take the Aneke cameo role of coming off the bench for a few games.
Sadly he’s just a journeyman striker who we bought out of desperation. It’s alright saying he holds the ball up well but call me old fashioned, I like my strikers to score and he hasn’t looked close to scoring .
I really hope he proves me wrong but I doubt he will.
We have a lot of journeymen in the side. When I look at some of the players we had in our last two L1 campaigns you can see the difference.
I doubt Bogle will be prolific but he will have to be used given our options.
Bogle would be better with a strike partner (which striker wouldn't?) but the modern way seems to be to have someone notionally playing behind the striker. It rarely seems to work like that though.
Bogle seems to be playing to soften up the opposition and occupy the minutes that Aneke is seemingly unable to achieve. Maybe the longer term plan is to slowly build up the stamina of Aneke to an extent where Bogle is reduced to cameos from the bench? I get the impression the management is so concerned about the fragility of Aneke that they daren't ask him to play for more than 60 mins (which in turn means the max you get in the next game is 30 mins). You can see their point; anyone watching that Plymouth game would have seen Aneke look great for 20 mins and then disappear completely. At least last night, Aneke WAS in the game for the 60 minutes he was on. That was encouraging and he does look like he's got a lot of great attributes.
At the moment, Bogle is looking like a Marcus Bent, Leon Best or Ricardo Vaz Te type of signing. Get someone in who at least has a bit of physical presence and experience of playing up front and any goals are a bonus....
Bogle would be better with a strike partner (which striker wouldn't?) but the modern way seems to be to have someone notionally playing behind the striker. It rarely seems to work like that though.
Bogle seems to be playing to soften up the opposition and occupy the minutes that Aneke is seemingly unable to achieve. Maybe the longer term plan is to slowly build up the stamina of Aneke to an extent where Bogle is reduced to cameos from the bench? I get the impression the management is so concerned about the fragility of Aneke that they daren't ask him to play for more than 60 mins (which in turn means the max you get on the next game is 30 mins). You can see their point; anyone watching that Plymouth game would have seen Aneke look great for 20 mins and then disappear completely. At least last night, Aneke WAS in the game for the 60 minutes he was on. That was encouraging and he does look like he's got a lot of great attributes.
Bogle would be better with a strike partner (which striker wouldn't?) but the modern way seems to be to have someone notionally playing behind the striker. It rarely seems to work like that though.
Bogle seems to be playing to soften up the opposition and occupy the minutes that Aneke is seemingly unable to achieve. Maybe the longer term plan is to slowly build up the stamina of Aneke to an extent where Bogle is reduced to cameos from the bench? I get the impression the management is so concerned about the fragility of Aneke that they daren't ask him to play for more than 60 mins (which in turn means the max you get on the next game is 30 mins). You can see their point; anyone watching that Plymouth game would have seen Aneke look great for 20 mins and then disappear completely. At least last night, Aneke WAS in the game for the 60 minutes he was on. That was encouraging and he does look like he's got a lot of great attributes.
Funny you say that, personally I didn't think Aneke was much better than Bogle in his first 10 minutes on the pitch. Second half however he grew into the game.
Bogle would be better with a strike partner (which striker wouldn't?) but the modern way seems to be to have someone notionally playing behind the striker. It rarely seems to work like that though.
Bogle seems to be playing to soften up the opposition and occupy the minutes that Aneke is seemingly unable to achieve. Maybe the longer term plan is to slowly build up the stamina of Aneke to an extent where Bogle is reduced to cameos from the bench? I get the impression the management is so concerned about the fragility of Aneke that they daren't ask him to play for more than 60 mins (which in turn means the max you get on the next game is 30 mins). You can see their point; anyone watching that Plymouth game would have seen Aneke look great for 20 mins and then disappear completely. At least last night, Aneke WAS in the game for the 60 minutes he was on. That was encouraging and he does look like he's got a lot of great attributes.
Why is Aneke so fragile?
Previous injuries mean you are probably more likely to pick up serious injuries in the future (that's what happened in my case anyway). It's a downward spiral....you can't train properly, which means you can't play properly, which means you don't get 90 min match-fit, which means you can't be risked for 90 mins etc etc.....
Bogle would be better with a strike partner (which striker wouldn't?) but the modern way seems to be to have someone notionally playing behind the striker. It rarely seems to work like that though.
Bogle seems to be playing to soften up the opposition and occupy the minutes that Aneke is seemingly unable to achieve. Maybe the longer term plan is to slowly build up the stamina of Aneke to an extent where Bogle is reduced to cameos from the bench? I get the impression the management is so concerned about the fragility of Aneke that they daren't ask him to play for more than 60 mins (which in turn means the max you get on the next game is 30 mins). You can see their point; anyone watching that Plymouth game would have seen Aneke look great for 20 mins and then disappear completely. At least last night, Aneke WAS in the game for the 60 minutes he was on. That was encouraging and he does look like he's got a lot of great attributes.
Funny you say that, personally I didn't think Aneke was much better than Bogle in his first 10 minutes on the pitch. Second half however he grew into the game.
Yes, it should be noted that Aneke did benefit from the change in style, whereas Bogle had to watch Pratley work the ball onto his right foot every time to feed Maatsen (how we miss Sarr for that!) or pass to Gunter ad nauseum.
Just said on the post match thread that one way out for us would be to pay up his contract & let him leave. We signed him when we were under a transfer embargo & he was all we could sign. Now we can do better & he is currently taking up "space" in the squad. The wage cap had fucked things up in this regard & in past years you could probably keep him on hoping that he will come good, or loan him out. Now we can't & its pretty much one in & one out when it comes to finding a replacement striker.
Bows pretty much threw him under the bus last night. Time to end this sorry saga & bring in somebody who can add something to the team.
Just said on the post match thread that one way out for us would be to pay up his contract & let him leave. We signed him when we were under a transfer embargo & he was all we could sign. Now we can do better & he is currently taking up "space" in the squad. The wage cap had fucked things up in this regard & in past years you could probably keep him on hoping that he will come good, or loan him out.
Bows pretty much threw him under the bus last night. Time to end this sorry saga & bring in somebody who can add something to the team.
If we pay up his contract, we don't magically get that money back in the budget for another player...
We should IMO keep him on as there's every chance we can get him playing our/Bowyer's game. There's no benefit to losing him.
Just said on the post match thread that one way out for us would be to pay up his contract & let him leave. We signed him when we were under a transfer embargo & he was all we could sign. Now we can do better & he is currently taking up "space" in the squad. The wage cap had fucked things up in this regard & in past years you could probably keep him on hoping that he will come good, or loan him out. Now we can't & its pretty much one in & one out when it comes to finding a replacement striker.
Bows pretty much threw him under the bus last night. Time to end this sorry saga & bring in somebody who can add something to the team.
Are there any decent, affordable free-transfer strikers out there though? If not, at least wait until January.....or bring Josh Davison back from Woking. He'd do nicely for me.
Haven't seen enough of Bogle to make a fair comment. Is he really that bad or simply an out of form journeyman striker who can improve? Can he do a job for us?
10 goals in last three years in total. Though Bogle and Aneke up top will at least bully a few centre back partnerships!
4 in 12 for Pompey at this level, last time he played at this level. Yeah probably shit isn't he.
Thanks for that comprehensive stat. Looking forward to seeing him regularly finding the back of the net though I do wonder why he only started half of those games for Pompey and never actually played 90 minutes for them? Equally, the previous time he played at this level, for Peterborough, he managed just one goal in 9 games. And he only started 4 of those too and again he never played 90 minutes for them either.
My spread would be 10-12 for the season which will be OK as long as we are getting goals elsewhere. The trouble is that we were spoilt with Grant and Taylor and we simply aren't fishing in the same pool now. Which is something we all just have to accept.
What I didn't like particularly about this signing is not Bogle. It's the fact that we had this big build up and that smacked a bit too much of what was going on with Mouthall and his marguee signings. Which is why I mentioned the 10 goals in the last three years. There's a reason why he's been available for three months and no one has snapped him up already.
But what the hell? We're playing football and have, at face value, a stable future which is infinitely better than where we were a few weeks ago
I think I'm definitely a seller of that spread now!
LB took him off tonight because he wasn't doing it. On Saturday after Washington missed his penalty, Bogle is clearly seen turning round with the ball in play and his back to it, as if to say "I told you so". LB came out in support of Bogle after the game but I suspect that he was probably seething in private. Taking him off tonight and before half time was a message to Bogle as to which of them is boss.
He was substituted because he was absolute shit.
If Bowyer 'was boss' why did Bogle even start?
As a Manager, you don't display your superiority with public humiliation of the type that you suggest. Most players don't react well to that. You sort it out behind the scenes.
So you think that being substituted in the first half isn't publicly humiliating and that Bogle will react well to that happening?
It is extremely rare for any Manager to do it no matter how badly someone is playing. In fact, when was the last time, if any, that LB has done so? When was the last time you saw any Manager do it? LB started him because he wants a physical presence up front and the only other (and mush better) alternative is, as LB is at pains to explain, incapable of playing 90 minutes.
I'm not arguing that Bogle wasn't poor. If you look I questioned whether the "fanfare" that preceded his arrival was justified. Little wonder he was so desperate to take that penalty on Saturday.
I'm saying that your interpretation was wrong.
Bowyer did not substitute Bogle early to show 'who is boss'. You don't do that. And, if you do, then most players do not react well.
Haven't seen enough of Bogle to make a fair comment. Is he really that bad or simply an out of form journeyman striker who can improve? Can he do a job for us?
Depends on how you define the job. If his role is to play the position to run down the minutes before Aneke is put on, then yes he's ok. Josh Davison I'm sure could do that too and be better at it.
Could he improve? Yes (he has had one or two ok moments) but how long do you wait? Or do you go with gut-feel and think "he's not going to cut it"...? On balance, that's where I'm at. Bogle out...Davison in.
10 goals in last three years in total. Though Bogle and Aneke up top will at least bully a few centre back partnerships!
4 in 12 for Pompey at this level, last time he played at this level. Yeah probably shit isn't he.
Thanks for that comprehensive stat. Looking forward to seeing him regularly finding the back of the net though I do wonder why he only started half of those games for Pompey and never actually played 90 minutes for them? Equally, the previous time he played at this level, for Peterborough, he managed just one goal in 9 games. And he only started 4 of those too and again he never played 90 minutes for them either.
My spread would be 10-12 for the season which will be OK as long as we are getting goals elsewhere. The trouble is that we were spoilt with Grant and Taylor and we simply aren't fishing in the same pool now. Which is something we all just have to accept.
What I didn't like particularly about this signing is not Bogle. It's the fact that we had this big build up and that smacked a bit too much of what was going on with Mouthall and his marguee signings. Which is why I mentioned the 10 goals in the last three years. There's a reason why he's been available for three months and no one has snapped him up already.
But what the hell? We're playing football and have, at face value, a stable future which is infinitely better than where we were a few weeks ago
I think I'm definitely a seller of that spread now!
LB took him off tonight because he wasn't doing it. On Saturday after Washington missed his penalty, Bogle is clearly seen turning round with the ball in play and his back to it, as if to say "I told you so". LB came out in support of Bogle after the game but I suspect that he was probably seething in private. Taking him off tonight and before half time was a message to Bogle as to which of them is boss.
He was substituted because he was absolute shit.
If Bowyer 'was boss' why did Bogle even start?
As a Manager, you don't display your superiority with public humiliation of the type that you suggest. Most players don't react well to that. You sort it out behind the scenes.
So you think that being substituted in the first half isn't publicly humiliating and that Bogle will react well to that happening?
It is extremely rare for any Manager to do it no matter how badly someone is playing. In fact, when was the last time, if any, that LB has done so? When was the last time you saw any Manager do it? LB started him because he wants a physical presence up front and the only other (and mush better) alternative is, as LB is at pains to explain, incapable of playing 90 minutes.
I'm not arguing that Bogle wasn't poor. If you look I questioned whether the "fanfare" that preceded his arrival was justified. Little wonder he was so desperate to take that penalty on Saturday.
I'm saying that your interpretation was wrong.
Bowyer did not substitute Bogle early to show 'who is boss'. You don't do that. And, if you do, then most players do not react well.
OK now?
Not really. The effect will be exactly the same so if the defence is that "most players don't react well" I fail to see that LB has avoided doing just that. He could have waited 10 minutes to do it after all and made that change in the dressing room, as you say in private, without the need to haul him off in public.
LB re-affirmed his reasons for doing so. Again a public calling out of the player. There wasn't a "it wasn't working out for him so I felt an early change was needed". He actually said "It wasn't really tactical because I brought off like for like. There was nothing wrong with Omar, he just wasn't doing what he needs to do. He was miles off it and I won't have it."
Haven't seen enough of Bogle to make a fair comment. Is he really that bad or simply an out of form journeyman striker who can improve? Can he do a job for us?
Depends on how you define the job. If his role is to play the position to run down the minutes before Aneke is put on, then yes he's ok. Josh Davison I'm sure could do that too and be better at it.
Could he improve? Yes (he has had one or two ok moments) but how long do you wait? Or do you go with gut-feel and think "he's not going to cut it"...? On balance, that's where I'm at. Bogle out...Davison in.
He's played less than 10 games for us so it seems a bit early to write him off completely unless he's really bad? Regarding Davison would it be better for his development to stay at Woking rather than sit on the bench?
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Don't know how reliable it is, but FBRef has that info:
While his overall play was really good (and far better than Bonne's) last season Patrick Bamford got 16 goals in a very good Leeds side (including 2 penalties), which to me is far less impressive than Bonne getting 11 (no penalties) in a far worse side
Unfortunately this Bogle is a NIGEL.
SELL him!
I think I'm definitely a seller of that spread now!
LB took him off tonight because he wasn't doing it. On Saturday after Washington missed his penalty, Bogle is clearly seen turning round with the ball in play and his back to it, as if to say "I told you so". LB came out in support of Bogle after the game but I suspect that he was probably seething in private. Taking him off tonight and before half time was a message to Bogle as to which of them is boss.
If Bowyer 'was boss' why did Bogle even start?
As a Manager, you don't display your superiority with public humiliation of the type that you suggest. Most players don't react well to that. You sort it out behind the scenes.
It is extremely rare for any Manager to do it no matter how badly someone is playing. In fact, when was the last time, if any, that LB has done so? When was the last time you saw any Manager do it? LB started him because he wants a physical presence up front and the only other (and mush better) alternative is, as LB is at pains to explain, incapable of playing 90 minutes.
I'm not arguing that Bogle wasn't poor. If you look I questioned whether the "fanfare" that preceded his arrival was justified. Little wonder he was so desperate to take that penalty on Saturday.
90 minutes by the sound of it.
LB like most managers is harder on some players than others.
I doubt Bogle will be prolific but he will have to be used given our options.
Bogle seems to be playing to soften up the opposition and occupy the minutes that Aneke is seemingly unable to achieve. Maybe the longer term plan is to slowly build up the stamina of Aneke to an extent where Bogle is reduced to cameos from the bench? I get the impression the management is so concerned about the fragility of Aneke that they daren't ask him to play for more than 60 mins (which in turn means the max you get in the next game is 30 mins). You can see their point; anyone watching that Plymouth game would have seen Aneke look great for 20 mins and then disappear completely. At least last night, Aneke WAS in the game for the 60 minutes he was on. That was encouraging and he does look like he's got a lot of great attributes.
At the moment, Bogle is looking like a Marcus Bent, Leon Best or Ricardo Vaz Te type of signing. Get someone in who at least has a bit of physical presence and experience of playing up front and any goals are a bonus....
Bows pretty much threw him under the bus last night. Time to end this sorry saga & bring in somebody who can add something to the team.
We should IMO keep him on as there's every chance we can get him playing our/Bowyer's game. There's no benefit to losing him.
Bowyer did not substitute Bogle early to show 'who is boss'. You don't do that. And, if you do, then most players do not react well.
OK now?
Could he improve? Yes (he has had one or two ok moments) but how long do you wait? Or do you go with gut-feel and think "he's not going to cut it"...? On balance, that's where I'm at. Bogle out...Davison in.
Not really. The effect will be exactly the same so if the defence is that "most players don't react well" I fail to see that LB has avoided doing just that. He could have waited 10 minutes to do it after all and made that change in the dressing room, as you say in private, without the need to haul him off in public.
LB re-affirmed his reasons for doing so. Again a public calling out of the player. There wasn't a "it wasn't working out for him so I felt an early change was needed". He actually said "It wasn't really tactical because I brought off like for like. There was nothing wrong with Omar, he just wasn't doing what he needs to do. He was miles off it and I won't have it."