Tactics Formations & Team Selections Etc

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It's reassuring to see that we have so many experts around (not only on this forum but on all social platforms) who know exactly what the issues are and also how to fix them. Apparently it's only CH and his team of coaches that haven't got a clue. How difficult can it be  :D

These types of comments always make me laugh.

What makes an expert? Living and studying something your whole life? Being good at something then managing it? Passing a qualification?

Gary Megson had promotions on his CV.  But there wasn't a man, woman or child in the ground at the CG who couldn't see he was running the club on a none-stop one-way journey to League 1.  Did he change? No.

I, like many other people love and have studied football my whole life.  I've played football to a good competitive standard and understand the nuances of the game.

Doesn't mean i'd be the best manager by a long way.  But it gives me an insight into the game.

Football fans, especially ones who take the time to read, discuss and seek opinion aren't idiots.  

I used to play football with a lad who is now a lead coach at Forest, and he was the single most useless player i've ever played with.  But he understands the game upstairs.  I've played with lads who were pros and represented their country and a couple of them couldn't construct some outdoor furniture let alone a team with anything resembling structure or organisation.

No-one is saying they're a better manager or coach than Hughton.  But it doesn't mean they're wrong when they criticise elements of what he is seeking to do. 

If half of the Government cabinet can be in the positions they are and make the decisions they make with their piss poor management of this nation, I think it's not unreasonable to think people are capable of understanding the nuance of football, systems and the pro's and con's of them, regardless of their status.

It's more than just your knowledge of the game. I always have to watch a replay of the game before I can really say with any kind of confidence how we played. When I watch it the second time I watch without all the tension and nerves and beer and I can play certain passages again and again if I want to. Most people don't do that and because of that I will argue that they are very seldom able to be objective. For most fans it' all about the result. If you score and win you were great if you score and lose you were s***. That is just about as far as the analysis goes (in many cases). 

CH has a full team of coaches and analysts spend hours and hours on analyzing a game where they dig into every little piece of play. I would think that they probably have a better view on the game than most of us fans.

CH is clearly a manager that favors a playing style where it is important to minimize the risk of conceding goals. It's of course different ways of doing that and I believe CH is trying to get the team to press higher at times but I don't yet see that we are doing it as well as we should. For pressing to be efficient the whole team have to actively participate as you all know.

Continuing to attack CH because you want him to adapt a different approach to the game is not very productive in my mind. CH has his way of playing and we have to accept that. I for one haven't given up on him. We will be in the play offs if he is allowed to stay for the full season. I'm 95% sure of that  :D