Can you stop this "Farke's style was crap without Emi" crap?

Farke had a style and technical nous way above anything Smith has shown and of course our team always missed Emi but it never changed his style and tactics. Besides, there is so much more to being a manager not least motivation and inspiration. This mantra being traipsed out by some that somehow all Farke's championship success was due to Emi is nonsense. Emi was an outstanding player but no one player ever comes close to the overall importance of a good manager. Farke was a brilliant tactician, man-manager and motivator and for the life of me I see little of any of these assets in Smith and even if we had Emi back I don't think we would see much improvement with Smith as manager. With a decent squad Farke would've been a successful Prem manager just as he was in the Championship with the right squad. The truth is he was never close to getting a Perm squad that could compete. On the other hand Smith now has a decent Championship squad and I don't think he's capable of getting us promotion. As always I hope I'm wrong and I wish Smith well but he's no longer a new manager and his record is dire with no sign of improving.

Posted By: Chopper on August 14th 2022 at 12:12:33

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Can we please stop this 'No style of play' bollocks please. (NCFC) - Knitted Jesus, Aug 14, 10:34:04
- Can you stop this "Farke's style was crap without Emi" crap? (NCFC) - Chopper, Aug 14, 12:12:33
  - It’s not possible to compare them in my opinion (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Aug 14, 14:48:57
  - Ok so it wasn't 'crap' without Buendia but it was ineffective (NCFC) - Knitted Jesus, Aug 14, 13:46:44
    - Vmt (NCFC) - CWC, Aug 14, 22:36:18
  - Oh very much this (NCFC) - camcan, Aug 14, 13:23:36
  - So glad someone said that about Emi and Daniel 🥰 (NCFC) - Bravo win or die, Aug 14, 12:35:36
    - ‘With the right squad’ (NCFC) - CWC, Aug 14, 22:34:39
    - Which prem team is he managing at the moment? (n/m) (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Aug 14, 14:41:20
  - Agree about Buendia. (NCFC) - APB, Aug 14, 12:34:08
    - It didn't effect our tactics but if effected our results, which shows how pivotal Buendia (NCFC) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Aug 14, 13:48:12
    - 👏 (n/m) (NCFC) - camcan, Aug 14, 13:23:55
    - ^^^^this^^^^ (n/m) (NCFC) - Chopper, Aug 14, 12:39:26
- Of course Smith has a preferred setup and style of play (NCFC) - Trent_Canary, Aug 14, 11:16:38
- It’s a long time to wait to see glimpses (NCFC) - camcan, Aug 14, 11:11:33
  - Yup 👏😊 (n/m) (NCFC) - Bravo win or die, Aug 14, 12:43:45
  - Haha great analogy. Hopefully John will nail a couple of big sales this week (n/m) (NCFC) - Knitted Jesus, Aug 14, 11:20:43
  - John who's more of an overhead....😂 (n/m) (NCFC) - paulg, Aug 14, 11:17:33
- Also I don't hold much store by xG (NCFC) - Cardiff Canary, Aug 14, 11:11:00
  - XG is imperfect but it tells you something (NCFC) - Knitted Jesus, Aug 14, 11:42:32
    - If it didn't show that I'd be more concerned (NCFC) - Cardiff Canary, Aug 14, 12:00:35
  - There's an awful lot of false precision in the world (NCFC) - paulg, Aug 14, 11:18:52
- Style not synonymous with tactics (NCFC) - Cardiff Canary, Aug 14, 11:04:56
  - I don't completely agree about the pragmatism (NCFC) - Knitted Jesus, Aug 14, 11:18:59
    - Last paragraph is spot on (n/m) (NCFC) - jamesward, Aug 14, 11:25:30
- I'm inclined to agree. (NCFC) - Garry Brooke, Aug 14, 10:58:30
  - As you know, I'm not a pitchfork brandishing fucker... (NCFC) - APB, Aug 14, 12:37:53
    - Yeah, anally. (NCFC) - Garry Brooke, Aug 14, 13:02:50
    - Anally Pitchfork Brandisher! (NCFC) - Garry Brooke, Aug 14, 13:01:06
  - Very much so Garry (n/m) (NCFC) - revsimon, Aug 14, 11:43:07
- At last a little bit of sense… (NCFC) - RightOnCue, Aug 14, 10:53:24
- sure (NCFC) - lord_luck, Aug 14, 10:48:30
- Yes, I think that's pretty sensible (NCFC) - paulg, Aug 14, 10:44:24
- Next two games will decide his fate (NCFC) - jamesward, Aug 14, 10:38:20
- +1 (n/m) (NCFC) - trafford_canary, Aug 14, 10:36:00

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