Wagner

Really is doing an excellent job.

USAC already posted the table since he came in. (This is nicked directly from his post - User Posted Link Thanks for posting that.)

Speaks for itself in a results business.

But in addition to that:

- displays are now purposeful, and the team looks like it has a plan it buys into and can execute. Never had that under Smith.
- displays are full of energy. We were so lacklustre under Smith.
- he plays players in their best positions much much more. No strikers on the wing.
- he’s got a whole bunch of players playing their best football for a long time, and is generally seems to be making a lot of players better. Under Smith I can’t think of a single player about whom I would have said “they’re playing their best football”. Maybe Idah under that brief spell shortly after he took over.

Sure, we’ve had a few crap performances (Wigan) but not many.

Put all that, and for me it’s pretty clear he’s doing an excellent job. If only we had been more decisive and got him in during the WC. Smith and Shakey wasted that whole period.

Posted By: Under soil heating on March 5th 2023 at 07:41:23

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Wagner (NCFC) - Under soil heating, Mar 5, 07:41:23
- We were decent for half the game yesterday (NCFC) - SCC 28, Mar 5, 10:03:49
  - Strange - Michael Bailey called it the best performance of the season (NCFC) - Kev, Mar 5, 20:13:01
  - ahh the spreadsheet never lies (n/m) (NCFC) - ghostof barry butler, Mar 5, 10:41:18
  - Marvellous stuff - you never disappoint! (n/m) (NCFC) - paulg, Mar 5, 10:17:38
    - Thank you (NCFC) - SCC 28, Mar 5, 10:22:24
  - At the moment, my glass is half full (NCFC) - Under soil heating, Mar 5, 10:11:36
    - It was a bloody good win, for all the reasons you give (NCFC) - paulg, Mar 5, 10:20:47
      - Was a gargantuan win (NCFC) - SCC 28, Mar 5, 10:31:17
        
        I agree we're probe to being bulllied (NCFC) - paulg, Mar 5, 10:35:12
        
        Yes he’s massive for us (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Mar 5, 10:39:59
    - It was certainly a great result (NCFC) - SCC 28, Mar 5, 10:19:25
      - Actually thought on the whole we stood up well (NCFC) - jamesward, Mar 5, 11:16:39
        
        Yeah, I've thought that we've not been bullied by either Cardiff (NCFC) - Rombald, Mar 5, 11:51:41
- Impossible to disagree really! Go Dave Swagger! (n/m) (NCFC) - Old Git, Mar 5, 09:43:52
- yes but (NCFC) - ghostof barry butler, Mar 5, 08:46:55
  - We're still shambolic in central defence. (NCFC) - MonkeyPuzzle, Mar 5, 09:01:03
    - And needed Millwall scoring twice for us yesterday (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Mar 5, 10:04:44
      - In truth, we actually lost, when all is said and done (n/m) (NCFC) - paulg, Mar 5, 10:23:05
        
        No we won (NCFC) - SCC 28, Mar 5, 10:31:56
    - Don't agree re Hanley- he's alright (NCFC) - paulg, Mar 5, 09:06:08
      - He's a stopper, not a footballer. With the ball at his feet he is a liablity (NCFC) - MonkeyPuzzle, Mar 5, 09:16:16
- We're gaining momentum at just the right time (NCFC) - paulg, Mar 5, 08:46:31
  - Would have been an utter disaster (NCFC) - SCC 28, Mar 5, 10:05:27
    - Yes - I said yday it was a don't lose game (n/m) (NCFC) - paulg, Mar 5, 10:21:43
- Is Idah not a striker or was he not playing on the wing? (n/m) (NCFC) - trafford_canary, Mar 5, 08:43:04
  - Maybe (n/m) (NCFC) - The Gaffer, Mar 5, 09:36:24
  - Yes (n/m) (NCFC) - CWC, Mar 5, 09:09:32

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