The way I see it

we have a young team mostly, and we have chopped and changed that a lot, for all the many reasons outlined.

To me, that relative immaturity and inexperience needs really strong leadership from the experienced players. Not that we need a ton - we saw how that worked out last season, but we could do without it being Kenny who gets sidelined for six matches, or Duffy who gets stuck in traffic - and who then doesn't seem to really take charge on the pitch. It's as if our most experienced players aren't really quite as strong at leadership as we need.

And of course the manager comes into this - but in the first instance, it's that he needs his 'leaders' to follow his direction, so that cascades downwards. So if they're doing as he's asked, and it's not working, straightforward issue with JHT. If they sort of try but don't really know how, we've got the wrong leaders on the pitch.

I do think we've been disjointed in team selections this season, and even allowing for injuries, I believe there has been the opportunity to be more consistent. And that's also applying to subs - we seem to have quite a random set of criteria for who and when to substitute.

Overall then, some of it is on the pitch, some of it is off the pitch, and perhaps the thing we needed was an experienced backroom person to support a young coach. JW may be someone to admire but he's not had to stifle championship opposition from the coaching seats much in his career.

Posted By: camcan on March 12th 2025 at 10:36:11

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I’m very confused by that Kenny interview post match (NCFC) - Jim, Mar 12, 07:52:18
- The way I see it (NCFC) - camcan, Mar 12, 10:36:11
  - Subs is an interesting one (NCFC) - Old Man, Mar 12, 10:56:15
- It's an interesting point (NCFC) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Mar 12, 08:57:26
- It was quite extraordinary (NCFC) - Curnster, Mar 12, 08:40:28
- Should be Kenny's job to keep the line up... (NCFC) - mr carra, Mar 12, 08:37:45
  - I'm not sure we sat that deep, did we? (NCFC) - jamesward, Mar 12, 08:41:17
    - Watch the difference. It’s what we often do immediately after scoring also (NCFC) - Jim, Mar 12, 08:46:34
      - thats not that bad a thing to do ... (NCFC) - ghostof barry butler, Mar 12, 08:52:21
        
        Yeah straight after scoring is one thing (NCFC) - Old Man, Mar 12, 10:54:14
      - Whichever it is, it can't carry on (NCFC) - jamesward, Mar 12, 08:49:28
        
        hmm, but hang on a mo, just maybe we could ...? (NCFC) - paulg, Mar 12, 11:04:07
- Who are the leaders, the shouters, the hair dryer (NCFC) - DiscoDale, Mar 12, 08:01:05
- It’s clear from all Hoff’s interviews … (NCFC) - loz, Mar 12, 07:57:23
  - Passive is the right word, rather than sitting deep (NCFC) - jamesward, Mar 12, 08:04:35
    - "fucking useless" is another good combination of words (n/m) (NCFC) - paulg, Mar 12, 11:02:14
    - We need a disciplinarian in charge (NCFC) - SCC 28, Mar 12, 08:10:29
- We were getting pinned back by an improved side after the break (NCFC) - norwaay, Mar 12, 07:56:28
  - We let them improve by letting them have the ball (NCFC) - Jim, Mar 12, 08:31:25
    - They changed their tactics at half time … (NCFC) - loz, Mar 12, 08:42:55
      - If anything that should have made it easier for us to keep the ball (n/m) (NCFC) - Jim, Mar 12, 08:49:29
  - Yep. We were on the back foot for the entire second half. (NCFC) - Under soil heating, Mar 12, 08:01:18
  - Agree to an extent but… (NCFC) - loz, Mar 12, 07:58:47

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