I was impressed straight away with Alex Neil

That game at Bournemouth where he wasn't supposed to be in charge but went down to the changing room at half time to take over from Mike Phelan. Obviously not bothered with confrontation or upsetting people. I get that vibe with Clement. I didn't with Manning.

Posted By: Trent_Canary on December 1st 2025 at 13:18:29

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Remember when Neyul was sacked and Alex Neil came in? (NCFC) - Old Git, Dec 1, 13:09:57
- PC certainly has a sense of calm but strong leadership about him. No messing around (NCFC) - Tony Martin, Dec 1, 15:07:31
- Neil was fine-tuning one of the best squads in the division (NCFC) - Henclrikus, Dec 1, 14:02:28
  - Completely different objectives though (n/m) (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Dec 1, 14:05:57
    - Innit (n/m) (NCFC) - Old Git, Dec 1, 14:29:54
      - Which is why the comparison seems so odd. (n/m) (NCFC) - Henclrikus, Dec 1, 14:43:25
        
        Yes, hard to see the comparison of two teams needing to improve performances… (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Dec 1, 15:38:07
        
        Oh well (n/m) (NCFC) - Old Git, Dec 1, 14:59:18
- I might be being a bit glass half empty … (NCFC) - APB, Dec 1, 13:18:52
  - Feels as though we're still thin on numbers for a while (NCFC) - mr carra, Dec 1, 13:33:24
    - Yep, everyone needs to stay fit now for a few weeks (NCFC) - jamesward, Dec 1, 13:49:28
- I was impressed straight away with Alex Neil (NCFC) - Trent_Canary, Dec 1, 13:18:29
  - I think every team we played that season under Neil … (NCFC) - APB, Dec 1, 13:23:49
    - Agreed, weren't we like 7th at the time. (NCFC) - usacanary, Dec 1, 13:32:50
    - Neil inherited far better players than PC has (NCFC) - Old Git, Dec 1, 13:30:00
      - But playing Devils Advocate..... (NCFC) - usacanary, Dec 1, 14:07:49
        
        Roeder did an excellent job in his first season (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Dec 1, 14:12:29
        
        Thats a fair assessment except...... (NCFC) - usacanary, Dec 1, 15:12:36
        
        Things did go south the following season (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Dec 1, 15:39:17
        
        The appointment of Gunn was a side effect of sacking Roeder... (NCFC) - usacanary, Dec 1, 15:44:48
        
        In the same way Alex Neil was the outsider response to nice club man Neil Adams... (n/m) (NCFC) - usacanary, Dec 1, 15:46:48
        
        Terrible treatment of Hucks too (n/m) (NCFC) - Old Git, Dec 1, 14:30:48
        
        Yes - that was man management and fan management failure (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Dec 1, 14:32:01
        
        The problem is the hard arsed approach is great in the short term but... (NCFC) - usacanary, Dec 1, 15:15:51

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