MC Post match interview

Carrick was absolutley correct. The performance yesterday was his fault.

The style of play, probably isn't the problem. When to execute that style was. Trying to beat argyll's press is fine, however, we were often outnumbered or players too closely marked. The players had to go long then and didn't. That's on Carrick. Presumably they are his instructions.

When it wasn't working and somewhere between 0-1 and 0-2 he should have changed things. Gone with 3 cb's maybe when the opposition where still leaving space in behind. Once we went 2 behind Plymouth could sit back and make it difficult for us to break them down. Without a recognized striker it was always going to be very difficult for us to score after conceding the second because the way we play needs space to exploit and that disappears when you go 2 down.

Almost completely Carricks fault. He won't leave in the summer because right now he is a big gamble for any team.

We have had a lot of injuries. Without a doubt Jones, Hackney and howson are massive misses. Howson and Hackney are good in the press and jones gives you an outlet. However the manager has to get the best out of the players he had available and there is a pattern emerging with our current setup at home. It isn't working and Carrick watch it happen from the touchline and did nothing.
 
Laughing said:
Carrick was absolutley correct. The performance yesterday was his fault.

The style of play, probably isn't the problem. When to execute that style was. Trying to beat argyll's press is fine, however, we were often outnumbered or players too closely marked. The players had to go long then and didn't. That's on Carrick. Presumably they are his instructions.

When it wasn't working and somewhere between 0-1 and 0-2 he should have changed things. Gone with 3 cb's maybe when the opposition where still leaving space in behind. Once we went 2 behind Plymouth could sit back and make it difficult for us to break them down. Without a recognized striker it was always going to be very difficult for us to score after conceding the second because the way we play needs space to exploit and that disappears when you go 2 down.

Almost completely Carricks fault. He won't leave in the summer because right now he is a big gamble for any team.

We have had a lot of injuries. Without a doubt Jones, Hackney and howson are massive misses. Howson and Hackney are good in the press and jones gives you an outlet. However the manager has to get the best out of the players he had available and there is a pattern emerging with our current setup at home. It isn't working and Carrick watch it happen from the touchline and did nothing.
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Excellent analysis IMO!
 
Norfolkred1 said:
Did anyone else notice that MC spent very little time in the technical area during the game, just seemed odd looking at how we were, er, playing. 'you're on yer own fellas' crack on.
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We joked looking around at the empty seats that Carrick prob left as well as you say hardly saw him yesterday.
 
So are we implying he lacks the leadership qualities or ability to change a game because of this or just that he left his team and tactics out there on there own?

At the minute most teams don't have to do much to beat us we beat ourselves by presenting opportunities due to our tactics then once in front we very rarely come from behind, this has everything to do with the management teams set up!
 
Jedi boro said:
But he’ll have had more offers than just us.

As I say that’s my view I guess we’ll see in the summer
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He might have had other options, but I bet Hurworth is a nicer commute for him.

I'll be gutted if we sign him, he's much worse than Smith and (other than his three brain fart/concentration lapses a game), probably no more effective than Dijksteel either.

Ayling gets caught forward and jogs back, he hasn't been very good defensively at all, a few forward runs and crosses can't hide that.

We need two new fullbacks if we want to achieve anything next season. Athletic in the 23-27 experienced campaigner category, ideally either good organisers/leaders or with a bit niggle/shīthousėry about them.

Engel and Smith are fine for cover / rotation, Bangura could probably move forward to play as a LW option, or as a LWB with Jones RWB if we want to switch to a back three on occasion.
 
alanmoodysdog said:
Looked shocked, embarrassed and a tad lost . Took the blame to deflect from players . Seems they performed the system as he told them and he got it wrong. Missing key players and no striker ... has he been hung out to dry? Mc Gree is not the same dynamic player pre injury and the full backs are not up to it Ayling saunted and jogged through the game ... Love MC but when the canoe hits the rapids thats when you earn your crust ... anyone can paddle it in smooth waters. Lacking a leader on the pitch who can create an inpulse and whip up a storm ... it was a real shocking watch on TV ... Seasons dead. Lets see what MCs next move is with the squad he has
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New quality "Tool Kit" needed for next season. (y)
Carrick is the best we`ve had in years and we need to be careful what we wish for.
 
Carrick has shown that with better players he can have us playing some great football and higher up the league but he also didn't achieve promotion when we should of IMO, again Injuries didn't help this but he come unstuck when needing to answer tactically as he has again time and time this season, if as some suggest he had other offers or wants out then that's fine if you don't want to be here, I am not suggesting this is the case either just stating anyone that doesn't want to be at my club, thank you for your efforts, move on.

Carrick has produced some excellent performances and results, yes but ultimately delivered nothing as yet so I doubt anyone will be looking with rose tinted glass.

Granted he's had things to deal with but so have all managers !
 
MC needs to realise that Barlaser and our CB's can't receive the ball under any pressure at all. Average teams only need to press us and we're fcuked.
 
I feel ***ed off with him a bit because the team keep repeating the same mistakes defensively and that is what his job is about resolving it, but at the same time he is the Man I Want in Charge, I like the type of football he has brought to the club and when it is going well the team are an absolute joy to watch. UTB and MC
 
gravy173 said:
He won’t get far unless he learns to become more flexible with his tactics, playing out from the back is lunacy unless you have the players to do it, we have given so many goals away this season from not being able to execute it properly. The less said about this false 9 b***ks were currently playing the better. Historically apart from Man City and Barcelona and to a lesser extent Arsenal it doesn’t work
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We have the players to do it…but they’re all injured.

We need to make sure the full squad are ball players as we move forward and that’s probably a 3-5 squad transformation

He got it wrong with the forward positions yesterday, certainly, tried to over think it, but he shouldn’t be in a position to patch the forward line up. He should have a pool of 4 strikers like every other club.

We’re really hamstrung with injuries, there would 5 or players yesterday who would be on the bench and another couple who would be asked to play a different role if everyone was fit
 
BoroMart said:
We have the players to do it…but they’re all injured.
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While I agree to an extent, we didn't pick up any additional injuries from the Leicester win to the spineless capitulation at home to Plymouth. The setup, shape, tactics and tempo were well off, and it was apparent from a couple of minutes in that we looked horrendous and were getting nothing from the game.

He did nothing till about 57 minutes, and bizarrely his answer was to take McGree off.

None of that had anything to do with injuries, that's just rank bad management for me.

It's not a one off, he's not learning.
 
I like Carrick and he’s shown at times that he can gets us playing really well when he has the right players available. However he has also shown naivety and constantly repeats the same mistakes over and over. We have been well and truly sussed with the high press against us, particularly at home, and he has been unable to come up with anything to counteract that. He’s got to learn to recognise when things aren’t working and do something about - repeating the same errors over and over again and expecting a different outcome is the definition of madness so he’s got to start pulling his finger out pretty quickly or his managerial career won’t be a long one
 
Caesium137 said:
While I agree to an extent, we didn't pick up any additional injuries from the Leicester win to the spineless capitulation at home to Plymouth. The setup, shape, tactics and tempo were well off, and it was apparent from a couple of minutes in that we looked horrendous and were getting nothing from the game.

He did nothing till about 57 minutes, and bizarrely his answer was to take McGree off.

None of that had anything to do with injuries, that's just rank bad management for me.

It's not a one off, he's not learning.
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Different type of game though. Expected to break a team down or play on the break. Different skills needed
 
Caesium137 said:
While I agree to an extent, we didn't pick up any additional injuries from the Leicester win to the spineless capitulation at home to Plymouth. The setup, shape, tactics and tempo were well off, and it was apparent from a couple of minutes in that we looked horrendous and were getting nothing from the game.

He did nothing till about 57 minutes, and bizarrely his answer was to take McGree off.

None of that had anything to do with injuries, that's just rank bad management for me.

It's not a one off, he's not learning.
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I’d also
Say he is learning, he’s switched to 3 at the back and went 442 in this game because it wasn’t working.

I agree that yesterday was not good enough from everyone, but he should be judged when he has a reasonable squad to select from.

I make it 15 players unavailable with serious injuries this term m, plus 2 players sold from under him. It’s been a mess from that aspect
 
S7DiscoDown said:
I understand why he's shouldering the blame. Deflecting criticism away from his players. Yet it's getting to a point where certain players need dropping or calling out.

He can't take the blame or legislate for O'Brien and Glover combining for the first goal yesterday. That or the countless ridiculous individual mistakes we've made in the last month or so. Just finding even more ridiculous ways to concede goals.

It's not on him that CMs keep losing possession in dangerous areas. Although picking a GK who's now made 3 mistakes in almost as many games has to be questioned. Has he just forgot that Dieng was arguably our best player prior to injury? Definitely our best signing (along with Rav).
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I thought Glover’s positioning for their second was questionable
 
Glover_elbow said:
We seem to be caught by the press far more with glover in goal. His distribution is slow, and ponderous giving the opposition opportunity to set
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With regards to playing out from the back, people say ‘it’s good when it works… gets you in trouble when it doesn’t’ but it hardly works for us and we’re caught out more often than not, yet we keep persisting with it
 
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