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A coach worth their salary gets his troops ready and cracking at the business end of the season.Yeah this is the worry. During his tenure he’s improved (again, from a very low base) a number of facets of his coaching;
Building/overseeing an effective Plan A
Improving, or at least letting players improve attacking structures/set plays
Team cohesiveness and morale
Mental resilience of the team in close tough matches (recruitment obv a big part of this too)
Team fitness/some skill building (a little)
But - his tactical use of the bench, ability to adjust tactics in game, conservatism in player selections, trust in younger players - are all deficiencies that I wish we saw evidence of improvement.
At our best, with our best 16 (and option of using our 17) the team can beat anyone, and they can sustain it for 4 weeks. We could win. And in the same way he’s ultimately responsible for the bad, he’s gotta get some credit for the good.
As with every team there’s plenty that needs to go right for that to happen. And if he was a better coach in those areas then the list of variables that could prevent that would be shorter.
For all that though - he ain’t going anywhere this season or next, so here’s hoping anyways.
Top 4 may still elude us.
And we must not bow out in straight sets in the finals, if we do, the club should Sack him.