11-04-2022, 02:09 PM
(11-04-2022, 01:33 PM)Pompeyg100 Wrote:DC has stated Harness & Jacobs play in the same position so they can't both be on the pitch at the same time.(11-04-2022, 01:06 PM)firqdays Wrote: Quote from Hammie,
"and really we do have some decent players for this level but he seems incapable of motivating them. To me that screams of players who don't believe in what the manager is asking them to do, or confused as he continually chops and changes"
Hammie,
You, and others have identified a fundamental problem.
That being that players who, previously, looked 'half decent/good' have at best stagnated, and for the most part, actually gone backwards.
A case in point - RONAN CURTIS - initially he was a decent player who contributed significantly to team performance and results. He WAS , more or less, a regular in the Republic team - even coming on as sub against England at Wembley and nearly scoring !!
Yet now he can't get near his countries team, and does not threaten to achieve his early potential . Why and how has his motivation died ?
Is he de-motivated by playing for Portsmouth, or does he want to choose a new career path ?
Just one of the players who should be standing out week on week but currently is rating a 5 on average when and if he appears. Shame!
As several of the above comments have identified, we are now moving significantly in the wrong direction
We always start so slowly, normally going in to half time behind. Either DC can’t motivate the players or they don’t understand/agree with what is being asked of them. DC is so out of his depth he won’t commit.
All this Jacobs can’t play because he can only play in a limited positions.
The pair of them confuse themselves trying to be tactical genius.
A decent manager would find a way of accommodating both players.
He may be a nice guy & knows how to use an ipad but he can't manage our football team!