At Tannadice on Saturday i was sat just beside the dugout where Pat Fenlon was Shouting out instructions to the players and in my view it was better than any advice that was sent out by the last 3 previous manager that i have heard when i was in a similar position, what did concern me that it was basic tacital advice that our current squad had hard time trying to understand and which should have been second nature to any professional footballer. We do have players in the team that have improved since Pat Fenlon has arrived ie:Spoony but we do need a backbone and a a bit of skill particular in the midfield so i suggest in the interm period we should or need to invest in the two players that would give us this expierence within the SPL, one being Jim Godwin at St Mirren and the other Keith Lasley from Motherwell and a cub of our standing should be able to afford these two now, even if it includes transfer fees and/or wages.WE NEED TO INVEST NOW BEFORE IT IS TO LATE, BECAUSE THE FIRST DIVISION LOOMS LARGE!!
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26-12-2011 11:00 PM #1
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26-12-2011 11:14 PM #2
You would think a Club of our standing could afford the players you mention but fenlon has stated that they couldn't afford to pay the £150,000 to secure Griffiths. Seems the purse strings at E/R have been well and truly tightened.
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27-12-2011 09:43 AM #6
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I would like you to explain how spoony has improved since pf has arrived because i have ot seen any improvement at all in fact he probably by all accounts does not merit a start imo.
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27-12-2011 09:48 AM #7This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I wasn't surprised to read it.
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27-12-2011 11:35 AM #13
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So if that was the price that took him to Wolves where has Wolves said they want £150K for him-answer nowhere-but it's a good chance to make up a story about the board refusing to pay a fee that has not yet been asked for!
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re:You would think a Club of our standing could afford the players you mention but fenlon has stated that they couldn't afford to pay the £150,000 to secure Griffiths. Seems the purse strings at E/R have been well and truly tightened.
I thought maybe it was Hibs not being able to come up with the readies when Griffiths was looking for a new club, but Wolves did!
But if I'm off course, then I totally agree with your point!
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At Aberdeen I was in a box directly above the dug out. What struck me was the number of "coaches" shouting instructions, it was mental. It really was a case of too may cooks. Different coaches (a couple of which I have no idea who they were) seemed to giving different advice to the same players.
At Tanadice I sat right next to the Hibs dug out and could hear every word. Totally different. Pat Fenlon was the only person shouting at the players.....and boy, he never shut up the entire game. A couple of times Billy Brown came out to speak to him at the edge of the box but to be honest, it looked like Fenlon didn't even listen. There were times when Fenlon retired back into the dug out for a wee confab with Brown and O'Brien but that's it.
As most on the PM board know, my opinion of Fenlon wasn't exactly high when he got the job but I have to say, on Saturday I was very impressed. He kicked every ball, constantly encouraged the players, especially Ivan, Jimmy Scott and Palsson. In fact I commented that Fenlon put in more work on the side lines than Palsson did on the pitch. It was obvious that he employs a "sandwich" method of criticism. Every time he shouted at a player for doing something wrong he seemed to sandwich that comment between two pieces of encouragement. The players definately responded to him. He also kept everything very simple IMO.
The contrast to the statuesque and mute Calderwood was night and day. If (and it's a BIG if) he can get shot of most of the team and get some half decent replacements then I am hopeful Fenlon can make a difference and get us out of this continual downward spiral.
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