I would have told him he was doing great, keep going, here's a pay rise. Thank you darlin'!
Haven't you noticed how many caretakers get the job for real ……… and from doing well they start to lose? Why? The team's attitude changes.
As for not-knowing what your league position means for your team - well non-league has a history doesn't it? In recent seasons clubs have reached promotion or relegation positions in leagues not knowing whether they will go up/down and if they do will they be fed into a north/south/east/west division for the following season. Now how can anyone defend that? What's the point of winning or losing if you don't know where that gets you? Oh we'll play for a cup, or could be a shield, maybe a wooden fruit bowl, and we could have the final at Wembley or Spotland.
As for aiming to get out of the relegation zone completely, how do you do that if you don't know what constitutes the relegation zone? They could decide to promote four each from National North and South and relegate seven. Now that would cause a few howls.
Oh no poor old Pembo really has gone down with that virus, Caldwell19. Apparently we have a desire within us to win football matches. Now I really did think that was supposed to be part of the data. And oh Jeez why do we have to have close ups of that same stereotype old guy advertising the Spire Lotto. Apparently he likes a couple of pints Sunday lunchtime, enjoys taking his whippet for a walk and hasn't missed Match of the Day since 1973 ……… a former Labour voter, he changed to Conservative last time because Jeremy Corbyn is too left-wing
Haven't you noticed how many caretakers get the job for real ……… and from doing well they start to lose? Why? The team's attitude changes.
As for not-knowing what your league position means for your team - well non-league has a history doesn't it? In recent seasons clubs have reached promotion or relegation positions in leagues not knowing whether they will go up/down and if they do will they be fed into a north/south/east/west division for the following season. Now how can anyone defend that? What's the point of winning or losing if you don't know where that gets you? Oh we'll play for a cup, or could be a shield, maybe a wooden fruit bowl, and we could have the final at Wembley or Spotland.
As for aiming to get out of the relegation zone completely, how do you do that if you don't know what constitutes the relegation zone? They could decide to promote four each from National North and South and relegate seven. Now that would cause a few howls.
Oh no poor old Pembo really has gone down with that virus, Caldwell19. Apparently we have a desire within us to win football matches. Now I really did think that was supposed to be part of the data. And oh Jeez why do we have to have close ups of that same stereotype old guy advertising the Spire Lotto. Apparently he likes a couple of pints Sunday lunchtime, enjoys taking his whippet for a walk and hasn't missed Match of the Day since 1973 ……… a former Labour voter, he changed to Conservative last time because Jeremy Corbyn is too left-wing