01-03-2021, 20:10
(01-03-2021, 18:50)St Charles Owl Wrote:(01-03-2021, 18:35)drewks Wrote:(01-03-2021, 15:50)Baggievicar Wrote: Big Dave gone to Wednesday. I feel a bit sorry for Donny, but good luck to him and the Owls.
Big Dave gone to try and sort out the mess made by a certain Mr Pulis again?!
To be fair I think this mess was created by Mr Monk, Mr Pulis just wasn't able to do anything with what Mr Monk left him and essentially mutually agreed to quit before he ended up with a relegation on his resume!!
Do you guys think this is a good move for us??
It's difficult to say without knowing exactly what's gone wrong with your boys. Big Dave is unquestionably a lovely bloke, but in his time in charge at Albion he always came across more like a motivator than a tactician. That was good at first; when we were bound for Premier League relegation he got a few good performances and results at the back end of a miserable season, and generally seemed to bring some positivity to a troubled dressing room. But then the following year we cobbled together a very unconvincing promotion challenge courtesy of two or three quality players scoring tons of goals to cancel out the flood we were conceding at the other end. I've never seen so much pointless fannying about at the back as Albion were guilty of that season, and we got punished for it over and over again.
It seems like he was gradually dragging Doncaster in the right direction, and put together some decent runs of form, though the godawful results they've had in the last month suggest that consistency is still lacking in his management. But now he's at Wednesday, Big Dave will hopefully get the best out of any players who are underperforming, and if survival proves too much then he at least has the experience to rebuild and mount a promotion campaign in League One.
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