Wrong Place at the Right Time

You tell them what style you want and practice drills but you don't coach passing, kicking, heading, tackling etc. If players want to hone these things they stay after training and work their own routines.

Fans just don't seem to know this.

A couple of observations:

1. Carsley has repeatedly said he doesn't want or isn't ready for a top-flight management role.

2. Seamus I assume isn't qualified as a coach or manager, as far as I know?

Finally, and surely I can't be the only one who's noticed but Dyche's last two post-match comments have trodden a well worn track of managers who've given up as they know it's when, not if.

Publicly blaming players for not doing what he told them to do? Really mate? Is that all our huge wedge buys us?

"They shall not pass." Or, as it could be called, KITAP1. Keep it Tight... fair enough if you do — but too many times we don't! And Pinch One — we really fail on that.

Rewind 20 years… and I'm still writing about a manager with a Poor Plan 'A' and No Plan 'B'.

People were asking... why do we play 5 in mid-field? To which the answer was: because we don't have a '4' good enough to do the job and this clown is sometimes sending out a 2- or 3-man midfield.

10 years ago, I was writing about Rogers's Liverpool over-running us with their intensity...(and some might even allege inhalers).

"We've struggled to score goals for 2 years."

Well, Mr Dyche, you've had 2 years to fix the problem – care to comment?

No? Though not.

Taxi!

Rarely have I felt such frustration, hearing that theme tune when the little shit, who wasn't into football BTW, wasn't asleep, so I had to wait til he was!

A last minute penalty to beat Peterborough 1-0, after another drab performance, will hopefully be enough to see him ejected from the club.

Makes sense you don't devote your ‘team' sessions to sorting out certain individuals' weaknesses, but those weaknesses must be noted and the coaching team will back up any work individuals want to take on. Otherwise, there is no ‘management' going on.

21 victories in 76 league games.

4 months without a win last season, from before Christmas right up to Easter weekend.

It's my feeling that, if he hadn't won that derby in April, I think he'd have been sacked last summer.

It was that spell in April which kept him in a job – what has happened either side of it has been God-awful.

Developing young players for the longer term and "installing the ethos" of the club are nowhere on our list of priorities right now. All that matters -- and I mean all that matters -- is winning enough games to stay up and be a Prem club entering the new stadium. Unless ethos can put in a good free kick or finish at the back post, time enough for values when the primary mission is accomplished.

We need a management team that has done it before. Choosing one that hasn't seems to me to be the likeliest ticket to opening at BMD against Millwall or QPR instead of Spurs or Chelsea.

There's a big difference between being a nice fella or even a competent Captain, to being a manager in the ruthless landscape that is the Premier League.

It's fans sitting there again in this idealist Blue World.

Seamus, Dunc, Baines, Rooney, none will cut it at this level anymore than say Frank Lampard did.

We are not in a position where we can start some kind of test case.

To throw him into what is looking like another tight relegation battle would be an incredibly sharp learning curve that would be very likely detrimental to both parties.

We need a manager who has managed a struggling team before. Potter has done that and I think he would have been a good option, will be interesting to see how he does at West Ham.

Jackson has relegation on his CV forever and while I don't doubt Seamus could generate an initial bounce too. I think it would be a huge mistake to put him in the same position

Di Rossi was appointed at Roma but they were at the other end of the table - so no risk of relegation - and Di Rossi had managerial experience at SPAL (in Serie B) and with the Italian national team set up.

It seems such an unlikely move for us it's probably not worth arguing about the merits or demerits.

Martin#24, you talk about the risk of a change, I'd say the greater risk is keeping the dinosaur on. He said in his presser yesterday he thinks he's handled things pretty well, he's building the story that no one could do better than himself. Deluded.

Contributors are entitled to suggest that things would be better if we played in a more open and attractive manner but I very much doubt if the results would be better unless we bring in a number of additions between now and the close of the window and our injured players become available for selection.

If there is a change, I hope that it is done a manner which is totally different to the completely disrespectful way that West Ham appear to be making their change. If Mike G is correct in his assessment of the new owners then this will happen.

As regards potential candidates, the only minus to Sarri would be the squad he would inherit. He would need time to overhaul it.

Above all, lets hope that by the end of the month, James, Dwight, Tim, Seamus and a couple of upgrades are available for the run in!

What we need beteeen now and the end of the season is some inspiration and determination. IMO Dyche is in capable of this now and therefore change is needed urgently.

As for who we can all speculate who might be able to sort it out but there can be no doubt we need an experienced pair of hands in the s as short term.

I hate to say this as if the circumstances were different would have a different opinion but Moyes or Mourhino would be my picks on a 12 month rolling contract.

However, we've dithered yet again and he's on his way to West Ham.

We could well have asked already and been rejected.

Correct me if I'm wrong here but, when Burnley were relegated, didn't Jackson win 3 and draw 1 of his last 8 whereas Dyche won 4 of his first 30? (As I say, correct me if I'm totally wrong here.)

If that is the case, though, you could argue that they simply left it too late to get rid of Dyche.