Re: Confirm Smudger now!
Posted: 02 May 2023, 21:09
To play Devil’s Advocaat, (a dire Warnink), I’ll say there’s a good chance he won’t stay.
From what we see, he looks a details and discipline guy, not the charismatic Kapitan type - the post and pre match interviews are always professional but come across as a bit stilted, no eye-contact, and pretty flat.
Now there’s nothing wrong with any of that and there’s more than one way to skin a whatnot.
But it’s much harder work to to be a dotted i’s and crossed t’s bloke than a cross-eyed tea cup thrower who leads by personality and hair dryer.
And it was the workload that he stepped away from.
Hope I’m wrong as he deserves to take the chance if he wants it, and apart from a touch of the Championship Manager tinkerage that he’s prone to, has done a great job imho.
We need to get it sorted before the break though and I’m sure that K&K are all over it. If it has to be a new bloke, then there’s the usual slash and burn, and even if the last few games weren’t the PS post script and he stays on, the non-league not-so-merry-go-round says that we’ll lose or cut 5 or 6 who will need replacing with upgrades.
Various managers being confirmed around the Twitters this week. I hope we join that club soon too.
From what we see, he looks a details and discipline guy, not the charismatic Kapitan type - the post and pre match interviews are always professional but come across as a bit stilted, no eye-contact, and pretty flat.
Now there’s nothing wrong with any of that and there’s more than one way to skin a whatnot.
But it’s much harder work to to be a dotted i’s and crossed t’s bloke than a cross-eyed tea cup thrower who leads by personality and hair dryer.
And it was the workload that he stepped away from.
Hope I’m wrong as he deserves to take the chance if he wants it, and apart from a touch of the Championship Manager tinkerage that he’s prone to, has done a great job imho.
We need to get it sorted before the break though and I’m sure that K&K are all over it. If it has to be a new bloke, then there’s the usual slash and burn, and even if the last few games weren’t the PS post script and he stays on, the non-league not-so-merry-go-round says that we’ll lose or cut 5 or 6 who will need replacing with upgrades.
Various managers being confirmed around the Twitters this week. I hope we join that club soon too.