Dear Leam

[Sutekh]

[WestYorksRoyal]

I await his interview with interest. Go in hard. Take no prisoners.

[Ascotexgunner]

I await his interview with interest. Go in hard. Take no prisoners.

You really want an Ince style interview where he used to throw players under the bus.....I hope he does. Especially Jakob.

[Winston Biscuit]

Heralding the dawn of a new banter era from his very first week

[WestYorksRoyal]

I await his interview with interest. Go in hard. Take no prisoners.

You really want an Ince style interview where he used to throw players under the bus.....I hope he does. Especially Jakob.

Ince was calling out their lack of talent and ability, today was about a lack of standards you expect from professionals. Very different. Call it out, go hard. Make everyone know in no uncertain terms what's required to be part of your team.

[Mid Sussex Royal]

I await his interview with interest. Go in hard. Take no prisoners.

I hope he does...Wing told a local journo on Thurs that things had got too comfortable.

[Snowflake Royal]

I await his interview with interest. Go in hard. Take no prisoners.

You really want an Ince style interview where he used to throw players under the bus.....I hope he does. Especially Jakob.

Ince was calling out their lack of talent and ability, today was about a lack of standards you expect from professionals. Very different. Call it out, go hard. Make everyone know in no uncertain terms what's required to be part of your team.

Did you watch it out of interest?

The feel I got was that it was a fragile team that did the job, then ran into a striker in fantastic form who ran them over in the last few minutes.

[WestYorksRoyal]

You really want an Ince style interview where he used to throw players under the bus.....I hope he does. Especially Jakob.

Ince was calling out their lack of talent and ability, today was about a lack of standards you expect from professionals. Very different. Call it out, go hard. Make everyone know in no uncertain terms what's required to be part of your team.

Did you watch it out of interest?

The feel I got was that it was a fragile team that did the job, then ran into a striker in fantastic form who ran them over in the last few minutes.

I'll admit I followed online without watching, but there can be no excuses for failing to see it out from 2-0 in the 90th minute. Head to the corner, waste time, take a yellow card for fouls on the halfway line. Do whatever it takes to make sure you finish the job. That's true in L1, let alone against NL opposition.

[Snowflake Royal]

Ince was calling out their lack of talent and ability, today was about a lack of standards you expect from professionals. Very different. Call it out, go hard. Make everyone know in no uncertain terms what's required to be part of your team.

Did you watch it out of interest?

The feel I got was that it was a fragile team that did the job, then ran into a striker in fantastic form who ran them over in the last few minutes.

I'll admit I followed online without watching, but there can be no excuses for failing to see it out from 2-0 in the 90th minute. Head to the corner, waste time, take a yellow card for fouls on the halfway line. Do whatever it takes to make sure you finish the job. That's true in L1, let alone against NL opposition.

Same boat as you, but Carlisle are in great form and Linney has 11 goals in 16 starts, 24 last season. Reportedly could have moved to a higher club in the summer, but Hughes convinced him to stay.

That's some finisher. And our backline was the increasingly inadequate Stickland, and the guy Cambridge fans warned me regularly throws the ball in his own net.

90 minutes were solid.

[WestYorksRoyal]

Did you watch it out of interest?

The feel I got was that it was a fragile team that did the job, then ran into a striker in fantastic form who ran them over in the last few minutes.

I'll admit I followed online without watching, but there can be no excuses for failing to see it out from 2-0 in the 90th minute. Head to the corner, waste time, take a yellow card for fouls on the halfway line. Do whatever it takes to make sure you finish the job. That's true in L1, let alone against NL opposition.

Same boat as you, but Carlisle are in great form and Linney has 11 goals in 16 starts, 24 last season. Reportedly could have moved to a higher club in the summer, but Hughes convinced him to stay.

That's some finisher. And our backline was the increasingly inadequate Stickland, and the guy Cambridge fans warned me regularly throws the ball in his own net.

90 minutes were solid.

But this is the point. "90 minutes were solid" feeds a culture of excuses and lower standards. Hunt would have probably blamed the 8 minutes injury time.

But the mindset needs to be "get the fcuking job done". Early in my career I remember taking exception to my boss effectively saying that everyone simply trying their best wasn't good enough. I still think the way they communicated the message was pretty poor, but with the hindsight and now having led teams myself I get it. You need individuals who take accountability to get things done, not just say that they did their best and make excuses.

[Linden Jones' Tash]

Controversial opinion incoming...

Love the goals.....

But Wing as Captain?....

Can't say I'm feeling it TBH...

That kind of collapse shouldn't be acceptable....

I vote Derek...

[Sutekh]

He has to be careful with his reaction and words need to be chosen carefully. Metaphorically lynching everyone after one game (that doesn’t really matter in the overall big picture) when he doesn’t know the personalities well enough might not be the smartest move, he might also want that sort of approach to mean something so only use it sparingly. I’d be tempted to keep quiet and calm and let the players “stew” in the hope of getting a natural and positive reaction v Stevenage.

[West F]

He has to be careful with his reaction and words need to be chosen carefully. Metaphorically lynching everyone after one game (that doesn’t really matter in the overall big picture) when he doesn’t know the personalities well enough might not be the smartest move, he might also want that sort of approach to mean something so only use it sparingly. I’d be tempted to keep quiet and calm and let the players “stew” in the hope of getting a natural and positive reaction v Stevenage.

This.

Turning up and ripping into the players is more likely to get them against you. We don’t have a big squad to choose from and the scope to use their place in the team as a weapon is limited. It didn’t seem to me that Noel had lost the dressing room, if he had, I would expect the familiar new manager bounce.

[leon]

I await his interview with interest. Go in hard. Take no prisoners.

You really want an Ince style interview where he used to throw players under the bus.....I hope he does. Especially Jakob.

Ince was calling out their lack of talent and ability, today was about a lack of standards you expect from professionals. Very different. Call it out, go hard. Make everyone know in no uncertain terms what's required to be part of your team.

Whilst saying his son was the MTOM every game. He really was as thick as fcuk.

[Sutekh]

Did you watch it out of interest?

The feel I got was that it was a fragile team that did the job, then ran into a striker in fantastic form who ran them over in the last few minutes.

I'll admit I followed online without watching, but there can be no excuses for failing to see it out from 2-0 in the 90th minute. Head to the corner, waste time, take a yellow card for fouls on the halfway line. Do whatever it takes to make sure you finish the job. That's true in L1, let alone against NL opposition.

Same boat as you, but Carlisle are in great form and Linney has 11 goals in 16 starts, 24 last season. Reportedly could have moved to a higher club in the summer, but Hughes convinced him to stay.

That's some finisher. And our backline was the increasingly inadequate Stickland, and the guy Cambridge fans warned me regularly throws the ball in his own net.

90 minutes were solid.

Could do worse than trying to persuade Carlisle and Linney into a January move.

[West F]

I'll admit I followed online without watching, but there can be no excuses for failing to see it out from 2-0 in the 90th minute. Head to the corner, waste time, take a yellow card for fouls on the halfway line. Do whatever it takes to make sure you finish the job. That's true in L1, let alone against NL opposition.

Same boat as you, but Carlisle are in great form and Linney has 11 goals in 16 starts, 24 last season. Reportedly could have moved to a higher club in the summer, but Hughes convinced him to stay.

That's some finisher. And our backline was the increasingly inadequate Stickland, and the guy Cambridge fans warned me regularly throws the ball in his own net.

90 minutes were solid.

Could do worse than trying to persuade Carlisle and Linney into a January move.

They will expect a fee to be paid. Uncle Bob has stated ad nauseam that he simply doesn’t believe in paying fees for players. The concept is alien to him. Didn’t do it at Wycombe, and that policy brought massive growth and achievement.

[Mid Sussex Royal]

Some interesting post match comments from LR.....several players were knackered after an hour which would explain the limp performance in ET.

He also said there were some good individual performances but a lack of cohesion as a team and no savvy in seeing out the game.

These are things that can be sorted but not in days or even weeks if general fitness is an issue.

Lewis Wing also hinting of a general softness saying everything too comfortable and he was checking in on the younger players that were close to Hunt....

Hopefully with Camara now fit we can call off the Wigan game (Tuma & MOM usually called up too) during the next round of international games so the new team has a solid 2 weeks with the squad and get players fitter.

[SouthDownsRoyal]

Some interesting post match comments from LR.....several players were knackered after an hour which would explain the limp performance in ET.

He also said there were some good individual performances but a lack of cohesion as a team and no savvy in seeing out the game.

These are things that can be sorted but not in days or even weeks if general fitness is an issue.

Lewis Wing also hinting of a general softness saying everything too comfortable and he was checking in on the younger players that were close to Hunt....

Hopefully with Camara now fit we can call off the Wigan game (Tuma & MOM usually called up too) during the next round of international games so the new team has a solid 2 weeks with the squad and get players fitter.

How on earth are players knackered after an hour of playing a non league team leas than half way through the season

[morganb]

Dear Leam

What are you going to do as it looks like you've got your work cut out after yesterday's result?

I guess you need to work on overall fitness but don't go too hard else you'll add to the current injury crisis

Then there's improving the mental fortitude that's required to prevent collapses like yesterday

How about the style of football, how's that going to change with the resources currently available?

Which leads nicely into your January Window wishlist - who are you going to pop on there (remember they must be cheap or free but also needs to improve a squad and not bloat the squad)?

Probably quite controversial but are you thinking about changing the captain as Lewis Wing isn't the most vocal on the pitch - Richie or O'Connor have been mentioned as strong candidates

Anyway, good luck and up the 'Ding

[Snowflake Royal]

Same boat as you, but Carlisle are in great form and Linney has 11 goals in 16 starts, 24 last season. Reportedly could have moved to a higher club in the summer, but Hughes convinced him to stay.

That's some finisher. And our backline was the increasingly inadequate Stickland, and the guy Cambridge fans warned me regularly throws the ball in his own net.

90 minutes were solid.

Could do worse than trying to persuade Carlisle and Linney into a January move.

They will expect a fee to be paid. Uncle Bob has stated ad nauseam that he simply doesn’t believe in paying fees for players. The concept is alien to him. Didn’t do it at Wycombe, and that policy brought massive growth and achievement.

I mean, this just isn’t true.

We paid a fee for Lane. We may have paid a fee for Marriott.

Couhig said to expect most signings to be frees and loans, not we wouldn't pay any fees. It's abject nonsense to say Wycombe never spent a fee signing anyone in his time there.