Dougie Freedman - New Manager

[General Mannerheim]

Never normally wears a whistle does he?

He must mean business

[Harry Genshaw]

Something else at the start of the 2nd half impressed me. Instead of the players just wandering back on, one of the coaches (I couldn't tell who) put out markers and had the players doing a series of short shuttle runs. I dont know if this is a good warm up technique or not, but it was a change from the usual and shows Dougie is paying attention to every little detail.

I saw this at Millwall?

And I think at Sheffield Wednesday?

Only been to 1 away game but didnt see it there or at the Reebok before. I thought it was some new technique Dougie had introduced. Must be some old table tennis training method that we've not given up yet

[officer_dibble]

First time in a long while I've felt like a manager has watched our previous outing(s) and looked at our defensive problems and made changes to make us more solid. Stop shipping goals and we'll go far.

[Worthy4England]

First time in a long while I've felt like a manager has watched our previous outing(s) and looked at our defensive problems and made changes to make us more solid. Stop shipping goals and we'll go far.

Aye - we normally only get a point for scoring two goals. Today we got three.

[bobo the clown]

Well, returning Knight .... whatever he'd done to piss JP off ... and realising that Ricketts was a better bet than Mears was a great start.

Shirley N'gog made a bid fo KD's place (albeit not for Tuesday now) and Petrov for a wing start with Eagles centre & a bit deeper & we're more or less there.

Just the Andrews/Pratley for Spearing to sort out now.

[BWFC_Insane]

Well, returning Knight .... whatever he'd done to piss JP off ... and realising that Ricketts was a better bet than Mears was a great start.

Shirley N'gog made a bid fo KD's place (albeit not for Tuesday now) and Petrov for a wing start with Eagles centre & a bit deeper & we're more or less there.

Just the Andrews/Pratley for Spearing to sort out now.

He's already said he believes in squad and chopping and changing things around. So expect different team on Tuesday and then Saturday.

Think I'm gonna trust his judgment, whatever team he may or may not pick.

[Bruce Rioja]

Well, shirley he's also realised that pairing Andrews and Pratley in central mid makes for a pub side.

[thebish]

Well, shirley he's also realised that pairing Andrews and Pratley in central mid makes for a pub side.

no - Pratley is the new Speed/Holden...

[CPFC4EVA]

Congrats yesterday!
df is a fitness freak, hence what you saw yesterday. If a player is not 100% fit, he won't play.
Good luck with the rest of the campaign, see you in January

[Bruce Rioja]

Congrats yesterday!
df is a fitness freak, hence what you saw yesterday. If a player is not 100% fit, he won't play.
Good luck with the rest of the campaign, see you in January

Cheers, Fella. You too. Interesting angle on fitness because one thing that was obvious under Coyle was how unfit the players were.

So, given the choice, would you have swapped Freedman for Holloway?

[the-Bowtun-Warrior]

Something else at the start of the 2nd half impressed me. Instead of the players just wandering back on, one of the coaches (I couldn't tell who) put out markers and had the players doing a series of short shuttle runs. I dont know if this is a good warm up technique or not, but it was a change from the usual and shows Dougie is paying attention to every little detail.

That happened at HT of the Bristol City game, at home.

[Bruce Rioja]

I can't believe that is correct.

N'Gog scoring ?

It's just occurred to me. Had their goalie scored rather than whacking it into Ginger's chops, then on the last two occasions in which N'Gog's scored, their goalie would have scored as well.

[a1]

i think youre discounting the villa away game with that.

[thebish]

I can't believe that is correct.

N'Gog scoring ?

It's just occurred to me. Had their goalie scored rather than whacking it into Ginger's chops, then on the last two occasions in which N'Gog's scored, their goalie would have scored as well.

that would have been a cracking stat!! respect!!!!

[Bruce Rioja]

I can't believe that is correct.

N'Gog scoring ?

It's just occurred to me. Had their goalie scored rather than whacking it into Ginger's chops, then on the last two occasions in which N'Gog's scored, their goalie would have scored as well.

that would have been a cracking stat!! respect!!!!

I'm worried that one day I'll forget something vital, like how to breathe, just so that I can create cerebral space for a stat like that / a line from The Simpsons etc.

[Annoyed Grunt]

I can't believe that is correct.

N'Gog scoring ?

It's just occurred to me. Had their goalie scored rather than whacking it into Ginger's chops, then on the last two occasions in which N'Gog's scored, their goalie would have scored as well.

that would have been a cracking stat!! respect!!!!

I'm worried that one day I'll forget something vital, like how to breathe, just so that I can create cerebral space for a stat like that / a line from The Simpsons etc.

My cerebral space is mostly taken up with lines and quotes from The Simpsons......the bad thing about that is correcting people on Twitter when they get them wrong

[Bruce Rioja]

I can't believe that is correct.

N'Gog scoring ?

It's just occurred to me. Had their goalie scored rather than whacking it into Ginger's chops, then on the last two occasions in which N'Gog's scored, their goalie would have scored as well.

that would have been a cracking stat!! respect!!!!

I'm worried that one day I'll forget something vital, like how to breathe, just so that I can create cerebral space for a stat like that / a line from The Simpsons etc.

My cerebral space is mostly taken up with lines and quotes from The Simpsons......the bad thing about that is correcting people on Twitter when they get them wrong

"bad thing"? Duty

[Annoyed Grunt]

The Mrs doesn't think so.

[thebish]

I'm worried that one day I'll forget something vital, like how to breathe, just so that I can create cerebral space for a stat like that / a line from The Simpsons etc.

[BWFC_Insane]

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“When you play in the Premier League you get more time on the ball,” said Freedman.
“There has been a bit of a hangover from last season. In the Premier League, there is more tactical stuff and time on the ball, whereas, in the Championship, teams level themselves out because of work rate and intensity of closing down.
“I have had experience of this division for a couple of years, and I stressed to the players that this is the level and intensity they needs to play at every time.”

Point I made on here earlier in the season, but the usual experts said it was nonsense. They can argue with Doog about it now!