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Evatt 3 years in


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3 minutes ago, tomski said:

Dougie used to do it. Thinking he knew better. Agree plenty who back up as well as examples. Think it’s fair to question though.

Hes had nothing but progression in his whole managerial career. Think hes got every right to back himself.

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1 minute ago, gonzo said:

Hes had nothing but progression in his whole managerial career. Think hes got every right to back himself.

Time will tell. Not enough for me yet. I’d rather we focus on getting out of this division. Nothing would please me more then you to bump this in a few years and put me in my place. I just don’t see it.

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Just now, Casino said:

Big games

Crawley

Accy semi

Final

Fleetwood to get in play offs

This playoff

Which others do you want to chuck in

Was a minimum to finish joint bottom in our history re Crawley and we made tough fist of that.

Accy game meh. That wasn’t big. I’d of not been arsed if we won or not.

Final hats off. No argument from me.

One shot on target in 2 games against nothing special in opposition. Are you throwing this in?

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After 3 seasons of progress i'm pleased that IE is signed up for another 3 years & believe we should honour that even when the difficult times come & the "sack the manager" whoppers pop up again.

I want continuity & Evatt has earned the right to be given time to build a team/squad for the longer term & not to be put under pressure after the odd bad result.....that includes giving signings the time to settle in, we're not recruiting ready made worldbeaters.

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He's the right man for the job. 

Were on the right path. 

Given how far we have come in two years I don't think anyone should really criticise him. 

We are living within our means, challenging at the top end of the league and winning trophies. 

He's had way more wins than losses in the transfer market. 

I like the fact he wants perfection. I like the way we play. He knows we need to improve , where we need to improve, he's honest and he doesn't bullshit in interviews. 

Honestly can't wait to see how he shapes the squad this summer.

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2 minutes ago, Casino said:

The play off is on the list

With the other biggest, no second chance games

Its on you to find some more to prove your point, surely?

Ok 2nd chance games are rare and you have really narrowed this down. 

Barnsley were there for the taking on Friday. We had on the ropes for 20 minutes and did not lay a glove on them. I consider Friday a massive failure in my opinion. As soon as we made the subs I felt as though we’d thrown the towel in. 

It ended up at a point when we threw Jerome on and had 1 cm playing that the worst thing we could do was equalise as it would of been a brutal extra time.

 

 

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20 minutes ago, tomski said:

Just answered Cheese as I saw this first. He defo has a whiff of arrogance that isn’t greatly backed up by performance. When we get things wrong it’s never his fault. 

He wants to be a great manager.

Think of all the great managers you’ve known. Did they have a whiff of arrogance? Did they come out in the media and say they got things wrong?

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Just now, desperado said:

He wants to be a great manager.

Think of all the great managers you’ve known. Did they have a whiff of arrogance? Did they come out in the media and say they got things wrong?

Aye completely get that. Plenty have had that arrogance are/were a bit naff too, like one of our previous managers. Jury is still out for me.

I’m sure plenty of top managers have. I’ve not searched but it will have happened. 

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22 minutes ago, tomski said:

Get to the championship first would be a better sound bite. 

What was the "etc" in your reply though? You only specified 1 reason for thinking Evatt is 'above his station', but stuck an "etc" on the end as though there were more? Or is that literally it?

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9 minutes ago, tomski said:

 

Barnsley were there for the taking on Friday.

 

 

We have played them 5 times tbis season

i think theyre a bit better than us

Look, i really want you to tell me these big games we never win

You must have some in mind when you posted :)

 

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1 minute ago, Cheese said:

What was the "etc" in your reply though? You only specified 1 reason for thinking Evatt is 'above his station', but stuck an "etc" on the end as though there were more? Or is that literally it?

Referencing we train like Real Madrid. He’s not referencing the facilities or statute of the club at this point which suggests it’s him and his coaching. His sound bites not backed up sound daft.

Im not suggesting I’m anti but I find the siege mentality blindness to his errors as odd.

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2 minutes ago, Casino said:

We have played them 5 times tbis season

i think theyre a bit better than us

Look, i really want you to tell me these big games we never win

You must have some in mind when you posted :)

 

Barnsley twice in play offs 

Derby home and away

sheffield wed home 

Plymouth home and away

ipswich at home 

Wigan at home 

Rotherham at home

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1 minute ago, tomski said:

Referencing we train like Real Madrid. He’s not referencing the facilities or statute of the club at this point which suggests it’s him and his coaching. His sound bites not backed up sound daft.

Im not suggesting I’m anti but I find the siege mentality blindness to his errors as odd.

I must have missed that. Do you have a link?

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11 minutes ago, Arrested development said:

He's the right man for the job. 

Were on the right path. 

Given how far we have come in two years I don't think anyone should really criticise him. 

We are living within our means, challenging at the top end of the league and winning trophies. 

He's had way more wins than losses in the transfer market. 

I like the fact he wants perfection. I like the way we play. He knows we need to improve , where we need to improve, he's honest and he doesn't bullshit in interviews. 

Honestly can't wait to see how he shapes the squad this summer.

Liked is interview after Fridays game, “ wish we could go again tomorrow “. 18+k average attendances couldn’t see that happening two years ago

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11 minutes ago, Cheese said:

What was the "etc" in your reply though? You only specified 1 reason for thinking Evatt is 'above his station', but stuck an "etc" on the end as though there were more? Or is that literally it?

Another example was saying he thought Bolton were the best team in the division and then  lost the next match 4-0 at home to Wigan.

The result was no disgrace because Wigan had a team of better players on bigger wages but don't say  such a silly thing in the first place

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19 minutes ago, tomski said:

Gees dragging stuff up from 3 years ago! 

I doubt he was being literal.

Anyway he shortly took us on a fantastic run after that and got that training pitch mentality and the right players in to get us promotion - performance to back it up is what you were after, well he delivered then and he Is now.

I said previously he’s not bullet proof from criticism. His youthfulness, ambition, inexperience has got him into fixes - but the evidence suggests he’s learning and getting better.

Those odd media gaffs in the first 18 months have certainly lessened, I can’t remember any this season?

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It’s been two steps forward, one step back, and repeat

He gets more right than wrong. I’ll take it for now

Next season is a big one. I’m guessing we’ll start as one of the favourites and the January transfers were a massive step back. Now he has to replace Traff and Bradley as a starter. Big test for him

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