Paul Trollope

kevo said:

He was Hughton's assistant at Norwich when the fans accused the team of being ultra-cautious and defensive, resulting in their relegation. Most recent away games we have set up to defend rather than taking the game to the opposition, even though we have the talent to rip most teams apart. I just don't get it. This philosophy has to come from somewhere. At the end of last season, we were winning games 4-0 (three times) and 5-0. The football was much more open and expansive. Not looking for a scapegoat because I don't know much about PT except he had some success at Bristol Rovers and failed at Cardiff, but something has definitely changed since Calderwood left.

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NooBHA said:

I have a feeling the set up was probably down to the fact that in hindsight he had wished he had set up defensively against Huddersfield and it was costly. There wasn't much in yesterdays game and the hindsight thought about Huddersfield and the fact that Huddersfield and Newcastle had slipped up yesterday had more to do with the set up. We tried to play through the middle and it didn't work but it didn't not work. Robert Green was a far busier keeper than David Stockdale

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NooBHA said:

And a foot note.
CH decides how to play it....Not PT

The clue is in their job titles PT is CH assistant so has an input but the ultimate decision is CH.

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NooBHA said:

What a load of old shit. You can't lay every defeat at Paul Trollope's door, whilst falling just short of declaring Calderwood ''the Messiah''

Colin ****ed off and that's the end of that.

I have a feeling the set up was probably down to the fact that in hindsight he had wished he had set up defensively against Huddersfield and it was costly. There wasn't much in yesterdays game and the hindsight thought about Huddersfield and the fact that Huddersfield and Newcastle had slipped up yesterday had more to do with the set up. We tried to play through the middle and it didn't work but it didn't not work. Robert Green was a far busier keeper than David Stockdale

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BensGrandad said:

NooBHA said:

And a foot note.
CH decides how to play it....Not PT

The clue is in their job titles PT is CH assistant so has an input but the ultimate decision is CH.

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CH will listen to everyone's opinions but ultimately he will always go with what he feels is best at the time

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Napier's Knee said:

In two recent away games (Leeds, Forest), the game plan has worked excellently up to half time. In the second half against Forest we let in goals in 60, 89 and 90+8 mins. Yes i know about the Forest first goal, but it stood so let's get over that. Yesterday we conceded in 63 and 85 minutes. Have we become too predictable away and teams just know to soak up first half, soak up the charge immediately after half time, then hit us around 65 mins mark?

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Brighton Lines said:

Since Paul Trollope joined, Albion are equal top on points per game with Huddersfield Town.

Aston Villa haven't made great strides...

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Thunder Bolt said:

When Hughton arrived just over two years ago, he had to get us out of relegation danger. Many on Nsc complained he was too defensive, but it worked.

Yesterday we had 13 shots with three on target, exactly the same as Leeds, so we weren't being defensive. We had two shots cleared off the line, one in each half. Murray should have buried his shot.

Find another scapegoat.

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Mo Gosfield said:

Yep.....and thats why fans saying four away defeats in the last seven doesn't matter because we will rack up the points at home,are off the mark Eddie Howe had a good counter-attacking side in the Championship and adopted an adventurous attitude away. They demoralised many teams by coming at them quickly. They backed their ability and didn't rely solely on home points, where teams put numbers behind the ball.
We got away with it this weekend, after another sub-par away performance. Now the pressure is on to take six points from the next two, against a much improved Blackburn and a Birmingham side who took the game to the Toon yesterday.

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NooBHA said:

What a load of old shit. You can't lay every defeat at Paul Trollope's door, whilst falling just short of declaring Calderwood ''the Messiah''

Colin ****ed off and that's the end of that.

I have a feeling the set up was probably down to the fact that in hindsight he had wished he had set up defensively against Huddersfield and it was costly. There wasn't much in yesterdays game and the hindsight thought about Huddersfield and the fact that Huddersfield and Newcastle had slipped up yesterday had more to do with the set up. We tried to play through the middle and it didn't work but it didn't not work. Robert Green was a far busier keeper than David Stockdale

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kevo said:

At the end of last season, we were winning games 4-0 (three times) and 5-0.

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kevo said:

He was Hughton's assistant at Norwich when the fans accused the team of being ultra-cautious and defensive, resulting in their relegation. /QUOTE]

I don't think Norwich was in the relegation zone when they sacked him so he may have in fact kept them up. Also the chairman was publically critical of him just a few months into the season which would have had a negative impact on the players and fans.

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chaileyjem said:

Bristol and Leeds weren't at the "end of last season" - they were in February.
We've won 3-0 seven times this season. Including twice in the last few weeks.

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Thunder Bolt said:

When Hughton arrived just over two years ago, he had to get us out of relegation danger. Many on Nsc complained he was too defensive, but it worked.

Yesterday we had 13 shots with three on target, exactly the same as Leeds, so we weren't being defensive. We had two shots cleared off the line, one in each half. Murray should have buried his shot.

Find another scapegoat.

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