Which led to
3, Shambolic defensive displays from one of the best defences at the start of the season.
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[Albion] Will the lack of a “new manager bounce” be what costs us in the end?
- Thread starter Giraffe
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Which led to
3, Shambolic defensive displays from one of the best defences at the start of the season.
I'm still going to do so, if that's OK with you.
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- Apr 5, 2014
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What also happens is that clubs who stick with their current manager often get a bigger bounce after a sustained period of poor form. Klopp at Dortmund being a prime example.
Albumen
Don't wait for me!
Yes, like it cost Burnley last year . . . hang on.
Don't let facts get in the way of a flawed argument.
LamieRobertson
Not awoke
About right...and as I've felt all season and probably will continue to feel the rest of it ...but then a few other clubs will be feeling the same...notably Huddersfield and Newcastle
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
el punal
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I can think of two clubs who have used the "revolving door" get-a-new-manager-in policy over the last few years - Leeds United and Nottingham Forest. Now, remind me again where they are in the league?
Albumen
Don't wait for me!
Last time he was sacked he was 5 points off relegation with 5 fixtures left, 4 of which were 'top 4' teams. Lets hope we're better than Norwich as I doubt we'll be 5 clear with 5 to go!
Moshe Gariani
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- Mar 10, 2005
- 12,091
Quite.
If you listened to the dullards on here then you'd think it would be a good strategy to employ managers on 6 game contracts. A consortium of 4 clubs who believed in it could just rotate Pardew, Pulis, Clement and Juan Manager around between them throughout the season...
Do you mean that it depends on the difference between the new and the old manager, and the ability of the squad to change what they do, this given that with the old manager they were underperforming, plus other intangibles? You make it sound a bit like homeopathy, which only works when it works, and only if you believe it works. And even then, it may not work. I'm not being entirely facetious here - cause and effect interest me in my work context, and even under lab conditions people draw false inference. I suspect all that can be said here is that changing a manager is statistically associated with a very small increase in the liklihood of an improvement in results over a defined period. Or not - I don't know the facts.
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Honky Tonx
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If the team does get relegated, as so many people seem to think that it will be, it will be down to the fact that the club simply did not sign two Premier league strikes before the end of the August transfer window. This is NOT the fault of Chris Hughton. Too many points dropped at home from games that we have dominated is why we now find ourselves in this position. Fail to prepare, prepare to fail. There's still enough time to turn it around BUT it's not just a case of winning games, it's also going to be have to rely on the other results as well. Each and every supporter can also play His and Her and part. We are BRIGHTON AND HOVE ALBION, we don't go down without a fight
GT49er
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I don't want to sack Hughton. He has done a terrific job, and if we do go down I think he would be the man to get us back up again; I'd at least want him to have the chance. Maybe though it's time for Uncle Tony to do what owners generally shouldn't do - have a word with him. Just for once, maybe a bit of interfering is needed - it really feels as if CH is getting stuck in stubborn mode, and somebody needs to tell him to free up his team to play further up the field (and not to crowd out our penalty area so much that the ball ricochets about in there and eventually and inevitably ends up in our net).
GT49er
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Why two? We'd only ever have played one of them.
Honky Tonx
New member
Injuries and subs plus it gives you the option of playing two up front
GT49er
Well-known member
No, they're needed to pack the defence.
Why have we just acquired two?
Honky Tonx
New member
Disagree with that, in the nicest possible way. Chance after chance has been created but alas, the chances have been squandered. Packing one's defence is not going to score you goals.