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Poor, Poor Manager Bowyer

Discussion in 'City Talk' started by trevor, Mar 16, 2019.

  1. Bantamsteve

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    Exactly
    There are far more options today for things to do on a Saturday afternoon
    When i first started watching it was a real treat something to look forward to every other Saturday Afternoon even tho we were always bottom half of Div 4 we had local players who devoted the biggest part of their career to us and ensured the fan base of the future
    How many will remember in 5 years time any players that played today apart from the notoriety of getting us relegated
     
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  2. trevor

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    Because they have been subjected to constant changes of position and team selection, They are demoralised and cannot wait to leave the club and who can blame them, Most came here in good faith and have been messed about by managers who have no idea what they are doing, Players pick up on this very quickly and eventually lose some interest, Because he had little time Bowyer should have drilled a style and a team that would play together and for each other to get the best out of them, Instead he has chopped and changed and added to the poor performances. Blaming ALL the players is an easy cop out for poor management
     
  3. Rogered Tart

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    I wouldn't say any of those players would get a gig in the championship at present, possibly Butterfield if he could recreate him form of a few years ago.
     
  4. Bronco

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    Sorry @Tingleyb@Tingleyb I wouldn't have a clue what is involved with Ice Hockey, where did you watch Ice Hockey, Bradford ?.
     
  5. trevor

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    I did say most would and will be playing Div1 next season with at least 2 playing championship
     
  6. BoingBoing

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    What is it with these frigging dimwitted idiots in charge of our team?

    Hopkin stumbles upon a formation that worked. We were successful in January and then he changed it up again and we never looked the same.

    Bowyer comes in, picks a team and we beat Pompey. He keeps most of them for the following game against high-flying Luton and we were unlucky to lose.

    Then we come up against struggling Oxford and he frigging changes it up again. Been raving about Butterfield playing so well at the top of the diamond. Where did he stick him today?!?!

    Madness
     
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  7. BradfordBanter

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    Or be uber negative for no real reason, swings and roundabouts, sure I wasn't the only one telling you so. Are you upset?
     
  8. BoingBoing

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    But the point you’re missing is that Bowyer DID get us playing. However for no obvious reason, he changed the personnel and tactics and set us back to the dire, pathetic team we were before he arrived.

    Zidane wouldn’t make changes for changes sake...!
     
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  9. QCFC BANTAM

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    Because our performance against the lowest of those 3 was very poor..and a relegation rival....3 out of 9 points....
     
  10. QCFC BANTAM

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    They've had 3 managers and still not done it....spineless...
     
  11. EwanJM

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    But without balance and and a plan b, you have nothing but a collection of individuals
     
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  12. Tolly856

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    Were you saying this when we stormed to a 3-1 victory over promotion chasing Peterborough only a week ago?

    When you find something that works well, decide not to use it for no good reason and look like a pub team as a result the manager has to be held accountable to some degree, surely?
     
  13. EwanJM

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    Your plan A will work sometimes so no I wasn’t.
     
  14. Tolly856

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    If we stook with plan A and got found out then fair enough. Why change plan A if there was no reason good reason to? Dropping a winning formula for the sake of making changes is not the way to go and fans will rightly get on BowyerS case if he continues to do it whether he's responsible for our demise or not.
     
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    That's all good and well but it doesn't detract from his unbelievably poor decision making. Things such as dropping Caddis, dropping O'Brien, playing Jermaine Anderson despite being unbelievably poor, preffering Clarke and Patrick to Payne when we are in need of a goal, changing a winning formula etc etc.

    absolutely baffling. Everyone knows that Rahic and the players are ultimately responsible for our league position but the clueless fùckwits in charge of them haven't done themselves justice either.
     
  16. RonnieBrown

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    Forgive me, but I for one am holding back a bit longer before I crucify a bloke who has only just got his feet wet.
    We would ALL hope we would be afforded more than just a few shifts to prove ourselves, in a new job ........ Jeeze, otherwise unemployment would rocket ten fold, and more.
    WE now learn, Payne has been ill for a week, hence being on the bench. I can't and won't try to understand the Substitutions ........... They are beyond my comprehension. However, rather than try to explain them himself - The first thing GB does is question the Officials over some footballing law at the death of the game. That 'indecision' did not cost City the game, yesterday. What happened, or didn't in the normal 90 minutes, did.

    Bowyer now has a few games to drill some self respect back into the players, and at least try and show they really are fighting for their shirts, and careers.
     
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  17. Silverbantam

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    The test of the state of the club will be if Bowyer stays or not at the end of the season. If he goes then you know we are totally f*cked.
     
  18. stubgate13

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    I don't honestly know how you can make that assumption. For me Bowyer isn't the problem it's the fact that some of the players are nowhere near good enough, a large percentage of them have not been prepared to put the required effort in and the squad he has inherited is missing players in key positions so he is forced into playing players out of position.
     
  19. Captain Black Adder

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    Why, What is the love in for this Bowyer? He’s proved in one match he’s totally clueless. If Bowyer leaves it really is not the end of the world. Get a fecking grip.
     
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  20. Idlebantam

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    I think Bowyer will return to Blackpool in the summer anyhow.
     

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