Andy Dipper
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He surely has to go, today was a new low. He comes across as thick as feck and very dour so I can't imagine his team talks being very inspiring..
In all honesty we are not out of the relegation fight just yet we still have a few of the teams below us Stoke and sheff wed to Name a few and are only 9 points off, injuries are certainly hurting us badly at the moment.Its not really doing a Sunderland is it? I'm not saying Carrick should be sacked, as I don't think he should, but the discussion is relevant. We are in danger of having our worst league finish since 1990. Woodgate currently has that honour with 17th place in the second tier.
We have gone from one of our best seasons in 10 years to one of our worst in 25 years within 12 months. It needs serious consideration at what is going wrong. I personally think we've got it massively wrong in the transfer market last season but lots on here will defend the transfer policy. If we have another regression like this next season we could be in a relegation scrap. Something has to change. We can't just do the same thing again this summer and think everything will be OK.
Excellent returns and for me I do not want and do not think he will be sacked but his tactical ability to adapt, his teams coaching ability to set us up to not conceded, defend and score set pieces are all questionable as this has been our undoing even through the good times not to mention team selection and substitutions at times.Kids play time
Already the 5th Manager / Caretaker in four years.
Highest win % of any Middlesbrough Manager — ever!
54%
I agree, Dieng is a strange one and again the elephant in the room in press conferences, I wish some would ask obviously Seny is back now and was your number one is he available and fit to start if you deem fit, if the answer is yes then why isn't he, if no then why is he on the bench, also don't want to criticize Glover two much as he has made some great saves aswell as mistakes but there are 10 men before him to stop an attack and there is always a point before where someone else should of done better.it may be a lesson,but will he learn from it,certainly doesnt seem to be learning much so far,dieng is a much better all round goalie,yet he keeps on with glover,whos been decent to be fair apart from a few mishaps,we havent had a striker for a few weeks and he wont do the obvious and play forss there (i know he did yesterday 2nd half),jury is still out for me,if he stays im ok,if he went i wouldnt lose any sleep tbh.i know hes had a bad amount of injuries to contend with as have most managers but we reallySHOULD be higher up the league,and that is down to carrick in my opinion
I agree, Dieng is a strange one and again the elephant in the room in press conferences, I wish some would ask obviously Seny is back now and was your number one is he available and fit to start if you deem fit, if the answer is yes then why isn't he, if no then why is he on the bench, also don't want to criticize Glover two much as he has made some great saves aswell as mistakes but there are 10 men before him to stop an attack and there is always a point before where someone else should of done better.
Ah OK, I didn't recall that conversation, well that says it all then, it's on the manager he is picking the team!He was asked about Dieng on Thursday.
He said he was fully fit and had been in full training for weeks now.
He just thought Glover had played well enough to keep the shirt.
Either Carrick is lying and there's an issue behind the scenes, or he's got a real blind spot when it comes to how poor Glover has been in the last month.
The thing about those asking this question is that they’ve spent most of this season saying we’re a mid-table team and we’ve got no chance of promotion. Well we’re slap bang in the middle of the league, right where you told us we would be.I cannot believe that we're even getting threads like this. The bloke is still learning and has done an objectively good job no matter how frustrating it can be at times.
We can't have a consistent top-six side with a mixed bag of old spanners, a tin of galvanized nails, three wing-nuts, a pair of ya Grandads pliers and a set of screwdrivers.Excellent returns and for me I do not want and do not think he will be sacked but his tactical ability to adapt, his teams coaching ability to set us up to not conceded, defend and score set pieces are all questionable as this has been our undoing even through the good times not to mention team selection and substitutions at times.
RB for RB, LB for LB, and on the recruitment and I believe Scott said himself Carrick and his team identifies a player or position requirement, the recruitment team go out and source the primary or alternatives which is put to the management for a decision so he too is questionable for the recruitment of these so called average players, I actually think a lot of these players will be so much stronger next season for there lessons of this which will aid in knowing how we want to play and the aggression needed to compete in the championship.
It's not all doom and gloom we have had some excellent performances this year and shown we can compete with anyone on our day. There is a little bit of a dark cloud over the club at the moment and we just have to stick together and hope that the team has enough leaders throughout to get through this and have a good few wins before the end of the season but in honesty the sooner its over the better for me!
I think Carrick has made mistakes this season but if players can't make 4 yard passes to their team mates. First goal started from a horrendous pass from Barlaser yesterday. First half yesterday the number of times Silvera ran towards the box slowed down and virtually stopped instead of dragging it onto.his right foot and shooting, it's so frustrating. Don't get me wrong it's not just him, I have time for the kid. I think.he is stubborn at times with his selections. I'd have had Dieng back.in 3 weeks ago. Last thing...play with a bit more pace and drive we look a decent side when we move the ball quicker but we are so slow working it across the back it's painful to watch.