Re: Luton Town
Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2014 5:38 pm
Definitely a round of applause.
I think it was best for all that he went when I reflect on it. We'd had the nightmare season prior where we had injuries galore. To be fair, he had started to rebuild in the summer with the likes of Wilkinson and Gayle coming in and performing very well along with the likes of Howell being fully fit for the first time and firing. I think sometimes people forget that we were on the verge of the play offs before Gayle went on loan. I agree with what Daggers4eva said in another post where it's a little odd that Still moans about Gayle leaving when his ethos was not to stand in a player's way. At the same time, he didn't stand in Gayle's way in terms of going out on loan. I think he felt let down that when Peterborough changed their mind and wanted him before the end of the season, that we agreed to that instead of sticking to the original agreement. It did affect us as some of Still's other rebuilding cogs like Reed, Woodall, DJ Green etc didn't come off.
A pair of fresh ideas is sometimes a good thing and Wayne has done well so far. I do think Wayne has a lot to learn still and is perhaps a bit of a reactionist at times but he is a young talented manager who will hopefully progress from these experiences. One thing I wish Wayne hadn't done was move away from his principles over the course of the season. As soon as teams stuck 10 behind the ball against us, we've reverted to a more direct approach. Wayne addressed this at the fans forum but I personally disagreed with that as I thought it would teach our players more long term to have to overcome obstacles such as teams defending deeper than take perhaps the shorter term option of scraping points here and there through a different approach. Without doubt, there would be frustration at times if we're unable to break down teams playing the passing game shown in the first few months but I really believe some players would have grown more due to this. That's a big plus point for Stilly. He always said that we only played one way and rarely adapted his approach. He trusted his methods and rarely diverged from his principles. I'd like to think next season, Wayne will stick to his footballing beliefs and not change, aside from minor alterations to combat specific areas of other teams.
Anyway, nice long off the point post there.
I think it was best for all that he went when I reflect on it. We'd had the nightmare season prior where we had injuries galore. To be fair, he had started to rebuild in the summer with the likes of Wilkinson and Gayle coming in and performing very well along with the likes of Howell being fully fit for the first time and firing. I think sometimes people forget that we were on the verge of the play offs before Gayle went on loan. I agree with what Daggers4eva said in another post where it's a little odd that Still moans about Gayle leaving when his ethos was not to stand in a player's way. At the same time, he didn't stand in Gayle's way in terms of going out on loan. I think he felt let down that when Peterborough changed their mind and wanted him before the end of the season, that we agreed to that instead of sticking to the original agreement. It did affect us as some of Still's other rebuilding cogs like Reed, Woodall, DJ Green etc didn't come off.
A pair of fresh ideas is sometimes a good thing and Wayne has done well so far. I do think Wayne has a lot to learn still and is perhaps a bit of a reactionist at times but he is a young talented manager who will hopefully progress from these experiences. One thing I wish Wayne hadn't done was move away from his principles over the course of the season. As soon as teams stuck 10 behind the ball against us, we've reverted to a more direct approach. Wayne addressed this at the fans forum but I personally disagreed with that as I thought it would teach our players more long term to have to overcome obstacles such as teams defending deeper than take perhaps the shorter term option of scraping points here and there through a different approach. Without doubt, there would be frustration at times if we're unable to break down teams playing the passing game shown in the first few months but I really believe some players would have grown more due to this. That's a big plus point for Stilly. He always said that we only played one way and rarely adapted his approach. He trusted his methods and rarely diverged from his principles. I'd like to think next season, Wayne will stick to his footballing beliefs and not change, aside from minor alterations to combat specific areas of other teams.
Anyway, nice long off the point post there.