Sparkz 76 Posted April 22, 2018 Report Share Posted April 22, 2018 I have never been so excited as a City fan up until Christmas but form has seriously dipped big time sometimes LJ fault sometime players fault. When was the last time we had a quality keeper or back four or how many shut outs we had this season. Biggest problem leadership in the required areas in Defence and Midfield I don’t think we have a bad back five but the organisation and someone to orchestrate the defence is seriously lacking. Louis Carey was he the best defender in the league nope was he a leader YES. Midfield Pack and Smith very good players but nobody takes the game by the scruff of the neck and dominates midfield or helps younger players to infect a game. Our forward line is pretty good and we have scored lots of goals and Fammy & Bobby have been awesome. clear out next season of defence beef up midfield with quality and leadership and will progress 10 fold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Popodopolous Posted April 22, 2018 Report Share Posted April 22, 2018 Our defence was pretty stable tbh from 2nd half of Hull away to the Fielding red card v Wolves. Is it individuals, or the structure...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forbespm Posted April 22, 2018 Report Share Posted April 22, 2018 Amazes me how Johnson has had 4 Windows and now targets some leaders! Couldn't he have bought a couple during his reign or has he only just realised! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy082005 Posted April 22, 2018 Report Share Posted April 22, 2018 Leadership needs to start at the top. So in football terms...your talking head coach/manager . You need a manager who players look up to and respect Does Lee Johnson strike anyone as some one who has those leadership abilities? He doesn't come across like that to me. The sort of guy that when everything is going well...players love him, and every thing is rosy in the garden My concern is when things are going poorly. Like now. I get the impression so many of our players believed in their own hype and believed they know best. Proper know it alls You need a manager who the players respect and fall in line to . I don't believe for one second senior players in that changing room, respect Lee Johnson in that way. When your head coach is weak, that's the attitude it breeds. On paper...no way do Cardiff have a stronger squad the us. Man for man...we are on a par with them ability wise. Where we fall down massively is on the mental side of the game. That is the head coaches job. His job is to lead, and prepare the players mentally for all circumstances. Our head coach has failed to do that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken George Posted April 22, 2018 Report Share Posted April 22, 2018 6 hours ago, forbespm said: Amazes me how Johnson has had 4 Windows and now targets some leaders! Couldn't he have bought a couple during his reign or has he only just realised! He only needed 3 windows though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curr Avon Posted April 22, 2018 Report Share Posted April 22, 2018 6 hours ago, Andy082005 said: Leadership needs to start at the top. So in football terms...your talking head coach/manager . You need a manager who players look up to and respect Does Lee Johnson strike anyone as some one who has those leadership abilities? He doesn't come across like that to me. The sort of guy that when everything is going well...players love him, and every thing is rosy in the garden My concern is when things are going poorly. Like now. I get the impression so many of our players believed in their own hype and believed they know best. Proper know it alls You need a manager who the players respect and fall in line to . I don't believe for one second senior players in that changing room, respect Lee Johnson in that way. When your head coach is weak, that's the attitude it breeds. On paper...no way do Cardiff have a stronger squad the us. Man for man...we are on a par with them ability wise. Where we fall down massively is on the mental side of the game. That is the head coaches job. His job is to lead, and prepare the players mentally for all circumstances. Our head coach has failed to do that Excellent post. Lee Johnson can take us so far, but he's too nice and/or lacks the ruthless streak required in order to get a positive reaction from his players during a slump in form. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivorguy Posted April 22, 2018 Report Share Posted April 22, 2018 41 minutes ago, Curr Avon said: Excellent post. Lee Johnson can take us so far, but he's too nice and/or lacks the ruthless streak required in order to get a positive reaction from his players during a slump in form. I.e. He has few management skills, much like his employers in fact Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy082005 Posted April 23, 2018 Report Share Posted April 23, 2018 3 hours ago, Curr Avon said: Excellent post. Lee Johnson can take us so far, but he's too nice and/or lacks the ruthless streak required in order to get a positive reaction from his players during a slump in form. It's not even the ruthless streak I don't think. It's the fact I don't think he commands the respect of the dressing room. You don't necessarily have to be ruthless...but you have to have a group of players who trust you 100%..and would go deep in the trenches with you. I hate bringing Warnock up all the time...but you get the sense that every one of his players trusts him and his vision going into each game. Not only that...but these players will fight to the last minute for him! I just don't believe that's the case with LJ. We seen it last season with Tomlin...and we are seeing it again this season. The players don't play like they are with him 100% How many more times must we "sit down and go over the mistakes, and learn from them"...before we realise that the problem isn't the players...but the head coach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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