He isn't taking 3 years to 'build a team'. The first year was spent just getting any half decent 11 players on the pitch to avoid relegation.
Last summer was the first step in building the team, virtually from scratch. Having said that it is generally regarded that teams (ie a group of players) operate on 3 year cycles, the skill is getting that ongoing process of phasing in and out players from your successful side. Look at it this way, how many managers can you name that have built a side in 1 season? How long did it take ferguson/wenger/houllier to build a side? > > Hi > I am more confused than ever.I cannot decide about Blackwell @ all. > The theme have been a variety of 'poor me', 'look what I've done' & > 'it's all part of a plan, be patient.' > But there are too many things that just don't sit straight. > Why does it take 3 years to build a team ? This is something that we > all bought but I never understood why. Boothroyd did it in one. > Then if does take 3 years why are we building around so many players > that will be very old on that 3rd year? Certainly way past their best. > If it does succeed what happens to this aging team? Do we wait another > three years? Why should it take less in the Premiership. Who are the > nucleus that will play in the Premiership? > We were told that their experience was needed in the play-offs. But we > were told that we lost because the players were not listening.Is that > experience? > We had no money yet we spent a wad of money on players that were on > the bench or not selected.Why? > We needed a speedy experienced right sided player. Why was Stone not > playing? > Why was Walton, a young centre half played out of position last year & > not used this year although we have an aging C-H problem? What > happened to Harding? > Why do we play players out of position? Why is it when players leave > the club they play better? Why do we have 4 strikers and yet do not > pay 4,2 ,4? > Why are there so many games when the players loose the plot or do not > understand it? > > Yes we could have imploded last year but did not Yes we did get > better this year. But could we have got worse? > Over the last 12 games we have looked absolutely awful. That is not > getting better. > In all honesty are we just two or three players short of a team? Which > three? Is Jeffers one of them? > I am not knocking KB. But I really cannot decide whether this guy is > [EMAIL PROTECTED] big con man or the messiah in waiting. > Sure the 'big picture' says one thing but the 'details' say another. > I wonder if this ambivalence about him is felt by the players? Look at > the list how it is split. No manager has done that and we have had > enough. Sure all had critics but there was usually a sort of group > consensus .With KB there is polarisation. It is both strange & not > encouraging. > Am I missing the point here? > As I said confusing, at least to me. > I really do think that by Xmas we will see an answer. I also think > that Bates is shrewder than all of us.What we are seeing so is he. > From closer up & with his money!. I do not think that a guy in his > 70's with his ego is really singing 'what's another year?'. He does > not have to sack Blackie. He can bring a Coach from abroad & kick > Backwell upstairs. > And yesterday we were abslute shit. > Michael > > > > > -- > Dr Michael Benjamin, > myRay: For peace of mind, > http://www.myray.com > http://www.MyDoctorExplains.com > http://www.DrMichaelBenjamin.com > Psychiatrist > ----- > Fight back spam! Download the Blue Frog. > http://www.bluesecurity.com/register/s?user=YmVkZW5vZ2E5NDc0 > > _______________________________________________ > the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators > accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. > Leedslist mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist _______________________________________________ the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. Leedslist mailing list [email protected] http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist
