johnson in or out?

Your lass fancies him doesn't she? Go on admit it? That's what it's really about isn't it?

 

Same as I've always thought

A calendar year is nowhere near long enough to turn a club round, especially one that's gone through as many players and managers as we have.

Context is never considered on here.

LJ still has a long way to go to convince me that he's the man, but that's why he's on a 3yr contract - it's more important for BFC to do well than for any opinions to be proved 'right'.

So in. Again.

 

Re: Same as I've always thought

All this.

Although, with the way he's got them scrapping at the moment, plus the way the whole team appear to enjoy playing and winning together, I'm starting to believe he's a good man manager. And having spoken to him a couple of times, plus the interviews I hear on radio Sheffield, he's got that quiet confidence and air of authority that would inspire me.

Tactically I'm still to be entirely convinced, but I still believe we were far more hamstrung by the quality of the squad rather than terrible errors on Johnson's part, although he did make some, but so do the very best. We've signed better, more experienced players and the results have improved. Who'd have thought it.

I'll never know how good he is as a coach. Even if I went down to Oakwell every day to watch, I wouldn't know what I should be looking for. But, in his interviews, he speaks about working with individual players more than any other manager (head coach) we've ever had. I get the impression that's something that really motivates him.

We'll not have Hammill next year, I'm pretty certain of that. In League 1 we cannot afford a player with that much quality. We couldn't when we were in the Championship. Hammill doesn't even have to play well to inspire our team. His presence on the pitch is enough. And the opposition are so scared of him they put at least two players on him which creates space for the rest of the team. I'm sure that even having Hammill in the dressing room is inspiring the rest of the squad as they don't want to let him down when he's out injured. We'll get a better idea of what Johnson is all about next season when he's had his three transfer windows and Hammill has gone. I hope he does well, because I really like the bloke.

 

No it more about not fiddling while Rome burns

 

Re: Same as I've always thought

Ditto.

As regards Hamill I imagine our future ambition & plans as much as ££ will be an influence on him staying or not.

 

No-one likes to be proven wrong, particularly when they have consistently screamed their opinions from the rooftops. For my part, I have never advocated the sacking of any manager, and I'm just pleased that our season is turning around. It has always intrigued me though, why it is that some people appear to think it such a bad thing that a manager has to 'learn on the job'. In other words, that they should come into the job 'fully formed'. Is this realistic, particularly applied to such a young man as Lee Johnson? Is there any other profession this applies to? I'm certain I know way more about my job now that I did even 5 years ago (and I'm in my 43rd year of work). I suspect that Lee Johnson had simply swallowed whole the manuals that were given to him when he did his coaching badges (along with, it seems, the rest of his generation). This approach appears to advocate the tippy tappy, keep possession, bore the pants off everyone, version of the game that may work well in the Premier League (and La Liga) where they have highly gifted individuals, but less so in the lower leagues. That we have now reverted to 442, and look like we are actually trying to win games rather than avoid losing them, may be down to having the change forced upon him by circumstances, or it is just possible that Lee Johnson has worked it out for himself. Whatever, the mere suggestion that we should be considering yet another managerial change seems to me to be utterly ridiculous.

 

Totally agree with that fella, and that same time learning on the job should be given to the youngsters, however, when we operate an here today gone tomorrow policy with young loans its rarely going to work for us long term.