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The two tings that concern me in that post are his timekeeping, because that lack of professionalism and laid back attitude spreads through the whole organisation. His lack of commitment to the youth is alarming, is that why two of our promising youngsters left for Celtic.

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1 hour ago, Memoryman said:

He signed Omar Bogle who is useless, but he's a Christian mate of Darren's so he got a contract we're still bogged down by

I thought the signing of Christian players was just coincidence. I seen a few joke about us becoming the god squad but never really thought he signed players based off their religion. Strange if he does though. 
 

Great post.

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Cheers for posting, @Memoryman.

 

One bit which does seem to have changed during Moore's time at Hillsborough is when you said, "The formation and system will never change but the players' roles within that system will depending on who you're playing."

 

We've already seen several formations and systems here, which is a big part of the problem for me. We're still trying to bed in new players and establish a way of playing, yet the manager keeps changing the formation and style of play from one week to the next.

 

One minute we play direct football and put Barnsley to the sword, then next week we're back to passing it around at the back and inviting pressure; we go with a high press against Wigan and get the victory, then abandon that approach for the next game...

 

It's hard to know what Moore's system actually is, to be honest.

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1 hour ago, Memoryman said:

Donny fan in peace, I've been talking about Moore a lot with my Wednesdayite mate lately who suggested I post some insights on here (hi Ross!).

 

I say all of this as someone who liked DM when he was here and still does, but accepts he played a big part in the mess we're currently in. He is a complicated guy with a lot of quirks. Those quirks are his biggest strength but also his biggest weakness imo.

 

I see a lot of you complaining about him insisting on playing out from the back and playing players out of position. This will not change. Ever. Moore is very stubborn and does things his way, and this is his way. If you're expecting this to change anytime soon, it won't, no matter what results you're getting. He played some bizarre teams when he was here, with midfielders in defence, full backs up front, you name it. The formation and system will never change but the players' roles within that system will depending on who you're playing. Weirdly, more often than not that approach seemed to work here - we were the best team in the league in terms of PPG before his head got turned towards S6. There's method to the madness, I could never figure it out but it worked here.

 

Which brings me to the next thing. DM had real issues in the transfer market. He undoubtedly has great pull in the game and attracted players here who we had no right getting - Jacob Ramsey who's now a regular for Villa, Josh Sims who'd played in the PL before joining us, Matt Smith who's a full Wales international with a few dozen caps, and so on. But as I said, he's stubborn. We sold John Marquis ( off the back of a 20+ goal season) and Moore told us we had a "pound for pound" better player lined up, only for him to change his mind at the last minute. He refused to sign anyone and brought in 2 free agents from non league after the window closed who were about what you'd expect. He signed Ed Williams from the Conference North and never played him. He signed Omar Bogle who is useless, but he's a Christian mate of Darren's so he got a contract we're still bogged down by. We brought in a talent ID manager to help him out, which is when we really started to build a great squad - he'd identify the talent and Moore would use his pull to sign them. Giving DM free reign to sign who he wants gives mixed results. You'll get some quality but you'll also get a load of his mates from church. You have the budget to carry that though, we don't - and we're paying the price for it now.

 

The playing out from the back thing. I like this style of play and think it can work at this level. We were generally solid at the back so would be patient, pull teams out of shape, and generally score when they tired after 75-80 mins of chasing us around. We'd go one down fairly often for a side high up the league but you could usually count on us to turn it round late on. When he got us ticking after his first season, we were ruthless under Moore, often needing one or two quick breaks to score and shut out the opposition. It's never exactly exciting to watch but it can be very effective and if he gets it working for you you'll walk this league with the players you have. On the downside, while it's a good plan A he has no plan B. We came unstuck when fit, organised teams got in our faces and pressed high. We had no answer to it, and because DM will never change things up, it's easy to get found out. Again, this is something that won't change. It also took him a season to really get it working. I admit to not knowing the ins and outs of your finances but can you afford a season in mid table L1 to work out the kinks in his system? That's the question I'd be asking if I was Chansiri.

 

There are a few negative bits that came out after he'd left. How much of this is sour grapes from within the club I'm not sure, but the club hierarchy are generally very professional and don't slag off managers when they leave which makes me think it's true. Grant McCann left in similar circumstances to DM and had no such stories leak out, for comparison. The main one that shocked me was that Moore had no interest in working with our youth team, to the point he wouldn't even leave his office to watch them train. He's clearly very talented at developing other team's players on loan, but never looked to promote from within. There were also issues with his timekeeping and general laid back attitude to training. Apparently he would regularly turn up late and would never really impose any sort of discipline in training. This led to a big divide between Moore's men who'd throw it off and the players who'd been here a bit longer. The man must be a man management genius because he held it together while he was here, but after he left that divided dressing room caused us to implode, and we're still picking up the pieces from that now.

 

Oh, and his interviews. Save yourself 10 mins, go wash the pots or walk the dog or summat. You'll never learn anything from them, but I guess you know that already.

 

TL;DR Moore is a complex character who's set in his ways and will never change. You'll think he's a mad genius when you're winning but you'll think he's lost the plot when you're not. The things you guys want to change maybe worth persevering with, maybe not, but he will persevere with them whether you like it or not. Is that enough for a club like yours?

Good post thanks. I have been told the opposite about timekeeping at S6, been told he is a real stickler for time keeping,players are sent to train elsewhere if late. 

 

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Nothing will improve here until we have a settled system and we play to win and stop worrying about the opposition. I doubt Liverpool or Man City adjust for Burnley or Norwich, they go and impose themselves.

 

We also need to be more effective as a unit and this comes from the training ground. We need discipline. And we need to work on fitness as we always concede in the last 10 mins of games no matter who plays 

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18 minutes ago, areNOTwhatTHEYseem said:

Cheers for posting, @Memoryman.

 

One bit which does seem to have changed during Moore's time at Hillsborough is when you said, "The formation and system will never change but the players' roles within that system will depending on who you're playing."

 

We've already seen several formations and systems here, which is a big part of the problem for me. We're still trying to bed in new players and establish a way of playing, yet the manager keeps changing the formation and style of play from one week to the next.

 

One minute we play direct football and put Barnsley to the sword, then next week we're back to passing it around at the back and inviting pressure; we go with a high press against Wigan and get the victory, then abandon that approach for the next game...

 

It's hard to know what Moore's system actually is, to be honest.

 

That's interesting. Every week we were guaranteed to play 4-2-3-1 with the playing out from the back style, but it was a lottery as to which player would play in which position. Reece James, our LB ended up playing every position bar goalkeeper last season. It sounds like he's still picking teams to counter the opposition rather than playing to his team's strengths, but has evolved this to mix up style of play/formation too. Horses for courses was the phrase used constantly when he was here. I can see that working if you keep the same system as it did here, but imagine it's a struggle if you have no set style of play either. 

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I think it’s unforgivable for a many to impose one style and be stubborn in not changing it when it clearly doesn’t work for this team. There are multiple ways to win a game and it’s for the manager to work out how to do that. If you just insist on one particular style regardless of whether it suits then anyone could be a football manager

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Great post and interesting stuff. Certainly provides some context to what is going off and it is reassuring to know that we are not being OTT when we are questioning starting line ups, formations etc. 

 

Have to say it probably concerns more than it inspires much confidence. 

 

Who knows, perhaps it will all "click" at some point, but I'm struggling to see him getting the time afforded if he persists with this approach. 

 

I suppose there is some method behind the madness. I honestly had reached the conclusion that he was just picking random teams because he hasn't a clue what he's doing. Perhaps that isn't quite right. Still...

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1 hour ago, MallorcaOwl said:

The two tings that concern me in that post are his timekeeping, because that lack of professionalism and laid back attitude spreads through the whole organisation. His lack of commitment to the youth is alarming, is that why two of our promising youngsters left for Celtic.

no they left because pulis betrayed us like Judus...a single kiss on each of there young cheeks and Celtic owned them .

fizz is coming on leaps and bounds under morro

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