Keith Andrews (Head Coach)
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Keith Andrews (Head Coach)
Interesting night for both managers last night. One was smashing up the scum from Brum and the other was sh*tting the bed in (checks notes) Austria. Martin O'Neill is a w***er who has believed his own hype for far too long. He's just like any other Forest fan, harping on about winning stuff in the 70's and 80's. This was actually before Keith Andrews was born for context.
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Yes, he has never got over being correctly called out over his tactics by KA as a pundit, and the resentment continues to simmer away.
He was, of course, a very good player back in the day.
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Remember, too, that O'Neill's Asst. Mgr. in the ROI job, a certain Roy Keane, also once said this:
"I've heard a lot of bullshitters over the last 10 years and Keith Andrews us up there with the best of them."
This being the same Keane who, when a player, famously had no time for studio pundits himself...
WouldYouBeeliveIt
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The same Roy Keane who now has less PL points than Andrews as a manager, despite Andrews managing for ~20 fewer games.
Les Beeavinu
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The same Roy Keane who is now more of a comedy act than a football pundit these days.
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What I love about KA is all this negative nonsense was thrown at him in interviews when he was first appointed, he didn't rise to the bait but answered the questions politely and shut them down quickly. He has proved his doubters so wrong and although he would be entitled to rub their noses in it he maintains a respectful silence, something Keane and O'Neill have always struggled to maintain.
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His press conferences and interviews are a delight to watch generally. He considers each question on its merits, and then answers them clearly, straightforwardly and respectfully, usually with depth and nuance (even when some of them aren't exactly deserving of that consideration). A really impressive approach and style.
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He uses 'daily basis' in 'abundance'. I miss the agonised aaarrrgggghhh of a previous incumbent. Excellent head coach is our KA.
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A little learning curve there for KA IMO. (very little btw).
So dominant in the first, but needed to react better to the Leeds pressure in the second.
So dominant in the first, but needed to react better to the Leeds pressure in the second.
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you took the words right out of my fingers . We were so dominate the first half that if we werent 2 or 3 up I knew the second half would not be the same . Keith and co should of reacted to their changes and should of expected them
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Yep. Not too sure what the change should have been. But the midfield is where that second half was lost.
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I daresay were Bees to play that game again, KA might react differently in the second half.
But never forget the old military saying that "The enemy has a vote in every battle." That is, Farke is pretty clever, too, so that it may not be so much that KA did anything "wrong" in the second half - what different subs/tactics would you have used? - but Farke just did better.
Meaning Leeds fans might equally ask: "How did Farke get it so wrong in the first half, that we had to settle for scraping a home draw?" After all, Farke's "second half side" was well able to compete.
Me? I put it down to (a ) it being just the second game, so that while BFC are clearly making an excellent start to the season, not everything "clicks" 100% from the off; (b ) Leeds possibly being better than we have been giving them credit for; and (c )not getting a penalty that might have been awarded on another day.
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Also, we needed and deserved to be more than one goal ahead after that first half, and energy levels were perhaps bound to drop in the second half. They just had to go for it - nothing really to lose unless we scored on the break.
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Don't think Keith could have done much else, players just lost their cool abit and got a tad sloppy/tired. Maybe some subs on sooner would have helped but then some would have questioned that too
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Personally I don't think KA could have done much, it was obvious to anyone who knows about football that Leeds would change it in the 2nd half after being totally out of it 1st half, and I think it's credit to Leeds (I say that very begrudgingly) and Farke that they turned it around like they did.
In the end it was a tale of 2 halves and with the exception of the no penalty that a draw was a fair outcome
In the end it was a tale of 2 halves and with the exception of the no penalty that a draw was a fair outcome
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Agreed and I also find it a bit odd that he'd be expected to hook players who had done so well in the first half. Leeds looked better for sure but they weren't all over us and we were still looking pretty dangerous ourselves. We were a sh*tty refereeing decision away from a perfect away performance.
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The second half was a bit of a 50-50 game tbh after the total dominance of the first. But apart from a ten minute spell it's not like we were dominated, they created little really and we had a great chance (Thiago's) and a dubious decision go against us. You aren't going to have everything your own way.
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Changing shape, formation and personnel plus getting a rollicking at half time means we were never going to be as comfortable second half. Add the fact that our passing got a little less accurate and Elland Road is no place for the faint hearted. The pen not being awarded was a disgrace, the ref was right there, on MOTD the pundit said it was nailed on. We’ve made a great start, roll on Saturday.
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Agreed, also had we have had last weeks ref (Michael Oliver) no way would the 4 yellows to us and 0 to Leeds been the order of the day, there shouldn't be a vast difference in Ref's in the Premier League, but yesterday proved there still is.