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Welcome Gary Caldwell - new manager

Rosencrantz

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Team that started against Shrewsbury only swap Jay for Nombe with Key at RWB
We didn't play a RWB against Shrewsbury, it was a flat back four šŸ˜‰
 

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I wanted Nicholson, I still think that was the right decisiondone nowt.
Why? If Caldwell's record is ridiculed why does KN get the royal treatment? His record is dogshit for Torquay in non league.
 

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We didn't play a RWB against Shrewsbury, it was a flat back four šŸ˜‰
Either way we need a lot more creativity than we had in the team yesterday
 

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We didn't play a RWB against Shrewsbury, it was a flat back four šŸ˜‰
Problem is that under GC 's cunning plans we seem to be playing a completely flat middle four and a seriously starved front two. šŸ˜“
 

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Agree with possession but Gary himself has said he wants to increase the tempo of play in the final third.

ā€œWe arenā€™t a team that is used to having 60-65 per-cent possession and when you do get that, you have to understand that when you get in key areas in the field higher up the pitch, there has to be a change of speed and a change of mentality of ā€˜we are not just going to keep the ball for the sake of it, we are going to kill and hurt the oppositionā€™"

https://www.devonlive.com/sport/football/football-news/exeter-city-track-play-how-8154865
He has quoted alot of things since heā€™s been here. Havenā€™t seen any evidence of it so far.
 

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He has quoted alot of things since heā€™s been here. Havenā€™t seen any evidence of it so far.
This quote sums up Caldwell (Obviously I have taken it out context)

ā€œWe dominated possession more in the last two games and that was to stop the opposition, not to win the game and not to create more chances,ā€
 

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Why? If Caldwell's record is ridiculed why does KN get the royal treatment? His record is dogshit for Torquay in non league.
It's about continuity, and I know full well how pony he was at Torquay, but torquay is a shit club, with shit fans and no proper system, hence why we picked up watkins from them as they didn't have a yoof system, now the lottery money has gone they're exactly where they should be, Pep Guardiola couldn't change that.
 

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It's about continuity, and I know full well how pony he was at Torquay, but torquay is a shit club, with shit fans and no proper system, hence why we picked up watkins from them as they didn't have a yoof system, now the lottery money has gone they're exactly where they should be, Pep Guardiola couldn't change that.
We are a continuity club all the way up from the under 5s age group which would have made Kevin Nicholson a better fitā€¦.. I see a lot on here about giving Caldwell ā€œtimeā€ the risk to that is that it could be time to relegate the clubā€¦.anything less than five points from the next five matches that time May have ran outā€¦hopefully we will win the next three games and this will all blow over.
 

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Chanced upon this ā€˜interestingā€™ exchange from north of the border !

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After initially expressing some doubts GC has won me over. He has a vision that he is trying to implement. He seems more relaxed in his post match interviews and for a Scotsman he has a sense of humour (joke!). Understandably at the start I think he was anxious to project himself, now his feet are under the table, he is projecting the team ethos.
I happily give him 3 years. I am no fan of the football manager merry-go-round or unreasonable expectations of "success".
 
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