If you going to make Rooney accountable then shouldn't we start looking at the bigger picture.
Dewsnip - Head of Football. Would have a say in who Argyle are appointing. The strategy in terms of how Argyle would tackle the Championship l feel is totally wrong. One of the lowest budgets & he believes you can recruit in the manner we have in order to play open, expansive football. The away issue at Argyle has been going on for some time. We have neglected it, and now been faced to tackle it with an injury crisis.
Jimmy Dickinson - Head of recruitment. Whilst a manager/ coach has players they want to bring into the club l question the data analysis that is being used to identify that Palsson & Ogbeta are two competent defenders never mind at Championship level, l would say league one level. Last season we left ourselves short of cover in the forward areas. We also knew how poor our midfield was at the start of this season. We have neglected areas of the team & thar has meant any decent recruitment like Grimshaw is difficult to give credit for because they are surrounded by dross.
The backroom staff, including Nance. You have to question these people when lm watching a team dancing backwards towards their penalty area allowing opposition to score without being challenged. Someone like Nance might love the club & l appreciate everything he has done but we are now at a level you can't be sentimental. Do these coaches have the coaching skills etc to take very average players to perform at Championship level? I watch Argyle become a terrible passing side. When under pressure they can't find their own team mates. This has been happening since the Lowe era especially in away games. How can a championship team be this poor in possesion when their goal as a club us to be a attack minded, passing football team.
Finally, the board. They set out their stall. They wanted a club to play a certain brand of football. Schumacher had a mid table budget for league one & despite there being flaws he managed to mask over them by getting every ounce of what we were good at going forward. The board feel we can turn water into wine the higher up the leagues you go. The championship shows us that you need to drink alot of wine to actually think this is possible. Argyle have done wonderful things under Simon Hallett's tenure but they were always fighting a difficult battle at this level by not having the infrastructure in place to fall back on. They appointed inexperienced coaches & then asked them to play an attacking brand of football. It was easy to jump on the Foster bandwagon & make him scapegoat but maybe it showed how our footballing model is asking much from the financial resources we have.
I am not asking anyone of these people to be removed. I certainly want Simon Hallett to keep running our football club. Yet we an injury list that is ridiculous at the moment l think l wanted to add some perspective why Rooney isn't they only one who should get much of the blame. I think the club have taken their eye off the ball too.
Dewsnip - Head of Football. Would have a say in who Argyle are appointing. The strategy in terms of how Argyle would tackle the Championship l feel is totally wrong. One of the lowest budgets & he believes you can recruit in the manner we have in order to play open, expansive football. The away issue at Argyle has been going on for some time. We have neglected it, and now been faced to tackle it with an injury crisis.
Jimmy Dickinson - Head of recruitment. Whilst a manager/ coach has players they want to bring into the club l question the data analysis that is being used to identify that Palsson & Ogbeta are two competent defenders never mind at Championship level, l would say league one level. Last season we left ourselves short of cover in the forward areas. We also knew how poor our midfield was at the start of this season. We have neglected areas of the team & thar has meant any decent recruitment like Grimshaw is difficult to give credit for because they are surrounded by dross.
The backroom staff, including Nance. You have to question these people when lm watching a team dancing backwards towards their penalty area allowing opposition to score without being challenged. Someone like Nance might love the club & l appreciate everything he has done but we are now at a level you can't be sentimental. Do these coaches have the coaching skills etc to take very average players to perform at Championship level? I watch Argyle become a terrible passing side. When under pressure they can't find their own team mates. This has been happening since the Lowe era especially in away games. How can a championship team be this poor in possesion when their goal as a club us to be a attack minded, passing football team.
Finally, the board. They set out their stall. They wanted a club to play a certain brand of football. Schumacher had a mid table budget for league one & despite there being flaws he managed to mask over them by getting every ounce of what we were good at going forward. The board feel we can turn water into wine the higher up the leagues you go. The championship shows us that you need to drink alot of wine to actually think this is possible. Argyle have done wonderful things under Simon Hallett's tenure but they were always fighting a difficult battle at this level by not having the infrastructure in place to fall back on. They appointed inexperienced coaches & then asked them to play an attacking brand of football. It was easy to jump on the Foster bandwagon & make him scapegoat but maybe it showed how our footballing model is asking much from the financial resources we have.
I am not asking anyone of these people to be removed. I certainly want Simon Hallett to keep running our football club. Yet we an injury list that is ridiculous at the moment l think l wanted to add some perspective why Rooney isn't they only one who should get much of the blame. I think the club have taken their eye off the ball too.
