Randy Bumgardener
AKA Randy Bumgardener
Maybe one point we are looking past is the characters and leaders as BD has mentioned before.
Think about it. You start a new job as a fresh faced 18 year old after college. You join and see all the experienced people around. Those who have seen, done and achieved it all. You look to them for inspiration on the best way to go about your job, and day to day in the office. Something you see as a catastrope, to them seems like a minor inconvenience.
Now picture that office filled with young inexperienced lads. They don't quite know the job inside out, find it hard to prioritise and generally there is a cluster f***. How many of you dare leave apprentices etc on their own that inexperienced ?
Now, is this the problem we have ? Too many shrinking violets and not enough loud mouth confident players ? The difference was almost instant as Camp came in. A very confident (and I picture him being quite a confident character).
Of the whole side I can only really see Brecks as the sort to lead and be a noisy bugger in the dressing room ! i think this is what he is going on about. If you mess up, who is there to give you a bollocking and then inform you where you should be standing ? I think this is where our defence falls down. I don't want this to turn into a Camp vs Smith argument. They both have their own strengths and weaknesses. HOWEVER, I do see Smudges main weakness as his commanding of his area. How many times did we see Camp screaming and shouting, getting the defence into position, marshalling and ordering them, just as if they were his defence, because they were. I never saw Smudge shouting or pointing out his back line like that ever.
I genuinely believe that the lack of leadership on the field is our big downfall ! In the dressing room, almost father-like figures to look upto ! Wes, Wilson, even perch seem like fairly quiet players on the pitch.
Look back to Psycho. He marshalled the entire team, and if you didn't do what you were told, boy were you in for it ! Shilton, totally dominated his defence, so much that it was almost like watching him play subbuteo !
Jones would of been a great addition I feel. But I do also feel we need Camp in. As a back-up or as first choice. There are certain things you just can't teach and are very hard to come by in football, and in the dressing room.
I also think that maybe CC's tactic of bringing in players to 'suit the dressing room' may have had the odd flaw. Whilst it stopped any trouble makers, it did seem to stem the influx of influential personalities and I do think we saw this to our detriment, even in league 1 !
Sorry, don't mean to bore but a few thoughts of mine !
Think about it. You start a new job as a fresh faced 18 year old after college. You join and see all the experienced people around. Those who have seen, done and achieved it all. You look to them for inspiration on the best way to go about your job, and day to day in the office. Something you see as a catastrope, to them seems like a minor inconvenience.
Now picture that office filled with young inexperienced lads. They don't quite know the job inside out, find it hard to prioritise and generally there is a cluster f***. How many of you dare leave apprentices etc on their own that inexperienced ?
Now, is this the problem we have ? Too many shrinking violets and not enough loud mouth confident players ? The difference was almost instant as Camp came in. A very confident (and I picture him being quite a confident character).
Of the whole side I can only really see Brecks as the sort to lead and be a noisy bugger in the dressing room ! i think this is what he is going on about. If you mess up, who is there to give you a bollocking and then inform you where you should be standing ? I think this is where our defence falls down. I don't want this to turn into a Camp vs Smith argument. They both have their own strengths and weaknesses. HOWEVER, I do see Smudges main weakness as his commanding of his area. How many times did we see Camp screaming and shouting, getting the defence into position, marshalling and ordering them, just as if they were his defence, because they were. I never saw Smudge shouting or pointing out his back line like that ever.
I genuinely believe that the lack of leadership on the field is our big downfall ! In the dressing room, almost father-like figures to look upto ! Wes, Wilson, even perch seem like fairly quiet players on the pitch.
Look back to Psycho. He marshalled the entire team, and if you didn't do what you were told, boy were you in for it ! Shilton, totally dominated his defence, so much that it was almost like watching him play subbuteo !
Jones would of been a great addition I feel. But I do also feel we need Camp in. As a back-up or as first choice. There are certain things you just can't teach and are very hard to come by in football, and in the dressing room.
I also think that maybe CC's tactic of bringing in players to 'suit the dressing room' may have had the odd flaw. Whilst it stopped any trouble makers, it did seem to stem the influx of influential personalities and I do think we saw this to our detriment, even in league 1 !
Sorry, don't mean to bore but a few thoughts of mine !
