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If you were to run a poll and ask which managers are regarded as the world leading tacticians than Capello would come quite high up that list whereas Warnock wouldn't. Now if Capello has struggled to come up with a Plan B what does that say about Warnock's chances of doing so? If Fabio's failings haven't inspired Neil to start thinking about the what ifs then nothing will.
Having watched the likes of France, Italy and now England fail to offer an alternative to their one and only system it's vitally important that Warnock and Curle bang their heads together to come up with various options for all kinds of scenarios. It is far too early to talk about what may or may not happen but with the players returning to pre-season training in the next few weeks the manager has to learn from the international managers mistakes. Last season we had no Plan B. At times we had no Plan A. But we need to do our homework will we play the traditional English way and stick with a rigid 4-4-2 even if we are 3-0 down? Will we stick with 4-4-2 if we are 1-0 up? Our away record hasn't been great for many a season so how will we pick up the all important points on the road. Will Warnock have the players to give him options.
Lots of questions but while Warnock is putting together "his" squad he hopefully has already asked himself some of these questions. He may have an idea of which starting XI he'll go for come Barnsley but away to Sheffield United will be a completely different match. Whilst Plan A works great but does even Joachim Low have a Plan B? When the Germans come up against Argentina we will have to wait and see but a manager whether it's for lowly QPR or for Germany has to know what to do in all different situations. IMO Capello froze and thought that those players who got us to South Africa in the first place will eventually come good but they didn't and as a result they'll be on a plane home tonight. A domestic season is obviously different from tournament football but even after a 46 match season the league can be decided by the result of one match - Preston's drubbing of Cardiff springs to mind. A right decision here and the options available there could quite easily be the difference come next May.
I hope come early August that if with 10 minutes to go against Barnsley we are winning or losing Warnock has both the options and the tactical nous to do something about it.
Having watched the likes of France, Italy and now England fail to offer an alternative to their one and only system it's vitally important that Warnock and Curle bang their heads together to come up with various options for all kinds of scenarios. It is far too early to talk about what may or may not happen but with the players returning to pre-season training in the next few weeks the manager has to learn from the international managers mistakes. Last season we had no Plan B. At times we had no Plan A. But we need to do our homework will we play the traditional English way and stick with a rigid 4-4-2 even if we are 3-0 down? Will we stick with 4-4-2 if we are 1-0 up? Our away record hasn't been great for many a season so how will we pick up the all important points on the road. Will Warnock have the players to give him options.
Lots of questions but while Warnock is putting together "his" squad he hopefully has already asked himself some of these questions. He may have an idea of which starting XI he'll go for come Barnsley but away to Sheffield United will be a completely different match. Whilst Plan A works great but does even Joachim Low have a Plan B? When the Germans come up against Argentina we will have to wait and see but a manager whether it's for lowly QPR or for Germany has to know what to do in all different situations. IMO Capello froze and thought that those players who got us to South Africa in the first place will eventually come good but they didn't and as a result they'll be on a plane home tonight. A domestic season is obviously different from tournament football but even after a 46 match season the league can be decided by the result of one match - Preston's drubbing of Cardiff springs to mind. A right decision here and the options available there could quite easily be the difference come next May.
I hope come early August that if with 10 minutes to go against Barnsley we are winning or losing Warnock has both the options and the tactical nous to do something about it.
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