How impressed are you with BMcD's return to the club?

[Extended-Phenotype]

Ruh-oh what Brends?

[Ian Royal]

Ruh-oh what Brends?

Star pitched a hissy fit when someone gave a fairly broad overview of what was discussed at one a few years ago and a number of threats went around that the information was for those in the room only. Comments were made along the lines that Brian was very unhappy, the club were very unhappy and fans forums would stop if the oath of secrecy (that hadn't been taken) wasn't maintained.

It became apparent that Star was only really interested in being an inner clique of people who could wink at each other knowingly because they were special and had inside information too much for the likes of us lesser mortals.

[RoyalBlue]

Enjoyed hearing from Brian at the Fans Forum tonight.

There might be various question marks about various people at the club on and off the pitch but I don't really think he should be one of them - very proud to have him in charge of the club.

Because he's a nice guy who did really well for a while last time around or because he offered some convincing evidence that he does have some idea as to how to turn things around and will deliver on it?

[sandman]

I did enjoy the bloke who asked whether we had too many of those wussy "foreigners" in the team. Wondered which one of AE's charming four horseman it was.

He wasn't a middle aged man child wearing a blazer so that rules out Kes.

[Ian Royal]

Back up to 13th. Exactly where we were when McDermott took over. Averaged just better than 14th under him.

Eight games left to get one win and one draw to equal Clarke's start to management with us. In the last eight games McDermott's got 3 wins and 3 draws.

[floyd__streete]

Another win. Manager who took over a rather disjointed club is taking us to a midtable position and has the summer to make the necessary adjustments our budget allows and given his track record I am sure we trust him to improve the team. Happy days eh

[One8Seven1*]

I'm still not convinced by McDermott and can only see it ending in tears by November. There will be a lot of changes this summer, and somehow he's expected to put a promotion winning team together, AND hit the ground running from the off next season. Nothing I have seen so far convinves me Brian has improved much tactically. My general feeling is that he's a decent enough Championship Manager, but tactically he's very limited, and all he'll do here is bring back a never say die work ethic and at best an 8th place finish, which wont be enough for the Thai's. I just can't see anything better than that unless we are all shell-shocked by huge investment this summer, which isn't going to happen. If anything we will be less ambitious than last summer, and we lose more money in reduced parachute payments.

Apologies for being so negative, but I struggle to see any positives in either these owners or Sir John and Nigel Howe.

[SCIAG]

My general feeling is that he's a decent enough Championship Manager, but tactically he's very limited, and all he'll do here is bring back a never say die work ethic and at best an 8th place finish, .

He's already got us to finish higher than that twice, and he's already demonstrated his tactical versatility. Last night he used yet another new formation and it was really successful.

It's one thing to say "we probably won't get promoted next season and the Thais won't stand for that", it's quite another to say there's no chance of us going up or the Thais being OK with mid-table or McDermott being our manager in December. If Leicester can win the Premier League then we can finish 6th in the Championship!

[No Fixed Abode]

Does beating a poor Forest side in free fall who lost 8 of their last 10 paper over the cracks a little?

[genome]

Brian just needs a win at the weekend to equal Clarke's PPG this season, without the luxury of an in-form striker. Good stuff.

[Maneki Neko]

can only see it ending in tears by November. Nothing I have seen so far convinves me Brian has improved much tactically. My general feeling is that he's a decent enough Championship Manager, but tactically he's very limited, and all he'll do here is bring back a never say die work ethic and at best an 8th place finish, .

this is all just nonsense

somehow he's expected to put a promotion winning team together, AND hit the ground running from the off next season.
If anything we will be less ambitious than last summer, and we lose more money in reduced parachute payments.

this I can fully get behind.
it is completely ridiculous to expect that from him, given the circumstances described
and we definitely wont be spending as much money as last year for this summers total rebuild.

[Maneki Neko]

Does beating a poor Forest side in free fall who lost 8 of their last 10 paper over the cracks a little?

depends which cracks

weve lost less than 8 of our last ten and are no longer in free fall.
no amount of paper over cracks can conceal that from you.

[No Fixed Abode]

Brian just needs a win at the weekend to equal Clarke's PPG this season, without the luxury of an in-form striker. Good stuff.

But with a team who've played more games together. Swings and roundabouts.

[genome]

Brian just needs a win at the weekend to equal Clarke's PPG this season, without the luxury of an in-form striker. Good stuff.

But with a team who've played more games together. Swings and roundabouts.

Sorry Kes, I thought you said the only way you can quantify things is via stats

[No Fixed Abode]

Yep - and BM still isn't ahead of Clarke.

[genome]

But he's certainly close. Just saying m8, if he ends up equaling it on Saturday (both managers will have taken 19 league games this season) you will look a bit silly. Even if he doesn't, he's done well considering he had his two top scorers sold in January, inheriting a squad low on confidence after the previous manager tried to walk out on them.

Let's not discount that cup run either.

[Maneki Neko]

im more and more impressed with every game that goes by


hes managed to turn9or at least stop) the oiltanker and has prevented us from fast becoming a basket case club

imo

[No Fixed Abode]

But he's certainly close. Just saying m8, if he ends up equaling it on Saturday (both managers will have taken 19 league games this season) you will look a bit silly. Even if he doesn't, he's done well considering he had his two top scorers sold in January, inheriting a squad low on confidence after the previous manager tried to walk out on them.

Let's not discount that cup run either.

Oh dear m8.

I've always said BM hasn't done as well as Clarke (to this point) - I never said about further down the line.
The club were right to let Blackman and Sa go according to most fans ("he wasn't that good any way") so please don't use that.
A Cup run where you didn't get as far as last season (Under Clarke)

[OLLIE KEARNS]

I am interested to know why it that people use phrases such as "he is tactically limited" or "tactically one dimensional" without then saying what they believe his limitations actually are. Is it because a) they can't be bothered to type the explanation or b) they actually have no clue what they are talking about ?
I've seen a whole variation of tactics employed in recent weeks including subtle changes in individual games. That doesn't make him a good manager but it certainly makes some of the comments a puzzle.
You could have an opinion that he gets his tactics wrong (which you should still explain) but limited and one dimensional suggest that b) might be the answer to my question.

[genome]

I've always said BM hasn't done as well as Clarke (to this point) - I never said about further down the line.

You can't harp on about PPG and which manager is better when both managers have not played the same amount of games. That's not "further down the line" it's exactly the right time to be making the comparison.

The club were right to let Blackman and Sa go according to most fans ("he wasn't that good any way") so please don't use that.

It's perfectly valid. Whether it was right to sell them or not has nothing to do with it, in fact both were right to leave, and neither were Brian's fault.

It's not too hard to figure out that it will make the current manager's job trickier if you take a number of goals out of the team.

A Cup run where you didn't get as far as last season (Under Clarke)

Did he face two Premier League teams?