Bucks Show Some Emotion Please

He's a manager Dave, not a cheer leader.

He's "up there" for a reason and that reason is to evaluate what the opposition is doing , how they are lining up and how our set up is coping..........that's harder to do with a worm's eye view and if he wants to make changes from there he is in communication with the technical area and hell it's only a tiddly little ground anyway and all of twenty seconds from his seat to the touchline at the most.

This team has good "leaders" on the pitch..............Greavsie, Woods and Hodges to name but three and taking your point about his lack of emotion after the goal I would counter that with the old saying the most vulnerable time is after you've just scored. Someone has to stay dispassionate and keep an eagle eye on things and I'm glad that the manager is that person.

I used to get mad at Leroy for standing on the touchline, hands in pocket; displaying a sort of "lazy body language" added to the fact he rarely seemed to react to events on the pitch in a decisive and positive manner and used to expend my own sort of humour by saying "if you can't think of anything, just wave yer arms about man"..................and do you know? I think there are a significant number of "managers" who do just that!

Bucks has shown that he does evaluate quickly and has not been afraid to make changes early in a game in the past, even to the point of first half substitutions and removing our key "play maker". I half expected Wroe to get withdrawn last night in the last twenty minutes following the withdrawal of Green.

I'll make a deal with you Dave, let Bucks do the thinking and, and YOU do the cheer leading.....................it'll work better that way!

May I just say that as one who sits a few feet away from Bucks during the game he continually runs up and down those stairs between his seat and the dugout either to shout instructions to the pitch or to give instructions to Shaun North, he may look a lonely figure but i'm sure the last thing he wants when watching from his perch is to be pals with people. He does get animated at times but the one thing that is really obvious is that he's always thinking about the game, the tactics, what to do next and although that may come across as unemotional it's his method of working and the way he makes things happen, to try and be different wouldn't be him and could well disrupt his pattern of thought. I would say he likes to keep one step ahead so even when we scored he would'nt have had time to celebrate as he was probably straight into thinking what his next move should be... he isn't interested in drawing games, only winning so he would've seen our goal as a means, not the end, and immediately set to work on the next part of the plan. Different managers work in different ways and what is good for one isn't necessary good for the next...

It also struck me that Bucks showed little emotion when we scored though I am sure inside he felt just like the rest of us -mainly a sense of relief rather than joy.
I rather like it that way and just imagine how an over emotional manager would have coped or reacted with the early season criticism after our poor start.
The very fact that he kept faith in his players and his own ability to get it right and didn't lambaste all and sundry has undoubtedly contributed to our current form and success.
Conversely do we really want an over emotional Billy Mcewen/Steve Evans type ranter who stomps around in a sulk on the touchline with every decision made against his team or goal conceded?

Or a cry baby tosser like Keegan for that matter.................first sound of criticism from the moaners on here or the Popside and he'd be throwing his toys out of the pram en route to the M5!

BudleighGull, I'm sure your right and as I only got home in time for the kick off I did not see the start of the program, having now watched the part before the game that I recorded, it was good to see a happy smiling Bucks and one who looked well pleased and happy with life. also great to see such a nice piece done on Toddy.

Personally I think PB is doing a great job with the resources at his disposal.
His latest comments clearly identify he is aware of our current failings.

We all have different ways of conducting ourselves.
When I managed and coached youth teams, whilst I often wanted to leap in the air in response to a goal or win, I felt I should conduct myself in a responsible manner. I also had so many things to think of, and as like merse says often my first reaction following the praise was to run to my back 4 and tell them to focus. I was often guilty of concentrating on the game so much I was blissfully unaware of what was being said or going on around me.

There are many an example of an emotional manager who was unsuccessful. Take Thompson at Liverpool. He was passionate about the Reds but didn`t make the grade.

You can show plenty of passion on the training ground and in the dressing room which should get the message across to the players. Match day is the time to focus and concentrate.



buster

I would agree that TV coverage of Bucks sat in the stand concentrating on the game is more dignified & reflects far better on the Club than for instance the photos that were splashed across the local and some national publications last season showing him displaying plenty of 'emotion' at Altrincham.




Pushing ,shoving & confrontation with your opposite numbers can all be done much better by the two sets of fans on the Popside on Saturday thereby leaving PB & Chris Coleman to confine themselves soley to concentrating on their teams.