Well, I’ve had a sleep on it and here’s what I’ve come up with. Either:-
1. Jimmy has no idea about how he wants his team to play.
2. He knows how he wants them to play but can’t communicate that to the players.
3. He communicates OK but the professional players have no respect for him and see Jimmy as a part time, pub team manager and do their own thing anyway.
4. He successfully communicates how he wants them to play, they understand what he wants but aren’t good enough to do it.
For me the most likely is 3. We have senior/experienced players who have spent years as FT professionals several levels above JD’s career and clearly think they know better. (They probably do.) As the young players are encouraged to learn fom the experienced pros it would be no surprise if this “I know better” attitude had filtered down to them. If this is the case then signing players good enough to succeed in NLN will presumably bring more of the same, the alternative being signing players from Peterborough Sports.
Do you think Butterfield would stay as player/manager?
