Tonda Eckert

[tdmickey3]

Still shows no idea how to change the approach when the game is crying out for it.

Not good enough and never will be 

[Give it to Ron]

14 minutes ago, SaintsRoyalty said:

Not been on for a while as couldn’t face the usual happy clapping because we have miraculously picked up some results recently. I’m not a glass half full type of person and of course some result were much welcome not to mention the Leicester cup game gave us a brief glimpse of what it’s like to support an exciting football team. But can any of you genuinely pin down a core discernible reason why we picked up those results?
 

The truth is like the last brief purple patch we had when Todger took over it’s completely unexplainable. A wise man would admit we were promoted under Martin in spite of him, not because of him. If we scrape in this year the same will be true for Todger. I know some fans struggle to admit it, but we probably have one of top 3 squads in the league, if not the best squad of all. Our bench today was absolutely ridiculous for the championship. I reckon all other teams would have them in their starting 11s without question. After the experiment with Still the brief was clear, get an experienced old manager in to get the basics right. We gambled again but this time on a literal PE teacher. Let that sink in…… Nothing is going to change until we get an experienced manager. We lost today because of the no mark in charge. 

We didn’t lose ….

[Lord Duckhunter]

15 hours ago, Harry_SFC said:

Is he being dictated to by the medical team regarding subs?

It would be interesting to know if he makes the changes based off what he feels at that moment or if he is doing it because he is told to.

 

I’d imagine it’s the same at pretty much every club, the medical team will advise and the manager will then make an informed decision based on the back of that advice. In Ross Stewart’s case he’s already said they’ve told him he can’t play more than 60 mins at the moment. Ignoring that advice would be brainless when we’re only in February.

[Harry_SFC]

11 minutes ago, Lord Duckhunter said:

I’d imagine it’s the same at pretty much every club, the medical team will advise and the manager will then make an informed decision based on the back of that advice. In Ross Stewart’s case he’s already said they’ve told him he can’t play more than 60 mins at the moment. Ignoring that advice would be brainless when we’re only in February.

Yeah I get the Stewart one completely and we've got a decent enough back up for him now so no problem there. Was more thinking of the Charles change as that sub really seemed to affect us. 

[Lord Duckhunter]

39 minutes ago, Harry_SFC said:

Yeah I get the Stewart one completely and we've got a decent enough back up for him now so no problem there. Was more thinking of the Charles change as that sub really seemed to affect us. 

He’s been out for a while as well, so I imagine with it being a 3 game week they wanted to protect him a bit. Personally, I had no problem with that but maybe he should have replaced him with Bragg rather than Jander. 

[Badger]

48 minutes ago, Harry_SFC said:

Yeah I get the Stewart one completely and we've got a decent enough back up for him now so no problem there. Was more thinking of the Charles change as that sub really seemed to affect us. 

What would your view of the manager have been if Charles had pulled up again as he did at Blackburn and out for another two months ? 

[Badger]

9 minutes ago, Lord Duckhunter said:

He’s been out for a while as well, so I imagine with it being a 3 game week they wanted to protect him a bit. Personally, I had no problem with that but maybe he should have replaced him with Bragg rather than Jander. 

At the time I thought Jander was seen as possibly offering more going forward. Bragg in his limited time on the pitch though slotted in well and was impressed given his age. 

[beatlesaint]

Are we criticising Tonda for managing players minutes who have had a long injury record or lay off in what is a 3 game week now ?

Poor bugger is on a hiding to nothing.

[S-Clarke]

The Edozie sub improved us I felt, but Jander has struggled since the turn of the year for me. Needs some time out of the side. 

Where was Romeu out of interest? I thought that run out against Leicester would have been enough to at least get him on the bench, but no sign.

[ecuk268]

1 hour ago, beatlesaint said:

Are we criticising Tonda for managing players minutes who have had a long injury record or lay off in what is a 3 game week now ?

Poor bugger is on a hiding to nothing.

After 20 games he's won 10, drawn 5 and lost 5.

A win percentage of 50% which will place him in the top 3 or 4.

[beatlesaint]

12 minutes ago, ecuk268 said:

After 20 games he's won 10, drawn 5 and lost 5.

A win percentage of 50% which will place him in the top 3 or 4.

Exactly

[Behind Enemy Lines]

22 minutes ago, ecuk268 said:

After 20 games he's won 10, drawn 5 and lost 5.

A win percentage of 50% which will place him in the top 3 or 4.

I’m not saying this to be argumentative here, but these stats need to be taken as they are. That is, for the squad we have, compared to the rest of this league, we should be winning the majority of our games, drawing a few and very rarely losing. 
 

Comparing stats in this league this year, to those of Poch, Koeman, Strachan etc, where we often had a much weaker squad compared to the rest of the league, isn’t really a true comparison. 

[Toadhall Saint]

26 minutes ago, ecuk268 said:

After 20 games he's won 10, drawn 5 and lost 5.

A win percentage of 50% which will place him in the top 3 or 4.

These are the stats that matter.