Tonda Eckert

[JohnnyShearer2.0]

Telling again on how the players always reference him post match with them saying Tonda has made a difference. 

Also another grounded outlook from him in his own post match interview.

[Willo of Whiteley]

TONDA TIME IS WONDERFUL

[trousers]

Getting a tune out of the players that "no manager could get a tune out of"... Marvelous 

[JohnnyShearer2.0]

2 minutes ago, trousers said:

Getting a tune out of the players that "no manager could get a tune out of"... Marvelous 

Also being told that the players were rubbish and wouldn't get into the squads of other teams earlier in the season 🙄 

[Mboto Gorge]

Almost like the manager can make a bit of a difference, isn’t it. 

[beatlesaint]

11 minutes ago, Mboto Gorge said:

Almost like the manager can make a bit of a difference, isn’t it. 

Yep, in the same way a proper goalkeeper and an old fashioned centre forward can !

Edited Tuesday at 22:23 by beatlesaint

[trousers]

Tonda Eckert on the result at Fratton Park: "I don't know why everyone says that they have done us a favour, I think we've done them a favour today with our performance." (Alfie House)

👏🏼😂

[Whitey Grandad]

26 minutes ago, trousers said:

Getting a tune out of the players that "no manager could get a tune out of"... Marvelous 

A Tonda Tune

[saintant]

20 minutes ago, trousers said:

Tonda Eckert on the result at Fratton Park: "I don't know why everyone says that they have done us a favour, I think we've done them a favour today with our performance." (Alfie House)

👏🏼😂

Nice one Tonda 🙂

[Tamesaint]

So that I can sing it properly to myself what are the words for the Tonda Eckert song? 

"We' ve got Eckert ..." 

Edited yesterday at 13:37 by Tamesaint

[S-Clarke]

15 hours ago, beatlesaint said:

Yep, in the same way a proper goalkeeper and an old fashioned centre forward can !

Definitely cannot under estimate how much they've improved us too. 

Tonda has identified the gaps and suggested the GK and ST, I'm sure. And it's been transformational. 

The structure of the team is amazing though, I mentioned it before but we just look well coached. Players making runs in advance of getting the pass, players pressing in groups rather than individually. The entire machine feels coordinated, and you can even swap players around and it still functions the same - that's all down to coaching.

[goodymatt]

5 hours ago, Tamesaint said:

So that I can sing it properly to myself what are the words for the Tonda Eckert song? 

"We' ve got Eckert ..." 

We’ve got Eckert, Tonda Eckert,

I just don’t think you understand,

He’s gonna take us up,

And win the FA Cup,

We’ve got Tonda Eckert.

[JustinR]

1 minute ago, goodymatt said:

We’ve got Eckert, Tonda Eckert,

I just don’t think you understand,

He’s gonna take us up,

And win the FA Cup,

We’ve got Tonda Eckert.

You forgot the OOOOOH 😉

[allsa001]

Apart fom everything else about our team and performances at the moment, I really like the fact that even with rotating the squad, the team sheets make sense.

 

With previous managers, the team sheets were often baffling, and very much round pegs in square holes. It almost felt like managers were picking names out of the hat.

We would have a CM injured, so rather than another CM play in that position, we would keep that CM as a sub. Then we would play a CB in CM, which would mean we were now short of a CB, so we would play a RB in the CB position. This is obviously just a made up example, but I do remember similar things happening. It just seemes a completely mad way of picking a team.

 

We now just have a really well balanced squad. Everyone is playing well, and the squad rotations are helping to keep players fresh with so many matches.

[Saint86]

13 hours ago, allsa001 said:

Apart fom everything else about our team and performances at the moment, I really like the fact that even with rotating the squad, the team sheets make sense.

With previous managers, the team sheets were often baffling, and very much round pegs in square holes. It almost felt like managers were picking names out of the hat.

We would have a CM injured, so rather than another CM play in that position, we would keep that CM as a sub. Then we would play a CB in CM, which would mean we were now short of a CB, so we would play a RB in the CB position. This is obviously just a made up example, but I do remember similar things happening. It just seemes a completely mad way of picking a team.

We now just have a really well balanced squad. Everyone is playing well, and the squad rotations are helping to keep players fresh with so many matches.

It is absolutely mental how long it took successive managers (including Eckert) to adopt the obvious 4-2-3-1 formation, the uptick in form post this is stark. What is it now, 18 matches, 14 wins, 4 draws... 😄. It feels like a distant memory when people were asking where the 5 at the back crap was coming from through successive managers.

Edited 5 hours ago by Saint86

[goodymatt]

19 minutes ago, Saint86 said:

It is absolutely mental how long it took successive managers (including Eckert) to adopt the obvious 4-2-3-1 formation, the uptick in form post this is stark. What is it now, 18 matches, 14 wins, 4 draws... 😄. It feels like a distant memory when people were asking where the 5 at the back crap was coming from through successive managers.

15 wins, 3 draws 😇🔥

[saintant]

19 minutes ago, Saint86 said:

It is absolutely mental how long it took successive managers (including Eckert) to adopt the obvious 4-2-3-1 formation, the uptick in form post this is stark. What is it now, 18 matches, 14 wins, 4 draws... 😄. It feels like a distant memory when people were asking where the 5 at the back crap was coming from through successive managers.

But, but, but.....surely formations don't matter!