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Originally Posted by DAV007
Another fact, we are already 9 points adrift after 10 games, drastic change required.
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Try getting your facts straight. If you look at the League table after the Saturday games we are
SEVEN points adrift.
Still not a great deal of comfort given our present situation.
I'd throw one spanner in your works / argument for Beattie to walk......He has a two year contract. Why would he walk???
Can the club afford to sack him.....probably not given that we'd have a sizeable chunk of compo to find.
Personally, I like the guy, He talks straight and doesn't seem to duck issues. For a guy to take his first step on the management ladder, the Stanley job is probably the hardest job he could have picked.
He's got the smallest budget in the football League to work with. I said it when Richardson left, maybe Leam thought he'd be better off as number two to the snake rather than stay here fire-fighting.
Beattie is armed with a tiny bucket that's got a sticking plaster stopping the leak. Could any of the knockers do better with the resources available???
I don't doubt that he needs to come up with a Plan B or even a Plan C. As he said, it's time to fix bayonets and battle. Sadly, I think some of the players lack the stomach and even the ability for a fight.
Personally speaking, certain players need a proper good kick up the harris and need to be told in no uncertain terms that they're in the last chance saloon and the barman is about to call time.
Tactically, I'd go for selecting a side that can alternate between 5-3-2 and 3-5-2. Get some solidity in the centre of the park, get width and have wide players who can get forward and supply some ammunition for the forwards to feed off.
An obvious statement, but our shots on goal tally has to rise markedly. Beattie has to find the solution to that problem, whilst tightening up the midfield.
I don't envy his predicament given the resources at hand, injuries etc.