BPAS PODCAST: 22nd Aug '22, S3E3: Roots Fall

[BPAS]

Another defeat & we discuss how we feel and the reaction on social media.

 

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[basilrobbie]

Another really interesting listen, thank you.

 

The visiting Southend fan (I think) said something interesting in the week, when he observed that you are now facing the shock of being in tier five, and finding the standard is pretty much the same as that you struggled with in tier four. I think the events of the last week must have brought that home.

 

I thought everything that was said about cultural change was very well observed ; the bit about OASF especially so. At my Trust we have had to cope with moving away from being a protest group - something we were very good at - to doing something very different and far more nebulous. You will get there, but it will take time. And you never, ever reach a point where you can just stop, content that the evolution is done. It never is.

 

The stuff about formations - and matching them to personnel - is, I suspect, replicated at dozens of Podcasts up and down the country every week. My own take is that I don't like straight lines, because better teams will always play through and between them. So I don't like the rigidity of 4-4-2 and I think 3-5-2 (which is really 5-3-2 for the 50% of the time you don't have the ball) is a formation for clubs who first and foremost don't want to lose. 

 

Final thing for me is about continuity versus loyalty. I was struck by the experience Southend had last season, when they found themselves in the National League partly because the then manager was behind the times, tactically. He didn't improve with relegation, and they only started to improve after he had been replaced. I'm not saying this is analogous to your situation, but I am saying that club legend status can only carry you so far. I really hope he starts winning a few games, because it is a really uncomfortable issue for a new regime to have to face up to and it would be nice if they didn't have to.

[ShireBlue]

Couldn’t agree more with Andy’s comments about the much needed change of culture at the club and the patience (dirty word now) required for change.

 

[yarddog73]

Them questions were by far the toughest you've asked so far to be fair to @Worcester Owl

[Lee Sinnott]

1 hour ago, yarddog73 said:

Them questions were by far the toughest you've asked so far to be fair to @Worcester Owl

First week were definitely the most difficult...

[Worcester Owl]

2 hours ago, yarddog73 said:

Them questions were by far the toughest you've asked so far to be fair to @Worcester Owl

Seconded!

[Dave_Og]

9 hours ago, Worcester Owl said:

Seconded!

I got Cecere.  That was about it.