Right hand man

[72bus]

Can see the rationale but makes Ollie sound like a child. He is an experienced football manager and should not need a sidekick to tell him how to pick the team, set it up and then make tactical changes as needed during a game.

I appreciate we are stuck with him but if best option we can come up with is to get someone in to tell him how to do his job says it all!

good post ,OP as to penrice tipping us freeman and scowen i could have told u they were good players years ago

[Shania]

Who was his assistant when he was manager at Blackpool?

[Tarbie]

Who was his assistant when he was manager at Blackpool?

Bloke called Steve Thompson. Journeyman player who has ended coaching a few clubs at Championship level. Think that may have been his only ever Assistant Manager job.

[Hertford Hoop]

Steve McClaren is wasting away in tel aviv.......

He don't need a brolly out there

[davieqpr]

Bircham is more like a left hand man.

[Qprtanpa1]

Think this was an interesting thread. Like most on here love Ollie's spirit but his inconsistent and at times incomprehensible tactics and team selections bother more than a few. With that said, we simply don't have the talent to compete for the upper table. We can't score, and every time the other team goes up it seems the squad suffers group deflation. As for the coaches, yes, bring in a tactician to improve Ollie's game time competence. Given all the coaches were have this seems a small price to pay.

[West Acton]

Think this was an interesting thread. Like most on here love Ollie's spirit but his inconsistent and at times incomprehensible tactics and team selections bother more than a few. With that said, we simply don't have the talent to compete for the upper table. We can't score, and every time the other team goes up it seems the squad suffers group deflation. As for the coaches, yes, bring in a tactician to improve Ollie's game time competence. Given all the coaches were have this seems a small price to pay.

Disagree we are not organised and drilled to compete at top but if we were think we would be competitive with top ten.

Sheff Utd don’t have better players but they do have calm level headed manager who gets them ready and well prepared for games that for me is the difference

[Hitman34]

maybe we should look into getting a Doc (director of coaches)

[Shepherds Mush]

Sheff Utd don’t have better players but they do have calm level headed manager who gets them ready and well prepared for games that for me is the difference

Sheffield United have also played together consistently under the same manager for a long time.