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Well, maybe if players had better than respectable game shape all season we would fair a little better. Not sure how losing to Finland at their place is a poor end to a 6-2 campaign when we're losing half the squad to age. We have less than 200 active managers in this country, i'm really not sure what you're expecting to see from England to be honest, i'm doing the best i can with a pretty dismal squad outside of Innes and Mac

In what areas are you unimpressed? Make some suggestions so we can all benefit.

You can only do the best you can with the players at your disposable. Its definitely a time of transition and as important as anything is to bring the next gen through.

The young guys on the teams would get beat by a 50+ points a game if they played.

i'm doing the best i can with a pretty dismal squad outside of Innes and Mac

I try to avoid commenting too much since I don't want to sound like ex England football managers who scream it was better when I was in charge, and I really hope that isn't going to be how I sound, but personally I'd never have said anything like that. I'm probably not the only slightly unhappy to have my player dismissed quite so harshly. Even though I myself have said its a sorry state for the NT when Fallon is a regular starter, I don't really feel like letting it pass without comment this time. He's not Connor Marshall, and nor would I ever pretend he was, he's not even Millar, but I'd like to think my years (real years) of effort with him resulted in better than dismal.

As I recall McDoughnut played fairly well for the NT under me. In fact I remember playing him ahead of MacAusland if I felt he suited the tactics better. I'm certain he's better than dismal too.

While I'm peed off I might as well go on. When I was tempted to buy McDonough recently one of the things I considered was whether I could afford his wages in those weeks where there's no scrimmage. And your liking for only picking 10 players when there's really no reason not to pick 12, especially when one of the fewer than 200 people in England are essentially doing the NT a favour by paying high wages.

Speaking of the fewer than 200 managers in England, I wonder how many of them even are aware of the results every week? They probably know more about the u21 results which do get mentioned on the forums.

I've never had anyone mention the fact i choose 10 players before until now. Our starters have been trained to very high stamina so the bench players play 4-6 minutes most games, the other 2 players would most likely get DNP'd which ganders very little merch anyway. I struggle to see how a backup player's merch is really going to offset any of his salary, i hardly receive a substantial amount for Bevan who plays fairly regularly.

And besides, the dismal comment which may have been too strong a word was in regards to the rest of Europe. It doesn't mean i'm taking a pop at players because most of the guys on the squad have been trained well, but compared to Europe its just not that good a squad, most of the players in the squad are at the good to elite level but in terms of expecting trophies and MORE THAN 6-2 for the NT, you need elite calibre players from the top to the bottom of your rotation. I was a little heated from being told i've done pretty much a shit job when i don't really feel that is a justified comment at all

And i've posted results before, and i get the same pity responses from my friends who i know comment for my own sake. Where are the guys like Tata who are the first to complain when i take my own time to right reports? No where to be seen, rather not waste my time with those

Last edited by Mod-Zeus at 4/26/2016 5:47:35 PM

Really? It's looked to me that you've been mailing it in for a while now, which is why I changed my vote to disapprove early this season. Again, I don't want to say too much as I've had my go at the NT and I know how frustrating it can be when game shape isn't what you'd like but if slagging off your squad and this lot of results is the best you can do perhaps it's time you recognised someone else can bring more energy to the role (and no, I don't mean me).

I've been unimpressed for a while with roster choices, tactics, communication - pretty much everything. Zeus did a much better job when he started as NT manager but it's been a mediocre campaign this year.

I don't comment because I lost faith in your leadership a while ago - but I still follow the NT.

Thanks for the compliment - Mac is fairly good comparable with the others in the team I think, however I do believe Innes to be perhaps one of the greatest players if not the greatest ever seen come out of this nation.

I do believe woody was speaking a few seasons ago about wanting a go at running our NT some day, he was always good at developing our U21, perhaps he would be a good choice at helping to redevelop the team if that is what is needed..? That is if woody was still interested of course. If not then some of us would step up, although for me I'm probably a few seasons off that, as I am not a fan of EBBL managers being NT managers at the same time, because even for the greatest managers it compromises neutrality in selection (especially for me with 2 NT players) and gives a slight advantage against other managers in the league.

Then why wait 4 seasons and not say a single word? The NT is a community based addition to this game, i'm not the greatest manager on BB and i'd appreciate constructive critisicm from people if you feel like i've gone wrong....this is how we improve as a nation! But honestly if you believe with this squad anyone is winning more than 6 games this season, then you might want to look again. I came inches away from qualifying England for their first ever European KO rounds but i guess that means nothing. the squad isn't what it was and i mentioned that in my first post of the season. I've been working extremely hard behind the scenes developing the younger players and if you want to turn on me just because i'm not winning consolation tournaments in the developing years then sure go ahead, i'm not going to cry about it. But when things come up in real life that you have to focus on, a browser game takes a back seat for a while. I didn't have the time this season to spend hours each day on BB, scouting other teams which i feel like i did very well regardless and making reports that one or two people read and if thats the issue why not tell me so i can bring those things back? I've had exactly two people over the last two seasons mention the fact i don't report as often, hardly the incentive.

I still have the passion for this role and i'm not just going to roll over and give it up now, we still have a long way to go until realistically we can challenge but the new generation i've been working with is going to be great and i want the chance to nurture the team. I'm just not sure what more you're expecting of me at this time