Striker coach

[georgefostersbeard]

The one obvious issue for the team, at the moment, is the lack of composure in front of goal. I would say that in several recent games the opposition goalkeeper would have had a top chance of being the man of the match but we are not killing teams off.


We used to have Karl Hawley as a striker coach but am not aware that we ever replaced him as a coach working specifically with the strikers. Does anyone know who, if anyone does take this role?

[grufti]

if we could finish easy chances we'd be 5+ points clear

[georgefostersbeard]

if we could finish easy chances we'd be 5+ points clear

Agreed - there were chances today - how Walker's clever touch was saved today I will never know but other chances should have been buried. There are also times when we need to just hit the ball instead of taking another four touches.

All very positive if it comes right

[Amber Andy]

Somebody at the club has coached CJ to finish chances.

When he first came to us his finishing was woeful.

It was poor last season too.

[yorkshire stag]

think it’s Mark Sale if today’s performance is anything to go by

[Martin Shaw]

we don't have a striker coach, or a striker on the coaching staff.

[Tippy Tappy Football]

think it’s Mark Sale if today’s performance is anything to go by

I don't think we could afford Mark Sale as he is the first team coach at Stoke City!!

[yorkshire stag]

think it’s Mark Sale if today’s performance is anything to go by

I don't think we could afford Mark Sale as he is the first team coach at Stoke City!!

what ‘thee’ Mark fifty pence head Sale that played for us?

[gazza1988]

Allan Russell is the striker coach of the England football team. Didn't he have a record of 1 in 9 for us in the conf?

You know what they say "If you can do, teach."

[Tippy Tappy Football]

Mark Sale

[edwinscott]

Allan Russell is the striker coach of the England football team. Didn't he have a record of 1 in 9 for us in the conf?

You know what they say "If you can do, teach."

We brought him in for a day when Muzza was here and he worked with Greeny. Watched it and it was a good session although Greeny did get a little frustrated as he couldn’t always execute everything that he was asked to do.

[PEAR CIDER]

We are winning games. Conceding less than we score, yet you still moan zzzzzzzz

[part time pete]

We are winning games. Conceding less than we score, yet you still moan zzzzzzzz

If we had scored one more yesterday we would be fourth and not fifth this morning

[Bradders]

I think it's a fair point, and I'm astonished that none of our coaches is a striker. It's a specialist skill that a general coach won't really know about.

[Im not the real OND]

Every position on the pitch is specialist. Much more so than ever before. A defensive midfielder has a very different skill set to an attacking one. Likewise a full back and wing back. I'm sure we haven't got (or can afford) a coach for each position.

As a 'general' coaching team they seem to be doing ok to me. Given the strides CJ has made since they have been here suggest they know how to work on the attacking side of the game.

[Bros]

There are a couple of dozen "experts" in the qle who are always offering advice to the strikers. I'm sure one of them could do the job

[PEAR CIDER]

We are winning games. Conceding less than we score, yet you still moan zzzzzzzz

If we had scored one more yesterday we would be fourth and not fifth this morning

If we had conceeded one less we'd be 4th...

[Bradders]

Every position on the pitch is specialist. Much more so than ever before. A defensive midfielder has a very different skill set to an attacking one. Likewise a full back and wing back. I'm sure we haven't got (or can afford) a coach for each position.

As a 'general' coaching team they seem to be doing ok to me. Given the strides CJ has made since they have been here suggest they know how to work on the attacking side of the game.

Sort of, but finishing is such a specialist skill that only a striker will really know what to train, and spot what's going wrong. I feel that most managers and coaches assume that it's just another technique covered by the handbook. But there's a reason that some players are worth a fortune - they actually get the ball over the line regularly and people imagine that it's just a knack, or luck, or magic.

[Big yella]

We are winning games. Conceding less than we score, yet you still moan zzzzzzzz

If we had scored one more yesterday we would be fourth and not fifth this morning

If we had conceeded one less we'd be 4th...

Now conceding one less than none really would be managerial genius.

[bellwhiff]

We are winning games. Conceding less than we score, yet you still moan zzzzzzzz

If we had scored one more yesterday we would be fourth and not fifth this morning

If we had conceeded one less we'd be 4th...

I think the high percentage of missed chances has caused us to lose points. We are clearly creating a load of chances and we should be scoring more of them.

[georgefostersbeard]

We are winning games. Conceding less than we score, yet you still moan zzzzzzzz

The OP wasn't intended as a moan more of a query about how they support our strikers. I hadn't know us have a specific striker coach before Hawley (even Evans didn't have one in his cast of thousands) and wondered who was supporting them.

If you look at CJ things have clearly improved under this coaching team so there is clearly the potential to move them on.

[gazza1988]

it depends who they are practising against in training. if they are up against Pearce, Sweeney and Preston they probably wont have much practice at shooting.

I will probably get shot down for this but I don't necessarily think there is anything wrong with our strike force. Just keepers making good saves. A few times they have been horrible misses but alot of our attempts on target have drew good saves. Doesn't mean we are terrible at finishing just their keeper got a touch on the ball which was enough.

[Parkinsons Perm]

it depends who they are practising against in training. if they are up against Pearce, Sweeney and Preston they probably wont have much practice at shooting.

I will probably get shot down for this but I don't necessarily think there is anything wrong with our strike force. Just keepers making good saves. A few times they have been horrible misses but alot of our attempts on target have drew good saves. Doesn't mean we are terrible at finishing just their keeper got a touch on the ball which was enough.

Really, you didn't go to Macclesfield, Tranmere, Bury, Cambridge, barn door springs to mind

[part time pete]

it depends who they are practising against in training. if they are up against Pearce, Sweeney and Preston they probably wont have much practice at shooting.

I will probably get shot down for this but I don't necessarily think there is anything wrong with our strike force. Just keepers making good saves. A few times they have been horrible misses but alot of our attempts on target have drew good saves. Doesn't mean we are terrible at finishing just their keeper got a touch on the ball which was enough.

Really, you didn't go to Macclesfield, Tranmere, Bury, Cambridge, barn door springs to mind

No, he didn't go, he watches from Germany

[Amber Andy]

There are a couple of dozen "experts" in the qle who are always offering advice to the strikers. I'm sure one of them could do the job

No they only think they can.