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Posted November 27, 2017 00:00 · last edited November 27, 2017 00:08

Doloras wrote:

james dean wrote:

Saying the club has a culture problem is completely different to saying the coach is ready to quit after 7 games

If I were in his position, and I had seen what Ernie Merrick had to put up with, I would realise I was in a no-win situation and be ready to quit, or at least to just quietly run out my contract while not taking my job seriously any more.

Seriously, what possible excuse can you have for a 3-goal home loss to the damned Salties apart from just not caring enough?

If he had seen, as you imply, what Ernie had to put up with, then why did he travel halfway round the World to take the job in the first place? I'm sure that Wellington Phoenix isn't a glamorous enough drawcard to have Coaches dropping everything to come here just to suffer the agonies of coaching us.

Despite being good value as a cliche, in my 27 coaching career (admittedly not at A League level) I've never actually seen 'caring enough' win that many matches, or prevent that many defeats. In that time I've never met many players who didn't care if their team won or lost either. The Nix were outplayed and outcoached on Saturday. CCM's movement on and off the ball was quicker and considerably better than ours. They've looked decent in patches this season, and on Saturday the patch lasted 90 minutes

There have been many positive signs up until Saturday's game. Are we now to believe that the season is over, that the players and the Coach don't care based on one bad game? Seriously?

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Doloras wrote:
james dean wrote:

Saying the club has a culture problem is completely different to saying the coach is ready to quit after 7 games

If I were in his position, and I had seen what Ernie Merrick had to put up with, I would realise I was in a no-win situation and be ready to quit, or at least to just quietly run out my contract while not taking my job seriously any more.

Seriously, what possible excuse can you have for a 3-goal home loss to the damned Salties apart from just not caring enough?

If he had seen, as you imply, what Ernie had to put up with, then why did he travel halfway round the World to take the job in the first place? I'm sure that Wellington Phoenix isn't a glamorous enough drawcard to have Coaches dropping everything to come here just to suffer the agonies of coaching us.

Despite being good value as a cliche, in my 27 coaching career (admittedly not at A League level) I've never actually seen 'caring enough' win that many matches, or prevent that many defeats. The Nix were outplayed and outcoached on Saturday. CCM's movement on and off the ball was quicker and considerably better than ours. They've looked decent in patches this season, and on Saturday the patch lasted 90 minutes

There have been many positive signs up until Saturday's game. Are we now to believe that the season is over, that the players and the Coach don't care based on one bad game? Seriously?

Unknown editor edited November 27, 2017 00:00
Doloras wrote:
james dean wrote:

Saying the club has a culture problem is completely different to saying the coach is ready to quit after 7 games

If I were in his position, and I had seen what Ernie Merrick had to put up with, I would realise I was in a no-win situation and be ready to quit, or at least to just quietly run out my contract while not taking my job seriously any more.

Seriously, what possible excuse can you have for a 3-goal home loss to the damned Salties apart from just not caring enough?

If had seen, as you imply, what Ernie had to put up with, then why did he travel halfway round the World to take the job in the first place? I'm sure that Wellington Phoenix isn't a glamorous enough drawcard to have Coaches dropping everything to come here just to suffer the agonies of coaching us.

Despite being good value as a cliche, in my 27 coaching career (admittedly not at A League level) I've never actually seen 'caring enough' win that many matches, or prevent that many defeats. The Nix were outplayed and outcoached on Saturday. CCM's movement on and off the ball was quicker and considerably better than ours. They've looked decent in patches this season, and on Saturday the patch lasted 90 minutes

There have been many positive signs up until Saturday's game. Are we now to believe that the season is over, that the players and the Coach don't care based on one bad game? Seriously?