[JonB]

Siberian Spireite, on 20 June 2024 - 10:51 AM, said:

I watched the Dorking W 'Bunch of Amateurs' episode covering the match where they beat us at their place, Hollis playing. It seems their manager had figured out how to counter (what everyone knew were) our tactics. Dorking, of course, went down. It really made me wonder how other managers were unable to deal with the tactics we so successfully employed.

It helped that we were crap that day and on that god awful plastic pitch that they were used to. He seemed to get them up for that on tv but failed to do so again as they went down without much of a fight after that.

[Osborne again]

 Siberian Spireite, on 20 June 2024 - 10:51 AM, said:

I watched the Dorking W 'Bunch of Amateurs' episode covering the match where they beat us at their place, Hollis playing. It seems their manager had figured out how to counter (what everyone knew were) our tactics. Dorking, of course, went down. It really made me wonder how other managers were unable to deal with the tactics we so successfully employed.

If he was so astute, why couldn't he do the same with the other clubs in the league and at least stay up? Paul Cook has used the same system to win several promotions throughout his career, and I've no doubt every manager he's faced off against, has known how his team would play and how to counter the system, but he's still got more credits on his CV than most.
It was an embarrassing day at the office, really embarrassing when Dorking annihilated that day.