Norwich vs Brentford (Home) 24th January 2015

[The Great Mass Debater]

If we genuinely had a cm crisis today, makes you wonder whether he ever considered playing himself? We did transfer him as a player. Could a Reece hall-johnson have done better than Whittaker out of position. Could mcgeehan have stepped in if he wasn't at Cambridge?

 

[The Great Mass Debater]

The trouble is Alex Neil, like Neil Adams, has no experience in the transfer market so can we really be confident he has the ability to strengthen the squad? Will top players want to come and play for him?

I'm more worried he's going to take the peter grant approach and fill the team with average players from Scotland he has great faith can do a job

 

[Canaryboy]

I'd have thought Wes could have done a better job in the middle of the park. I know it would have been a lightweight midfield, but that isn't so much of an issue if you can keep hold of the ball (which Wes would have helped). Even Elliott Bennett has been known to play in the middle, although not to any degree of success. Didn't Hughton try that in a cup game? Think that was unsuccessful.

Also Conor McGrandles can play through the middle can't he?

 

[The Great Mass Debater]

You are right about the squad. It isn't as good as we think it was. But why are we defending as badly against Championship players as we did Prem ones?

Yes, Adams was poor in his signings, particularly at CB. And I for the life of me don't comprehend the Miquel signing.

But why, when it is so patently obvious that we defend better with Cuellar and Martin than Turner and Cuellar with Whittaker at RB, did it get changed? The last three halves of football have been a disgrace defensively. We can blame Bradley for not being the best passer all the time or Tettey and Howson are missing but to be honest Turner is utter sh-ite. Watch their first goal and how he backed off initially and offered the guy to run into our box was under 11's naivety. So what did AN see at training that convinced him to restore Turner despite us winning well without him? Fact is under AN we were hanging on against Cardiff and were well beaten by Brentford. He can't claim the Bournemouth game.

At the moment, I feel that AN has meddled with something and made it worse. Is his ego so big that he wanted it his way? Is that why Phelan left? I hope I'm wrong and he is just fiddling with things and tuning it to his style. But I have to take every game on its own merits. And today, as much as  anything, was the managers fault for his wrong selection, lack of style and poor tactics. And if he is the granite Scot he tries to portray, he will admit that and vow to change it.

Its definitely going to be his way. The question is how well and how quickly the players can adapt. Not very by the sign of things. If they even buy into it and aren't bucking his authority like we saw with AVB

 

[Yellow Fever]

If we genuinely had a cm crisis today, makes you wonder whether he ever considered playing himself? We did transfer him as a player. Could a Reece hall-johnson have done better than Whittaker out of position. Could mcgeehan have stepped in if he wasn't at Cambridge?

Good question, GMD. Conor McGrandles was on the bench.

 

[Yellow Fever]

I'm more worried he's going to take the peter grant approach and fill the team with average players from Scotland he has great faith can do a job

I fear the comparison with Peter Grant may well turn out to be appropriate, and not just about the players.

 

[Canaryboy]

Good question, GMD. Conor McGrandles was on the bench.

We had at least two - possibly three - players on the bench that I'd have picked above Whittaker in centre midfield.

 

[Surgeryman]

That was truly dreadful. We need to start rebuilding for the future as if that lot (by some sort of miracle) get promotion, we will be truly tonked every week!

The manager comes on Canary Call and says Whittaker was not his biggest problem today. OMG!! Hoolahan, McGrandles...etc should come before the Whittaker option is even considered.

Lafferty was awful also, CBs tripe, I could go on. You just cannot play two right footed players when left footed ones are available.

Buy their RB and Pritchard please!

Three seasons of poor decision making by the board gave brought us to this state. Awful, just truly awful.

 

[eatonparkboy]

Its definitely going to be his way. The question is how well and how quickly the players can adapt. Not very by the sign of things. If they even buy into it and aren't bucking his authority like we saw with AVB

I think everyone can adapt to change. The players HAVE to and the supporters WILL do if the change pleases them or reverses what didn't please them. But what worries me is that it is OK to blame the players for poor performances but when the manager stands on the sidelines and does nothing to stop his two CB's and Martin and eventually Whittaker and Johnson, thumping the ball up the pitch against a deep lying defence, then I conclude he wants them to do it.

That kind of change is not acceptable to most NCFC supporters. If he announced that he won't lie then I ask him at his press conference to tell the whole truth about the last three halves of football.

 

[Canaryboy]

I fear the comparison with Peter Grant may well turn out to be appropriate, and not just about the players.

I don't think that we should prosthesize doom and gloom just yet. If Alex Neil is throwing his weight around a bit and unsettling the players, then perhaps such an approach is a necessary one. We've had two 'nice guys' and got relegation and mid-table in the Championship. Perhaps we do need somebody to shake the squad up. Lambert did a pretty good job of spending a transfer budget in the Championship and Premier League, didn't have much of a track record to go by either.

He hasn't managed to use the cheque book yet and his number 2 hasn't arrived at Colney...... if he goes out and signs a left winger and a centre back over the next week then we at least know that he is capable of identifying the weaknesses in our squad, and that would be a good start. Determining whether the players he brings in are sufficient quality to address the issues is the next step, right now I'd just be happy to see that he understands what needs to be fixed.

If the deadline passes and he's signed a striker, right winger and a centre midfielder I'll be worried (those three areas being arguably the outfield areas which least need addressing, when we have a full squad at our disposal).

 

[Yellow Fever]

Most people thought that we "have the strongest squad in this league" before Neil was appointed. Now we need new players. I think it's just a bit more complicated than that. We've had a 'knee-jerk reaction and it hasn't worked. 

 

[Canaryboy]

Most people thought that we "have the strongest squad in this league" before Neil was appointed. Now we need new players. I think it's just a bit more complicated than that. We've had a 'knee-jerk reaction and it hasn't worked. 

For me personally I thought Adams' transfer dealings played a large part in why I felt that we needed to part terms with him. He signed no less than 10 players in the summer:

1. Carlos Cuellar
2. Lewis Grabban
3. Kyle Lafferty
4. Cameron Jerome
5. Jos Hooiveld
6. Ignasi Miquel
7. Gary O'Neil
8. Conor McGrandles
9. Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe
10. Louis Thomson

How many of those have become one of the first names on the team sheet? Probably just one, Cameron Jerome. The Belgian lad would probably have been a useful player if he could keep fit, but he was injury prone before we signed him so I'm not sure we can even chalk that one off as 'bad luck'. We spent somewhere around £3m on three kids who aren't ready to make an impact. Wouldn't it have been more sensible to have spent £3m on a very good left winger if we were prioritising a short term objective (promotion?).

And if McGrandles and Miquel were not deemed sufficient quality to play at Championship level despite costing a combined £2.5m, then what prospect was there of them being any use whatsoever in the league above this one? Where we were supposed to be playing next season?

Three centre backs signed, Kyle Lafferty signed to play on the left wing. What positions do most fans consider our problem areas? Only one man can be blamed for this, and it isn't Alex Neil.

In my opinion our problems have largely stemmed by Adams' not replacing our departing wide players and failing to sign a centre back of sufficient calibre to replace Bassong, despite three attempts.

I think we should at least give Alex Neil the opportunity to address the issues that we'd identified long before he arrived. Lambert won his first two games here by the way, and then failed to win the next four, so lets not pretend that Lambert was a magic pill which worked straight away. It took him time to work out what his best first XI was and he signed quite a few players on loan, as well as in his first transfer window. 

If Alex Neil is worth his salt he'll know that we need a left winger, and could do with a centre back, and will have learnt that Whittaker is never to be played in midfield. That, for me, is the most important thing. This week is important, we need a couple of players. I'd like to think that if Adams gets to spunk £3m on three kids for our U21 development squad Neil will at least be given a few million to sign a first team left winger and maybe a centre back on loan after today. And a centre midfielder on loan if there is any prospect of having to pick between Whittaker and Hoolahan in centre midfield again.

It was probably inevitable that the "should have appointed Phelan" comments would come, my dad text me that ten minutes ago. But actually, what experience does Phelan have of recruitment? Granted he'd probably get a few favours off of Sir Alex Ferguson (some tips, some loans etc) but I very much doubt he'd have been identifying players for Ferguson considering Ferguson's brother was his head scout and his son a football agent.

 

[splutcho]

Just for the record, Steven Whittaker has played Champions League football at CDM. It certainly didn't look like it today, but that was the thinking I'm sure.

 

[eatonparkboy]

For me personally I thought Adams' transfer dealings played a large part in why I felt that we needed to part terms with him. He signed no less than 10 players in the summer:

1. Carlos Cuellar
2. Lewis Grabban
3. Kyle Lafferty
4. Cameron Jerome
5. Jos Hooiveld
6. Ignasi Miquel
7. Gary O'Neil
8. Conor McGrandles
9. Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe
10. Louis Thomson

How many of those have become one of the first names on the team sheet? Probably just one, Cameron Jerome. The Belgian lad would probably have been a useful player if he could keep fit, but he was injury prone before we signed him so I'm not sure we can even chalk that one off as 'bad luck'. We spent somewhere around £3m on three kids who aren't ready to make an impact. Wouldn't it have been more sensible to have spent £3m on a very good left winger if we were prioritising a short term objective (promotion?).

And if McGrandles and Miquel were not deemed sufficient quality to play at Championship level despite costing a combined £2.5m, then what prospect was there of them being any use whatsoever in the league above this one? Where we were supposed to be playing next season?

Three centre backs signed, Kyle Lafferty signed to play on the left wing. What positions do most fans consider our problem areas? Only one man can be blamed for this, and it isn't Alex Neil.

In my opinion our problems have largely stemmed by Adams' not replacing our departing wide players and failing to sign a centre back of sufficient calibre to replace Bassong, despite three attempts.

I think we should at least give Alex Neil the opportunity to address the issues that we'd identified long before he arrived. Lambert won his first two games here by the way, and then failed to win the next four, so lets not pretend that Lambert was a magic pill which worked straight away. It took him time to work out what his best first XI was and he signed quite a few players on loan, as well as in his first transfer window. 

If Alex Neil is worth his salt he'll know that we need a left winger, and could do with a centre back, and will have learnt that Whittaker is never to be played in midfield. That, for me, is the most important thing. This week is important, we need a couple of players. I'd like to think that if Adams gets to spunk £3m on three kids for our U21 development squad Neil will at least be given a few million to sign a first team left winger and maybe a centre back on loan after today. And a centre midfielder on loan if there is any prospect of having to pick between Whittaker and Hoolahan in centre midfield again.

It was probably inevitable that the "should have appointed Phelan" comments would come, my dad text me that ten minutes ago. But actually, what experience does Phelan have of recruitment? Granted he'd probably get a few favours off of Sir Alex Ferguson (some tips, some loans etc) but I very much doubt he'd have been identifying players for Ferguson considering Ferguson's brother was his head scout and his son a football agent.

Are you sure that Adam's recruited all those players? Haven't we got a back room person to do that? I assume the management team have the final say but how many managers go out looking for players. It was not uncommon years ago to hardly ever see the manager at a match because he was away scouting somebody a scout had recommended. Now he has minions to do that and videos to watch.

We would have to do plenty of research to find out AN's recruits in Scotland and they of course play in Scotland so it is impossible to compare. But in the same way, surely he will have hardly any, if at all, knowledge of the class of player he will need to be looking at?

 

[Din]

F*cking pathetic. Can't think of anything else I can say about that. We struggled to successfully string 2 passes together and defensively we were beyond hopeless. That is easily the worst performance I have seen all season.

Player Ratings:

Ruddy - 6/10. Not at fault for either of the goals, and made a good save from Douglas in the second half. Can't blame him at all.

Martin - 4/10. Dawdled on the ball, gave the ball away far too often, no effect going forward whatsoever. 

Turner - 4/10. Won the odd header. But no communication with Cuellar and beaten too easily on several occasions. 

Cuellar - 3/10. Useless. Gave away another penalty, has a poor relationship with Turner, barely won any headers, and his distribution was poor.

Olsson - 6/10. Definitely one of our better players. Did sometimes take too long to release it, but in general he defended very well. 

Redmond - 8/10. Best player by an absolute mile. Had their left back in his pocket, and scored a great goal. 

Whittaker - 2/10. Can't even be bothered to go into detail. Truly dreadful.

Johnson - 4/10. Was unlucky when he hit the bar with a great effort, on the whole though was pretty poor, and no real impact.

Lafferty - 3/10. Didn't really do anything good, no surprise he was taken off at half time. 

Hooper - 3/10. Barely involved in the game, and when he was he gave it away most of the time. 

Jerome - 4/10. Was unlucky when he was denied by a great save in the second half, but apart from that he wasn't in the game at all.

Subs:

E.Bennett - 4/10. No real impact at all. Struggled on the left as he constantly wanted to cut inside.

Hoolahan - 3/10. Again, no impact.

Grabban - 3/10. Missed a sitter towards the end, but apart from that didn't do anything.

To be honest, I don't have any qualms about the team that started the game, even the decision to start with Whittaker in centre midfield. As Splutcho says, Whittaker has played there in the Champions League before, so it wasn't an unreasonable choice considering that all our other available central midfielders apart from Johnson weren't able to play. I also think that all the right substitutions were made on Alex Neil's behalf. I don't know what is was today, whether Neil changed the system completely and it horribly backfired, or whether the players just didn't turn up at all for whatever reason. I do think on this occasion the players have to take the majority of the blame. The amount of individual mistakes in there today was ridiculous, and it was two individual errors that lead to both of their goals.

As I said in the other thread as well, booing the Hooper for Hoolahan substitution today, and jeering Whittaker when he came off is pathetic. Whittaker was dreadful today, there's no denying it. Add to the fact that he's had a poor season overall and there's bound to be a little bit of frustration and annoyance towards him perhaps more than certain other players. However I think that fans jeering him and celebrating when he gets substituted is shameful. He may have had a bad game, but the fact is he worked his hardest for the team, but just couldn't make it work. I have sympathy for him for that and I'm sure that now his confidence has been ripped to shreds. And as I said, booing the change of Hooper coming off for Hoolahan was ridiculous. I could almost understand if Hooper was having a great game, and was a crucial part of the team, but he just wasn't. Hooper was as poor as the rest of the team was, and the change to take him off for Hoolahan was the right change to make, as if we took Whittaker off at that stage we would've been completely exposed defensively, and would've conceded even more. I have no issues with people booing at the final whistle, but booing individual players is stupid.

Have to say as well, Brentford were excellent today. Easily the best team I have seen this season. Passed the ball incredibly well, defensively were brilliant and it would've been an absolute travesty had they not won that game. Much better than us and on that evidence I'd be amazed if we finished above them. Alex Pritchard for them was fantastic, one of the best players I've seen play against us. 

Oh well, we now need to pick up points against Birmingham next week after dropping points today. It won't be easy though, and to be honest I can't see us winning.

 

[RhythmicTheory]

I dont really get the hysteria.  We struggled in the middle of the park because 3 first choice cm's were out, incidentally where brentford are strongest.  That combined with our inconsistent players deciding today was another one they should not turn up for should we really be that surprised?   Alex hit the nail on the head completely, we lack hunger.  You have 4 maybe 5 players in there that are proffessional enough to give it a good go 90% of the time, but this squad has been given enough chances and failed to come up with the goods.  

To have a chance of going up this season we need a miraculous transfer window, I just think its going to be too much to ask.  We have to hope for the playoffs and luck of the draw but whatever division next season we have to rebuild the team and start again (I would keep Howson, Redmond, Ruddy and possibly Jerome).   We have to hope this footballing board + Alex can come up with the goods player transfers wise, its a big ask and they haven't exactly covered themselves in glory on the whole with transfers over the last 18 months.

 

[RhythmicTheory]

Also, and not that it mattered to the result, that IS the worst officiating performance (from all officials) I've ever seen.  Soft / inconsistant fouls, players miles on side when flagged off and the wrong player given a yellow card lol

 

[eatonparkboy]

I dont really get the hysteria.  We struggled in the middle of the park because 3 first choice cm's were out, incidentally where brentford are strongest.  That combined with our inconsistent players deciding today was another one they should not turn up for should we really be that surprised?   Alex hit the nail on the head completely, we lack hunger.  You have 4 maybe 5 players in there that are proffessional enough to give it a good go 90% of the time, but this squad has been given enough chances and failed to come up with the goods.  

To have a chance of going up this season we need a miraculous transfer window, I just think its going to be too much to ask.  We have to hope for the playoffs and luck of the draw but whatever division next season we have to rebuild the team and start again (I would keep Howson, Redmond, Ruddy and possibly Jerome).   We have to hope this footballing board + Alex can come up with the goods player transfers wise, its a big ask and they haven't exactly covered themselves in glory on the whole with transfers over the last 18 months.

Hardly hysteria. Just people making a judgement on what they saw today. Each game must be measured on its merits not on last week or who s missing. And today was the second worst performance of the season. And AN can say what he likes, but his half time talk didn't inspire them did it.

 

[ZLF]

Brentford were excellent,  exposing the space left by right winger martin and left winger olsson and the weakness we had in cm;   they are their strengths and they exploited it superbly.   Shockingly had we taken our chanced we could have escaped with an undeserved point.       

I dont think our attacking 4 played badly - they were simply starved of the ball by incompetent central midfielders who ever turned to take the ball from the back 4 and in one occassion late in the second half BJ,  having again covering the advanced olsson (just 2 assists for all his glittering attacking play remembe)  abdicated responsibility by passing 5 yards to olsson leaving him with no option but to hoick it long.

The score are an overreaction i suspect.

Ruddy  6  left exposed by the soft back 6;  superb save when still level; no chance with either goal,  and rightly asked martin for help to be met with silence.

Martin 4 - poor as a leader tooday,  far to forward but slow and uncommitted when repeatedly caught forward.   Shocking and prob the worst player on the pitch for me.   his absence forward meant teh two cbs either moved right leaving acres to the left behind the AWOL Olsson or creating too large a gap between cuellar and turner.   Not a team performance. 

Olsson 4.   Jota drifted past him at will,  he never stopped him once,   over committed forward,  and for Jotas goal started level with Jota yet his committment to do his day job of defending left him out paced by Jota and 20 yards behind and 18 yards behind the slower closets player in lafferty who at least gave a *bleep*.   His attacking play (same assist as garrido in far more games,  and many in an easier league) is hugely overrated.

Turner 4.   Slow,  bewildered,  not won an aerial challenge in the last two games.   What he was doing faffing in the second half who knows and was the one committing the "foul" for the penalty and should have been sent off for the shoulder to the face. 

Cuellar 5   Stupid for the penalty - but did cover martins absence and generally the one who looked like defending - by still not good. 

Whittaker 4  Never recovered from the poor challenge in minute 1 or his loss of possession for their goal.   His burning at the stake is ludicrous though, as I thought he passed,  tackled and defended more effectively that is cm partner.   Has a sort of excuse that its not his position but was woeful.  An example of getting on a players back making his performance get progressively worse.  

BJ 4.  As its apparently his position I thought he was worse than Whittaker.    He as THE def midfielder - yet for their goal he recklessly stupidly headlessly get involved ahead of the ball - as were BJ & Olsson,  meaning only Ruddy & the CBs were behind them.   An intelligent footballer does not allow that, it was his responsibility and he chose to abandon it and then not work back .. That  is worse that whit losing possession,  allowing them an easy run on goal.  It was not the only time.   Add in no tackles won,  woeful passing and repeated attempts at the glory pass he is a central midfield liability.   And it is his position.  One shot against the bar does not make up for an abysmal showing (balanced by the one nearly reaching teh upper River end!)

Lafferty 5.    Spend more time behind Olsson than ahead;  not great but not bad enough to want taking off either but at least got involved.   We were worse once he was removed

Redmond 8  Our star man,  had their full back stitched up and deserved his goal - showed the team how to use the long ball properly.   Lovely ball to Hoops,  deserved greater support and we had to get the ball to him but couldnt.

Hooper 5 - great in the first half and played his deeper midfield role well.   Lucky to stay on as long as he was as again his lack of fitness meant he faded rapidly second half - otherwise he score would be higher.   Its one thing Wes at 34 lasting 60 mins another for a pro in his prime.   As with Grabban did not take his chance when given it one on one with the keeper 

Jerome 6  Good game.   Sometime slow getting back from offside but his work ethic is something his team mates should admire and try to replicate.   Woeful service and unlucky with his effort stunningly saved 

Ebennett 5   A chance to show us what he can do.   If that is it its not good enough - he was univolved and not look to get involved.   Poos passing.  Unfortunate to be involved with that as a performance I guess.

Wes 5 again had no impact - lasting contribution was his annoyance at ruddy for ignoring his advice on the pen.      like bennett suffered as an attacking introduction when the problem was the cm not getting the ball TO the attacking players.

Grabban 5  Needs to take these chance when they matter - team squanders another 1v1 against the keeper.

 

[The Great Mass Debater]

Brentford were excellent,  exposing the space left by right winger martin and left winger olsson and the weakness we had in cm;   they are their strengths and they exploited it superbly.   Shockingly had we taken our chanced we could have escaped with an undeserved point.       

I dont think our attacking 4 played badly - they were simply starved of the ball by incompetent central midfielders who ever turned to take the ball from the back 4 and in one occassion late in the second half BJ,  having again covering the advanced olsson (just 2 assists for all his glittering attacking play remembe)  abdicated responsibility by passing 5 yards to olsson leaving him with no option but to hoick it long.

The score are an overreaction i suspect.

Ruddy  6  left exposed by the soft back 6;  superb save when still level; no chance with either goal,  and rightly asked martin for help to be met with silence.

Martin 4 - poor as a leader tooday,  far to forward but slow and uncommitted when repeatedly caught forward.   Shocking and prob the worst player on the pitch for me.   his absence forward meant teh two cbs either moved right leaving acres to the left behind the AWOL Olsson or creating too large a gap between cuellar and turner.   Not a team performance. 

Olsson 4.   Jota drifted past him at will,  he never stopped him once,   over committed forward,  and for Jotas goal started level with Jota yet his committment to do his day job of defending left him out paced by Jota and 20 yards behind and 18 yards behind the slower closets player in lafferty who at least gave a *bleep*.   His attacking play (same assist as garrido in far more games,  and many in an easier league) is hugely overrated.

Turner 4.   Slow,  bewildered,  not won an aerial challenge in the last two games.   What he was doing faffing in the second half who knows and was the one committing the "foul" for the penalty and should have been sent off for the shoulder to the face. 

Cuellar 5   Stupid for the penalty - but did cover martins absence and generally the one who looked like defending - by still not good. 

Whittaker 4  Never recovered from the poor challenge in minute 1 or his loss of possession for their goal.   His burning at the stake is ludicrous though, as I thought he passed,  tackled and defended more effectively that is cm partner.   Has a sort of excuse that its not his position but was woeful.  An example of getting on a players back making his performance get progressively worse.  

BJ 4.  As its apparently his position I thought he was worse than Whittaker.    He as THE def midfielder - yet for their goal he recklessly stupidly headlessly get involved ahead of the ball - as were BJ & Olsson,  meaning only Ruddy & the CBs were behind them.   An intelligent footballer does not allow that, it was his responsibility and he chose to abandon it and then not work back .. That  is worse that whit losing possession,  allowing them an easy run on goal.  It was not the only time.   Add in no tackles won,  woeful passing and repeated attempts at the glory pass he is a central midfield liability.   And it is his position.  One shot against the bar does not make up for an abysmal showing (balanced by the one nearly reaching teh upper River end!)

Lafferty 5.    Spend more time behind Olsson than ahead;  not great but not bad enough to want taking off either but at least got involved.   We were worse once he was removed

Redmond 8  Our star man,  had their full back stitched up and deserved his goal - showed the team how to use the long ball properly.   Lovely ball to Hoops,  deserved greater support and we had to get the ball to him but couldnt.

Hooper 5 - great in the first half and played his deeper midfield role well.   Lucky to stay on as long as he was as again his lack of fitness meant he faded rapidly second half - otherwise he score would be higher.   Its one thing Wes at 34 lasting 60 mins another for a pro in his prime.   As with Grabban did not take his chance when given it one on one with the keeper 

Jerome 6  Good game.   Sometime slow getting back from offside but his work ethic is something his team mates should admire and try to replicate.   Woeful service and unlucky with his effort stunningly saved 

Ebennett 5   A chance to show us what he can do.   If that is it its not good enough - he was univolved and not look to get involved.   Poos passing.  Unfortunate to be involved with that as a performance I guess.

Wes 5 again had no impact - lasting contribution was his annoyance at ruddy for ignoring his advice on the pen.      like bennett suffered as an attacking introduction when the problem was the cm not getting the ball TO the attacking players.

Grabban 5  Needs to take these chance when they matter - team squanders another 1v1 against the keeper.

So why did we decide to play to Brentford's strengths? I thought the idea of tactics were that you assessed where the opposition are strong and nullify it, assess where they are weak and exploit it, as well as playing to your own strengths. We don't seem to have done any of this