[Lord Snooty]

.....has been voted Town player of the month.

Deserved? I think so. Do you?

Why has he suddenly started playing like the player we all thought he would be rather than Mister Inconsistent?

Is it all down to our new manager?

[theo_luddite]

I would say mostly Snoots. Robins knew he could be a good player - he was sat in the stands when Scanz ran Leicester ragged in the FA Cup and scored a great goal. After that, how many starts did he give him? How may full 90 minutes did he give him? How many times, if he didn't turn a game in the 10 minutes he was given did he even pick him to sit on the bench?

Hey we're all human and if Robins thought Hammill could do a better job and he couldn't play both of them, it was up to him who he picked. But hey again, who did Robins really think was up to the job he wanted to be done on the right? My bank balance knows only too well how many times Hammill got subbed or only came on for part of a game too.

Could be interesting now there's apparently competiton coming up for that place on the wing.

Powell took 3-4 games to work out the nucleus of his starting 11 and Scanz is mostly one of them. That and he's got him defending too, which Scanz could always do (saw him do it to great effect at Forest last year but they double and treble teamed him to stop him coming forward), but Robins could rarely get him to do it during his 10,15-20 minute cameo's as he would curse his luck when he lost the ball rather than work hard to get it back.

Per Lillis - you don't match get fit only playing 10-15 minutes per game. Powell is also just as likely to sit you down for a couple of games (Wells a prime example, Scanz and Bunn didn't start against Ipswich) if it suits him tactically - so he's keeping all of them on their toes for now. Let's hope he's still keeping them on their toes come next Easter.

[EastLondonTerrier]

He's a player who needs an arm round him, someone who tells him how good he is and believes in him. He always had the ability, only a deluded town fan would deny that. The problem was consistency and at times, application possibly when he came on late and he tried to do too much. Hopefully now we can see the real deal, his core strength is ridiculous (i.e. putting danny shittu on the floor last time we played millwall) and his ability to beat a man is probably one of the best in the league. Final product now needs to be much better and is becoming that, if he keeps getting assists and performs well in addition, he's becoming one of the first names on the team sheet and we visibly missed him when he was on the bench along with Bunn.

[MNTerrier]

when a player like that has such a dramatic turnaround in consistency it can only be down to the way he is being managed i cant think of any other explanation
I was one who advocated letting him go because of his consistency problems , for a long time he looked like a passenger in the squad and looked like he didnt care
obviously i was wrong he wasnt failing the management team was failing him
just goes to show how important man management is

[EastLondonTerrier]

People have not managed him well. My old boss used to know sean scannell, nathaniel clyne and other players when he worked at crystal palace and he said he was a first class professional as well as the main person who would do community work, and all the other extra activities that players can choose not to do outside of training. So I don't think it was ever an attitude problem, just getting the best out of him. He's come from a place where you had to fight for everything you got so sometimes you just need someone to believe in you and tell you how good you are. Confidence is something which is tough to build but very easy to shatter.

[ARTERRIER]

More than deserved is this accolade, lets hope he can continue. The upsurge in his performance since Powell arrived is remarkable, must be Powell, that's all there is to it. Long may it continue.

[Marco4]

I wrote about the changes Powell has enacted on the Thrice Champions blog , its a bit heavy going, but worth a read, I'd say, but Scannell is clearly reborn under the new boss. Its a great thing to have and, even though we can assume his form will tail off occasionally, he's given proof he can do it and do it well for a good while, not just 20 minutes.