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Post by smudge1 on Jan 19, 2019 18:29:05 GMT
Listen to his interview, just like DC's later interviews! Utter rubbish he says, not wrong there and I take the blame. All that's missing is the dust ourselves down quote. Fair play we are a poor club, badly run with tinpot facilities. If he sells Sercombe it will be the last rites!!
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Post by South Stand Ultra on Jan 19, 2019 18:31:38 GMT
The Messiah wasn't getting this sh** 3 games ago........
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2019 18:37:33 GMT
They drove the last manager bonkers" - Graham Coughlan's warning shot to Bristol Rovers players after dismal loss
Rovers suffered a 1-0 loss to Wycombe Wanderers SHARE BY DAVID BYROM 18:22, 19 JAN 2019 Bristol Rovers manager Graham Coughlan Bristol Rovers manager Graham Coughlan(Image: Ryan Hiscott/JMP) Graham Coughlan has warned he will not be taking the blame for his players again after Bristol Rovers' dismal 1-0 defeat to Wycombe Wanderers.
In an atrocious game, the Gas failed to create much going forward and were punished when Wycombe scored from a corner midway through the second half.
The defeat ends the Gas' unbeaten run under Coughlan and drops them back into the relegation zone - and the new manager said he will not let the players get away with it again.
0_Bristol-Rovers-v-Wycombe-Wanderers-190119.jpg James Clarke of Bristol Rovers is marked by Joe Jacobson of Wycombe Wanderers(Image: Ryan Hiscott/JMP)
“I’d take 11 players after today,” Coughlan replied after being asked about the transfer window.
“That’s not me being flippant or being funny, after today’s performance there’s not one player who can expect to hold onto a jersey, there’s not one player who can knock on my door, there’s not one player who can complain.
“But what I’ll do, I said to them in the changing room is that I’ll take the rap for it, I’ll take the blame.
“But once and once only because I ain’t having that week in, week out, I ain’t putting my name to that.
“They can blame it on me, they can go and get into their little huddles or get into their cars and do whatever modern day footballers do nowadays, go on social media.
“Blame it on me, not a problem, I’ll accept it, but I’ll accept it the once – I’ll stand here in front of the media and in front of the fans and take it once and once only because I’ve seen how that dressing room drove the previous manager.
“That dressing room drove the previous manager absolutely bonkers, absolutely crackers, and I ain’t letting them do that to me.”
Bristol Rovers player ratings from Wycombe Wanderers defeat - not good enough from the Gas
On the game itself, Coughlan said there were zero positives Rovers could take from the game.
He said: “It was terrible, it was awful.
“It was terrible, we didn’t deserve to get anything out of the game.
“Professional footballers were trying to pass the ball and were passing it out of play, passing to the opposition.
“There was nothing positive about that performance today.”
He added: “I think it was coming over the last couple of games – not scoring, the Burton Albion game was flat, the Accrington game was flat and that was a culmination of the three games.
“It’s possibly my fault, leaving players in the team and possibly showing too much loyalty.
“I suppose it’s a manager’s duty to protect players – players nowadays are pristine, you can’t say much about them, you have to tell them that they’re good players.
“I’ll protect them and I’ll work with them and, like I said to them after the game, I’ll take the rap for that today but once and once only.
“I ain’t having that, that ain’t in my DNA, that’s not me.
“Worst case scenario you see that game through and you draw 0-0 and get a point but we couldn’t even do that.”
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Post by Jomo on Jan 19, 2019 18:50:27 GMT
I'm a bit in two minds over these comments. On the one hand I'm glad he's telling it straight and that's what we fans appreciate, call a spade a spade, if it's sh** then it is indeed sh**.
However he talks of needing to manage the players carefully, and yet any player with half a brain can see that it's empty words and he's contradicting himself. I'm not sure this is even a bad thing to be honest as players ought to be man enough to face up to when they've let themselves, the club and the fans down. If they're not strong enough though, the sort of "they were sh** and it was their fault, but I'll take the blame" and "they were sh** but they're too weak to take criticism so I'll tell them it was my fault"? Surely those are totally contradictory statements that do indeed call out the players, which it seems he doesn't want to do?
I really hope he can turn this around, and perhaps today may end up being a blessing in disguise, as it shows we definitely need new faces, when previously GC and CH seemed to be fairly easy going about either way.
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Post by gasandelectricity on Jan 19, 2019 18:52:26 GMT
I'm a bit in two minds over these comments. On the one hand I'm glad he's telling it straight and that's what we fans appreciate, call a spade a spade, if it's sh** then it is indeed sh**. However he talks of needing to manage the players carefully, and yet any player with half a brain can see that it's empty words and he's contradicting himself. I'm not sure this is even a bad thing to be honest as players ought to be man enough to face up to when they've let themselves, the club and the fans down. If they're not strong enough though, the sort of "they were sh** and it was their fault, but I'll take the blame" and "they were sh** but they're too weak to take criticism so I'll tell them it was my fault"? Surely those are totally contradictory statements that do indeed call out the players, which it seems he doesn't want to do? I really hope he can turn this around, and perhaps today may end up being a blessing in disguise, as it shows we definitely need new faces, when previously GC and CH seemed to be fairly easy going about either way. Indeed. Almost sounds like a Darrell Clarke interview. He frequently contradicted himself. "I'm not making excuses, but..."
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Post by gaschat on Jan 19, 2019 19:01:04 GMT
Just words, the problem is with most football managers, if you put a microphone in front of them they will talk until you stop them. For some reason, I presume it's ego, they're intent upon convincing us they're clever, sage like, have great insight and wisdom, when in reality they're like men trying to find a light switch in a darkened hotel bedroom...clueless.
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Post by lisbongas on Jan 19, 2019 19:01:26 GMT
A lot of people on this Forum were crying out to have coughlan appointed. A couple of wins against sides almost as bad as us enough to convince them. I couldn't understand why, no experience, no real connection with rovers and no ideas.
The interview today is a joke, he refuses to take responsibility when we lose but soaks it up when we win. Hardly going to inspire the players. Talks about players who cant pass thd ball but doesn't play Lines one of our only genuine footballers.
Since he has taken over the football has been appalling, even worse then the worse times under DC.
I want him to do well and keep us up but I fear the board have made their biggest blunder so far.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2019 19:10:17 GMT
I watched from the half way line, West terrace. I could not believe, first half especially, the gap between the midfield and the front two. Presuming he set it up as 442, why the f**k were we playing 8-2?? It was shocking, to cap it off our backline cannot distribute for toffee. The only worst player on the pitch was their No 2, who hoofed it out of the ground every time. Either our players are thick and cannot understand instruction or they are incapable of playing 442. Either that was one of the worst games I have ever seen.
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Post by gashead1981 on Jan 19, 2019 19:19:44 GMT
I think Cogs identifies his own problem in his interview and is possibly the polar opposite of what Clarke was, where DC changed too much, Cogs hasn’t changed a thing, except when forced through injury/illness and that can be equally as distructive.
Ollie Clarke and Upson weren’t great against Burton, were awful against Accrington and terrible today, as well as all season. By contrast Lines and Sinclair have done well when they came in. So why are they keeping their starting shirts?
Payne has been terrible, worse than Nichols and Reilly all season, and gets the nod to start or is preferred to be a sub. He’s an absolute carthorse, is unfit, overweight and out of his depth with a terrible attitude so why is he near the team?
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Post by CrispPusher on Jan 19, 2019 19:23:57 GMT
A lot of people on this Forum were crying out to have coughlan appointed. A couple of wins against sides almost as bad as us enough to convince them. I couldn't understand why, no experience, no real connection with rovers and no ideas. The interview today is a joke, he refuses to take responsibility when we lose but soaks it up when we win. Hardly going to inspire the players. Talks about players who cant pass thd ball but doesn't play Lines one of our only genuine footballers. Since he has taken over the football has been appalling, even worse then the worse times under DC. I want him to do well and keep us up but I fear the board have made their biggest blunder so far. Lines was terrible today.
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Post by lisbongas on Jan 19, 2019 19:26:55 GMT
A lot of people on this Forum were crying out to have coughlan appointed. A couple of wins against sides almost as bad as us enough to convince them. I couldn't understand why, no experience, no real connection with rovers and no ideas. The interview today is a joke, he refuses to take responsibility when we lose but soaks it up when we win. Hardly going to inspire the players. Talks about players who cant pass thd ball but doesn't play Lines one of our only genuine footballers. Since he has taken over the football has been appalling, even worse then the worse times under DC. I want him to do well and keep us up but I fear the board have made their biggest blunder so far. Lines was terrible today. Who wasn't, are you suggesting he isn't one of the few we have who can control, hold and pass the ball?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2019 19:27:47 GMT
I'm a bit in two minds over these comments. On the one hand I'm glad he's telling it straight and that's what we fans appreciate, call a spade a spade, if it's sh** then it is indeed sh**. However he talks of needing to manage the players carefully, and yet any player with half a brain can see that it's empty words and he's contradicting himself. I'm not sure this is even a bad thing to be honest as players ought to be man enough to face up to when they've let themselves, the club and the fans down. If they're not strong enough though, the sort of "they were sh** and it was their fault, but I'll take the blame" and "they were sh** but they're too weak to take criticism so I'll tell them it was my fault"? Surely those are totally contradictory statements that do indeed call out the players, which it seems he doesn't want to do? I really hope he can turn this around, and perhaps today may end up being a blessing in disguise, as it shows we definitely need new faces, when previously GC and CH seemed to be fairly easy going about either way. It screams "Dave Penney" to me. Wonder who will lead the dressing room revolt this year?
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Post by Hugo the Elder on Jan 19, 2019 19:29:28 GMT
Sounds like there is trouble in the dressing room still and that there was for DC too.
We need to get whover is causing the issue out of the club ASAP no matter who it is.
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Post by Hugo the Elder on Jan 19, 2019 19:30:23 GMT
I'm a bit in two minds over these comments. On the one hand I'm glad he's telling it straight and that's what we fans appreciate, call a spade a spade, if it's sh** then it is indeed sh**. However he talks of needing to manage the players carefully, and yet any player with half a brain can see that it's empty words and he's contradicting himself. I'm not sure this is even a bad thing to be honest as players ought to be man enough to face up to when they've let themselves, the club and the fans down. If they're not strong enough though, the sort of "they were sh** and it was their fault, but I'll take the blame" and "they were sh** but they're too weak to take criticism so I'll tell them it was my fault"? Surely those are totally contradictory statements that do indeed call out the players, which it seems he doesn't want to do? I really hope he can turn this around, and perhaps today may end up being a blessing in disguise, as it shows we definitely need new faces, when previously GC and CH seemed to be fairly easy going about either way. It screams "Dave Penney" to me. Wonder who will lead the dressing room revolt this year? Penny should have been backed. I hope players get moved on pretty damn quick this time.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2019 19:34:06 GMT
It screams "Dave Penney" to me. Wonder who will lead the dressing room revolt this year? Penny should have been backed. I hope players get moved on pretty damn quick this time. I was all in favour of Penney, couldn't understand the stick he got considering he had two promotions with Doncaster (which we eulogise DC for achieving). And imo he was absolutely right to call out the players for being rubbish- their attitude was awful. But, as we have learnt, they hold all the cards and you have to tread carefully with them. I doubt many will respond to a tough talking interview like this one. We will see though, maybe they will buck up.
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Post by Colyton Gas on Jan 19, 2019 19:35:53 GMT
Not long to go to get rid and who would want them? Other than Sercs.
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Post by Hugo the Elder on Jan 19, 2019 19:36:56 GMT
I'd rather we were relegated watching the development squad try their best than put up with any of that sh** from some of our first team squad.
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Post by pucklegas on Jan 19, 2019 19:45:38 GMT
Widdrington said a while ago a lot of the squad are out of contract in the summer, Bye Bye, that was dreadful today.
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Post by kampucheagas on Jan 19, 2019 19:46:03 GMT
I'd rather we were relegated watching the development squad try their best than put up with any of that sh** from some of our first team squad. I’ve been saying the same for a while. Too many players not doing enough consistently. I don’t think any of us would object to ANY of the development strikers getting a chance. How many league goals have the 4 of them got so far? I reckon our defenders have scored more between them?
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Post by South Stand Ultra on Jan 19, 2019 19:47:47 GMT
Widdrington said a while ago a lot of the squad are out of contract in the summer, Bye Bye, that was dreadful today. We must be the only club who has a person in charge of player recruitment, yet don't sign any players....
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