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Post by 2nd May 1990 on Dec 28, 2018 14:37:23 GMT
Sturrock and Widdrington fell out at Southend and Coughlan replaced Widdrington as assistant manager. Not sure it would be the most harmonious of management structures!
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Post by paulpirate on Dec 28, 2018 14:59:35 GMT
Sturrock and Widdrington fell out at Southend and Coughlan replaced Widdrington as assistant manager. Not sure it would be the most harmonious of management structures! get rid of widdrington then |
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Post by lpgas on Dec 28, 2018 22:05:03 GMT
The phrase "we've got our Rovers back" is ridiculously over used. After a run of bad results under DC and all of a sudden "we've lost our Rovers"? No, we got our Rovers back when DC turned the tide of overpaid care-free journeymen using our club as an easy pay day, that was back in the conference. We've had it ever since, and just because we've struggled this season doesn't mean we lost it, only for it to "be back" after we've won 2 games. I'm delighted we're playing better and winning games and I would give the job to GC until the end of the season as he's doing well so far and gives a bit of stability, but these blanket statements making out like the whole club has turned a corner is just wrong in my opinion, sorry. So our recent signings aren't journeymen? Rodman 12 clubs: Payne 8 clubs  |
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Post by lpgas on Dec 28, 2018 22:07:22 GMT
I'd have no problem with Coughlan being given the job. He's grabbed the opportunity with both hands and has done very well. That said, two wins doesn't mean he is the only option. This is in no way a criticism of Coughlan, but the timing of THD's availability has been fortunate for him, I think. A naturally left footed player, particularly one of his quality, has given us a balance that DC wasn't able to select. That's also allowed Rodman to be selected as a natural balance to that down the right. But as I say, that's.no criticism of Coughlan who has done extremely well and been impressive. I'd be happy with him or Garner. Actually, I'd probably take anyone but Cotterill, who in my opinion would be a terrible appointment. GC is reuniting the fans better than I could imagine anybody else doing right now. Cotterill would be a disastrous appointment as he'd likely have the opposite effect. Unlike DC Useless Nichols is not the first name on the team sheet, AND he is willing to play a loan player up front for more than 10 minutes |
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Post by lpgas on Dec 28, 2018 22:09:40 GMT
Absolutely agree. I wouldn't write Bennett off get though. He hasn't become a bad player overnight and does still give us something different. Yeah Bennett has got great feet and a very good technical player. Not knocking him but so bloody frustrating because he does the same thing every time. Need to be coached to be more versatile and could become our best player. So him playing up front wasn't in anyway to do with what DC had told him to do? |
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Post by lpgas on Dec 28, 2018 22:19:15 GMT
I agree DC definitely ran out of patience with the board for all the broken promises, and as a result made it very hard to sign players with proven ability. The net result was DC needed out because he was in 'no win situation' Let's roll the clock back, if the board had backed DC by not selling our best players, we would now have been a established Championship side with two fantastic strikers Taylor and Harrison. We may not still have had a new ground, but we would be selling out every week and making full use our new training facilities. Nobody, with a long contract are going to walk away on a point of principle. DC is the best manager we have ever had and deserved every penny of it. I believe the weekly team selection shuffle along players out of position was no accident. The players in fairness, with a few exceptions, gave it go and without hitting the woodwork on numerous occasions we would be mid table safeish and matching the boards lack of ambition. GC gets my vote to the end of the season.UTG Losing Taylor was down to the old Board? Not sure we've ever been a Championship chasing side or DC would have been promised we would be one, not in the short term anyway. What were the "promises?" Yes the training ground...……...they didn't promise anything else. but lets look at DC in his final interview he admitted that he had the biggest budget he ever had. It was a mid table budget, (this despite him saying he had a bottom 6 budget before this) . He also has a development squad and all the other lower teams all looked after by club employed coaches. He had a fitness coach, a sports fitness coach, a defensive coach, and so on. The truth is he had more resources than any previous manager, and that is down to our present owners, who at present are covering losses of £1.5 million a year. The problem with Clarke was he went for a big squad, rather than a quality squad. At this level a squad of 22 is fine, rather than the 26 he had. Also he kept some players too long, and I think if we have a new man coming in then we can see a bit of a clear out. Probably most of those who played in the Conference |
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Post by lpgas on Dec 28, 2018 22:22:05 GMT
His original post of Development Squad coach? To be honest Paul Sturrock on the coaching team would be a no for me, I agree. If he can bring some experience and advice to the coaching team in an "upstairs" role I wouldn't be averse to that. So why bother shelling out money on a what, Director of Football? What does a Director of Football actually do? Everyone said that about Lennie Lawrence , and we know what happened next |
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Post by socrates on Dec 28, 2018 22:25:34 GMT
Yeah Bennett has got great feet and a very good technical player. Not knocking him but so bloody frustrating because he does the same thing every time. Need to be coached to be more versatile and could become our best player. So him playing up front wasn't in anyway to do with what DC had told him to do? I don’t know do you ? |
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Post by socrates on Dec 28, 2018 22:25:51 GMT
So why bother shelling out money on a what, Director of Football? What does a Director of Football actually do? Everyone said that about Lennie Lawrence , and we know what happened next Not everyone. |
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Post by lpgas on Dec 28, 2018 22:36:32 GMT
So him playing up front wasn't in anyway to do with what DC had told him to do? I don’t know do you ? Well if you ask Holloway, he will tell you "good players do what the manager tells them"  |
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Post by socrates on Dec 28, 2018 22:50:25 GMT
Well if you ask Holloway, he will tell you "good players do what the manager tells them" So your saying DC is a good manager and Bennet is a good player ? |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2018 23:01:36 GMT
Losing Taylor was down to the old Board? Not sure we've ever been a Championship chasing side or DC would have been promised we would be one, not in the short term anyway. What were the "promises?" Yes the training ground...……...they didn't promise anything else. but lets look at DC in his final interview he admitted that he had the biggest budget he ever had. It was a mid table budget, (this despite him saying he had a bottom 6 budget before this) . He also has a development squad and all the other lower teams all looked after by club employed coaches. He had a fitness coach, a sports fitness coach, a defensive coach, and so on. The truth is he had more resources than any previous manager, and that is down to our present owners, who at present are covering losses of £1.5 million a year. The problem with Clarke was he went for a big squad, rather than a quality squad. At this level a squad of 22 is fine, rather than the 26 he had. Also he kept some players too long, and I think if we have a new man coming in then we can see a bit of a clear out. Probably most of those who played in the Conference This thing about us having a large squad is an odd one. If you look at the programme, pretty much every week the opposition has a larger squad than us. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 29, 2018 15:22:55 GMT
Said it 2 games ago and still agree! Give the man the job already!!! 💙 UTG!
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Post by rosssgb on Dec 29, 2018 15:35:28 GMT
Got everything right today from starting XI to subs made.
Ship Payne and Nichols out and get a new target man and winger in January and we’ll at least be safe.
UTG
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Post by Parrot on Dec 29, 2018 15:58:03 GMT
Ive a nagging feeling the board have already appointed someone else but are yet to announce
NITK just a gut feeling.
Imagine if someone comes in and we loose a couple
Meltdown of the highest
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Post by socrates on Dec 29, 2018 16:03:06 GMT
If they give it to anyone else now I’ll be distraught.
Got to be Cogs until end of season , let him fight for longer deal.
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Post by mariobalotelli on Dec 29, 2018 16:04:59 GMT
Said it 2 games ago and still agree! Give the man the job already!!! 💙 UTG! Still an embarrassing post though. |
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Post by Cantankerous Gas on Dec 29, 2018 16:09:10 GMT
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Post by Icegas on Dec 29, 2018 16:13:19 GMT
Ive a nagging feeling the board have already appointed someone else but are yet to announce NITK just a gut feeling. Imagine if someone comes in and we loose a couple Meltdown of the highest If they dont give it to him until the end of the season then I will be watered off almost as much as them letting DC go - even tho the latter looks like the right call. If they give it to steve Cockhead I will give up any hope for this board. |
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Post by gruad on Dec 29, 2018 16:57:51 GMT
Having watched today's game I would say that the mananger's strategy consists of the goal keeper booting the ball up the wing and then a duel of heads.
Once it comes to ground it relies on our forwards being able to turn and outpace which they did.
And there wasn't much variation on that.
Now I dont know much about football and whether this is a sufficient strategy, but it worked!
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