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Post by Topper Gas on Dec 14, 2019 22:21:05 GMT
All this speculation is exactly why he should have kept his mouth shut. Or that's why he opened it? All he had to do was give his usual post match interview then go home to Sheffield and let the club's sort out compensation a deal etc. I'd be surprised if he's walked away from getting one over on Plymouth live on TV next Tuesday.
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Post by matealotblue on Dec 14, 2019 22:21:19 GMT
GC has done better than many of us expected and proved the doubters wrong but... how much of a f**king unclassy move by him this is. I understand the need to put family first etc but this just seems... wrong. Calls on the fans and "all of us" to get behind the team then wateres off when we're on the brink of something special and pushing for promotion. Nobody knows what the board has/hasn't said but this move at this time shows some true colours of a man I was starting to think could be a great manager of our great club. And that’s the really odd thing that I can’t get my head around tbh. Can fully understand wanting to better yourself and/or do things that might suit your family life better. But there are ways of doing it and ways of doing it....and this doesn’t seem like the way to do it. If you see what I mean.....
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Post by pirate on Dec 14, 2019 22:22:17 GMT
BBC Radio Bristol reports that Mansfield have had an approach for Bristol Rovers manager Graham Coughlin turned down by the League One club. All part of the process. He has 2 years left on his contract and if they want him they will have to cough up compo which should be a minimum of 500k.
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Post by neilv93 on Dec 14, 2019 22:23:21 GMT
Hahahahaha saw the result earlier and thought it'd be a good time to check the forum again after a while... never easy supporting Rovers, is it? Unbelievable.
Best of luck to him tbh, we'll still survive.
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Post by RD on Dec 14, 2019 22:24:50 GMT
Hahahahaha saw the result earlier and thought it'd be a good time to check the forum again after a while... never easy supporting Rovers, is it? Unbelievable. Best of luck to him tbh, we'll still survive. Not mathematically certain yet lol
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Post by socrates on Dec 14, 2019 22:26:38 GMT
In which case from a geographic point of view it’s a no brainer. and if Mansfield at least match his salary - you can understand it. Plenty of players drop a division to sign for another club - as long as the money is good or contract longer Yeah we didn’t have any complaints when lines left a league 1 side to join us in the conference. A great move for him and us, put us through to the next level. Gerry Francis was the master at bringing players through from much lower levels to us but also cherry picking out of favour players from higher divisions . Works at management level too.
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Post by matealotblue on Dec 14, 2019 22:27:42 GMT
Bristol post article over an hour and a half ago. Ah! I have heard of him....😀
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Post by warehamgas on Dec 14, 2019 22:29:34 GMT
I don’t buy the family thing. A football manager is a lifestyle choice meaning long hours and job uncertainty but with high reward. I’m sure however close to home you live you will still be away night after night and a slave to the job. If there is a personal problem, family or health issue, then a manager would more than likely take a break from football management completely. In my view if GC joins Mansfield it would be down to ambition of the club and the fact he sees Mansfield playing in the championship before we are Perhaps but I think GCs judgement has been pretty good. And if he sees Mansfield as being likely to play in the Championship any time soon then I’d like to be on what he’s on at the moment. They’ve had a series of managers, Evans, Flitcroft who was at Swindon and left them to go to Mansfield and was then sacked, Dempster and now someone else. They get crowds of 3000/4000 which will make them a smaller League 1 club at the most. At the moment it’s all conjecture, we don’t really know although it’s becoming increasingly likely as more info is leaked. UTG!
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Post by popuppirate on Dec 14, 2019 22:30:33 GMT
Is this all wrapped up with JCH not featuring, fell out with the board over not offering enough to keep him ? Can't get my head around it yet, but hope he stays as I'm not sure he'd say about thinking it over if he's already gone.
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Post by endicotton on Dec 14, 2019 22:30:58 GMT
GC has done better than many of us expected and proved the doubters wrong but... how much of a f**king unclassy move by him this is. I understand the need to put family first etc but this just seems... wrong. Calls on the fans and "all of us" to get behind the team then wateres off when we're on the brink of something special and pushing for promotion. Nobody knows what the board has/hasn't said but this move at this time shows some true colours of a man I was starting to think could be a great manager of our great club. And that’s the really odd thing that I can’t get my head around tbh. Can fully understand wanting to better yourself and/or do things that might suit your family life better. But there are ways of doing it and ways of doing it....and this doesn’t seem like the way to do it. If you see what I mean..... Knew where Bristol was when he signed the contract, I hear all this stuff about global warming changing the world but pretty sure the city hasn't moved that much with the sea currents since he signed on the dotted line. Looking like one hell of a hypocrit with all the slating he gave in all those interviews saying no one was supporting him or getting behind him then leaving us managerless near Christmas when we're fourth.
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Post by meader on Dec 14, 2019 22:33:16 GMT
Not read every tread on this incredible news. Just when we thought we were going in the right direction a bolt out of the blue? I guess almost every Gashead must be hating COughlan by now. I guess he will be gone by Monday morning and the search for a new manager will begin. But who is available? Who wants to come to a club with no leadership at the top? At 5pm we were all singing Graham Coughlan praises, now we just want to see the back of him. I might sound harsh, but this is how i feel right now,
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Post by Topper Gas on Dec 14, 2019 22:34:00 GMT
At least one Gashead is looking forward to him joining Mansfield:
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Post by Gassy on Dec 14, 2019 22:34:15 GMT
and if Mansfield at least match his salary - you can understand it. Plenty of players drop a division to sign for another club - as long as the money is good or contract longer Yeah we didn’t have any complaints when lines left a league 1 side to join us in the conference. A great move for him and us, put us through to the next level. Gerry Francis was the master at bringing players through from much lower levels to us but also cherry picking out of favour players from higher divisions . Works at management level too. Lines wasn’t really getting into the team though and weren’t Port Vale relegated that season? A bit different as loan player drop leagues literally all the time. The only similar thing I can think of is when Wilder left play off chasing Oxford for Northampton who were in relegation in L2 (our relegation season). I think that was also due to board problems at Oxford at the time
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Post by neilv93 on Dec 14, 2019 22:36:40 GMT
Hahahahaha saw the result earlier and thought it'd be a good time to check the forum again after a while... never easy supporting Rovers, is it? Unbelievable. Best of luck to him tbh, we'll still survive. Not mathematically certain yet lol Hahahaha. Tbf, on that note, it would represent a good opportunity to give the reigns to a potential gem rather than a tried-and-tested. But our board will pick the cheapest option anyway!
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Post by socrates on Dec 14, 2019 22:38:50 GMT
Yeah we didn’t have any complaints when lines left a league 1 side to join us in the conference. A great move for him and us, put us through to the next level. Gerry Francis was the master at bringing players through from much lower levels to us but also cherry picking out of favour players from higher divisions . Works at management level too. Lines wasn’t really getting into the team though and weren’t Port Vale relegated that season? A bit different as loan player drop leagues literally all the time. The only similar thing I can think of is when Wilder left play off chasing Oxford for Northampton who were in relegation in L2 (our relegation season). I think that was also due to board problems at Oxford at the time Dunno. If he’s had enough of us or wants to leave to spend time with his family then I’d be gutted. But I respect his decision and thank him for keeping us up last season and getting us to where we are. He’s Achieved more than most Rovers managers in a year. His record is brilliant and if he does stay I think we’dm make the play offs or at least come close which is more than the “ legend “ Holloway did for us and he had much better players. Be careful what you wish for.
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Post by oldgas on Dec 14, 2019 22:49:48 GMT
at he final whistle he was standing in front of the away fans, thumping his chest and punching the air.
We're on the train and just pulling out of Ipswich station and it's on the web that's he's said he's thinking of leaving during the after-match interview.
Seems pretty strange to me. One assumes he still lived in Sheffield all those years he was at Southend, which is a lot further fron Sheffield than Bristol, and he's been with us for a couple of years and it didn't appear to be a problem.
If it's a lack of resources that's the problem then we must be really in trouble if a poxy L2 side in a shithole like Mansfield is a more attractive proposition.
Very, very strange.
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Post by badengas on Dec 14, 2019 22:56:28 GMT
Who could love any woman enough to go to Mansfield?! Is it a euphemism for taking it up the arse? Mansfield round the back, lady garden leaving soon ? I honestly hope there is no family crisis that necessitates leaving, in which case my very best wishes. If not, show some commitment to those who gave you a chance you spineless ....
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Post by wertongas on Dec 14, 2019 23:03:47 GMT
This could only happen to us, we beat Ipswich for the first time since 1958 away from home, go fourth in league one, and our manager decides to consider a move to a team at the bottom of the league below us.What makes it really odd is that he spent years at Plymouth which is another 100 plus miles further from Sheffield. Got to be more than just distance from home.
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Post by Colyton Gas on Dec 14, 2019 23:06:31 GMT
The thing I don’t get is that Coughlan has spent a year with us, 8 years at Southend and 2 years at Shrewsbury, all in the south. He hasn’t had a job in the north since 2008, so if this is geographical, why now when he is at the height of his managerial powers? If it was a simple as him wanting to be closer to his family, why didn’t he come out and say that in his interview instead of venting his frustration at the direction the club was moving in? Don't forget Plymouth!!! Few miles from Sheffield. City fans saying it's our owners inability to spend money.
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Post by Dirt Dogg on Dec 14, 2019 23:11:10 GMT
Feel like pure sh*t, just want DC back x
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