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Post by pirate on Nov 30, 2023 15:39:56 GMT
Bring him home, if only to see Connor Taylor playing on the wing.
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Post by percy on Nov 30, 2023 15:41:29 GMT
My source tells me the hold up is due to them wanting to take the photos of the new manager is the South Stand but they're waiting for the safety certificate. Also, with no lights there nobody can make out who it is. #IWorkInFootball
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Post by warehamgas on Nov 30, 2023 15:42:24 GMT
If the Bristol Post report that Andy will be taking the press conference at 3.30, you can almost be assured it will in fact be my lady wife fielding questions and at 6.27pm after our tea and before we watch Shetland from last night. The Post has as much integrity as a government minister. The square root of f**k all. Don’t bother, it was rubbish last night. UTG!
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Post by peterparker on Nov 30, 2023 15:43:00 GMT
we could start by eliminating who it is not. Its not me It could be me I haven't been offered the job, but I haven't been told I haven't got it either
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Post by Deleted on Nov 30, 2023 15:43:10 GMT
I am told they were told yesterday they would no longer be required. My guess is, todays new manager has seen a hold up, maybe at one point it was all off and Mangs was contacted again and why no one took training. Now the new manager announced soon, I guess we told Mangs a bit too early. Told by? Why would I tell you who told me this and why does Faustus like your post? I mean would I really tell you my source?!
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Post by daniel300380 on Nov 30, 2023 15:43:23 GMT
So Robinson and Taylor are to be appointed today, or tomorrow?? Surprised we are appointing both😂
It's funny how nobody seems 100%. There are normally leaks within the club.
I would take either of them. At this stage, I just want someone appointed.
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Post by jungleboogie on Nov 30, 2023 15:43:26 GMT
It's turning into an even bigger farce on here than the board taking so long to appoint someone! ITK'ers backing everyone it seems according to their 'source', so when X is appointed, they can pretend that they knew all along what was going on!!
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Post by A Source (aka Angry Badger) on Nov 30, 2023 15:46:39 GMT
Robinson had the job 3 weeks ago, not yesterday, he was told the other board members needed persuading then. I am told the players were given the heads up it looked like Edwards would be appointed, they expected him this morning. They turned up as usual, half expecting the new manager, no one turned up to coach them. Now some or the above could be speculation, I think a lot of it is true and then the presser is cancelled. I only pass on what I am told, this isn’t from the barber who overheard it in his shop. I break it the players had no one to coach them, 1 hour later the presser is cancelled 🤷🏼♂️ Who’s “Edwards”? Huw
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Post by wilkimania on Nov 30, 2023 15:48:00 GMT
The press have contradicted themselves at every turn. Most of the rumours on here have done similar.
I know that everybody who gives information cannot give their sources for obvious reason, but it does make it difficult to trust any post on here about anything that isn't immediately visible to the onlookers from the outside.
Then add in the history of posters being emissaries for all sorts of vested parties with agendas and I'm at the point where I'm left relying on club information to keep me in the loop with club ongoings which is never going to go well.
I think I've reached the point where from the club, I'd like 2 statements a year. One at Xmas and one in the summer that works as a chance for the owners to give us a general update about what's going on behind the scenes. Doing it at those points gives everyone a chance to both reflect and look forward as those are the two points of the season where the most reflection is being done behind close doors with the build up to the opening of the transfer windows. It would also help to make the owners more than just faces we occasionally see in box 1 at games.
Obviously big things like sackings and what not still get updates like we did this time but there has to be a better system for keeping the fans engaged than letting an us and them divide build which based on half the comments in threads lately seems to already be in progress.
The club obviously can't give us constant updates about what's going on behind the scenes, but that's why you build a healthy relationship with the press so that the fanbase doesn't end up filling the space with rumour and suspicions.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 30, 2023 15:48:12 GMT
So Robinson and Taylor are to be appointed today, or tomorrow?? Surprised we are appointing both😂 It's funny how nobody seems 100%. There are normally leaks within the club. I would take either of them. At this stage, I just want someone appointed. m Robinson was 3 weeks ago, he was told he had the job and it was felt it would be a formality with the two other board members 😉 People come on the forum and not a pop at you Daniel to find out news, and when I’m some cases others share what they know, this resentment comes out towards them?! Robinson is talking a lot, he’s quite upset actually.
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Post by Claremont Gas on Nov 30, 2023 15:49:09 GMT
It's turning into an even bigger farce on here than the board taking so long to appoint someone! ITK'ers backing everyone it seems according to their 'source', so when X is appointed, they can pretend that they knew all along what was going on!! The most accurate post on here in days ....
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Post by A Source (aka Angry Badger) on Nov 30, 2023 15:51:39 GMT
To help keep peace with the neighbours they've gone for someone who can deal with the great tits behind the south stand, not those in it 😉. It's Bill Oddie, couldn't afford Attenborough
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Post by warehamgas on Nov 30, 2023 15:55:03 GMT
Hargreaves has hardly covered himself in glory throughout, must be something in the name. Why the dig at Hargreaves? When he was here with DC istr many on here seeing him as a possible future manager. UTG!
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Post by madgas on Nov 30, 2023 15:55:38 GMT
If we passed on Robinson for Taylor were dumb.
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Post by BuckNaked on Nov 30, 2023 15:57:38 GMT
I will throw my hat in the ring gents. I did lead the youth team I coach to a perfect 14-0 record this past season and will save us money as will take beer as payment.
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Post by daniel300380 on Nov 30, 2023 15:58:23 GMT
So Robinson and Taylor are to be appointed today, or tomorrow?? Surprised we are appointing both😂 It's funny how nobody seems 100%. There are normally leaks within the club. I would take either of them. At this stage, I just want someone appointed. m Robinson was 3 weeks ago, he was told he had the job and it was felt it would be a formality with the two other board members 😉 People come on the forum and not a pop at you Daniel to find out news, and when I’m some cases others share what they know, this resentment comes out towards them?! Robinson is talking a lot, he’s quite upset actually. I thought someone else said he was being appointed today. I've lost track anyway😂. I heard he was favorite, but when Taylor become available things changed. Someone said Robinson didn't agree as he didn't want the current coaching staff. But then someone else said no one took training today, as the current staff are not staying. Conflicting messages coming from different sources. I'm not moaning about anyone that has posted anything. I'm glad they share, what they have been told. Some have been told rubbish though, as it can't all be true.
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Post by Dirt Dogg on Nov 30, 2023 16:00:52 GMT
Bring him home, if only to see Connor Taylor playing on the wing. Tom Parkes playing at LWB, right back Micheal Smith at CDM and CDM Mathew Lund at right back 😂 They’d call him a revolutionary these days!
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Post by wilkimania on Nov 30, 2023 16:04:05 GMT
Bring him home, if only to see Connor Taylor playing on the wing. Tom Parkes playing at LWB, right back Micheal Smith at CDM and CDM Mathew Lund at right back 😂 They’d call him a revolutionary these days! He's clearly behind the positional rotation that Girona are using in La Liga. CBs playing on the wings, wing backs playing at CAM, CAMs playing at CB. I'm not sure if I'm discussing 2023 Girona or early 2010s Rovers.
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Post by percy on Nov 30, 2023 16:08:32 GMT
So Robinson and Taylor are to be appointed today, or tomorrow?? Surprised we are appointing both😂 It's funny how nobody seems 100%. There are normally leaks within the club. I would take either of them. At this stage, I just want someone appointed. m Robinson was 3 weeks ago, he was told he had the job and it was felt it would be a formality with the two other board members 😉 People come on the forum and not a pop at you Daniel to find out news, and when I’m some cases others share what they know, this resentment comes out towards them?! Robinson is talking a lot, he’s quite upset actually. Not bothered. If this thing you were told is true (and god knows) then its quite usual in hiring for parties to disagree and as someone else said, its not done until you have a contract offer. Grow up Mr Robinson
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Post by trevorgas on Nov 30, 2023 16:11:11 GMT
The problem here is that our Owners have allowed a relationship to be created between Mangan and the players when if we had moved swiftly that would not have happened. Whoever the new Manager and coaching staff are they will have remotivate the players and restore confidence in the club,it will be a bumpy ride if you don't control the dressing room The stupidity of this is it was avoidable.
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