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9 minutes ago, Dastardly and Muttley said:
If it’s him, I’m happy with that choice from the bunch of names mentioned.
Yep............yet again it's a case of...he'll do? Totally uninspiring
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If this is true? What a let down. A club like ours should be casting its net widely all over Europe to find a young progressive tracksuit coach, like a Farke or Frank type (Yes i know that is a cliche).....but that is exactly what this club needs? Instead we take the easy option off of the merry go round of sacked managers.....no ambition no foresight? If we were intending to get rid of NP, why didn't we spend a few months looking at possible replacements, vetting them, researching them, and talking to candidates? Instead it's a case of who's out of job, and is gonna be grateful to be employed, and lets make sure he is a YES man who won't upset anyone? It is all so very tedious IMO.
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1 minute ago, Finley_Smith10 said:
Jesus. Sack the manager and have no clue on who to be the successor…how can this happen
Those who fail to learn from History..........are doomed to repeat their failings? This is the Johnson/Holden debacle all over again? I sincerely hope i am wrong, ......but how can anybody have faith in these clowns?
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8 minutes ago, Full nelson said:
Please stand corrected
I'm only passing on info I've been told from someone within the club.
Well in that case, if it's a someone...........then it MUST be True?
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After reading lots of disparaging comments on this thread, I thought i would go back and rewatch Tinns interview......I am now convinced that Lansdown is working Tinns with his foot?
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23 minutes ago, Full nelson said:
All this stems from the selling of alex Scott.
Nige wanted Yates but asked for money upfront before the Scott departure so he could secure the move. Was promised money and when asked it was denied.
Wanted another striker (langstaff, from Notts C) but was told you got two players in Bell and Conway.
Asked to develop Conway to be sold for 20+ plus million in 2 years time.
No interviews currently being done, what a shit show this club is. I'm beyond angry!!
I'm sorry, but this sounds like Fox News.?...........You can surely appreciate that this appears to be a case of not letting facts get in the way of a good story? Do you have any proof or factual evidence of your claims?....If this is genuine then i stand corrected, but i find this hard to believe?
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2 hours ago, W-S-M Seagull said:
I'm sat here wondering how Tins who's not very articulate has somehow managed to get both Alexander and Pearson out of the door and placed himself in such a position of authority.
Maybe.....just Maybe.........him and The Boy are best buddies?
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53 minutes ago, TinMan's left peg said:
Can you imagine!
No...........and i don't want to!
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33 minutes ago, bcfc01 said:
Lee Johnson at the HPC today apparently....
Are you absolutely certain? It may just have been someone wearing a dodgy Halloween mask? Were they over 5 foot tall?
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1 minute ago, mozo said:
I don't think I'll forget those images after that post!
Sorry ............it seems i must have either tautology syndrome or i am suffering from obsessive compulsion? ...............Or maybe i just cannot shut the pheck up!! My apologies for the repetitive post, I don't know how it happened....Ha!
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49 minutes ago, myol'man said:
Blah blah blah company lines from Tinman sadly.
Remember, this is the man who jumped into Danny Wilsons shoes while they were still warm.
For those of us who were there, we cannot forget the image of former club legend Tinnion sat with his head in his hands at Swansea, if this next appointment doesn't work it'll be him for the axe next time.
I vividly recall the image of Tinman sitting alone in the away dugout at Swansea for what seemed ages.......I thought he was going for David Blaines record of living in a plastic bubble without food and water for as long as possible? Tinn's was an excellent footballer, and seems to have a good eye for talented players, but a manager HE IS most definitely NOT!?
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49 minutes ago, myol'man said:
Blah blah blah company lines from Tinman sadly.
Remember, this is the man who jumped into Danny Wilsons shoes while they were still warm.
For those of us who were there, we cannot forget the image of former club legend Tinnion sat with his head in his hands at Swansea, if this next appointment doesn't work it'll be him for the axe next time.
I vividly recall the image of Tinman sitting alone in the away dugout at Swansea for what seemed ages.......I thought he was going for David Blaines record of living in a plastic bubble without food and water for as long as possible? Tinn's was an excellent footballer, and seems to have a good eye for talented players, but a manager HE IS most definitely NOT!?
49 minutes ago, myol'man said:Blah blah blah company lines from Tinman sadly.
Remember, this is the man who jumped into Danny Wilsons shoes while they were still warm.
For those of us who were there, we cannot forget the image of former club legend Tinnion sat with his head in his hands at Swansea, if this next appointment doesn't work it'll be him for the axe next time.
I vividly recall the image of Tinman sitting alone in the away dugout at Swansea for what seemed ages.......I thought he was going for David Blaines record of living in a plastic bubble without food and water for as long as possible? Tinn's was an excellent footballer, and seems to have a good eye for talented players, but a manager HE IS most definitely NOT!?
49 minutes ago, myol'man said:Blah blah blah company lines from Tinman sadly.
Remember, this is the man who jumped into Danny Wilsons shoes while they were still warm.
For those of us who were there, we cannot forget the image of former club legend Tinnion sat with his head in his hands at Swansea, if this next appointment doesn't work it'll be him for the axe next time.
I vividly recall the image of Tinman sitting alone in the away dugout at Swansea for what seemed ages.......I thought he was going for David Blaines record of living in a plastic bubble without food and water for as long as possible? Tinn's was an excellent footballer, and seems to have a good eye for talented players, but a manager HE IS most definitely NOT!?
49 minutes ago, myol'man said:Blah blah blah company lines from Tinman sadly.
Remember, this is the man who jumped into Danny Wilsons shoes while they were still warm.
For those of us who were there, we cannot forget the image of former club legend Tinnion sat with his head in his hands at Swansea, if this next appointment doesn't work it'll be him for the axe next time.
I vividly recall the image of Tinman sitting alone in the away dugout at Swansea for what seemed ages.......I thought he was going for David Blaines record of living in a plastic bubble without food and water for as long as possible? Tinn's was an excellent footballer, and seems to have a good eye for talented players, but a manager HE IS most definitely NOT!?
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18 minutes ago, Ska Junkie said:
Does anyone else get the impression they're leaning towards Nathan Jones as isn't that the way he had Luton playing, fast, high press etc, etc?
It just sounded like Luton to me.
Pleaseeeee! No!!
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20 minutes ago, Kid in the Riot said:
"Everybody in the summer was happy with how we recruited"? Sorry Tinns, but who is everybody? The majority of supporters with whom i discussed this , felt that we were lacking a creative midfielder ( Plan B Tinns?), A Centre Forward (Not talking fortunes?, MOM for ipswich ...G Hirst £1.5 mill) and a Keeper to challenge O'Leary. Everybody i spoke to could see the weakness's in the squad, and saw that the inevitable injuries that we are prone to would stretch the squad, (even though most did not envisage the current clusterpheck?) Our squad was too small, and the addition of three players at relatively small expense, considering we had around a £30 Million plus nestegg could have made quite difference IMHO?
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31 minutes ago, brad blit said:
Yep Tinns looks very nervous, and kept looking in the direct direction of the Camera as if he was being told to try and pervey a message to the fans that everything is rosey
Yep..........the definite image of a Rabbit in the Headlights?
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28 minutes ago, CyderInACan said:
It appears Tinn's favourite word is Really? Everybody's REALLY happy with the summer recruitment, Everybody's REALLY happy with the squad................In a REALLY good place, we are REALLY competitive..Are you REALLY sure Tinns? Ha!!
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Jones or Rowett as possible managers? Now I am most DEFINITELY Depressed
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1 hour ago, Red & Gold said:
Like nearly everyone else, I did not want Nige to leave, and I would have preferred him over nearly everyone on this list. However, I am surprised that John Eustace seems to be the reluctant best fit according to many (and looks like our board too), given our current situation and his current reputation.
I understand that he did a commendable job at Birmingham under difficult circumstances. The club was on a downward trajectory, and there is no doubt that managed to add stability and start to turn them around. He did a decent job, and this year they appeared promising after having a bit more to spend. Clearly, he should not have been sacked considering the start they had and the declining performance since Ronney took over, has only seems to have further improved his reputation.
However, he is relatively inexperienced and hasn't achieved much in his managerial career to rank him above so many on this list, in my opinion (which is just one perspective). In his 63 matches at Birmingham, he averaged 1.24 points per game (Nige was at 1.20 at City for comparison), which, over a season, would average out to 57 points and a 16th place finish based on last year's league point scores. It's decent considering where Birmingham started, but it isn't particularly exciting.
I just feel that we need to exercise caution when making appointments solely because someone is the 'flavour of the month.' It's not too dissimilar to when the footballing world felt SOD was unfairly sacked at Nottingham Forest, which made him a more reputable appointment for us at the time (although, to be fair, he had a track record with promotions at Doncaster and Bournemouth in League 1).
In comparison to Eustace, someone like Chris Wilder won four trophies at Alfreton Town, achieved promotions at Oxford, Northampton, and (two at) Sheffield United. Personally, Wilder would be my top choice from that list, not least because he is a 'coach' who plays exciting, attacking football and has a record of overachieving with teams. I think he would come here and has a point to prove after Boro (often when a manager is at their best). However, I mention him more to illustrate that we shouldn't dismiss someone because of one recent poor job has harmed their reputation, considering their entire career (just as we shouldn't overrate someone based on one good spell).
I've had the opportunity to meet with the Argyle chairman several times. He is a great example of running a club within its means while still pushing it forward. They operate within a highly statistical and data-driven model. He once mentioned to me that, generally speaking, final table rankings tend to correlate with money spent on wages (excluding a few outliers). Therefore, considering our current financial model under FFP in comparison to teams with parachute payments, we are likely to finish between 14th and 7th most years. So, appointing your typical Championship manager (Rowett, Jones, Ainsworth, etc.) is most likely to result in us finishing within this range (as we have with NP). It raises the question again of why change?
Our wage budget and spending won't change significantly in a league with so many financial powerhouses, therefore unless we adopt a different approach that sets us apart nothing will change much. So if we do want to push try and find a way to go up we need to try and find a way in which our method becomes an outliner. Looking at past examples, this could mean appointing a foreign coach with a different tactical methodology (e.g., the German model that achieved promotions at Huddersfield and Norwich, which was quite novel a few years back, and Martinez when he was at Swansea). Alternatively, a different analytical approach to recruitment (e.g., Brentford, Brighton, and Plymouth in League 1) might be the way forward. Lastly, we could seek – and hope to be lucky enough to find the next cutting-edge young coach (e.g., Rodgers at Swansea). I may be oversimplifying, and for every one of these success stories, there are two that fail (I guess in our case Mciness), but I believe we need an appointment that excites and thinking outside the box may be what we need. Perhaps finding a talented assistant/coach who has worked under the likes of Guardiola, Arteta, Klopp, or an overseas manager whose analytics demonstrate a tactical approach that outperforms expectations, or, if we opt for a young British coach, we shouldn't go for the cheap option but go all out for a Schumacher type.
But, as I said at the start, I saw no reason to remove Nigel Pearson, and it feels unjust given the context and what he has done. I think it’s this annoyance, and seeing our past choices when recruiting managers (e.g. LJ, Holden and et al) that has compelled me to write this post as you just sense we won’t go into this with too much thought beyond, they interviewed well.
Am i correct in thinking that recruiting a Number 2 from relatively successful teams has proven to be a successful route for some clubs,? Such as Farke, Mckenna and Rohl, who has just been recruited at Sheff W. and of course an extreme example in Arteta, It just seems a smart way to go, namely appointing a Number 2 who has learnt his trade under a quality manager, and is looking to fullfil his own ambitions? Just a thought, but probably too far out and left field for Lansdown!? ................who would prefer someone cheap and subservient..........Ha!
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2 hours ago, FNQ said:
Wouldn’t be Tinnions first choice..
Swansea 7 Bristol City 1 ? Trundle scored 2...............Bit mean, i know
Beale for me at 18/1
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3 minutes ago, exAtyeoMax said:
oh I thought he was talking about Matty James, Andy King, Nahki Wells…
I'm certain you are right.......... So great to see such an outpouring of love and appreciation towards such a genuinely talented nice guy on X (twitter), the lansdowns have treated NP appallingly , they don't like the fact that he is NOT a Yes Man?
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1 hour ago, East End Old Boy said:
Perhaps some people actually have an alternative life?
Yep............ i'm a super-hero
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33 minutes ago, pj76 said:
I quite like both podcasts. Let's not be mean. There's clearly space for both.
It was tongue in cheek......i didn't mean............to be mean!. I like both too, but it just seems that Forever are often quicker to the party?
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1 hour ago, headhunter said:
DaveP & Ian are debate Pearson's sacking with contributions from Neil Sutton & Chris Honor:
Well done....On the ball as ever..............while the 3 Drips in a Driptray are having their Sunday tea or discussing holidays in the Forest of Dean?
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2 hours ago, Red Ferret said:
My sources on mumsnet tell me Scott Murray is the instigator behind it all
Are u certain? I heard it was Gladys from Catering?
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That was just a bullshit smokescreen....they spent 6 weeks doing nothing...and then thought...He'll do? About as much research as popping down the corner shop ............ha!!