Jackie Broon Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 Paul Merson hasn't half spouted some s**** about the club being disrespectful to McClaren; he's been given more time than other sides have given struggling managers, he can have no complaints. Merson is just a white nose. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 Top class managers demand the chance to be able to actually compete and have a decent stab at winning something. That's not what Ashley wants. He wants us to keep just ticking along, being extremely average and surviving in the premier league. It's what Keegan found out, and we know how that ended. All of our management appointments since have fitted the mould of 'just about good enough' to fulfil that. Appointing Benitez will be a massive signal that things have changed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 Probably still take training tomorrow. http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/friends/images/f/f2/Eddie_gif.gif/revision/latest?cb=20130523193713 Don't think Ayoze will be that interested. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ads Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 Probably still take training tomorrow. http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/friends/images/f/f2/Eddie_gif.gif/revision/latest?cb=20130523193713 :lol: Superb Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 Not even close to nearly made us work. Still gave us more flashes of an actually football team than we have seen in years. Ultimately clearly can't motivate the players and bring consistency. The majority of his decision making on match days has been laughable. I don't dislike the guy but he was never right from the start. Here's to us fucking up any talk with Rafa and not appointing anyone for another week. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 I was surprised how bad his decisions were TBH. I know we don't see what goes on in training etc, but some of his selections have been suicidal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
loki679 Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 Thank fuck. Can we now end this stupid experiment and get a proper manager in and maybe be a proper football club again? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wormy Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 Not even close to nearly made us work. Still gave us more flashes of an actually football team than we have seen in years. Ultimately clearly can't motivate the players and bring consistency. The majority of his decision making on match days has been laughable. I don't dislike the guy but he was never right from the start. Here's to us fucking up any talk with Rafa and not appointing anyone for another week. Beardsley to be announced 'till the end of the season tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norseman Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 I was surprised how bad his decisions were TBH. I know we don't see what goes on in training etc, but some of his selections have been suicidal. It was baffling. Almost seemed like he wanted the sack in the end (gouffran, riviere etc) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cronky Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 He was given the task of raising a sinking ship. Despite the money spent, the squad still doesn't seem to have a good balance. Some of the signings (eg Mitrovic, Mbemba) have been getting used to a new league, and it takes a while for any new squad to get used to playing together, and for a manager to find the right combinations. Plus there's a big weakness at centre back which wasn't addressed. So overall, he's taking too much of the blame. However, it feels like the pressure on McClaren and the players is so great that a change is the right move if we're to maximise the chances of survival. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 He was given the task of raising a sinking ship. Despite the money spent, the squad still doesn't seem to have a good balance. Some of the signings (eg Mitrovic, Mbemba) have been getting used to a new league, and it takes a while for any new squad to get used to playing together, and for a manager to find the right combinations. Plus there's a big weakness at centre back which wasn't addressed. So overall, he's taking too much of the blame. However, it feels like the pressure on McClaren and the players is so great that a change is the right move if we're to maximise the chances of survival. Agree, thing is also that being a top manager is as much about personality/implementation as it is about the right theories. Even if McClaren had an idea of how to improve us, he never seemed to have the ability to galvanise people and get his ideas across properly. A tough task given our embedded culture of failure, admittedly. Hopefully Rafa's reputation/personality is big enough to carry him through. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 He was given the task of raising a sinking ship. Despite the money spent, the squad still doesn't seem to have a good balance. Some of the signings (eg Mitrovic, Mbemba) have been getting used to a new league, and it takes a while for any new squad to get used to playing together, and for a manager to find the right combinations. Plus there's a big weakness at centre back which wasn't addressed. So overall, he's taking too much of the blame. However, it feels like the pressure on McClaren and the players is so great that a change is the right move if we're to maximise the chances of survival. I don't see how he can be taking too much of the blame, he should have got a centre half in instead of celebrating Coloccini signing a contract extension. Charnley chased him for 6 months, why not use some of that leverage to plug the holes in the squad? He spent £80m ffs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cronky Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 He was given the task of raising a sinking ship. Despite the money spent, the squad still doesn't seem to have a good balance. Some of the signings (eg Mitrovic, Mbemba) have been getting used to a new league, and it takes a while for any new squad to get used to playing together, and for a manager to find the right combinations. Plus there's a big weakness at centre back which wasn't addressed. So overall, he's taking too much of the blame. However, it feels like the pressure on McClaren and the players is so great that a change is the right move if we're to maximise the chances of survival. Agree, thing is also that being a top manager is as much about personality/implementation as it is about the right theories. Even if McClaren had an idea of how to improve us, he never seemed to have the ability to galvanise people and get his ideas across properly. A tough task given our embedded culture of failure, admittedly. Hopefully Rafa's reputation/personality is big enough to carry him through. I can remember noting, when McClaren was appointed, that there was a pattern in some of his jobs, whereby if he got off to a good start, he'd build on it, but if he didn't, things could go belly-up very quickly. Maybe he's a team builder, but not a man for a crisis. Benitez would be a powerful statement to players that the club had potential in the longer term. Whether he can turn this situation around in such limited time is a different matter. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
loki679 Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 Benitez will have an instant impact on the players. It's not only a statement from the club, it's a manager who will garner respect. In the Bournemouth game you could see the players weren't playing for him, they didn't give a shit, they wanted to lose. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 Probably still take training tomorrow. http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/friends/images/f/f2/Eddie_gif.gif/revision/latest?cb=20130523193713 :lol: Superb Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stottie Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 I was surprised how bad his decisions were TBH. I know we don't see what goes on in training etc, but some of his selections have been suicidal. Indeed. I thought we'd turned a corner with the West Ham home game but he followed it up with Ayoze as a single striker. Something that will never work. After barely surviving under Carver, it was risky appointing a manager who'd just lost a promotion battle due to his team's defence going AWOL. He's proved incapable of putting out a team that is organized and hard to beat, which has to be the first aim of any relegation candidate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
number9shirt Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 McClaren should never have got the job in the first place. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toon25 Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 Good. Fuck off. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
khay Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 Never managed to muster up enough hate for him. But clearly not good enough/strong enough to take over with constraints he was happy to take. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 Now I know why I don't watch SSN. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lush Vlad Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 He was given the task of raising a sinking ship. Despite the money spent, the squad still doesn't seem to have a good balance. Some of the signings (eg Mitrovic, Mbemba) have been getting used to a new league, and it takes a while for any new squad to get used to playing together, and for a manager to find the right combinations. Plus there's a big weakness at centre back which wasn't addressed. So overall, he's taking too much of the blame. However, it feels like the pressure on McClaren and the players is so great that a change is the right move if we're to maximise the chances of survival. He was a complete coward away from home. Hence the 7 away goals, 30 odd conceded and 7 points. 6 wins in his whole time here. He left Derby after finishing 2015 with relegation form and carried it on here. There is a reason he is getting plenty of blame. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gleebals Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 We will win on Monday and he will no doubt say he prepared the team and he knew some form was just around the corner. Glad he is gone, was never going to end well in the first place. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFEE Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 Any truth in the rumour I was told that Moncur has resigned over this? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 Hope so. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 Brilliant if true. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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