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I think you’re wrong in this, Danny. The £6m per season they’re ploughing in to keep us afloat and a budget far in excess of our natural revenues suggests to me that they’re determined to get promoted as soon as they can. If anything, Championship level football would only enhance the case for the new stadium.So you assume the owners and the board actually want promotion before we know the result of the stadium situation, I'm afraid I don't.
Certainly did tell us there was a nasty side to him. Shame most people missed it when he told us.but you could make a case for saying his treatment of Pekalski back in 2018 told the dressing room that there was a nasty side to the manager and they shouldn't take the pi$$.
This is absolutely not true, unless you think not accepting a large paycut (well over a grand a month) to do the same job in the same division is a "personal reason". We spent a load of money getting Des out of India and then tightened the purse strings instead of backing him, meaning he had to come in in the midst of an injury crisis and games every 4 days or so and try and stamp his mark on it by himself with no backup. The board are to blame entirely for not getting him the support he needed, even replacing Routledge took over a month longer than it should have.I am a true forumite in the sense that I always look to blame Tim Williams if I can, but I’ve seen (and agreed with) a couple of posts saying that not a lot of this collapse can actually be blamed on the board:
- the LM contract situation was to avoid the club being tied into a long term deal if we went down
- Bringing in Des seemed a good idea based on the continuity factor and his consistent success elsewhere
- His preferred choice of assistant seemed to be practically here before he personally decided he didn’t want to, no fault of the board.
Good managers have game plans ,structure wr don't seem to have that. I just played golf this morning with a good friend who played for Arsenal and Spurs and we always chat about football he always gets onto the football pundits and what rubbish they talk. I got onto managers ,he always believed the same alot of rubbish spoken. A good manager will get a team playing with a plan.This is absolutely not true, unless you think not accepting a large paycut (well over a grand a month) to do the same job in the same division is a "personal reason". We spent a load of money getting Des out of India and then tightened the purse strings instead of backing him, meaning he had to come in in the midst of an injury crisis and games every 4 days or so and try and stamp his mark on it by himself with no backup. The board are to blame entirely for not getting him the support he needed, even replacing Routledge took over a month longer than it should have.
It is also possible to have a hard job and do it badly, which is the situation we are in now. Getting him some help now seems futile as I can't see how he can win back the respect and trust of the players. Des needs to take a hell of a lot of the blame and he's done nothing to suggest he was the right man but he was put into a situation a lot tougher than it looked originally and left to sink, it was completely negligent from the board.
Good managers have game plans ,structure wr don't seem to have that. I just played golf this morning with a good friend who played for Arsenal and Spurs and we always chat about football he always gets onto the football pundits and what rubbish they talk. I got onto managers ,he always believed the same alot of rubbish spoken. A good manager will get a team playing with a plan.
Good managers very often also have a good team around them. It's too big a job to do on your own.Good managers have game plans ,structure wr don't seem to have that. I just played golf this morning with a good friend who played for Arsenal and Spurs and we always chat about football he always gets onto the football pundits and what rubbish they talk. I got onto managers ,he always believed the same alot of rubbish spoken. A good manager will get a team playing with a plan.
Absolutely and I'm careful not to embellish Des' performance which has been lacking but it is also naive to suggest that we wouldn't have been any better if he were provided with a modicum of support. Manning said having Hogg was a non-negotiable, do you think this is because having Hogg there helps Manning do his job more efficiently or just because they're mates and he likes having him around?Good managers have game plans ,structure wr don't seem to have that. I just played golf this morning with a good friend who played for Arsenal and Spurs and we always chat about football he always gets onto the football pundits and what rubbish they talk. I got onto managers ,he always believed the same alot of rubbish spoken. A good manager will get a team playing with a plan.
Good managers very often also have a good team around them. It's too big a job to do on your own.
There is nothing that says Buckingham is good enough, but there is a lot that says he has been hung out to dry by senior management who don't know what they're doing.
Crossroads moment for our CEO. I think the best thing he could do is accept that football matters are not his strong suit and invest in a proper football structure at the club. But I sense his ego is too big for that. He also won't want to sack Des and it'll shine a light on his suitability for the role. He didn't want to back him properly when he should've so I doubt he'll do that now. I think he'll just hide and hope it all works out.
Dunno Baldy. Maybe because, 50 years ago, everyone else had a squad of 15, a sidekick and a sponge man?Anyone would think we're in all the cups and got a few two-leggers to come in the CL. How the hell did these managers cope 40 or 50 years ago with a squad of 15, a sidekick and a sponge man ?
I’ve mentioned the name a few times but if Rowett fancied a short spell here to lift the cloud off the club, I’d throw the kitchen sink at him. Not the worst long term appointment either.Neil Warnock until the end of the season.
Good managers have game plans ,structure wr don't seem to have that. I just played golf this morning with a good friend who played for Arsenal and Spurs and we always chat about football he always gets onto the football pundits and what rubbish they talk. I got onto managers ,he always believed the same alot of rubbish spoken. A good manager will get a team playing with a plan.
Thats Gonna bloody hurt and what good will that do with him in hospital……ok I will get my coatI’ve mentioned the name a few times but if Rowett fancied a short spell here to lift the cloud off the club, I’d throw the kitchen sink at him. Not the worst long term appointment either.
Whoever is in charge is going to want a decent turnover of players so whether we’ve got the right players for his style shouldn’t be decisive.
We just need a manager who will get hold of that dressing room and start pulling it forward again without crossing the line in to a total dickhead. He’d be very high on my want list if he’d consider the drop.
Either way, it’s not the environment for Des. Not an attack, we all wanted it to work but it’s becoming embarrassing and actually the longer he stays I think the more damage it does his career. Board need to save him from himself and us from any more of this decline.
You are joking Matete is terrible. Or really doesn’t want to be here.I would play Burey, Matete, & Negru & from the start on Saturday. Id have Woltman on the bench. I’d play Harris & Dale behind Burey as both put the work in. I’d have Matete replacing MM and if TG is fit play him and bench CB.
Pain killing injections.Anyone would think we're in all the cups and got a few two-leggers to come in the CL. How the hell did these managers cope 40 or 50 years ago with a squad of 15, a sidekick and a sponge man ?