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Post by strung out on May 18, 2016 9:46:43 GMT
This one's a bit of a surprise - I didn't think we'd see him back in a managerial role, but it looks like he'll be promoted from head coach at Cardiff to first team manager www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36319833 |
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Post by Captain Jayho on May 18, 2016 10:04:04 GMT
Trollopio! Good luck to him, always seemed like a good guy. Sheesh he looks like he's aged in that picture though!
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Post by Henbury Gas on May 18, 2016 10:05:07 GMT
This one's a bit of a surprise - I didn't think we'd see him back in a managerial role, but it looks like he'll be promoted from head coach at Cardiff to first team manager www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36319833I fully expect large bids for Tom & Ellis some time soon then |
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Post by falsenumber9 on May 18, 2016 10:16:16 GMT
Good luck to him. Think he may do a really good job there.
Amazing how some on here and others forums believe him to be a poor manager. He reversed our slide, got us promoted to League One, took us to a JPT Final, masterminded that tactically spot on two legged win over City, took us to a FA Quarter Final and established us in League One.
Things turned when LL was given the boot and more importantly, when Higgs took the reigns and made dramatic cuts which unsurprisingly affected our fortunes on the pitch.
Good guy who gave us great memories. Wish him all the best.
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Post by Henbury Gas on May 18, 2016 10:23:11 GMT
Good luck to him. Think he may do a really good job there. Amazing how some on here and others forums believe him to be a poor manager. He reversed our slide, got us promoted to League One, took us to a JPT Final, masterminded that tactically spot on two legged win over City, took us to a FA Quarter Final and established us in League One. Things turned when LL was given the boot and more importantly, when Higgs took the reigns and made dramatic cuts which unsurprisingly affected our fortunes on the pitch. Good guy who gave us great memories. Wish him all the best. So its all Sir Nick's fault then ? |
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Post by Deleted on May 18, 2016 11:04:00 GMT
Good luck to him. Think he may do a really good job there. Amazing how some on here and others forums believe him to be a poor manager. He reversed our slide, got us promoted to League One, took us to a JPT Final, masterminded that tactically spot on two legged win over City, took us to a FA Quarter Final and established us in League One. Things turned when LL was given the boot and more importantly, when Higgs took the reigns and made dramatic cuts which unsurprisingly affected our fortunes on the pitch. Good guy who gave us great memories. Wish him all the best. So its all Sir Nick's fault then ?  Good luck with that. Higgs' record speaks for itself. We've done it to death and moved on. The future's bright, the future's Wael. |
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Post by gashead1979 on May 18, 2016 11:16:39 GMT
Trollopio! Good luck to him, always seemed like a good guy. Sheesh he looks like he's aged in that picture though!
Haha he looks a bit like an older Nick Tilsley from Coronation Street.
Obviously I don't watch that rubbish, the missus has it on...obviously... 
Fingers crossed he had learned some management skills, or not as its Cardiff........
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Post by Rex on May 18, 2016 12:27:19 GMT
Good bloke, good manager. Unfortunately fans turn too quickly these days, and as a result, boards of directors don't hold their nerve anymore.
Is it too far fetched to believe that sometime in the not too distance future we will see a manager sacked at half time if his team are getting a bit of a hiding?
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Post by gashead1979 on May 18, 2016 13:30:42 GMT
We were heading for relegation under Trollope, I've no doubt about it but cannot ever be proven. There was one particular game that comes to mind (vs Leyton Orient at home) where Carl Regan got sent off and it was just dreadful, we were dead on our feet, lost 3-0 and booed the team off. That was the defining moment for me; news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_2/9171797.stm |
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Post by Rex on May 18, 2016 14:23:35 GMT
We were heading for relegation under Trollope, I've no doubt about it but cannot ever be proven. There was one particular game that comes to mind (vs Leyton Orient at home) where Carl Regan got sent off and it was just dreadful, we were dead on our feet, lost 3-0 and booed the team off. That was the defining moment for me; news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_2/9171797.stm Possibly, but whether or not Paul Trollope should have shouldered all of the blame I'm not so sure. I think it was the Sheffield Wednesday away game that eventually did for him, in fact it may have been his last game, they absolutely steam rollered us. My point is, that taken as a whole, I think he was a good manager for us, and I think he lost his job because the board 'listened to the fans' which I don't think is always a particularly good idea. There are more than a fair few who wanted DC gone last season, and I've no doubt people will be ranting 'Something needs to be done', if e.g. we lose our first 3 or 4 games next season. |
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Post by Deleted on May 18, 2016 14:50:34 GMT
Good luck to him. Think he may do a really good job there. Amazing how some on here and others forums believe him to be a poor manager. He reversed our slide, got us promoted to League One, took us to a JPT Final, masterminded that tactically spot on two legged win over City, took us to a FA Quarter Final and established us in League One. Things turned when LL was given the boot and more importantly, when Higgs took the reigns and made dramatic cuts which unsurprisingly affected our fortunes on the pitch. Good guy who gave us great memories. Wish him all the best. So its all Sir Nick's fault then ? He must be one of my long lost relatives because according to her who must be obeyed everything that goes wrong is my fault even when I am not there even when she dropped a cup and I was at work it was my fault for not putting it away properly.50 years of it,i must have been a bad b...er in a previous life |
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Post by Deleted on May 18, 2016 14:51:32 GMT
We were heading for relegation under Trollope, I've no doubt about it but cannot ever be proven. There was one particular game that comes to mind (vs Leyton Orient at home) where Carl Regan got sent off and it was just dreadful, we were dead on our feet, lost 3-0 and booed the team off. That was the defining moment for me; news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_2/9171797.stm Possibly, but whether or not Paul Trollope should have shouldered all of the blame I'm not so sure. I think it was the Sheffield Wednesday away game that eventually did for him, in fact it may have been his last game, they absolutely steam rollered us. My point is, that taken as a whole, I think he was a good manager for us, and I think he lost his job because the board 'listened to the fans' which I don't think is always a particularly good idea. There are more than a fair few who wanted DC gone last season, and I've no doubt people will be ranting 'Something needs to be done', if e.g. we lose our first 3 or 4 games next season. The difference is that now we have an experienced Chairman who people know has been there and seen it all before, and whilst no doubt one day Darrell will move on, it's hard to believe that anybody will turn on him even if all we manage this season is to avoid relegation by goal difference by the skin of our teeth on the last day of the season. But I don't think for a second that's what will happen. You can almost see the scene now, Mrs DC begging him to come and dip his toes in the pool, him replying that all he needs to do is watch another 134 full 90 minute DVDs of L1 matches and he'll be right with her. |
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Post by kingswood Polak on May 18, 2016 18:05:06 GMT
And I was on.y saying, on here, that he hadn't had a managers job since he left us
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Post by a more piratey game on May 18, 2016 20:13:42 GMT
We were heading for relegation under Trollope, I've no doubt about it but cannot ever be proven. There was one particular game that comes to mind (vs Leyton Orient at home) where Carl Regan got sent off and it was just dreadful, we were dead on our feet, lost 3-0 and booed the team off. That was the defining moment for me; news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_2/9171797.stm Possibly, but whether or not Paul Trollope should have shouldered all of the blame I'm not so sure. I think it was the Sheffield Wednesday away game that eventually did for him, in fact it may have been his last game, they absolutely steam rollered us. My point is, that taken as a whole, I think he was a good manager for us, and I think he lost his job because the board 'listened to the fans' which I don't think is always a particularly good idea. There are more than a fair few who wanted DC gone last season, and I've no doubt people will be ranting 'Something needs to be done', if e.g. we lose our first 3 or 4 games next season. My recollection, which isn't necessarily fact-rich, is that he always had us playing nice football, and got us some very memorable day after a surprise successful run in the last 2.5 months of the promotion season. He seemed to have the vision to push on, but relatively expensive signings didn't work out and the squad became fractured |
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Post by mangogas15 on May 18, 2016 21:50:29 GMT
Possibly, but whether or not Paul Trollope should have shouldered all of the blame I'm not so sure. I think it was the Sheffield Wednesday away game that eventually did for him, in fact it may have been his last game, they absolutely steam rollered us. My point is, that taken as a whole, I think he was a good manager for us, and I think he lost his job because the board 'listened to the fans' which I don't think is always a particularly good idea. There are more than a fair few who wanted DC gone last season, and I've no doubt people will be ranting 'Something needs to be done', if e.g. we lose our first 3 or 4 games next season. My recollection, which isn't necessarily fact-rich, is that he always had us playing nice football, and got us some very memorable day after a surprise successful run in the last 2.5 months of the promotion season. He seemed to have the vision to push on, but relatively expensive signings didn't work out and the squad became fractured Best of luck to him. |
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Post by mangogas15 on May 19, 2016 11:34:23 GMT
Spoke to a ccfc season ticket holder who said they're happy with trollope. He's making all the right noises and most fans like him. Better than noddy
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Post by vaughan on May 19, 2016 12:23:36 GMT
Trolls was a really nice guy and his achievements were not fully appreciated at the time and seemingly quickly forgotten now.
He inherited a squad compiled by Atkins and he did well "coaching" that team to greater heights.
When he wanted to push on in League 1, he and LL made poor signings. Carl Regan and Dominic Blizzard were also bad eggs.
In football, you live and die by your signings. He will have Slade upstairs to help him in that area.
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Post by warehamgas on May 19, 2016 13:42:04 GMT
PT was a good man, a very good coach and managed us for one of our 6 promotions and that for me earns respect as not many managers managed that. Under him we improved every year and because it was nearly 6 years ago won't get into the arguments over him over whether he was a good manager or not. IMO he was but know others disagree. I still think he has been much maligned on here unjustifiably and I still think that had we kept him we would have stayed up. Instead the board reacted to fan pressure and sacked him. As the saying goes, you never know what you've got until it's gone. And my god what a load of dross replaced him. Managers I didn't respect, managers without a plan and even one manager who could start an argument in an empty room and showed total contempt for the fans. Well done PT I wish you every success at Cardiff, except if you play Rovers!
UTG!
ps. Before he was appointed for a few years the Rovers warm up before a match was similar to a Sunday League team. You would arrive at a match to see them in little groups, appearing to hardly bother about anything. Got better under Atkins but then PT was taking the warm up and instilled some confidence in me that we had someone who had a plan and knew what they were trying to do. When he became manager he still took the warm-up and he was so hands on it was great. I felt that the manager knew what he was doing. It's just one of the things I remember about his time at Rovers.
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Post by mangogas15 on May 19, 2016 21:46:33 GMT
PT was a good man, a very good coach and managed us for one of our 6 promotions and that for me earns respect as not many managers managed that. Under him we improved every year and because it was nearly 6 years ago won't get into the arguments over him over whether he was a good manager or not. IMO he was but know others disagree. I still think he has been much maligned on here unjustifiably and I still think that had we kept him we would have stayed up. Instead the board reacted to fan pressure and sacked him. As the saying goes, you never know what you've got until it's gone. And my god what a load of dross replaced him. Managers I didn't respect, managers without a plan and even one manager who could start an argument in an empty room and showed total contempt for the fans. Well done PT I wish you every success at Cardiff, except if you play Rovers! UTG! ps. Before he was appointed for a few years the Rovers warm up before a match was similar to a Sunday League team. You would arrive at a match to see them in little groups, appearing to hardly bother about anything. Got better under Atkins but then PT was taking the warm up and instilled some confidence in me that we had someone who had a plan and knew what they were trying to do. When he became manager he still took the warm-up and he was so hands on it was great. I felt that the manager knew what he was doing. It's just one of the things I remember about his time at Rovers. He learned a lot from lawrence but he's had his time out of the spotlight and was in the prem at Norwich with hughton i believe. Now its his time again. Wouldn't surprise me if he took them on a stage as they're teetering towards financial trouble as the parachute payments run out. Messed up promotion good and proper. |
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Post by fanatical on May 21, 2016 12:50:56 GMT
Good luck to him. Think he may do a really good job there. Amazing how some on here and others forums believe him to be a poor manager. He reversed our slide, got us promoted to League One, took us to a JPT Final, masterminded that tactically spot on two legged win over City, took us to a FA Quarter Final and established us in League One.
Things turned when LL was given the boot and more importantly, when Higgs took the reigns and made dramatic cuts which unsurprisingly affected our fortunes on the pitch. Good guy who gave us great memories. Wish him all the best. So who was the mastermind then?? |
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