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Post by wirralgas58 on Dec 13, 2018 18:27:27 GMT
The first question I would ask Steve at his interview would be 'do you remember making this comment and can you explain why you thought it was clever, given you will have to face these fans if we give you the job?'. As an ex Bristol City 1982 manager he will have a difficult job anyway (I still remember the confused look on Roy Hodgson's face at Fulham a few years ago when he was on the end of the traditional 'welcome' given to anyone with a city connection!!
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Post by Gas Since 1957 on Dec 13, 2018 18:38:00 GMT
Given his well-publicised arguments with various boards, would he come to Rovers anyway? he only succeeded with 1098 because the tax dodger gave him the funds to purchase every decent lower league player - frankly, given those sort of funds, any of us could put Rovers at the top of the table. Didn't he also have an "interesting attitude" towards some sections of the Trashton crowd?
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Post by dido on Dec 13, 2018 18:48:43 GMT
Yet people love DC's "them lot down the road" and "happy days" comments. Not to mention Holloway's stance.
Football fans, eh.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 13, 2018 20:34:34 GMT
The first question I would ask Steve at his interview would be 'do you remember making this comment and can you explain why you thought it was clever, given you will have to face these fans if we give you the job?'. As an ex Bristol City 1982 manager he will have a difficult job anyway (I still remember the confused look on Roy Hodgson's face at Fulham a few years ago when he was on the end of the traditional 'welcome' given to anyone with a city connection!! Clever and Cotterill aren't 2 words that I find easy to link together. This is the bloke who had a stand up argument with his own supporters after a game against Preston. |
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Post by o2o2bo2ba on Dec 13, 2018 21:49:20 GMT
The first question I would ask Steve at his interview would be 'do you remember making this comment and can you explain why you thought it was clever, given you will have to face these fans if we give you the job?'. As an ex Bristol City 1982 manager he will have a difficult job anyway (I still remember the confused look on Roy Hodgson's face at Fulham a few years ago when he was on the end of the traditional 'welcome' given to anyone with a city connection!! Clever and Cotterill aren't 2 words that I find easy to link together. This is the bloke who had a stand up argument with his own supporters after a game against Preston. Welcome to the Gas club. I've had (more than) arguments against some of those horrible pond life so called supporters. |
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Post by syg on Dec 13, 2018 22:33:12 GMT
My memory of cotterall, are the shocking interviews near the end of his reign at City. Blaming everybody but himself, extremely rude and uncomfortable even for a Rovers fan who should have been amused.
May well be a good choice to avoid relegation, but that would mean an extension to his contract before abusing all and sundry.
Don't want him near the club
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Post by harrybuckle on Dec 13, 2018 22:37:51 GMT
Cotts would shake up a few under performers bring him on.
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Post by LincsBlue on Dec 14, 2018 1:07:44 GMT
Cotts would deplete the attendance figures.....leave him out
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2018 1:10:23 GMT
Cotterill did a great job and cheltenham,he also kept a relegation threatened city in league one and the next season won league one at a canter.
He also likes direct football which wouldn't bother me at all as it beats tapping it around at the back any day of the week.
Hes not articulate in interviews but who gives a stuff about that?
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Post by eastville1966 on Dec 14, 2018 8:12:29 GMT
I'm on the fence with Cotterill. In his early managerial days he seemed to be highly in demand but has lost the plot somewhere along his career. He did well at the Teds but that ended in tears and his comments about "Ragass Rovers" were almost certainly spur of the moment - which endeared himself briefly to the dark side.
We've had players and indeed managers from south of the river before - Fred Ford, Terry Cooper, Russell Osman - historical loyalty means nowt when there is a wage packet calling.
Interesting times. We shall see what develops.
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Post by harrybuckle on Dec 14, 2018 8:16:00 GMT
I'm on the fence with Cotterill. In his early managerial days he seemed to be highly in demand but has lost the plot somewhere along his career. He did well at the Teds but that ended in tears and his comments about "Ragass Rovers" were almost certainly spur of the moment - which endeared himself briefly to the dark side. We've had players and indeed managers from south of the river before - Fred Ford, Terry Cooper, Russell Osman - historical loyalty means nowt when there is a wage packet calling. Interesting times. We shall see what develops. Joe Palmer managed both Bristol clubs in the 1920s its not a new thing ! Plus don't forget John Ward in recent times. |
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Post by alfie on Dec 14, 2018 8:39:32 GMT
Are we that short sighted that we have to look to one of their cast offs, for f**ks sake?! Plenty of other managers out there.
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Post by Peter Parker on Dec 14, 2018 9:03:26 GMT
Cotterill did a great job and cheltenham,he also kept a relegation threatened city in league one and the next season won league one at a canter. He also likes direct football which wouldn't bother me at all as it beats tapping it around at the back any day of the week. Hes not articulate in interviews but who gives a stuff about that? Not worried about articulate, but rude, arrogant and disrespectful yes.
The City thing doesn't bother me, but him being a bit of a know does.
If it doesn't go well it will be a disaster. For me he fits the criteria for us lurching from one bloke to the next creating more problems for someone else to undo.
I'd rather give a younger/fresher manager a chance and barring complete humiliation be prepared go down with them and let them try and build something ala Clarke
of course we all know it will be Cotterill as he is right in their lap and is an 'easy' choice
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Post by Henbury Gas on Dec 14, 2018 9:12:23 GMT
The first question I would ask Steve at his interview would be 'do you remember making this comment and can you explain why you thought it was clever, given you will have to face these fans if we give you the job?'. As an ex Bristol City 1982 manager he will have a difficult job anyway (I still remember the confused look on Roy Hodgson's face at Fulham a few years ago when he was on the end of the traditional 'welcome' given to anyone with a city connection!! Clever and Cotterill aren't 2 words that I find easy to link together. This is the bloke who had a stand up argument with his own supporters after a game against Preston. Bit like DC did to us in the East terrace recently then.... |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2018 9:16:13 GMT
Clever and Cotterill aren't 2 words that I find easy to link together. This is the bloke who had a stand up argument with his own supporters after a game against Preston. Bit like DC did to us in the East terrace recently then.... To be fair, you probably had it coming. |
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Post by o2o2bo2ba on Dec 14, 2018 9:23:56 GMT
I think Cotts would initially divide the fanbase.
All this talk of depleted crowds is relative to the quality of football we produce and more accurately our league position.
One very big positive is while we were starting to go through the gears of our promotion resurgence, Cotts manufactured a comprehensive championship surge over the river and completed a double that season in this division. With a 3-5-2 effective formation. So we know he can do it, given resources.
I'm afraid while we have the perfect right to take offence at his comments, he's just a one of those managers that says things to get a reaction and probably doesn't wholeheartedly think and emotionally feel it. He would say something like that wherever he was. That's my opinion.
I still think he's a tw@t. Whether he can do a job or not (?), the jury would be out for a while, but I would support his appointment.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2018 9:35:12 GMT
Cotts would deplete the attendance figures.....leave him out Unless he strung a run of wins together. |
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Post by mangogas15 on Dec 14, 2018 9:57:30 GMT
Given his well-publicised arguments with various boards, would he come to Rovers anyway? he only succeeded with 1098 because the tax dodger gave him the funds to purchase every decent lower league player - frankly, given those sort of funds, any of us could put Rovers at the top of the table. Didn't he also have an "interesting attitude" towards some sections of the Trashton crowd? What's not to like |
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Post by mangogas15 on Dec 14, 2018 9:59:21 GMT
I don't want him, but the last time we were hiring managers we weren't looking at former Championship managers or L1 title winners.
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Post by eppinggas on Dec 14, 2018 10:39:39 GMT
I don't want cotterill. Rovers are going to have to come up with something better than that to get me to do a 300 mile round trip to watch the Gas. I don't think I've been this down about things since the Mansfield game. I'm not sure if I will turn up any more. It's a free country I guess.
I think we should get a manager with foreign experience, preferably German.
Stefan Kuntz would be my call as he would be a natural fit for our owners.
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