harrybuckle
Always look on the bright side
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Post by harrybuckle on Dec 14, 2018 11:27:26 GMT
Whoever comes in he will need to sort those players at the end of their contract in May and select those who will perform well enough to ensure we are in League One next August.
Will Widdrington and Hargreaves be shown the door after poor recruitment and lack of development players good enough for our first team ?
Most if not all players need to step up to the mark I guess only Upson,Payne, Rodman and Nichols are contracted past May ?
Clarke J, Sinclair, Leadbitter,Mensah may have already played their last games for Rovers ?
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Post by Colyton Gas. on Dec 14, 2018 11:58:12 GMT
James Clarke is a solid if unspectacular player. Can't agree he may have played his last game. Please tell me Nichols isn't contracted past May!!!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2018 13:17:56 GMT
James Clarke is a solid if unspectacular player. Can't agree he may have played his last game. Please tell me Nichols isn't contracted past May!!! James Clarke is exactly what you want from a backup. |
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Post by crater on Dec 14, 2018 14:14:36 GMT
James Clarke is a 7 out of 10 most weeks...
A more than decent player at this level
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Post by o2o2bo2ba on Dec 14, 2018 14:49:38 GMT
James Clarke is most consistent of the outfield defence and has scored more than Nichols this season!
Agree with assessing though.
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Post by alloutofgas on Dec 14, 2018 14:59:23 GMT
I think T. Nicholls would struggle being the sh*thouse cleaner.
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Post by CabbagePatchBlues on Dec 14, 2018 15:18:34 GMT
It seems Robbie Fowler is interested in the Manager's job. I think he'd be good actually.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2018 15:45:14 GMT
It seems Robbie Fowler is interested in the Manager's job. I think he'd be good actually. Why? |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2018 15:48:11 GMT
Truth is the owners will be hoping we get a few points under coughlan,then they can save money and appoint him until the end of the season.
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Post by c4h10 on Dec 14, 2018 15:51:15 GMT
Truth is the owners will be hoping we get a few points under coughlan ,then they can save money and appoint him until the end of the season. No 1 priority. |
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Post by CabbagePatchBlues on Dec 15, 2018 8:38:57 GMT
It seems Robbie Fowler is interested in the Manager's job. I think he'd be good actually. Why? He has the gritty determination not normally associated with big name players who think they can just helicopter into a manager's job. He has his badges and appears to have decided on this career route with both feet firmly on the ground. Then there's his wealth of experience at the very top of the tree playing for the best club in the world with all that brings with it in terms of contacts. He has a bit of Paisley about him too I think: supportive and empathetic but don't get on the wrong side of him; just the thing for a team like ours that have lost their way. But the most important thing, of course, is that he knows what it means to play in the quarters, albeit green and white :-) |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 15, 2018 9:15:24 GMT
He has the gritty determination not normally associated with big name players who think they can just helicopter into a manager's job. He has his badges and appears to have decided on this career route with both feet firmly on the ground. Then there's his wealth of experience at the very top of the tree playing for the best club in the world with all that brings with it in terms contacts. He has a bit of Paisley about him too I think: supportive and empathetic but don't get on the wrong side of him; just the thing for a team like ours that have lost their way. But the most important thing, of course, is that he knows what it means to play in the quarters, albeit green and white :-) Well gerry francis and don megson were top class players who did well at rovers so its worth considering. |
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Post by CabbagePatchBlues on Dec 15, 2018 9:20:01 GMT
Francis failed at Exeter first though. Megson was groomed for the job and had that grit and determination too.
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Post by trymer on Dec 15, 2018 9:44:24 GMT
He has the gritty determination not normally associated with big name players who think they can just helicopter into a manager's job. He has his badges and appears to have decided on this career route with both feet firmly on the ground. Then there's his wealth of experience at the very top of the tree playing for the best club in the world with all that brings with it in terms contacts. He has a bit of Paisley about him too I think: supportive and empathetic but don't get on the wrong side of him; just the thing for a team like ours that have lost their way. But the most important thing, of course, is that he knows what it means to play in the quarters, albeit green and white :-) Well gerry francis and don megson were top class players who did well at rovers so its worth considering. Terry Cooper was a top class player and he got Rovers relegated,Harold Jarman never played international football but he did very well as a caretaker manager and should have been given the job full time.
The greatest English player ever was Bobby Charlton but he was a flop as manager,Lawrie Mcmenemy was a pretty good manager but I don't think that he was ever a professional footballer.
Management seems to be a strange thing in football,someone can be a great success at one club then move on and be hopeless ,Clough at Brighton and Leeds for instance.
Maybe the owners will go for the cheapo replacement and the bloke will do well. As usual my motto is 'hope for the best but prepare for the worst'.
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Post by CabbagePatchBlues on Dec 15, 2018 10:18:46 GMT
Timing is essential too. If you get one at the right stage of their development - like Clarke was and like I think Fowler is - then you develop with them. Could mean going down first though. A firefighter might keep you up but you'd have to replace them pretty quickly and end up in the same position if you're not careful. The top managers in the world don't hang around long. They win a trophy or two and get shifted out when their magic wand starts drooping. Top clubs take a firefighter in reverse in this respect, not to stave off relegation but to win the title or CL once in a while. No-one's bigger than the club and there are no messiahs. Yes, money rules, but hasn't it always in all walks of life?
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stargas
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Post by stargas on Dec 15, 2018 10:26:32 GMT
RF has just confirmed on Soccer AM that he's interested in the job.
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Post by stargas on Dec 15, 2018 10:41:20 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Dec 15, 2018 10:51:13 GMT
RF has just confirmed on Soccer AM that he's interested in the job. That's an interesting one. Fowler would certainly want to get us going forward, has a lot of contacts and is a good laugh. Has to be better than Cotterill. |
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Post by trymer on Dec 15, 2018 10:59:27 GMT
RF has just confirmed on Soccer AM that he's interested in the job. That's an interesting one. Fowler would certainly want to get us going forward, has a lot of contacts and is a good laugh. Has to be better than Cotterill. I wonder how long Fowler would last,I doubt that he has ever picked up much Fox ***t, met a Chairman like Hamer and when the owner turns up in his training top with his initials on it I can imagine Fowler pointing at him and pi$$ing himself laughing (like I would) I can imagine it being a very short management career at Rovers. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 15, 2018 11:08:33 GMT
If his interview on Soccer AM is anything to go on then I find him uninspiring.
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