allygas
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Post by allygas on Feb 19, 2021 12:50:44 GMT
Absolutely 100pc , towngas . Soo fed up with him chipping in with his thoughts. Utg
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allygas
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Post by allygas on Feb 19, 2021 12:55:41 GMT
I wish Hollowhead would f*ck off somewhere far away and take his destabilising, unwanted opinions with him. He's a Gashead and he has opinions like we all do. He also has inside knowledge it's just that some of us don't want to hear it so find it easier to blame the messenger. Totally agree, towngas. Holloway has far to much to say for himself Utg
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2021 13:14:30 GMT
It appears that it was Wael who appointed Tisdale. In due course he would produce the football and structure that BRFC are looking for.
Seems that others may not have agreed?
Exactly how I see it. Wasn’t it Starnes who appointed Tisdale? Maybe I’m deducing that from Starnes being all over the press both prior to and after his hiring.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2021 13:25:20 GMT
So it would appear then, if I read it right, the very people who WAQ appointed to help run the club and go in the direction he wanted are the very people undermining the managers brought in to follow said policy. Wonder if that is about self preservation or they don't believe in WAQs plan and have their own agenda? As I said earlier, reading between the lines there are some interesting potential Freudian slips by Widdrington relating to speaking to the coaches and his reaction when asked why Ayunga wasn’t picked. There are vested interests at work, reputations on the line. The DOF at any club is in a great position to undermine the manager and set him up to fail, not least because he has a say on whether the manager gets what he asks for. Maybe Widdrington was certain that we had the strikers so was not keen on completing a deal for a striker that Tisdale wanted? All speculation of course but it’s at the very least clear that if you put Tisdale and Widdrington in the same club you’re going to have competing egos to deal with and that is probably not in the club’s best interests- as it seems to have proved. Widdrington may get us out of the mire and his signings prove to be astute, but the insight we’ve had into his character recently makes me wonder about his position on the board and whether that’s going to produce a “net gain” in the future should we lose a promising manager because they are unable to work with him.
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towngas
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Post by towngas on Feb 19, 2021 13:35:01 GMT
I wish Hollowhead would f*ck off somewhere far away and take his destabilising, unwanted opinions with him. I think he just aired what many have been thinking. It certainly ruffled some feathers and I’m pretty sure he knew this. As for destabilising, I think that boat sailed after the collapse of UWE.2. I don’t see that it’s done any harm personally but each to their own old bean. UTG I understand how a lot of people think Holloway’s a true blue, total Gashead etc etc. However, the facts tend to suggest otherwise. He has left us on 3 occasions, the 3rd time after asking to be sacked, Geoff Dunford confirmed this, then rocking up as QPR manager a few days later. The fans of every club he has managed generally don’t have a good word to say, and despite all his chest-thumping and badge-kissing he declined to loan Easter to us and instead kept him in Millwall reserves. Fair enough you might say, but he never used him and if he was suddenly needed could have been recalled. Didn’t he also hijack our signing of Easter by Trollope when he was Plymouth manager? others have said he has inside knowledge of Rovers. I don’t believe he has anymore. All his old mates, the likes of the previous stadium manager have gone. I doubt if any of the current staff would tell him anything attributable because he is sure to be blabbing it in his E.P. column. I attended “An evening with Ian Holloway” a couple of years ago at Jury’s hotel in Prince Street. It was just after he had been fired by QPR. He used the session to make a number of unpleasant remarks about WAQ and the board and about how the club was being run. It was about the time Ian Holtby had been replaced and the two of them were thick as thieves all night. When we were looking for a manager after Garner? Holloway said he wouldn’t apply to be manager but had to be asked. I wonder if he wanted to be able to have the pleasure in telling the board to shove it when asked? He doesn’t seem to like them very much. TW gave him a not so subtle slap down after the Pompey match and I just think it’s time Holloway accepted he is yesterday’s man in terms of Rovers and instead turned his attention to one of the other many clubs he has managed. I’m sure the fans concerned would be ecstatic.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2021 13:49:43 GMT
Wasn’t it Starnes who appointed Tisdale? Maybe I’m deducing that from Starnes being all over the press both prior to and after his hiring. I think it's very clear in Tisdale's post sacking statement that it was "President Wael" who appointed him.
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Post by The Concept on Feb 19, 2021 14:13:26 GMT
Whomever will be chosen as the new first team coach will need to play 5-3-2, work with the existing coaches and promise never to criticise the board. I can’t see anyone beyond Widdrington for the role. I’ve just got Theo Widdrington at 150-1 How about Kai Widderington? What are the odds on him? Okay, 'Strictly' speaking he doesn't have the qualifications, but he's already proven he's '... Got Talent'.
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Post by emperorsuperbus on Feb 20, 2021 3:08:11 GMT
It went like this.
This squad you have put together is crap.
No it’s not.
It’s going down without some fresh players in this window.
No it ain’t. Don’t need new players. It’s a brilliant squad.
You having a bubble?
Nope.
Your talking rubbish. Your blathering like a crazy man.
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Post by a more piratey game on Feb 20, 2021 7:04:12 GMT
Ayunga's 2 clinical finishes proved Widder's point more brilliantly than he could have imagined I'm guessing
One swallow doesn't make a summer tho
And I still loved those finishes
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irishrover
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Post by irishrover on Feb 22, 2021 10:01:24 GMT
It went like this. This squad you have put together is crap. No it’s not. It’s going down without some fresh players in this window. No it ain’t. Don’t need new players. It’s a brilliant squad. You having a bubble? Nope. Your talking rubbish. Your blathering like a crazy man. Wht evidence is there that this is a good squad? None as far as I can see. It's full of players who have looked massively out their depth at this level and it has no balance and no spine. It is a poor squad.
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Post by chelt_gas on Feb 22, 2021 10:43:09 GMT
It went like this. This squad you have put together is crap. No it’s not. It’s going down without some fresh players in this window. No it ain’t. Don’t need new players. It’s a brilliant squad. You having a bubble? Nope. Your talking rubbish. Your blathering like a crazy man. Wht evidence is there that this is a good squad? None as far as I can see. It's full of players who have looked massively out their depth at this level and it has no balance and no spine. It is a poor squad. Some of the players neither have belief in the coaches or the club, wouldn’t surprise me if they lacked self-belief too. But think about it - you’re sold a project, given the salesman’s most creative story then Covid happens, you realise the salesman is an idealist and your morale then takes a massive drop
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Cheshiregas
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Post by Cheshiregas on Feb 22, 2021 13:19:45 GMT
Wht evidence is there that this is a good squad? None as far as I can see. It's full of players who have looked massively out their depth at this level and it has no balance and no spine. It is a poor squad. Some of the players neither have belief in the coaches or the club, wouldn’t surprise me if they lacked self-belief too.
Is that direct from a player/players? If not how do you know that? I agree that a change in senior personnel in a short time can be damaging but are you saying it from knowledge or supposition? Regards
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