Marti Cifuentes appointed new manager

[Fox1norfolk]

32 minutes ago, Pita said:

Is he soon to be our ex manager

He doesn’t seem to have a strategy worked out for each match, same old stuff, slow, sideways, keep stopping in advanced positions. Too predictable, but I’m afraid that’s the best we’re going to get. Goodbye promotion we are already out of the race.

[blue army 1988]

Gave a load of rubbish about he wanted to play attacking football and press hard and fast. Still waiting to see all of that.

 

Just for all of that I've lost patience with him. 

[Guest kristianity77]

25 minutes ago, studentofthegame said:

If we are relying on my to make that call then the club really is in the shitter

 

So anyway, where's your list of positives? or have you realised it is impossible to come up with anything?

I don’t have any positives. All I’m saying is is that the mess we are in is not fixed with hiring and firing managers. It’s deeper rooted than that 

[funkyrobot]

He has to rotate the squad. Most teams in The Championship have made significant changes to their teams and we have to protect Ramsey and Ricardo due to injury issues and James because of his international duty and the work he has to put in in midfield. That’s why they had limited minutes. He has real issues in key positions is the problem and the fact we couldn’t buy this season is not this manager’s fault. Enzo rotated but with much better squad options than Cifuentes has got. Currently he’s got no centre forwards (hopefully Carrenza will improve) and only one quality fullback across right and left in Ricardo. 

[Nods]

Just don't play the obviously shite players mate. It's that simple. The fans will back you. 

 

Faes

Thomas

Soumaré 

Daka

Ayew

 

All have absolutely no business in a starting 11 at this level.

 

I'd also like to see us start with 3 at the back. Nullifies a clear weakness at full back, gives us more solidity centrally, which we lack, and gives us that extra man when we attack, opening space that we've otherwise struggled to create. 

 

The best we've looked all season has been when we've moved to that formation chasing deficits away at Preston and Hull.

 

Start in that shape with that desire and we'll be too much for most sides.

[studentofthegame]

1 minute ago, kristianity77 said:

I don’t have any positives. All I’m saying is is that the mess we are in is not fixed with hiring and firing managers. It’s deeper rooted than that 

and it isn't fixed by persevering with a clueless manager with no redeeming qualities

[foxfanazer]

Just now, studentofthegame said:

and it isn't fixed by persevering with a clueless manager with no redeeming qualities

But the people who have appointed him and the other failures are the same people who will appoint the next one. So where does it end?

[studentofthegame]

Just now, foxfanazer said:

But the people who have appointed him and the other failures are the same people who will appoint the next one. So where does it end?

I've been begging for Top to **** off for years mate, I want him gone, but that doesn't mean we should keep this clown around just because there is a spare seat in the clown car with the rest of the board

[Foxdiamond]

1 minute ago, funkyrobot said:

He has to rotate the squad. Most teams in The Championship have made significant changes to their teams and we have to protect Ramsey and Ricardo due to injury issues and James because of his international duty and the work he has to put in in midfield. That’s why they had limited minutes. He has real issues in key positions is the problem and the fact we couldn’t buy this season is not this manager’s fault. Enzo rotated but with much better squad options than Cifuentes has got. Currently he’s got no centre forwards (hopefully Carrenza will improve) and only one quality fullback across right and left in Ricardo. 

I think the best we can hope is that we consolidate this season and get rid of the players who are out of contract next June. See if we can then rebuild and give it a go next season.

[Guest kristianity77]

2 minutes ago, studentofthegame said:

and it isn't fixed by persevering with a clueless manager with no redeeming qualities

What don’t you realise about that fact that constantly firing managers costs millions that we don’t have in compensation? 
 

We have no money for players, what makes you think we have money for hiring and firing managers? 😂
 

 

[foxfanazer]

Just now, studentofthegame said:

I've been begging for Top to **** off for years mate, I want him gone, but that doesn't mean we should keep this clown around just because there is a spare seat in the clown car with the rest of the board

I get ya but to me the managers are just a name until Top and Rudkin **** off. Completely interchangeable and only act as cannon fodder for the fans anger

[studentofthegame]

1 minute ago, kristianity77 said:

What don’t you realise about that fact that constantly firing managers costs millions that we don’t have in compensation? 
 

We have no money for players, what makes you think we have money for hiring and firing managers? 😂
 

 

Sleepwalking down to League 1 isn't great for the bank balance either believe it or not pal

[lgfualol]

Shite players or not, a decent manager wouldn’t be picking players that constantly underperform, and would be able to get decent consistent performances out of a squad no matter the circumstances. He picks our defence that are massively shit, it’s on him. 

[studentofthegame]

1 minute ago, foxfanazer said:

I get ya but to me the managers are just a name until Top and Rudkin **** off. Completely interchangeable and only act as cannon fodder for the fans anger

I mean, Rohl was in a much worse situation with a much worse owner and still looked like a competent manager at Wednesday, it is possible for a manager to actually be good at their job even with a shit owner, we shouldn't just sit back and accept this useless tosser just because there are other more useless tossers around 

[SafewayFox]

When will our clueless owners fluke another good managerial appointment?

 

Marti is exactly like Cooper and Ruud. He has shown zero ability at tactically outclassing the opposition, he sets his boring and dare I say it, overweight/unfit team up in the same way.

 

There’s a reason that he’s never managed above QPR’s level before.

[Guest kristianity77]

Just now, studentofthegame said:

Sleepwalking down to League 1 isn't great for the bank balance either believe it or not pal

But it’s where we are heading. Make peace with it. Going down to league one will not be any managers fault. All of this lies on Tops door. It’s his mismanagement over the last half a decade that has led us to this point. Hiring and firing managers changes absolutely nothing it just spunks more millions down the shitter. 
 

It’s going to get worse before it gets better, you have to accept that. 

[FrankieADZ]

10 minutes ago, studentofthegame said:

Sleepwalking down to League 1 isn't great for the bank balance either believe it or not pal

sleep walking

 

come on we are above ipswich and southampton atm and theyve spent loads compared to us

 

what are some of our fans expecting? if we need to rebuild are you expecting it to be like a pig in shit?
no its going to be painful as hell

Edited 21 October 2025 by FrankieADZ

[studentofthegame]

Just now, kristianity77 said:

But it’s where we are heading. Make peace with it. Going down to league one will not be any managers fault. All of this lies on Tops door. It’s his mismanagement over the last half a decade that has led us to this point. Hiring and firing managers changes absolutely nothing it just spunks more millions down the shitter. 
 

It’s going to get worse before it gets better, you have to accept that. 

Ahh yes, that's the solution, give up rather than actually hoping things change, love that

[studentofthegame]

Just now, FrankieADZ said:

sleep walking

 

come on we are above ipswich and southampton atm and theyve spent loads compared to us

 

what are some of our fans expecting? if we need to rebuild are you expecting it to so like a pig in shit?
no its going to be painful as hell

We very likely have a points deduction hanging over us, and we are getting worse week by week, we have won 1 of our last 7 games now including games against Portsmouth, Wrexham, and Oxford, we have 1 clean sheet in 7, our strikers have 1 goal in 1300 minutes between them and our joint top assister downed tools at half time of our second game of the season

 

Does any part of that sound like stable footing for a side?

[FoxesWalk]

For all we have looked shite, I’m not convinced a new manager would fix anything, too many of our players are shite and/or don’t want to be here 

[Guest kristianity77]

3 minutes ago, studentofthegame said:

Ahh yes, that's the solution, give up rather than actually hoping things change, love that

But what you want to change will change nothing! You just think it will because you don’t want to address the real issue which is Top!

 

Where we are is down to his mismanagement! 
 

Id love change!  But it has to be HIM before this gets fixed! 

[FrankieADZ]

1 minute ago, studentofthegame said:

We very likely have a points deduction hanging over us, and we are getting worse week by week, we have won 1 of our last 7 games now including games against Portsmouth, Wrexham, and Oxford, we have 1 clean sheet in 7, our strikers have 1 goal in 1300 minutes between them and our joint top assister downed tools at half time of our second game of the season

 

Does any part of that sound like stable footing for a side?

well have we been stable in terms of a club? no and MC is trying to do that, you cant expect change in under 100 days imo

[Pita]

18 minutes ago, Fox1norfolk said:

He doesn’t seem to have a strategy worked out for each match, same old stuff, slow, sideways, keep stopping in advanced positions. Too predictable, but I’m afraid that’s the best we’re going to get. Goodbye promotion we are already out of the race.

Promotion is totally out of the question if we get a big points deduction relegation is on the cards 

[Noahfence]

“Attacking non stop football” I believe were his words. 
 

In one of his first interviews he spoke about when going ahead we would push and push to score more. Yet to see any sign of that. Portsmouth & Wrexham being a good example. 

 

He talks well but I’m not really seeing it translate on the pitch  

 

I won’t even get into how bad we are at pressing which is another thing he’s lied about

[lcfc_forever]

We were streaky in the early matches but you could see the players were giving it their best. A highlight was Soumare and Skipp hunting the ball down vs. Birmingham - hadn't seen either player show that kind of endeavour before. 

 

Then steadily, he's brought more of the experienced players back and the attitude has begun to regress while there have been fitness issues as well. 

 

Surely he realises giving the youngsters a chance ahead of the failed experienced players is great for morale and energy as well?