Tommy Fresh Posted 26 January Posted 26 January 3 hours ago, BrilliantFox said: Carrick is a better manager than Rowett though. Carrick was also appointed as interim and mainly because he's a United legend. None of those 3 points are applicable to Rowett. We're on about Rowett being interim though? I wouldn't want him to have it on a 3 year deal. Is Carrick better ending up failing at a very well set up club?
Popular Post lcfcbluearmy Posted 26 January Popular Post Posted 26 January 3 hours ago, Katy said: Talk Sport are really pushing the Gary Rowett narrative. Not mad about it, personally. I reckon he could bash some heads which is what these feckless sods need. Gary Rowett is the smokescreen the club push out before hiring someone worse they do this everytime keak someone unpopular so we are happy with who we get because we are received its not the unpopular one 5
Jacob7839 Posted 26 January Posted 26 January 1 hour ago, Nolucklcfc said: It’ll be neither Knowing king power I'm expecting the worst
BrilliantFox Posted 26 January Posted 26 January 19 minutes ago, Tommy Fresh said: We're on about Rowett being interim though? The club have made King the interim. They're not going to hire another interim. The manager search is for a permanent manager. Rowett can go kick rocks, to your earlier point, I'd rather wait till summer and get Carrick when United hire Glasner.
Tommy Fresh Posted 26 January Posted 26 January 3 minutes ago, BrilliantFox said: The club have made King the interim. They're not going to hire another interim. The manager search is for a permanent manager. Rowett can go kick rocks, to your earlier point, I'd rather wait till summer and get Carrick when United hire Glasner. King is essentially what Fletcher was at United then they hired an interim in Carrick. If the club have any sense they'd get a short term option now, and get someone long term in the summer 2
BrilliantFox Posted 26 January Posted 26 January 3 minutes ago, Tommy Fresh said: If the club have any sense Thats the problem right there. They won't bring him in as "interim", they'd give him a 3 year contract as the permanent manager. They literally stated they're looking for a permanent candidate. "First Team Coach Andy King will take charge of team preparations on an interim basis while we undertake a process to appoint a permanent manager."
Tommy Fresh Posted 27 January Posted 27 January 3 minutes ago, BrilliantFox said: Thats the problem right there. They won't bring him in as "interim", they'd give him a 3 year contract as the permanent manager. They literally stated they're looking for a permanent candidate. "First Team Coach Andy King will take charge of team preparations on an interim basis while we undertake a process to appoint a permanent manager." You think the club know what they're looking for, if a good interim option is available do you think they wouldn't take it because they've said we're looking for a permanent
Guppys Love Child Posted 27 January Posted 27 January 7 minutes ago, lcfcbluearmy said: Gary Rowett is the smokescreen the club push out before hiring someone worse they do this everytime keak someone unpopular so we are happy with who we get because we are received its not the unpopular one Not sure on Rowett anyhow. But if your smokescreen theory is correct and we end up with Russell Martin I'll be weapons grade livid. IMO him apponted as our manager would be a new level of tragic, HE IS NOT THE ANSWER... The bloke is a incompetent, narcissistic loony, who craves the sound of his own voice and wants to bathe in his own false self importance. Look at the Sh1tshow of a job he did at Rangers, a top 3 team in their league and he was abhorrent. The Rangers fan's hated his football and saw through his BS in record time. His tactics are worse than Marti's, and if we were pulling our hair out with boredom and frustration due to tippy tappy sideways and backwards possession football this fvcktard is on another level. 3
STUHILL Posted 27 January Posted 27 January I see why Gary Rowett is favoured by some, due to his connection with Leicester, but are we really at the point of hiring someone who was most recently sacked by Oxford? All feels very Marti Cifuentes again, a low to mediocre Championship manager at best. I don't see him inspiring any kind of performance from this bunch. He was also in charge of Birmingham a couple of seasons ago when they were relegated to League 1 by a point. Not something I want to have happen here, although I accept he only had 8 games there. I am not expecting Ange to rock up, but surely we can expect a little better than someone with Rowett's record. It would be such a MEH appointment, which could condemn us to League 1 with the points deduction coming. 2
Langston Posted 27 January Posted 27 January 2 hours ago, moore_94 said: Doing Norwich well so far to go for a new manager who hadn't ever managed in the Championship and had some good experience in other countries But we wont ever bother touching anyone like that Bo Henriksen, Franck Haise etc. etc. Also, even though they paid for them, Hellberg and Matos have improved Middlesbrough and Swansea I really wish we would just be a little bit creative with our manager Definitely, and we don't even have to go abroad to be creative.. I know we'd have to spend money but someone like Challinor would just feel so much more refreshing than the same old names we get linked with time after time..
Vindaloo FOX Posted 27 January Posted 27 January 3 minutes ago, STUHILL said: I see why Gary Rowett is favoured by some, due to his connection with Leicester, but are we really at the point of hiring someone who was most recently sacked by Oxford? All feels very Marti Cifuentes again, a low to mediocre Championship manager at best. I don't see him inspiring any kind of performance from this bunch. He was also in charge of Birmingham a couple of seasons ago when they were relegated to League 1 by a point. Not something I want to have happen here, although I accept he only had 8 games there. I am not expecting Ange to rock up, but surely we can expect a little better than someone with Rowett's record. It would be such a MEH appointment, which could condemn us to League 1 with the points deduction coming. Here is some positive things I've found on GR, let's not forget CR was sacked by Greece before he came in and NP was sacked and jobless when he saved us. Sometimes a manager can just click at a certain club, for me if he can get us fighting, hard to beat, ruthless and defensively strong then I'm satisfied. 1. Rowett guided Birmingham from 21st in the Championship to 10th at the end of his first season, earning many plaudits for the remarkable turnaround in form. 2. Rowett was sacked by Birmingham on 14 December 2016 upon their change of ownership and boardroom team, despite leading the team to 7th in the Championship table and challenging for a play-off place. 3. Oxford went six unbeaten matches, leading to a points return of twelve points, saw Rowett named EFL Championship Manager of the Month for January 2025.[57] Under Rowett, Oxford avoided relegation at the end of the 2024–25 season,[58] finishing in 17th place. 4. Solid Foundation: Rowett consistently kept Millwall in the top half of the Championship, with defensive solidity being the hallmark of his tenure, boasting some of the best defensive records outside the top six. 3 1
lcfcbluearmy Posted 27 January Posted 27 January 43 minutes ago, Guppys Love Child said: Not sure on Rowett anyhow. But if your smokescreen theory is correct and we end up with Russell Martin I'll be weapons grade livid. IMO him apponted as our manager would be a new level of tragic, HE IS NOT THE ANSWER... The bloke is a incompetent, narcissistic loony, who craves the sound of his own voice and wants to bathe in his own false self importance. Look at the Sh1tshow of a job he did at Rangers, a top 3 team in their league and he was abhorrent. The Rangers fan's hated his football and saw through his BS in record time. His tactics are worse than Marti's, and if we were pulling our hair out with boredom and frustration due to tippy tappy sideways and backwards possession football this fvcktard is on another level. I would also be absolutely livid, currently not living too near Leicester so don't get to every game but kept my season ticket appointing Russell Martin might be the push that would make me cancel 2
dmayne7 Posted 27 January Posted 27 January 6 minutes ago, Vindaloo FOX said: Here is some positive things I've found on GR, let's not forget CR was sacked by Greece before he came in and NP was sacked and jobless when he saved us. Sometimes a manager can just click at a certain club, for me if he can get us fighting, hard to beat, ruthless and defensively strong then I'm satisfied. 1. Rowett guided Birmingham from 21st in the Championship to 10th at the end of his first season, earning many plaudits for the remarkable turnaround in form. 2. Rowett was sacked by Birmingham on 14 December 2016 upon their change of ownership and boardroom team, despite leading the team to 7th in the Championship table and challenging for a play-off place. 3. Oxford went six unbeaten matches, leading to a points return of twelve points, saw Rowett named EFL Championship Manager of the Month for January 2025.[57] Under Rowett, Oxford avoided relegation at the end of the 2024–25 season,[58] finishing in 17th place. 4. Solid Foundation: Rowett consistently kept Millwall in the top half of the Championship, with defensive solidity being the hallmark of his tenure, boasting some of the best defensive records outside the top six. So he's done lots of good jobs? I get he's not that inspiring but he's generally done well at most clubs. Reality is that every manager fails at some point, and 1 team's crap manager is another's hero. Yes he got sacked by Oxford but would you expect them to be anywhere other than at the bottom of this league? It's like being talking Clement doing well at Norwich but he was crap at Rangers (in an embarrassingly easy league). Clearly a good manager but it just didn't work. People are far too binary about whether a manager is good or not, when the reality is it's far more complicated than that.
STUHILL Posted 27 January Posted 27 January 1 minute ago, Vindaloo FOX said: Here is some positive things I've found on GR, let's not forget CR was sacked by Greece before he came in and NP was sacked and jobless when he saved us. Sometimes a manager can just click at a certain club, for me if he can get us fighting, hard to beat, ruthless and defensively strong then I'm satisfied. 1. Rowett guided Birmingham from 21st in the Championship to 10th at the end of his first season, earning many plaudits for the remarkable turnaround in form. 2. Rowett was sacked by Birmingham on 14 December 2016 upon their change of ownership and boardroom team, despite leading the team to 7th in the Championship table and challenging for a play-off place. 3. Oxford went six unbeaten matches, leading to a points return of twelve points, saw Rowett named EFL Championship Manager of the Month for January 2025.[57] Under Rowett, Oxford avoided relegation at the end of the 2024–25 season,[58] finishing in 17th place. 4. Solid Foundation: Rowett consistently kept Millwall in the top half of the Championship, with defensive solidity being the hallmark of his tenure, boasting some of the best defensive records outside the top six. I take your points and I totally agree about how a Manager sometimes just clicks. We certainly need to get lucky with this, otherwise we could genuinely drop this season. However, I also saw these types of positive takes on why Marti Cifuentes was going to be a success for us. I don't like that he has got a recent relegation to League 1 with a big club like ours, and I also don't like how and why he was recently sacked by Oxford. I am not sure he will be able to get this arrogant and lazy squad working hard and grinding out results. Personally, I would push for Steven Gerrard, as I can just see him more able to light a fire under some player's arses. I understand that people may think even he is a stretch too far, but I think the Championship is actually his best available option right now, as he is not Premier League tier and needs to rebuild his reputation like Lampard is trying. As you said though, it could be anyone and something either clicks or it doesn't.
BrilliantFox Posted 27 January Posted 27 January No amount of gaslighting will make me accept Rowett. Haven't you learned already from the Cifuentes debacle? Bringing in a crap manager who's only managed small clubs with no pressure only ends one way. 1
Saxondale Posted 27 January Posted 27 January Lads, if you think we’re getting peak Alex Ferguson, you need to calibrate your expectations a bit. 1
Lambert09 Posted 27 January Posted 27 January I don’t aspire for a great manager anymore. I just want someone with a half decent football brain. That’s all I want. Logical decisions. Trying new things when things aren’t working. Getting our divas in line and bringing in a better mentality and house rules. I’m just so sick of the amateurs we’ve had at the club for too long. Rowett would be a breath of fresh air around this place. 2
teblin Posted 27 January Posted 27 January 5 hours ago, BrilliantFox said: No amount of gaslighting will make me accept Rowett. Haven't you learned already from the Cifuentes debacle? Bringing in a crap manager who's only managed small clubs with no pressure only ends one way. To be fair he has managed Derby and Birmingham, but agree it’s meh. Think he is better than Marti but uninspiring I know.
South Shire Fox Posted 27 January Posted 27 January (edited) 5 hours ago, BrilliantFox said: No amount of gaslighting will make me accept Rowett. Haven't you learned already from the Cifuentes debacle? Bringing in a crap manager who's only managed small clubs with no pressure only ends one way. And what good manager who has managed a big club is going to come here in the financial mess the club is in? Knowing full well he cant sign anyone and is managing a team packed with players who wont be giving their all because they are leaving the club in the summer. Career suicide. Edited 27 January by South Shire Fox 1
Claudio Fannieri Posted 27 January Posted 27 January If Top is still obsessing about playing the Man City wonder if they might go for Willy Cabellero with Danny Walker as Assistant now they are available.
The boy Linacre Posted 27 January Posted 27 January We can talk about this till we are blue in the face BUT it’s the same old story. Its in the hands of two TOTAL incompetents with almost zero track record of selecting the right manager. We all may have an opinion but it’s irrelevant, this discussion is pointless and out of our hands, but we all fear the worst (and with good reason), but feel helpless. If they uncover a good manager e.g Enzo, it’s total luck. Allied to which, good or bad, our next manager, won’t last 3 years, they don’t, leave because they are successful or fired. AND the pool is pretty empty currently, Rohl was probably the miss in the summer, they got that wrong. 2
Wasyls Pec Deck Posted 27 January Posted 27 January 6 hours ago, STUHILL said: but are we really at the point of hiring someone who was most recently sacked by Oxford? Yes 1 1
DLH Posted 27 January Posted 27 January 22 minutes ago, Claudio Fannieri said: If Top is still obsessing about playing the Man City wonder if they might go for Willy Cabellero with Danny Walker as Assistant now they are available. This is a big concern for me. We haven’t got the calibre of players to implement that style (and we’re not going to be able to afford/attract those players either). Hire a pragmatic coach who can make us solid at the back, likes to attack quickly and favours youth. At the very least, we all need a team and style that we can get behind as a fan base. 2
funkyrobot Posted 27 January Posted 27 January 7 hours ago, Muzzy_no7 said: Tell us you’ve not read all the posts without telling us you’ve not read all the posts. I have, not sure you have as his name is mentioned. There’s been chat about bring Rowett in on here, hence my comment. If you go on Twitter there’s even more too. Rowett would be a terrible appointment.
l444ry Posted 27 January Posted 27 January 9 hours ago, when_you're_smiling said: I don’t think Shepshed see it like that. Fair enough. O'Neill told me that from his own mouth when I asked that specific question. Suppose you pays your money and takes your choice on this?
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