| Life after Mick? 08:36 - Jan 26 with 5209 views | fergalsharkey |
He has kept us over achieving with a glut of poor players
Without him I fear a lesser manager will fail on the peanut budget and this club will become a Coventry city story.
I’m not a fan of Mick’s in any way but I cant see anyone else keeping us mid table on the scraps this club has to spend.
Everyone wants Evans to sell but who in their right mind would buy the debt ridden shambles?
The future is bleak.
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| Life after Mick? on 08:39 - Jan 26 with 5199 views | Herbivore |
We'll be fine. We've actually built a decent squad but the injuries this season have prevented real progress, with a fit Huws, Adeyemi and one of Bishop or Dozzer I'd have fancied Mick to steer us into the top 6. Unless we employ a total pleb I can't see us struggling next season with the core of the squad still intact. |  |
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| Life after Mick? on 08:39 - Jan 26 with 5200 views | itfcjoe |
I struggle to see anyone that will be able to recruit as well on such a small budget, unless we go with a foreign manager who manages to pull gem after gem from the foreign leagues |  |
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| Life after Mick? on 08:42 - Jan 26 with 5187 views | Benters2 |
| Life after Mick? on 08:39 - Jan 26 by Herbivore |
We'll be fine. We've actually built a decent squad but the injuries this season have prevented real progress, with a fit Huws, Adeyemi and one of Bishop or Dozzer I'd have fancied Mick to steer us into the top 6. Unless we employ a total pleb I can't see us struggling next season with the core of the squad still intact. |
There is no future.
We will crash and burn.
The machines will take over.
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| Life after Mick? on 08:51 - Jan 26 with 5170 views | Herbivore |
| Life after Mick? on 08:39 - Jan 26 by itfcjoe |
I struggle to see anyone that will be able to recruit as well on such a small budget, unless we go with a foreign manager who manages to pull gem after gem from the foreign leagues |
Agree that recruitment is probably the area we'll miss Mick the most, our squad is ridiculous for how little has been spent on it really. He's done great in that respect and that'll be hard to replicate, people moan about how well Mick is regarded outside of Town but no doubt his connections and how highly he's thought of has helped us in bringing in players over the years. I guess if we go for someone who has cut their teeth in League 1 or League 2 they may be able to bring in players from that level with the potential to step up. Also I don't think we need a massive rebuild as the core of the squad is there, so hopefully add a bit of quality in the right areas and push on. Viva la Megson! | |
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| Life after Mick? on 08:53 - Jan 26 with 5159 views | Dyland |
| Life after Mick? on 08:39 - Jan 26 by Herbivore |
We'll be fine. We've actually built a decent squad but the injuries this season have prevented real progress, with a fit Huws, Adeyemi and one of Bishop or Dozzer I'd have fancied Mick to steer us into the top 6. Unless we employ a total pleb I can't see us struggling next season with the core of the squad still intact. |
How about Gary Megson for a total pleb?
This is Evans we're talking about after all. |  |
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| Life after Mick? on 08:55 - Jan 26 with 5147 views | Herbivore |
| Life after Mick? on 08:53 - Jan 26 by Dyland |
How about Gary Megson for a total pleb?
This is Evans we're talking about after all. |
Ha! See the end of my other post in this thread. | |
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| Life after Mick? on 09:02 - Jan 26 with 5125 views | stickymockwell |
| Life after Mick? on 08:39 - Jan 26 by itfcjoe |
I struggle to see anyone that will be able to recruit as well on such a small budget, unless we go with a foreign manager who manages to pull gem after gem from the foreign leagues |
I kind of disagree. I think he's recruited bang average players and coached them in his own way to make them effective. Waghorn, Garner, Didz, Chambers, Sears etc. and even Bart were either not loved by their previous teams or were failures and had to drop down before coming back up. He's a good coach who wants complete control but if he had better methods of recruitment/delegation I think he could be much better. There has been some serious bargains that have gone to other clubs that we have missed out on. |  |
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| Life after Mick? on 09:07 - Jan 26 with 5113 views | Herbivore |
| Life after Mick? on 09:02 - Jan 26 by stickymockwell |
I kind of disagree. I think he's recruited bang average players and coached them in his own way to make them effective. Waghorn, Garner, Didz, Chambers, Sears etc. and even Bart were either not loved by their previous teams or were failures and had to drop down before coming back up. He's a good coach who wants complete control but if he had better methods of recruitment/delegation I think he could be much better. There has been some serious bargains that have gone to other clubs that we have missed out on. |
Can't agree with that at all. His recruitment has been very good, he's signed good players for very little money. Waghorn came in and started banging in goals after about one training session with us, I don't doubt that Mick is a good coach but he can't be THAT good. | |
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| Life after Mick? on 09:27 - Jan 26 with 5072 views | blueblood66 |
Chin up, do you not want to see a manager who attacks the opposition, goes for 3 points instead of settling for 1? I do, and so do thousands of others, Yes he has done a reasonable job with his brand of safety first football but the world of management has many people looking for opportunites to take a great club back to wher it should be. He isnt the only man in the world capbale of working on a tight budget. Our next manager should be in the Burley mould, a good coach as well as amanger capable of blooding youngsters and having faith with them whilst they develop, something Mick lacks. |  | | |
| Life after Mick? on 09:41 - Jan 26 with 5032 views | braveblue |
In what way did we over achieve last season? | | | |
| Life after Mick? on 09:41 - Jan 26 with 5034 views | Bent_double |
I'm sure there are plenty of up-and-coming managers out there who already have friends/contacts around football.
Who had heard of Wagner before he joined Huddersfield? His friendship with Klopp helped him get Liverpool players on loan. What about NES at Wolves, it's his first management job isn't it, but he seems to be doing OK.
Yes, there are probably plenty of examples where it's gone wrong too, but we need to gamble don't we?
The worst possible appointment in my view would be one of the 'tried and trusted' managers on the merry-go-round who have got other teams promoted. I think we can see that approach doesn't work at Ipswich. |  |
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| Life after Mick? on 09:57 - Jan 26 with 4994 views | DanTheMan |
| Life after Mick? on 09:41 - Jan 26 by Bent_double |
I'm sure there are plenty of up-and-coming managers out there who already have friends/contacts around football.
Who had heard of Wagner before he joined Huddersfield? His friendship with Klopp helped him get Liverpool players on loan. What about NES at Wolves, it's his first management job isn't it, but he seems to be doing OK.
Yes, there are probably plenty of examples where it's gone wrong too, but we need to gamble don't we?
The worst possible appointment in my view would be one of the 'tried and trusted' managers on the merry-go-round who have got other teams promoted. I think we can see that approach doesn't work at Ipswich. |
To be fair, young up and comer with lots of contacts didn't quite work with Keane... |  |
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| Life after Mick? on 11:52 - Jan 26 with 4892 views | Herbivore |
| Life after Mick? on 09:41 - Jan 26 by Bent_double |
I'm sure there are plenty of up-and-coming managers out there who already have friends/contacts around football.
Who had heard of Wagner before he joined Huddersfield? His friendship with Klopp helped him get Liverpool players on loan. What about NES at Wolves, it's his first management job isn't it, but he seems to be doing OK.
Yes, there are probably plenty of examples where it's gone wrong too, but we need to gamble don't we?
The worst possible appointment in my view would be one of the 'tried and trusted' managers on the merry-go-round who have got other teams promoted. I think we can see that approach doesn't work at Ipswich. |
Given ME's track record though the latter type of appointment is the most likely. | |
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| Life after Mick? on 13:03 - Jan 26 with 4848 views | northants |
I agree totally.
Whatever anyone's view on Mick's "playing style", we will at least be safe with him even with a lesser budget than most around us.
With the wrong manager I could easily see us slipping down into league 1, further into obscurity with no hope of ever returning.
But cheer up, it's Friday! |  | | |
| Life after Mick? on 13:10 - Jan 26 with 4829 views | mrshallisfit |
| Life after Mick? on 09:02 - Jan 26 by stickymockwell |
I kind of disagree. I think he's recruited bang average players and coached them in his own way to make them effective. Waghorn, Garner, Didz, Chambers, Sears etc. and even Bart were either not loved by their previous teams or were failures and had to drop down before coming back up. He's a good coach who wants complete control but if he had better methods of recruitment/delegation I think he could be much better. There has been some serious bargains that have gone to other clubs that we have missed out on. |
Who is the lovely young sort in your avatar? | | | |
| Life after Mick? on 13:16 - Jan 26 with 4806 views | OsborneOneNil |
| Life after Mick? on 09:27 - Jan 26 by blueblood66 |
Chin up, do you not want to see a manager who attacks the opposition, goes for 3 points instead of settling for 1? I do, and so do thousands of others, Yes he has done a reasonable job with his brand of safety first football but the world of management has many people looking for opportunites to take a great club back to wher it should be. He isnt the only man in the world capbale of working on a tight budget. Our next manager should be in the Burley mould, a good coach as well as amanger capable of blooding youngsters and having faith with them whilst they develop, something Mick lacks. |
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| Life after Mick? on 13:19 - Jan 26 with 4796 views | OsborneOneNil |
| Life after Mick? on 09:27 - Jan 26 by blueblood66 |
Chin up, do you not want to see a manager who attacks the opposition, goes for 3 points instead of settling for 1? I do, and so do thousands of others, Yes he has done a reasonable job with his brand of safety first football but the world of management has many people looking for opportunites to take a great club back to wher it should be. He isnt the only man in the world capbale of working on a tight budget. Our next manager should be in the Burley mould, a good coach as well as amanger capable of blooding youngsters and having faith with them whilst they develop, something Mick lacks. |
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| Life after Mick? on 13:23 - Jan 26 with 4780 views | Herbivore |
If the big Pole is in the goal, I wonder where your big thumb is? | |
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