| How are you guys and gals feeling about the manager change? 18:07 - Jun 14 with 2393 views | Swansea_Blue |
Excited for the opportunity to unearth someone/something even better?
Worried about getting the replacement wrong?
Fascinated by the gossip and following every bit of it and the bookies odds?
Not fussed as we can’t do anything anyway?
More interested in new player signings than the manager?
Just want it to go away until the WC finishes?
It’s a funny start to the summer. We should be on cloud 9 after promotion but this has thrown everything up in the air.
I’m happy to see how it plays out and quite relaxed. I’m not at all interested in the gossip/odds - it’s meaningless imo for most of the search period. I’m not worried, which is a strange feeling and probably the first time since we appointed Keane I haven’t been petrified with how bad a decision we were about to make! |  |
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| After about 14 mins of "shock".... on 18:10 - Jun 14 with 2124 views | Bloots |
....I'm genuinely looking forward to it now.
Playing a different formation alone will be refreshing!
Get it done early and it shouldn't really effect the prep for next season too much.
Bring it on. |  |
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| How are you guys and gals feeling about the manager change? on 18:15 - Jun 14 with 2066 views | armchaircritic59 |
Having seen the lot since Sir Alf, I'm excited and hoping we can unearth another unexpected gem. No point in continually looking back, you tend to walk into brick walls! That's not to say that I don't wish KM all the very best for the future, whatever it holds. |  | | |
| After about 14 mins of "shock".... on 18:23 - Jun 14 with 2023 views | Swansea_Blue |
| After about 14 mins of "shock".... on 18:10 - Jun 14 by Bloots |
....I'm genuinely looking forward to it now.
Playing a different formation alone will be refreshing!
Get it done early and it shouldn't really effect the prep for next season too much.
Bring it on. |
Yeah, me too. Not to take anything away from Kieran, but this all freshens things up. I might feel different if we appointed Paul Lambert mark 2 though.. | |
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| How are you guys and gals feeling about the manager change? on 18:26 - Jun 14 with 1996 views | Swansea_Blue |
| How are you guys and gals feeling about the manager change? on 18:15 - Jun 14 by armchaircritic59 |
Having seen the lot since Sir Alf, I'm excited and hoping we can unearth another unexpected gem. No point in continually looking back, you tend to walk into brick walls! That's not to say that I don't wish KM all the very best for the future, whatever it holds. |
I’m hoping for experience to try and get us established in the league. Like when Lyall came in and you thought, yeah, this guy knows what he’s doing. But ho knows if that’s the right way. Unearthing another gem would work for me. As I said, I’m quite relaxed about it now. | |
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| After about 14 mins of "shock".... on 18:33 - Jun 14 with 1964 views | WolfieAtTheBack |
| After about 14 mins of "shock".... on 18:10 - Jun 14 by Bloots |
....I'm genuinely looking forward to it now.
Playing a different formation alone will be refreshing!
Get it done early and it shouldn't really effect the prep for next season too much.
Bring it on. |
The "five classic stages of Mckenna based grief"
Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression and Acceptance.
You sir are at acceptance, have a good season ha |  | | |
| How are you guys and gals feeling about the manager change? on 18:33 - Jun 14 with 1961 views | positivity |
i'm finding it tricky to be as invested in the season to come with mckenna and the likes of wes and chappers departing, but plenty of time for that to change.
just don't get a dinosaur in, and i'm sure the excitement will change |  |
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| How are you guys and gals feeling about the manager change? on 18:36 - Jun 14 with 1913 views | BloomBlue |
I'm more concerned if Klopp will want to continue doing Trivago adverts after he joins us as manager.
To be honest I could hardly understand half the words he said on those early adverts which is probably why they reverted to him just saying Trivago. |  | | |
| How are you guys and gals feeling about the manager change? on 18:38 - Jun 14 with 1920 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
Excited now.
As great as KM was in the EFL, we had our worst ever top flight season under his guidance.
I wasn't that confident in him guiding us to safety..... and it seems, neither was he.
Grateful for everything he has done for us though. What a ride. [Post edited 14 Jun 18:51]
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| How are you guys and gals feeling about the manager change? on 18:52 - Jun 14 with 1827 views | armchaircritic59 |
| How are you guys and gals feeling about the manager change? on 18:38 - Jun 14 by Marshalls_Mullet |
Excited now.
As great as KM was in the EFL, we had our worst ever top flight season under his guidance.
I wasn't that confident in him guiding us to safety..... and it seems, neither was he.
Grateful for everything he has done for us though. What a ride. [Post edited 14 Jun 18:51]
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Yep, always remember and give thanks for what we've had, but look forward to the future. I'm sure our great past managers, wouldn't want it any other way! | | | |
| How are you guys and gals feeling about the manager change? on 18:55 - Jun 14 with 1813 views | NthQldITFC |
| How are you guys and gals feeling about the manager change? on 18:38 - Jun 14 by Marshalls_Mullet |
Excited now.
As great as KM was in the EFL, we had our worst ever top flight season under his guidance.
I wasn't that confident in him guiding us to safety..... and it seems, neither was he.
Grateful for everything he has done for us though. What a ride. [Post edited 14 Jun 18:51]
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Downvoted just for that fking unnecessary and disrespectful "and it seems, neither was he".
Boils my piss. |  |
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| After about 14 mins of "shock".... on 19:24 - Jun 14 with 1648 views | Dubtractor |
| After about 14 mins of "shock".... on 18:10 - Jun 14 by Bloots |
....I'm genuinely looking forward to it now.
Playing a different formation alone will be refreshing!
Get it done early and it shouldn't really effect the prep for next season too much.
Bring it on. |
I'm sort of the same.
Obviously would rather he stayed, and his legacy here is huge, supported by the warm comments by so many players he has managed here.
I do wonder whether the way he wants to play and set teams up is suited to a relegation scrap though. Last time round in the premier league wasn't a lot of fun, and whilst I think we would probably have gone down whoever was in charge given the double promotion and lack of 'readiness', I would have hoped for it to be less grim than it was.
I think his way of playing is ideal for a team who can be more on the front foot than not, and maybe for our situation next season we could do with an expert in playing on the transition (or counter attack in old money). |  |
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| How are you guys and gals feeling about the manager change? on 19:27 - Jun 14 with 1621 views | Pippin1970 |
More interested in player recruitment to be honest. We will get a decent manager. | | | |
| How are you guys and gals feeling about the manager change? on 20:07 - Jun 14 with 1467 views | jas0999 |
Happy for KM to be spending time with his family.
Apprehensive as to whether MA will make a good appointment. Still don’t think the likes of Rosenior or O'Neil are anywhere nearer good enough.
Hope to appoint someone soon so signing new players can happen quickly. Can’t afford to start the PL season as we did last years Championship with so many signings three weeks after the season started. That was really poor. | | | |
| How are you guys and gals feeling about the manager change? on 20:17 - Jun 14 with 1433 views | TRUE_BLUE123 |
Still a little bit concerned and nervous about it tbh.
Going in to this season one of the advantages I believed that we had was that lots of teams had changed managers and we had continuity. I also think after that first season in the Premier League KM would have been absolutely certain about what he needed in the squad and I also think he set us up with a lot of good game plans last time which we couldn't fully execute just because we didnt have the personnel so I was going in with a bit of confidence. That's gone now.
I still feel like the appointment will be one we dont expect. Out of those guys on the bookies list I feel like Gary O'Neil and OGS are the 2 most likely, neither fill me with loads of confidence but not completely against them either. [Post edited 14 Jun 20:19]
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| How are you guys and gals feeling about the manager change? on 20:31 - Jun 14 with 1373 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
| How are you guys and gals feeling about the manager change? on 18:55 - Jun 14 by NthQldITFC |
Downvoted just for that fking unnecessary and disrespectful "and it seems, neither was he".
Boils my piss. |
Each to their own. | |
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| How are you guys and gals feeling about the manager change? on 20:36 - Jun 14 with 1355 views | Wallingford_Boy |
| How are you guys and gals feeling about the manager change? on 18:38 - Jun 14 by Marshalls_Mullet |
Excited now.
As great as KM was in the EFL, we had our worst ever top flight season under his guidance.
I wasn't that confident in him guiding us to safety..... and it seems, neither was he.
Grateful for everything he has done for us though. What a ride. [Post edited 14 Jun 18:51]
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I think that’s a good way of looking at it, he took us as far as he could, maybe someone else can take us further. |  |
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| How are you guys and gals feeling about the manager change? on 20:38 - Jun 14 with 1347 views | Wallingford_Boy |
| How are you guys and gals feeling about the manager change? on 18:55 - Jun 14 by NthQldITFC |
Downvoted just for that fking unnecessary and disrespectful "and it seems, neither was he".
Boils my piss. |
What a strange thing to get so angry about.
He’s right, he clearly didn’t want to fail again at Prem level and lower his value, what part of that is disrespectful?! | |
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| How are you guys and gals feeling about the manager change? on 20:39 - Jun 14 with 1333 views | Mullet |
"I feel fine" |  |
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| How are you guys and gals feeling about the manager change? on 20:46 - Jun 14 with 1302 views | NthQldITFC |
| How are you guys and gals feeling about the manager change? on 20:38 - Jun 14 by Wallingford_Boy |
What a strange thing to get so angry about.
He’s right, he clearly didn’t want to fail again at Prem level and lower his value, what part of that is disrespectful?! |
I'll answer this once and once only, because I don't want to get embroiled in a pissy discussion with people who either don't or won't understand, for whatever reason.
If you think about what KMc did for us for five years, what he put into it, the hours, the stress on himself and his family, the emotional video released the other day - if you think about all of that and then refuse to accept his explanation for stepping down, if you portray it as some kind of selfish financial decision, or lack of self belief - then you're doing the man a great disservice, and that makes me really, really angry.
That's all I'll say. | |
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| How are you guys and gals feeling about the manager change? on 20:52 - Jun 14 with 1260 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
| How are you guys and gals feeling about the manager change? on 20:46 - Jun 14 by NthQldITFC |
I'll answer this once and once only, because I don't want to get embroiled in a pissy discussion with people who either don't or won't understand, for whatever reason.
If you think about what KMc did for us for five years, what he put into it, the hours, the stress on himself and his family, the emotional video released the other day - if you think about all of that and then refuse to accept his explanation for stepping down, if you portray it as some kind of selfish financial decision, or lack of self belief - then you're doing the man a great disservice, and that makes me really, really angry.
That's all I'll say. |
I do think it's more about reputation and career management.
But I also don't have a problem with that.
It's ok to disagree.
To be fair, when questioned about it on TalkSport, I didn't feel Ashton was convinced either. [Post edited 14 Jun 20:52]
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| How are you guys and gals feeling about the manager change? on 20:54 - Jun 14 with 1224 views | Wallingford_Boy |
| How are you guys and gals feeling about the manager change? on 20:46 - Jun 14 by NthQldITFC |
I'll answer this once and once only, because I don't want to get embroiled in a pissy discussion with people who either don't or won't understand, for whatever reason.
If you think about what KMc did for us for five years, what he put into it, the hours, the stress on himself and his family, the emotional video released the other day - if you think about all of that and then refuse to accept his explanation for stepping down, if you portray it as some kind of selfish financial decision, or lack of self belief - then you're doing the man a great disservice, and that makes me really, really angry.
That's all I'll say. |
You patronizing devil you.
I think you’re wrong, but as MM says, it’s fine to disagree. | |
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| How are you guys and gals feeling about the manager change? on 20:55 - Jun 14 with 1215 views | Swansea_Blue |
| How are you guys and gals feeling about the manager change? on 18:36 - Jun 14 by BloomBlue |
I'm more concerned if Klopp will want to continue doing Trivago adverts after he joins us as manager.
To be honest I could hardly understand half the words he said on those early adverts which is probably why they reverted to him just saying Trivago. |
Apparently he’s completely pissed off the German camp by intimating their manager’s time is limited, with people assuming that means he thinks he’s going to be their national manager soon. It sounds like a big leap of logic from his detractors from what I’ve heard. They were very open ended a typical enigmatic Klopp. Funny though. | |
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| How are you guys and gals feeling about the manager change? on 21:00 - Jun 14 with 1158 views | HairBearBunch |
Still sulking stage for me, and suffering a little less enthusiasm for the coming season.
But there again, I sulked when Paul Cook went as well, so what do I know ..... |  | | |
| How are you guys and gals feeling about the manager change? on 21:05 - Jun 14 with 1135 views | Swansea_Blue |
| How are you guys and gals feeling about the manager change? on 18:38 - Jun 14 by Marshalls_Mullet |
Excited now.
As great as KM was in the EFL, we had our worst ever top flight season under his guidance.
I wasn't that confident in him guiding us to safety..... and it seems, neither was he.
Grateful for everything he has done for us though. What a ride. [Post edited 14 Jun 18:51]
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I’m pretty similar tbh, although I don’t know whether he got cold feet or just had had enough and couldn’t give any more. He seemed pretty drained over the back end of the season.
I’m not convinced we’d have been able to kick on next season. He adapted and changed despite some people saying he couldn’t, but I’m not sure it was in a way that would have led to a better season. We were undoubtedly a better team in 23/24 imo despite having players worth only a fraction of our 25/26 squad. I’m not sure where our approach would have taken us next year with poor players (relatively for the PL). It worked well last season because we had better players than most and relied on those individual qualities. Keep it tight, give it to Clarke/Philogene to be simplistically blunt. That won’t work next year.
He was an excellent man-/expectations- manager though and no doubt will be sorely missed by the players. I’ll certainly hold him in high regard. The best since Burley by some margin. | |
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| How are you guys and gals feeling about the manager change? on 21:21 - Jun 14 with 1031 views | Churchman |
I really hoped he could and would stay as long as he wished to. In a sense he did. I just would have liked it to be longer.
But it is what it is and he’s moved on. I’m not interested in the reasons why tbh or what he chooses to do next. Entirely his business.
This is not two seasons ago. It’s not fairytale rise. In a sense it feels for me like the true next step up and the prospect excites me. It could be rinse and repeat of 24/25, it could be something different.
My hope is that they’ve identified somebody who can embrace what the club is doing and understand what works for it and the area.
A pure McCarthy style coach the first team ignore the rest will not work. A clone of McKenna is very unlikely to work. What will? I’ve no idea. But it’s very exciting and challenging. Love it. Whoever comes in I hope they get the crowd’s patience and support.
They’re clearly going to get whatever financial backing the club is allowed to give. That fits with the owners track record and what Ashton said to Talksport the other day.
It’s very exciting. Bring on the challenge. [Post edited 14 Jun 21:22]
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