| Any chance it's not O'Neil? 08:56 - Jun 22 with 5242 views | BiGDonnie |
Keeping my fingers crossed... |  |
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| Any chance it's not O'Neil? on 08:59 - Jun 22 with 3527 views | DarkBrandon |
No
I remember a much younger me hoping our new manager wouldn’t be Joe Royle right up until the start of the press conference where he was announced |  | | |
| Any chance it's not O'Neil? on 09:00 - Jun 22 with 3480 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
Russell Martin has already been appointed but Roy Keane is still available.
I am not excited by the thought of it being O'Neill but we could certainly do worse. If it is O'Neill, I will give him a chance before making my mind up. |  |
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| Any chance it's not O'Neil? on 09:04 - Jun 22 with 3468 views | BiGDonnie |
| Any chance it's not O'Neil? on 09:00 - Jun 22 by Nthsuffolkblue |
Russell Martin has already been appointed but Roy Keane is still available.
I am not excited by the thought of it being O'Neill but we could certainly do worse. If it is O'Neill, I will give him a chance before making my mind up. |
Of course I'll back him and wish him all the best.
I just really, really don't want him. | |
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| Any chance it's not O'Neil? on 09:11 - Jun 22 with 3375 views | LA_Tractor_Boy |
No. It's done. May as well get on board with it and hope he surprises us. |  | | |
| Any chance it's not O'Neil? on 09:16 - Jun 22 with 3300 views | lazyblue |
Why, who do you want then? | | | |
| Any chance it's not O'Neil? on 09:20 - Jun 22 with 3259 views | John_Warks_Willy |
Sounds a done deal doesn’t it.
I suggest you take a deep breath, relax those fingers, and move into the acceptance stage pal |  |
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| Any chance it's not O'Neil? on 09:22 - Jun 22 with 3237 views | Vaughan8 |
| Any chance it's not O'Neil? on 09:16 - Jun 22 by lazyblue |
Why, who do you want then? |
Probably wants Solskjaer the new Messiah in some people eyes.  | | | |
| Any chance it's not O'Neil? on 09:22 - Jun 22 with 3230 views | BiGDonnie |
| Any chance it's not O'Neil? on 09:16 - Jun 22 by lazyblue |
Why, who do you want then? |
I'd have taken most linked names over him tbh. | |
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| Any chance it's not O'Neil? on 09:25 - Jun 22 with 3180 views | BiGDonnie |
| Any chance it's not O'Neil? on 09:22 - Jun 22 by Vaughan8 |
Probably wants Solskjaer the new Messiah in some people eyes. |
I'd have taken OGS over him, yeah. Not sure anyone sees him as the messiah though. | |
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| Any chance it's not O'Neil? on 09:30 - Jun 22 with 3099 views | baxterbasics |
It's Burnham, actually. Def info. |  |
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| Any chance it's not O'Neil? on 09:31 - Jun 22 with 3079 views | itfcsuth |
Seems to be an overly pessimistic view of GON.
It's not the sexy appointment, in the market right now there isn't too many sexy stellar names that stand out other than taking a real gamble on somebody.
GON has PL knowledge, especially at lower/mid clubs, has had success, has suffered as well, did a really good job at Bournemouth, lesser at Wolves but bounced back with a positive spell at Strasbourg.
He speaks really well, players have spoken positively about him, there are reasons as to why it is the sensible appointment.
Time will tell whether it will work out, but he deserves the backing from all involved at the club with a blank slate, and I think he will get that. |  | | |
| Any chance it's not O'Neil? on 09:35 - Jun 22 with 3031 views | Metal_Hacker |
There'll be a chance it'a not GON .......but it's GON |  |
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| Any chance it's not O'Neil? on 09:37 - Jun 22 with 3021 views | BiGDonnie |
| Any chance it's not O'Neil? on 09:31 - Jun 22 by itfcsuth |
Seems to be an overly pessimistic view of GON.
It's not the sexy appointment, in the market right now there isn't too many sexy stellar names that stand out other than taking a real gamble on somebody.
GON has PL knowledge, especially at lower/mid clubs, has had success, has suffered as well, did a really good job at Bournemouth, lesser at Wolves but bounced back with a positive spell at Strasbourg.
He speaks really well, players have spoken positively about him, there are reasons as to why it is the sensible appointment.
Time will tell whether it will work out, but he deserves the backing from all involved at the club with a blank slate, and I think he will get that. |
It's a completely uninspiring choice and his record sucks in the Premier League. Hasn't managed to do more than a year at a club and seemingly can't control his players.
The fact we've gone for someone with a 30% managerial win record is criminal.
In my humble opinion of course. | |
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| Any chance it's not O'Neil? on 09:46 - Jun 22 with 2923 views | Jon_456 |
| Any chance it's not O'Neil? on 09:37 - Jun 22 by BiGDonnie |
It's a completely uninspiring choice and his record sucks in the Premier League. Hasn't managed to do more than a year at a club and seemingly can't control his players.
The fact we've gone for someone with a 30% managerial win record is criminal.
In my humble opinion of course. |
I’m really disappointed over the appointment of GON and feeling quite down about the season ahead.
However to say his record on the PL sucks simply isn’t true is it. A 30% win rate in the premier league is actually pretty good when managing lower teams. It practically secures survival.
Obviously the issues with the players at Wolves and only lasting a year in each job is a big concern. | | | |
| Any chance it's not O'Neil? on 09:48 - Jun 22 with 2871 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
| Any chance it's not O'Neil? on 09:37 - Jun 22 by BiGDonnie |
It's a completely uninspiring choice and his record sucks in the Premier League. Hasn't managed to do more than a year at a club and seemingly can't control his players.
The fact we've gone for someone with a 30% managerial win record is criminal.
In my humble opinion of course. |
I agree with your first paragraph and that is the big concern for me. I also wonder if Ashton wants the club to move away from the values of integrity that were so prominent previously as he seems incapable of displaying them himself. Who knows?
However, the win percentage alone isn't critical. A manager of a team at the lower end of the table is always going to have a much lower win percentage. How many managers with win percentages above 30% in the Premier League could we have attracted? Even then those win percentages are likely to have been with better squads. That, though, is the reason why a gamble on someone who hasn't managed in the Premier League previously was probably preferable to O'Neil. Time will tell, though. I would happily have seen us go with Pert or Ashley Young but I suspect that wouldn't have gone down well with most fans either. | |
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| Any chance it's not O'Neil? on 09:52 - Jun 22 with 2851 views | itfcsuth |
| Any chance it's not O'Neil? on 09:37 - Jun 22 by BiGDonnie |
It's a completely uninspiring choice and his record sucks in the Premier League. Hasn't managed to do more than a year at a club and seemingly can't control his players.
The fact we've gone for someone with a 30% managerial win record is criminal.
In my humble opinion of course. |
I think his dismissal at Bournemouth at the time seemed very harsh, had done a pretty good job at surviving in year 1, but it did give them the foundation to kick on under Iraola, and in hindsight it obviously turned out to be a masterstroke by Bournemouth, but you'd imagine we have looked at that blueprint pretty closely.
I would suggest a 30% win record will give us a real fighting chance of surviving to be honest.
It was a terrible time for McKenna to leave us to be honest, because in the pool of managerial options, who else would you say should be on the radar? | | | |
| Any chance it's not O'Neil? on 10:03 - Jun 22 with 2761 views | HairBearBunch |
| Any chance it's not O'Neil? on 08:59 - Jun 22 by DarkBrandon |
No
I remember a much younger me hoping our new manager wouldn’t be Joe Royle right up until the start of the press conference where he was announced |
hah yeah I remember that
'Stand up, if you hate Joe Royle' being sung before he even got there |  | | |
| Any chance it's not O'Neil? on 10:06 - Jun 22 with 2697 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
| Any chance it's not O'Neil? on 10:03 - Jun 22 by HairBearBunch |
hah yeah I remember that
'Stand up, if you hate Joe Royle' being sung before he even got there |
He never did take to being called Big Fat Joe either.
Much as he played really attractive football, it didn't work out well for the club. | |
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| Any chance it's not O'Neil? on 10:08 - Jun 22 with 2702 views | ipswichtillidie |
| Any chance it's not O'Neil? on 09:04 - Jun 22 by BiGDonnie |
Of course I'll back him and wish him all the best.
I just really, really don't want him. |
Who cares! |  |
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| Any chance it's not O'Neil? on 10:13 - Jun 22 with 2640 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
I guess that, as a fan, the person posting and anyone who feels the same care.
I would much rather watch my team with a manager I take to and who is doing well. I really didn't enjoy watching us under Keane at all. I get that some didn't under McCarthy (although I did take to him and did enjoy watching us then).
Do you not care but simply enjoy watching Town regardless of what you think of the manager, how we are playing and whether we are doing well? | |
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| Any chance it's not O'Neil? on 10:13 - Jun 22 with 2657 views | BiGDonnie |
Who cares about the next manager of ITFC? Probably everyone on this site.
You don't then presumably? | |
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| Any chance it's not O'Neil? on 10:30 - Jun 22 with 2530 views | wkj |
Any chance of other managers are well and truly GON |  |
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| Any chance it's not O'Neil? on 10:35 - Jun 22 with 2471 views | BiGDonnie |
| Any chance it's not O'Neil? on 10:30 - Jun 22 by wkj |
Any chance of other managers are well and truly GON |
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| Any chance it's not O'Neil? on 10:58 - Jun 22 with 2315 views | Bluedandy |
| Any chance it's not O'Neil? on 09:37 - Jun 22 by BiGDonnie |
It's a completely uninspiring choice and his record sucks in the Premier League. Hasn't managed to do more than a year at a club and seemingly can't control his players.
The fact we've gone for someone with a 30% managerial win record is criminal.
In my humble opinion of course. |
Your opinion is hardly expressed humbly if you call the appointment criminal.
O'Neil was manager of newly promoted Bournemouth who when he took over had lost their first four games.
Everyone thought they were doomed and yet he kept them up.
Circumstances were not much better when he replaced Lopetegui at Wolves, they survived too.
No-one questioned KM's right to manage Town this upcoming season and yet his Premier League record is utterly appalling.
He oversaw Town's worst ever campaign since joining the football league which included a club record breaking nine consecutive home losses.
And yet apparently appointing someone with a far better and more extensive top flight record is considered criminal.
The logic doesn't really stack up. | | | |
| Any chance it's not O'Neil? on 11:07 - Jun 22 with 2257 views | RetroBlue |
I know things are what they are, but my God how long do we take to get anything done. |  |
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