Next Manager

[camberwell fox]

It’s ****ing tedious on here at the moment, and I’m being polite.

 

[Cambridge_fox]

Just wait and see - we’ll all unanimously get behind RvN

 

[ThaiSweetChilli]

Actually quite excited now.

Another move on the roller coaster that is Leicester City.

Looking forward to seeing what Ruud can do. We’ll likely attract some cracking younger players.

 

[City Fan]

Just wait and see - we’ll all unanimously get behind RvN

I’m going to get behind him even though I think it’s a bonkers appointment. And if the gamble fails and we get relegated, it’ll be Top and his cronies I’ll be directing my frustration at, not RvN. He didn’t take the gamble and appoint himself.

We’re in for a bumpy ride. Strap in.

 

[Joe_Fox]

We’re in for a bumpy ride. Strap on.

Thoughts, Homey?

 

[OzzieFox]

I've moved from meh, to proper excited after playing a "Message to you Rudey" loudly, into work. We've got a song and a gang to belong to the Rude Boys! What more could you want!???

His first team talk
Stop your messing around
Better think of your future
Time you straighten right out
And sort the ****ing defence out.

 

[Joe_Fox]

 

[Joe_Fox]

Time will tell if Strummer and co. were right about this.

 

[give_us_a_wave]

Time will tell if Strummer and co. were right about this.

Well, Uncle Joe was right about pretty much everything else so there's hope.

To be honest after listening to The Clash, the first band I ever saw, for 3 & a half minutes I'm too mired in teary eyed nostalgia for lost youth (& a few whiskies) to give much of a toss about anything else.

BUT, I will put this here for posterity.

Ten years from now, if we're all still here, we'll be saying " What was that ****er's name who got the sack after 5 minutes ? "
To which someone will reply " Dean Smith? " & the response will be " yeah thats the one "

Cooper will be swiftly forgotten. Like an uncomfortable shit in a service station.

He'll win nothing & if he's still in management in a decade's time it'll be at Swindon or somewhere similar. Trying to keep them in L1 or get them out of L2. I've no doubt of it. He's on the Martin Allen trajectory.

Now **** it. I'm having 2 more whiskies & listening to Police & Thieves. The **** upstairs can lump it.

 

[ThaiSweetChilli]

For those interested

 

[ThaiSweetChilli]

Love this.

 

[Joe_Fox]

Now **** it. I'm having 2 more whiskies & listening to Police & Thieves. The **** upstairs can lump it.

Are you referring to the resident of the floor above you, or God?

 

[Joe_Fox]

It’s ****ing tedious on here at the moment, and I’m being polite.

Sorry mate, I'll try and post a bit more often.

 

[OzzieFox]

Well, Uncle Joe was right about pretty much everything else so there's hope.

To be honest after listening to The Clash, the first band I ever saw, for 3 & a half minutes I'm too mired in teary eyed nostalgia for lost youth (& a few whiskies) to give much of a toss about anything else.

BUT, I will put this here for posterity.

Ten years from now, if we're all still here, we'll be saying " What was that ****er's name who got the sack after 5 minutes ? "
To which someone will reply " Dean Smith? " & the response will be " yeah thats the one "

Cooper will be swiftly forgotten. Like an uncomfortable shit in a service station.

He'll win nothing & if he's still in management in a decade's time it'll be at Swindon or somewhere similar. Trying to keep them in L1 or get them out of L2. I've no doubt of it. He's on the Martin Allen trajectory.

Now **** it. I'm having 2 more whiskies & listening to Police & Thieves. The **** upstairs can lump it.

Love it!

 

[OzzieFox]

Time will tell if Strummer and co. were right about this.

It just gets better!

 

[OzzieFox]

Another step up, is that Ruud looks a bit like my dog. Whereas Cooper looked like a turd the Elephant Man had pushed out.

 

[TommyK]

I think RVN is a very brave appointment. Obviously hope he does well.

It's the players being on side with his approach/management that will make or break our season.
I don't think they ever got behind Copper. That's fault on both sides. But with recent events like the "we miss you Enzo" there seems to be some bitterness and childlessness within the squad. They've not moved on and I think we're seeing some football snobbishness.

I'm not sure Copper was ever respected by either players or fans.
That's largely down to him through, his approach and his style. Respect is earned after all.

Let's see what RVN can do.

 

[pork pie fox]

I’m going to get behind him even though I think it’s a bonkers appointment. And if the gamble fails and we get relegated, it’ll be Top and his cronies I’ll be directing my frustration at, not RvN. He didn’t take the gamble and appoint himself.

We’re in for a bumpy ride. Strap in.

I’m not sure that I think it’s a bonkers appointment, but it’s because I agree with the rest of your post. Whoever it is is coming into a tough gig, not of their own making, so there’s no guarantee it would work.

We’ve historically been a club used to bumpy rides, so let’s get back on it.

 

[Graz]

It was clearly not working with Cooper and it was showing no signs of improvement. I think it was the wrong appointment from the off, but certainly went that way. It wasn't going to get better.

So making a change was imperative.

RVN is definitely a gamble. But I still think a gamble is a better option than continuing with Cooper.

So some people are already saying they'll target the board if this goes wrong... I still think they've made the right decision to change, no matter what. But the question if this goes wrong will be could they not find somewhere else to save to please PSR rather than on a crucial appointment?

 

[fitz]

It’s got boring as ****.

My views (for what it’s worth) is that Cooper was a backwards move after last year. I hoped it would work out, but the football and management was terrible. He had to go. RvN is another gamble. But it sure as hell has got me more excited than I was in the summer after Cooper’s appointment. What I don’t understand is why we haven’t gone for a manager who in Moyes would pretty much guarantee our safety. Why risk so much?

Reckon Moyes had a look at our squad and thought better of it.