Amad is a massive difference I agree. But I also think making some of the changes at the back have cost us. Too. Tone has been poor this year.
His a steady middle of the road championship manager that’s all we will get with him, it’s the job he was brought it to do to be fair, finishing 6th last year is probably the worst thing he could have done in hindsight expectations rose and he’s just not the man for it long term I don’t think, shame cos I like him but it’s a brutal business
The plan is to get promoted, we won't get that with Mowbray. We could've had Faroli who is top of the French league. Why not Ipswich manager or someone of the same ilk?
I only have one word to describe that performance tonight, FLAT I think they reflect Mowbray, played as if they were full of cold. Hopefully a hot toddy, a kick up the arse and 3 points on Saturday.
I’m not so sure, momentum can carry you a long way in football and they’re well backed financially, time will tell of course and I hope you are right
absolutely we want him. I’m saying he wouldn’t want us. Not when he’s flying. Why give that up to come here and risk getting sacked by the summer whilst watching somebody else finish the job he started at Ipswich? and fwiw, ask most neutrals and they wouldn’t have us as that much a bigger club over Ipswich. Bigger for sure. But not so big that you drop down a level to manage us (which he’d essentially be doing on the trajectory they’re on)
All I'm saying is Mowbray isn't the man to get promoted. Why not try for the man that Brighton will go for next?
Wouldn’t say no to Graham Potter fwiw. Think he will probably stick around to see what premier league jobs come up. But he’d be a good fit for what we are trying to do.
Right he’s still trying to play like amad is there. it wasn’t unreasonable to think we may have been good enough anyway. But it looks like we’re not. I hope he finds away quick or else a new manager will spend another six games ‘assessing’ the players and saying ‘everyone will be given a chance’, then the season really will be over. its clear that unless mowbray gets us promoted this season (and even if he does) he will be gone. So rolling the dice for us this year may just be keeping mowbray and hoping we get amad in Jan.
Think it’s likely our next manager is one we’ve never heard of but there’s tonnes of out of work managers who aren’t complete write offs for me. Some are far fetched but: Hassenhutl Marsch Potter Dean Smith Laurent Blanc Jocelyn Gourvenec (pretty sure he was linked with KLD first came in) Scott Parker Ruud van nistelrooy John Eustace all fit the mould to an extent.
seeing the average manager appointment is for 1.5 years - where clubs are in 3-5 years isn’t as relevant as it should be for managers
Don't agree with O'Nien slowing play down. When he lingers on the ball it's because nobody ahead of him is showing for the ball or making a run. When they are he's quick to pick them out.
Honestly don't know what to make of tonight. So many square pegs in round holes for no reason. I'd love to hear the reasoning behind dropping Huggins and 1 of the back 4 in their natural position as a result. The constant sideways passing, the lack of a plan b, all fart and nee ****e. Comfortably our worst performance under Mowbray. Last season was great, but that's gone now. The question KLD needs to ask himself is - does he think Mowbray is the man to take us forward?
Needed to create space for Clarke/Roberts so kept with a centre half at right back, a right back at left back/centre mid when he had Huggind on the bench to overlap?!?!? Basically replaced the same players
