I understand Mr Khan was at yesterday's game. No idea whether he was there in anticipation of welcoming the new man or to take over negotiations. Whichever, I do hope he has stern words with Mike Rigg. 1. Curbishley had taken the first team for the 10 days after Kit left, yet 2 days before the MK Dons match Rigg put Grant in charge. Grant had been nowhere near the first team before that; he was with the Academy (we know this from the Steve Wigley video and Grant's own interview following the U21s mid-week game). Is it any wonder the team looked lost at times yesterday? That change by Rigg was not only ludicrous, it showed a complete lack of understanding in team dynamics. Moreover, Rigg's decision not to name Curbishley as Caretaker Manager from the outset was downright petty. 2. Rigg's announcement that we wanted a Head Coach rather than a Manager, in an attempt to show strength and purpose, was badly mis-judged. He may well have convinced Khan that was what was needed, but it should have been part of private negotiations not aired publicly and giving advanced warning. That faux pas has cost us dearly in many ways. Mr Khan should now declare that following a review with Mike Rigg, he has decided that: * we were wrong in our expectations of a Head Coach and would now be seeking a Manager, with First Team Squad responsibility; * Alan Curbishley would be Caretaker Manager.
Get your facts right Tosh, yes I have made many criticisms about staff and players . but all of them where
Looks like Danny Murphy has echoed my sentiments about Rigg. That while Rigg is in charge no top applicant will be looked at, it will be someone who is willing to be a Head Coach only, so that will be a shorter list unless they start to look at bringing in a manager, he more or less said Rigg was going to be an obstacle to Fulham getting in the right man. When asked about would he take on the post, he said he couldn't work under the present scheme that Fulham are pursuing, read into that what you want.
What many of us suspected SuperBri. For us to progress Mike Rigg needs to accept that he may have the power but he is not Fulham Football Club. (The old "nobody is bigger than the club" cliche). Not going to happen though. Certainly not so long as Mr Khan follows the NFL model and vests the current level of control with Rigg. The writing was on the wall when Khan created a Board comprised only of 'executives', none of whom had any FFC heritage.
Surely everyone involved can see the issue. Wait a minute. News just in, Riggs is in talks with Guardiola, apparently he's the only f**ki*g football coach in the world that knows what the hell Rigg is on about.
https://m.oddschecker.com/t/football/football-specials/fulham/next-permanent-manager Anyone fancy a punt on Wilkins at 66/1? Don't really know what to make of the bookies odds now, they've got Pearson as favourite. It might be the case that Rigg doesn't want him but as things have unfolded he looks like one of very few credible candidates who has taken a team up before. Would be interesting to hear Rigg explain to Khan how Nige is actually a bit of a wrong un'. He'd find it a big change from Kit and a lot harder to keep the boundaries of first team coach. I wouldn't particularly want to see Pearson as manager but it's looking like a needs-must situation and if he comes in atleast there is a chance of some action with Rigg. To be fair to him I know very little about his tactical style and my opinions are mainly based on his throttling of a player and idiot sons antics.
NP has his faults but he did very well with Leicester, and his legacy continues this season. As Mrs 2WS is a Leicester fanatic I have seen and heard a great deal of him, he would get the team sorted for sure. LCFC seem to be doing ok this season with very few changes to the team or it's spirit.
Interested to hear that your wife is a Leicester fan. The Leicester fans I know thought he was great in their promotion season, but seemed to be bitterly divided over his merits for most of last season, long before his prickly antics started getting a lot of notice. I'd still rather take a punt on an up-and-coming (but not massively inexperienced) manager. Tisdale and Robinson would both fit the bill for that.
Gary Rowett has (apparently) been interviewed by QPR. Would have thought he was another who fell into that category Captain. Is this another case of Rigg being behind the game?
LCFC are currently top of the Premier League which I think can be considered slightly better than 'ok' Mr2WS.....posting quickly before the weekend! The current team is pretty much the team put together by Pearson and everyone is still giving NP much credit for our current form. Personally I believe you could a lot worse than Pearson, we were in League 1 when NP took charge, promoted at the 1st attempt, play offs in our 1st season back in the Championship. He then went to Hull and turned their fortunes around. On returning to LCFC we reached the play offs again before automatic promotion on the 3rd highest number of points. He likes to build a strong team, starting with a solid defense. He certainly knows the Championship well. He is fiercely protective of his players & instills a tremendous team spirit. Our players all spoke highly of him and that his media persona is very different from his actual persona. Admittedly, he can come across as a bit 'odd' & he doesn't like answering dumb questions from the media but when you're winning every Saturday, you find you like him. As a caveat, a lot of credit has also gone to our recruitment team for the players we have, not just to NP. Criticism came last year that we sometimes struggled with a tactical plan B & his apparent unwillingness to change anything. However, by April he did change our formation and we won 7 of 9 to avoid relegation. There was always going to be a massive adjustment required after promotion to the PL, & it did appear NP was feeling the pressure at times. We had been out of the PL for 10 years before we got promotion & as you know it's miserable, so NP will always have the appreciation of every LCFC fan for ending that. I hope whoever comes in can bring success back to Craven Cottage (unless you're playing us) Mrs2WS
Well that concludes that we need NP! Thanks Mrs 2WS Are you listening Mike Rigg! I'll say no more but hind legs and donkeys come to mind
Thanks for that feedback Foxy. I'm a little more comfortable with the idea of Pearson after reading that, but I think I'd still prefer Paul Tisdale.
Kasper Schmicheal had good words to say on Pearson on MOTD2. He seems to be a players manager, who knows how to man manage, he just doesn't like the media twisting his words or trying to get him sacked, that's when he turns vindictive. He doesn't seem to fit into Rigg's Head Coach remit, as we've been told the reason he has not come to us is he wants his own coaching staff from Leicester days to follow him, and that is a stumbling block both for financial reasons and that sounds more like the action of a manager. The solution get rid of Rigg and Tony Khan's statistics company and save that money to buy out the coaches from Leicester. But why would the coaches want to leave Leicester at present ?!!!
Much longer and the season is over ffs. Infact I think it already is. cheers Rigg! The indecisiveness is running right through the club, from top to bottom and on/ off the pitch. The fact that money could be a reason is one of the main issues, they are thinking too small, penny pinching and no eyes on the prize. get someone decent in, pay the money and move on.
I think most fans are looking for an inspirational appointment like MAF did with appointing Keegan, something to give us all a boost to show us that the intention is to move the club forward, but at the moment we seem to have a continuing story of poor decision making and the club is floundering and the fans as getting disillusioned with all the BS talk of getting top six/promotion to the Premier.
