New Head Coach

[Smug in Boots]

Our defence at Kennilworth Road was

Hume-O'Nien-Gooch

up against their 6'5" bulldozer strikers

Had Ballard & Batth been fit we would have won
Had Stewart stayed fit we would have gone up automatically.

And we sat back as if we had Ballard & Batth there ...

... just seemed a bit of a white flag to me, we didn't go for them at any point.

I can't remember us causing them any problems tbh.

 

[The Norton Cat]

People on here rewriting history, he had lost it, the mistake was the 2 goons that they replaced him with. The problem is I am not sure they have learned anything from it. Their next head coach appointment will show if they have

I think blaming this season solely on Mowbray, or Beale, or Dodds, or Speakman, or the recruitment, is too simplistic. A combination of things happened to lead to a bad season. I think expecting appointing a particular head coach to right all the wrongs is too simplistic too.

 

[Mackem-Tiz]

I think Still would be a massive gamble but if we got him I'd still be happy.

 

[Dorset]

Be glad when it's announced.

Same here

...and here

 

[SourPatch2]

I think blaming this season solely on Mowbray, or Beale, or Dodds, or Speakman, or the recruitment, is too simplistic. A combination of things happened to lead to a bad season. I think expecting appointing a particular head coach to right all the wrongs is too simplistic too.

Yep. Think i've said it before that nobody is to blame but nobody is blameless.

We can appoint Pep but if our recruitment is poor again nothing will change, just like if our recruitment is good but we appoint a poor coach we will also be bad again.

We need full alignment with the model, we can't have another Mowbray situation playing out in the media. It's why I keep banging on about how I am concerned about the structure and who is actually making the decisions.

 

[The Norton Cat]

I think Still would be a massive gamble but if we got him I'd still be happy.

So Will I

 

[The Norton Cat]

Yep. Think i've said it before that nobody is to blame but nobody is blameless.

We can appoint Pep but if our recruitment is poor again nothing will change, just like if our recruitment is good but we appoint a poor coach we will also be bad again.

We need full alignment with the model, we can't have another Mowbray situation playing out in the media. It's why I keep banging on about how I am concerned about the structure and who is actually making the decisions.

Absolutely. I am certain Mowbray is a good coach, but if he doesn't want to work within the club's structure, it's pointless employing him. We need total buy in from everyone who comes in and, like you say, the structure needs to be clear.

 

[Dorset]

I think blaming this season solely on Mowbray, or Beale, or Dodds, or Speakman, or the recruitment, is too simplistic. A combination of things happened to lead to a bad season. I think expecting appointing a particular head coach to right all the wrongs is too simplistic too.

I would add injuries to key players at various times during the season also didn't help. Huggins in particular seemed to be a turning point

 

[The Norton Cat]

I would add injuries to key players at various times during the season also didn't help. Huggins in particular seemed to be a turning point

Definitely a big part of it, I think.

 

[Wayne the Punk]

I think blaming this season solely on Mowbray, or Beale, or Dodds, or Speakman, or the recruitment, is too simplistic. A combination of things happened to lead to a bad season. I think expecting appointing a particular head coach to right all the wrongs is too simplistic too.

I dont think anyone has suggested that, but it would be a step in the right direction

 

[FellTop]

Absolutely. I am certain Mowbray is a good coach, but if he doesn't want to work within the club's structure, it's pointless employing him. We need total buy in from everyone who comes in and, like you say, the structure needs to be clear.

I think Mowbray was more than happy to work in the clubs structure. His problem, in my opinion, was he was experienced enough to know he had been delivered a sub-standard squad to achieve the targets he had been set. When the rest of the club mgt team fail to do their job it is only the head coach that pays for their mistakes.

 

[TopCat.]

And we sat back as if we had Ballard & Batth there ...

... just seemed a bit of a white flag to me, we didn't go for them at any point.

I can't remember us causing them any problems tbh.

They bullied us and it was a game too far for a young, patched up, over achieving side. I had no complaints at the time, I just wish we had built on that success...

 

[The Norton Cat]

I think Mowbray was more than happy to work in the clubs structure. His problem, in my opinion, was he was experienced enough to know he had been delivered a sub-standard squad to achieve the targets he had been set. When the rest of the club mgt team fail to do their job it is only the head coach that pays for their mistakes.

Definitely agree with your last sentence. You're probably right with the second sentence. I don't think his public complaints about it helped anything in the end though.

 

[Mackem-Tiz]

Imo TM was on board with everything within the club. Soon as the results were bad he blamed a lack of experience which caused a falling out with the board.

 

[Smug in Boots]

I think Mowbray was more than happy to work in the clubs structure. His problem, in my opinion, was he was experienced enough to know he had been delivered a sub-standard squad to achieve the targets he had been set. When the rest of the club mgt team fail to do their job it is only the head coach that pays for their mistakes.

It may just be me but I'm always surprised managers never realise any of this until a highly paid contract is signed.

Highly experienced but totally oblivious to anything relating to the squad, set up, etc.

 

[TopCat.]

Imo TM was on board with everything within the club. Soon as the results were bad he blamed a lack of experience which caused a falling out with the board.

His post-match interview at Millwall would suggest otherwise...

 

[WorkyTicketFTM]

They bullied us and it was a game too far for a young, patched up, over achieving side. I had no complaints at the time, I just wish we had built on that success...

We chose to play Gooch at the back when we had Alese and Anderson on the bench

 

[Mackem 10.1]

My

We chose to play Gooch at the back when we had Alese and Anderson on the bench

Anderson had barely played a game for, and Alese had been injured for a long time

 

[WorkyTicketFTM]

My

Anderson had barely played a game for, and Alese had been injured for a long time

Anderson can’t have possibly been any worse than Gooch in a back 3, Ronald McDonald wouldn’t have been any worse than him. Ekwah played at CB several times for West Ham, Michut was on the bench..

He was stubborn and tried to overload the midfield again in a game that it was never going to work.

 

[Robref62]

I think blaming this season solely on Mowbray, or Beale, or Dodds, or Speakman, or the recruitment, is too simplistic. A combination of things happened to lead to a bad season. I think expecting appointing a particular head coach to right all the wrongs is too simplistic too.

I don't blame Mowbray at all....anyone who says he 'lost it' has lost it themselves imo