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WorkyTicketFTM said:
I didn’t mean you specifically I mean the fanbase in general when you said there’s not a positive comment anywhere.

I’m confident Beale will be better than TM here. People are forgetting how highly rated he was/is. A lot of other coaches and former players speak very highly of him. I’m normally the most miserable b*stard going but I don’t think this is worse than having Mowbray or Dodds personally. Not quite the excitement of Will Still though.
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Ah right fair enough.

Let's hope your right.
 
WorkyTicketFTM said:
I didn’t mean you specifically I mean the fanbase in general when you said there’s not a positive comment anywhere.

I’m confident Beale will be better than TM here. People are forgetting how highly rated he was/is. A lot of other coaches and former players speak very highly of him. I’m normally the most miserable b*stard going but I don’t think this is worse than having Mowbray or Dodds personally. Not quite the excitement of Will Still though.
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I think it was his coaching ability which impressed folk. The man management and tactics are what a lot of us are uneasy with.
 
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Southern A said:
RR have spoken to LoftForWords, that good QPR blog about him. The one crumb of comfort in that is this:


In terms of style of play, what can we expect?
I actually think it could potentially be a good fit, annoyingly. You’ve got the sort of players who would fit really well into the style that was working briefly when we were doing well last September and October. I’ve seen a good deal of angst from your fans online and I understand that, but I begrudgingly do wonder whether this could go pretty well.

He’s got it all laid out for him there, the base work has been done, it’s annoying to see him fall on his feet like this to be honest. He likes the ball on the deck, he likes to attack, it’s always a back four, it’s usually 4-3-3 or 4-2-3-1. Nothing revolutionary but attractive enough. Not at all dissimilar from what you’ve already been playing when I’ve seen you.
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I won’t be shouting for him to immediately get out of the club, and will give him a chance.

It’s just such an underwhelming appointment - very much in the Eustace bracket for me
 
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Jarca said:
I think it was his coaching ability which impressed folk. The man management and tactics are what a lot of us are uneasy with.
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QPR fans seem to think he played decent attacking football with the ball on the floor in a 4-2-3-1 formation. So there’s a good fit there.

My hope is he just had a bad time at rangers. And that Dodds is kept on as assistant head coach or similar, to help take care of the man management
 
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Jarca said:
I think it was his coaching ability which impressed folk. The man management and tactics are what a lot of us are uneasy with.
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But how much do we know of his man management really what’s out there? It’s not as if he’s been hounded from club after club I think there’s still very little info about him. He’s only had a season and a half of management and seemed to do relatively well on the pitch surely if his players hated him they’d down tools. He does look like a bit of a smarmy c*nt though :emoticon-0102-bigsm

I get the playing style concern, I’ve not seen enough of them to have any idea to be honest.. but how many of us were expecting the style of football we got from TM?
 
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Right I’ve softened on it a bit now. Seen several QPR fans say he played good attacking football and the players loved him. Seems all the bad noise from them is (rightly) on how he left them, and his transfers (which ain’t a problem here).

Rangers hopefully we can write off as just having the wrong players.

Maybe allowing him to just focus on coaching will be the making of him.

Most important thing is he will be working with the other two Michael’s - Dodds and Procs

Keep the faith lads.
 
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I'm going to put a positive spin on this.

The guy will be coming to Sunderland with a point to prove after things went so badly at Rangers.

He's still relatively young for a head coach and it seems his actual coaching ability is not in question.

So let's see how he gets on and hope that the club has got the appointment right again.
 
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Southern A said:
RR have spoken to LoftForWords, that good QPR blog about him. The one crumb of comfort in that is this:


In terms of style of play, what can we expect?
I actually think it could potentially be a good fit, annoyingly. You’ve got the sort of players who would fit really well into the style that was working briefly when we were doing well last September and October. I’ve seen a good deal of angst from your fans online and I understand that, but I begrudgingly do wonder whether this could go pretty well.

He’s got it all laid out for him there, the base work has been done, it’s annoying to see him fall on his feet like this to be honest. He likes the ball on the deck, he likes to attack, it’s always a back four, it’s usually 4-3-3 or 4-2-3-1. Nothing revolutionary but attractive enough. Not at all dissimilar from what you’ve already been playing when I’ve seen you.
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Well that’s cheered me up a little bit.
 
Jarca said:
I think it was his coaching ability which impressed folk. The man management and tactics are what a lot of us are uneasy with.
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Tactics are what worries me.
At Rangers Beales teams often looked flat and devoid of ideas when things didnt go to plan. got the same comments Johnson and Mowbray got no plan B
Dodds has been a breath of fresh air with his flexibility and making subs that actually impact the game.
Lets hope they can work together. All is not lost We will see soon enough if he has learned from his last jobs.
 
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