Managerial Thread 2018 / 2019

[hatfieldbee]

Sounds like it’s been coming and after their defeat to Portsmouth in midweek the owner decided that was it for these 2 bully boys.Strange appointment in Ferguson classic out of the frying pan ......

I'm convinced that McCann and Fergie junior will swap places between Posh and Donnie again sometime!

 

[sonofabee]

I'm convinced that McCann and Fergie junior will swap places between Posh and Donnie again sometime!

 

[Lionel Bart-At]

What's the score with Lennon at Hibs? Have missed the news on this. Commentator was asking Eddie May about it post match today and trying to get him to comment on player power. Anyone have a clue?

 

[Guildford Bee]

What's the score with Lennon at Hibs? Have missed the news on this. Commentator was asking Eddie May about it post match today and trying to get him to comment on player power. Anyone have a clue?

He had a bust up with the players during a ‘clear the air meeting’. I’m not surprised, the bloke’s an absolute tit.

 

[Infatuated Bees Alter Ego]

What's the score with Lennon at Hibs? Have missed the news on this. Commentator was asking Eddie May about it post match today and trying to get him to comment on player power. Anyone have a clue?

Don't know, but I do know Lennon has history and the majority of it is not pleasant.

 

[Lionel Bart-At]

He had a bust up with the players during a ‘clear the air meeting’. I’m not surprised, the bloke’s an absolute tit.

Say what you mean. rofl

 

[The Joker]

Lennon is certainly a marmite character. I think he's a decent manager. But at times even I've questioned what he's done or said.

Seems this time he stepped over the line in tearing into his players for their performances this season. It goes back to the last game of last season when he really laid into them publicly too.

Except this time his chief executive was at the training ground to discuss transfer moves with him and either heard him in action or quickly got wind of it. She apparently had to intervene and convince one player not to clear his locker and leave.

 

[Lionel Bart-At]

Lennon is certainly a marmite character. I think he's a decent manager. But at times even I've questioned what he's done or said.

Seems this time he stepped over the line in tearing into his players for their performances this season. It goes back to the last game of last season when he really laid into them publicly too.

Except this time his chief executive was at the training ground to discuss transfer moves with him and either heard him in action or quickly got wind of it. She apparently had to intervene and convince one player not to clear his locker and leave.

Wow! A player wouldn't seriously walk away from a contract though, would he? Heat of the moment presumably, if this happened.

 

[grutter]

Lennon is certainly a marmite character. I think he's a decent manager. But at times even I've questioned what he's done or said.

Seems this time he stepped over the line in tearing into his players for their performances this season. It goes back to the last game of last season when he really laid into them publicly too.

Except this time his chief executive was at the training ground to discuss transfer moves with him and either heard him in action or quickly got wind of it. She apparently had to intervene and convince one player not to clear his locker and leave.

I don't like Lennon at all, but the chief exec ought to have kept her nose out and let the manager manage. As HWB says, no player will walk away from a contract. No chief exec would have stopped Sir Alex and his hairdryer in full flow.

 

[Guildford Bee]

Lennon is certainly a marmite character. I think he's a decent manager.

Is he, though? We can only really look at his spells at Celtic and Bolton - both very difficult jobs on which to judge a manager for different reasons.

For me, he just comes across as a prize berk. His ‘performance’ at the Edinburgh derby earlier in the season summed him up. I’m not surprised players don’t want to play for him.

 

[moribee]

Was surprised about Richard Money going Hartlepool and thought he looked unwell. A quick demise for him there and hppe he is ok

 

[TW3Bee]

Neil Aspin gone from Port Vale.

 

[Humblebee]

Paul Scholes confirmed as Oldham manager: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/46935128

I wonder how this will turn out?

 

[Bill Benn]

Paul Scholes confirmed as Oldham manager: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/46935128

I wonder how this will turn out?

Wonder what our Oldham mate would have thought of this if he was still with us.

 

[Stanley]

Paul Scholes confirmed as Oldham manager: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/46935128

I wonder how this will turn out?

Not well if I had to guess...

 

[TW3Bee]

Puel gone from Leicester.

 

[North London Bee]

Puel gone from Leicester.

Not surprised. No bond betters him and the players. They played possession based negative football at times when their strength is surely pace, aggression and getting in behind teams on the break.

 

[SpiderBee]

Puel's goodbye speech - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lqlp_CuG_TE

 

[grutter]

Puel gone from Leicester.

Let Lineker have a go there. He seems to know everything about football these days.

 

[kevalutonbee]

Let Lineker have a go there. He seems to know everything about football these days.

He's too busy telling everyone what their view should be on Brexit.

 

[Ealing Bee]

Not surprised. No bond betters him and the players.

Certainly no bond between him and Vardy - unless Vardy meant it as a term of endearment when he called him a "f u c king knob head"

https://twitter.com/AlleyMatty/status/1092092191646932992

They played possession based negative football at times when their strength is surely pace, aggression and getting in behind teams on the break.

See that's the thing. It's all very well having a preferred style of play, but you also need the players to carry it out.

And leaving out Vardy because he's not your type of striker when he's your leading goalscorer* is madness - at least until you've found someone as good to replace him.

All that said, the Leicester Board should have known/found out what they were getting when they interviewed him, so that at a very minimum they would need to have been prepared to give him serious money to move on those he didn't like and sign players he did.

I wonder what sort of manager they'll go for next - Brendan "David Brent" Rodgers is rumoured to be on top of the list.



* - Next best is Maddison on five.

 

[Ealing Bee]

Not surprised. No bond betters him and the players.

Certainly no bond between him and Vardy - unless Vardy meant it as a term of endearment when he called him a "f u c king knob head"

https://twitter.com/AlleyMatty/status/1092092191646932992

They played possession based negative football at times when their strength is surely pace, aggression and getting in behind teams on the break.

See that's the thing. It's all very well having a preferred style of play, but you also need the players to carry it out.

And leaving out Vardy, for instance, because he's not your type of striker when he's still your leading goalscorer* is madness - at least until you've found someone as good to replace him.

All that said, the Leicester Board should have known/found out what they were getting when they interviewed him. So that at a very minimum they would need to have been prepared to give him serious money to move on those players he didn't like and sign ones he did.

I wonder what sort of manager they'll go for next - Brendan "David Brent" Rodgers is rumoured to be on top of the list.



* - Next best is Maddison on five.

 

[JANORAK]

Well at least the Leicester Board are consistent. I read that the last 2 Managers (Ranieri + anor) went after losing 6 in a row...no prizes for guessing what happened this weekend. He was already on the way though after Newport.

 

[TW3Bee]

Let Lineker have a go there. He seems to know everything about football these days.

And everything else too.

 

[Newport Pagnell Bee]

Well at least the Leicester Board are consistent. I read that the last 2 Managers (Ranieri + anor) went after losing 6 in a row...no prizes for guessing what happened this weekend. He was already on the way though after Newport.

I know it's all gone "tits up" for him, but I had no part in this.

 

[Chorlton Bee]

Hopkin gone from Bantams, 5 managers in 13 months!!

 

[TW3Bee]

Hopkin gone from Bantams, 5 managers in 13 months!!

Something is definitely not right there.

 

[jlove]

Hopkin gone from Bantams, 5 managers in 13 months!!

Chickens always come home to roost...

 

[Ealing Bee]

Hopkin gone from Bantams, 5 managers in 13 months!!

Insert your own "Manager of the Month" gag here...

 

[Invipai]

Puel has a habit of getting decent results, but completely alienating the players and fans while doing so. Like Allardyce but with absolutely no personality or inspiration.

Apparently Southampton's 8th placed finish under him was a bit of a fluke, as they shot up about 5 places in the final 5 minutes of the season and 8th is the only thing people looked at after. Leicester do need slightly more strategy in what they're doing though... they're not a badly run club by any means, but often the managerial appointments don't seem to have much of a long term aim. Almost like a 'try and see how it works' strategy. The players aren't quite Puel's style, although he can pull results out from them.

 

[Gee Bee]

Puel has a habit of getting decent results, but completely alienating the players and fans while doing so. Like Allardyce but with absolutely no personality or inspiration.

Apparently Southampton's 8th placed finish under him was a bit of a fluke, as they shot up about 5 places in the final 5 minutes of the season and 8th is the only thing people looked at after. Leicester do need slightly more strategy in what they're doing though... they're not a badly run club by any means, but often the managerial appointments don't seem to have much of a long term aim. Almost like a 'try and see how it works' strategy. The players aren't quite Puel's style, although he can pull results out from them.

Their long term plan is to bring young talent through and buy young talent. In fairness Puel has been doing that with the likes of Chilwell Choudhury and Barnes as well as a some young purchases in Maddison for example. You need to give a manager given this plan a little more time imho. If they hadn’t won the league then mid table premier league would be seen as a success

 

[TW3Bee]

Brendan Rodgers to take over at Leicester City

 

[Guildford Bee]

Puel has a habit of getting decent results, but completely alienating the players and fans while doing so. Like Allardyce but with absolutely no personality or inspiration.

Apparently Southampton's 8th placed finish under him was a bit of a fluke, as they shot up about 5 places in the final 5 minutes of the season and 8th is the only thing people looked at after.

To be fair, Southampton have hardly flourished since they sacked him.

 

[jlove]

https://www.lcfc.com/news/1071274/brendan-rodgers-named-leicester-city-manager/press-release

Leicester appoint Rodgers.

 

[Travel Tavern Bee]

https://www.lcfc.com/news/1071274/brendan-rodgers-named-leicester-city-manager/press-release

Leicester appoint Rodgers.

I’m baffled why Rodgers would leave the biggest club in the world to join a EPL team ?

?????

 

[Invipai]

Barnsley have sacked Keith Hill...

 

[The Pipe]

Keith Hill sacked

 

[TW3Bee]

Keith Hill sacked

He can go back to Rochdale, I hear there's a vacancy there.

 

[kevalutonbee]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/47441722

Ian Bowyer signs at Bradford to the end of the season.

The way they get through managers he might defy the odds and make the end of the month

 

[Lionel Bart-At]

Barnsley have sacked Keith Hill...

lol I was just going to do that gag. Looks like I'm only 8 hours late.

 

[Ealing Bee]

Seems old Claudio didn't have to wait too long after getting the tin tack from Fulham - he's off back to Roma. Again.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/47487811

 

[Bristolian Bee]

Darren Moore
Wow

 

[TeeJayBee]

Had to be just before we play them - still, perhaps it’ll work in our favour....

 

[Lionel Bart-At]

Harsh on the bloke. At least he tries to play attacking football as opposed to the negative dinosaur we came across today.

 

[Cham]

Scandalous decision imo .. Rowett in??

 

[Indian Bee]

Harsh on the bloke. At least he tries to play attacking football as opposed to the negative dinosaur we came across today.

Not harsh IMO as they have the best squad in the division by far (on paper). They should in theory be romping this league with the resources they have available.

 

[wanderer paul]

Darren Moore
Wow

WBA, poor management, blaming others instead of the ones who own and run the Club. Moore has done better than most managers of a relegated side. Let's hope they completely f^ck up now. Another big time charlie who think they should be in the EPL. You are where you are because you're not good enough!

 

[jbee]

Harsh on the bloke. At least he tries to play attacking football as opposed to the negative dinosaur we came across today.

Nice fella but he seems a little clueless and it's probably the correct decision.

 

[grutter]

Nice fella but he seems a little clueless and it's probably the correct decision.

Disagree. Ridiculous decision. 20 other clubs would be happy to swap places with WBA at the moment. really hope they stuff up now and finish 7th. Let's just look at how well Swansea and Stoke have done since going down with WBA.

 

[TW3Bee]

Darren Moore
Wow

Poor at home great away.

Still a shocking decision, expect a new manager on Monday.