I hate Billy Davies. He looks like someone from rogue traders!
Lee Clark for me, get someone in who knows about playing decent football and already winning with a team. Not sure he would come to us though as he is in a good position at huddersfield and is adored by their fans.
When listening to his post-match interviews, I always felt that SGE was maybe winging it. He never gave any real insight and he just said the most obvious things that anyone with a passing interest in football could have surmised after a match - and after the Millwall game he just didn't know what to say; 'Well, the players......looked tired.........they looked ok in training yesterday............maybe I should have changed one or two players after Wednesday.........'
If I'd just spent £xxxmil and I asked for an explanation of why we'd just been dicked 3 nil at home by a side in the bottom three and that's the kind of response I got, I wouldn't be impressed either!
Saying all that though, it does seem an odd one. Surely the owners must have someone lined up already to replace Sven or it does seem very, very knee-jerk.
An insightful article Fox1884. You have hit the nail on the head.
Whilst many of us truly wanted Sven to succeed, we also doubted his understanding of the Championship when he took the job.
I (for one) have been critical of his tactics and the fact that I do not think he has learnt enough from his 13 months in charge. Whilst we wanted to believe, the simple reality is as many have commented - one step forward and two backwards.
I think the phrase is "Et tu Brute". The Super Thai Guys have made a decision that perhaps the fans were too squemish to make themselves.
Sorry Sven - but business is business.
Whilst I agree Sven made mistakes, do you KNOW he wouldn't have got it right?
It takes time for a manager to create a "team". He lays the foundations, then tweaks a little, sees what's working and what is not, adds a player or two, tweaks a bit more and then it either clicks or fails. I will not judge Sven's time at Leicester as a success or failure, he was simply not given enough time to prove this either way.
In my view, there is no point in bringing any manger in, allowing him to build a team of his own players and not giving him a full season at least.
Whether he would have succeeded or not, we'll never know now. I just don't like this way of running a club with every manager given a few months to make it a success.
I'm not sure about his style of football being wrong - after all, Swansea got promoted playing brilliant passing football. He no doubt made some tactical errors that cost us but I still think it was premature to sack him.
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posted on 25/10/11
I hate Billy Davies. He looks like someone from rogue traders!
Lee Clark for me, get someone in who knows about playing decent football and already winning with a team. Not sure he would come to us though as he is in a good position at huddersfield and is adored by their fans.
posted on 25/10/11
When listening to his post-match interviews, I always felt that SGE was maybe winging it. He never gave any real insight and he just said the most obvious things that anyone with a passing interest in football could have surmised after a match - and after the Millwall game he just didn't know what to say; 'Well, the players......looked tired.........they looked ok in training yesterday............maybe I should have changed one or two players after Wednesday.........'
If I'd just spent £xxxmil and I asked for an explanation of why we'd just been dicked 3 nil at home by a side in the bottom three and that's the kind of response I got, I wouldn't be impressed either!
Saying all that though, it does seem an odd one. Surely the owners must have someone lined up already to replace Sven or it does seem very, very knee-jerk.
posted on 25/10/11
An insightful article Fox1884. You have hit the nail on the head.
Whilst many of us truly wanted Sven to succeed, we also doubted his understanding of the Championship when he took the job.
I (for one) have been critical of his tactics and the fact that I do not think he has learnt enough from his 13 months in charge. Whilst we wanted to believe, the simple reality is as many have commented - one step forward and two backwards.
I think the phrase is "Et tu Brute". The Super Thai Guys have made a decision that perhaps the fans were too squemish to make themselves.
Sorry Sven - but business is business.
posted on 25/10/11
Whilst I agree Sven made mistakes, do you KNOW he wouldn't have got it right?
It takes time for a manager to create a "team". He lays the foundations, then tweaks a little, sees what's working and what is not, adds a player or two, tweaks a bit more and then it either clicks or fails. I will not judge Sven's time at Leicester as a success or failure, he was simply not given enough time to prove this either way.
In my view, there is no point in bringing any manger in, allowing him to build a team of his own players and not giving him a full season at least.
Whether he would have succeeded or not, we'll never know now. I just don't like this way of running a club with every manager given a few months to make it a success.
posted on 25/10/11
I'm not sure about his style of football being wrong - after all, Swansea got promoted playing brilliant passing football. He no doubt made some tactical errors that cost us but I still think it was premature to sack him.
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