by Smoking Kills Dancing Doe » 23 Aug 2008 20:13
by rfc58 » 23 Aug 2008 20:17
The 17 Busrfc58The 17 Bus We have sold just two players so far, hardly a fire sale here, and we did not have to sell, whereas they had to lose Upson as they could not afford his wages after the last relegation.
Things have changed a bit now in football, and contracts are a tad more realistic.
Did you know that Birmingham have a squad of just 20 players at the moment, if we had that the fans would be even more angry.
But what would you say out of our squad are good enough to actually make the clubs ambition of promotion come true ?
Its quality not quantity.
Whilst we have players like Bennett, Sodje etc in the squad, we all know they are two bob.
That would be two players who are not wanted, ahve been told they can leave, but no one wants them, have to do better than that.
by The 17 Bus » 23 Aug 2008 20:30
by rfc58 » 23 Aug 2008 20:34
The 17 Bus So just four of todays staring 11 are not good enough for the prem, that sounds better than what I would think, if we had 7 that are good enough i would have expected better play.
by Fezza » 23 Aug 2008 20:44
by PremAddict » 23 Aug 2008 20:50
Smoking Kills Dancing Doe What else do you expect? It's gonna be a very long season. We just don't look like scoring from open play at the moment.
by leon » 23 Aug 2008 20:51
Fezza Just got back from honeymoon on a massive high only for the R's to put a dampner on things........Reading players if you read this, today you were a disgrace.
PATHETIC
by FiNeRaIn » 23 Aug 2008 21:06
Royal Rother He won't just sit back and do nothing when he has a number of alternatives chomping at the bit.
by leon » 23 Aug 2008 21:14
FiNeRaInRoyal Rother He won't just sit back and do nothing when he has a number of alternatives chomping at the bit.
We said this all last season.....we then got relegated.
by Soul Man » 23 Aug 2008 21:23
by Fezza » 23 Aug 2008 21:23
leonFezza Just got back from honeymoon on a massive high only for the R's to put a dampner on things........Reading players if you read this, today you were a disgrace.
PATHETIC
jesus, how long was your honeymoon??!!
by The whole year inn » 23 Aug 2008 21:35
leonFiNeRaInRoyal Rother He won't just sit back and do nothing when he has a number of alternatives chomping at the bit.
We said this all last season.....we then got relegated.
For an intelligent man, he doesn't ever seem to learn any lessons...we're making the same mistakes we were making this time last year.
by backintheday » 23 Aug 2008 21:37
Thou Voice For the love of God...
...it's only been 3 GAMES...
...let the damn transfer window close and then let the team get settled.
How do you expect our manager to prepare teams when he knows that any day a player will be swept away.
No, wait until September 2nd then RFC will find it's feet and kick arse in the Championship.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AYgRawlEVo
by Norfolk Royal » 23 Aug 2008 21:48
by MR. CYNICAL » 23 Aug 2008 22:20
by Royal Rother » 23 Aug 2008 22:21
leonFiNeRaInRoyal Rother He won't just sit back and do nothing when he has a number of alternatives chomping at the bit.
We said this all last season.....we then got relegated.
RR I thought you were at least grounded in reality - that kind of behaviour is Coppell all over. For an intelligent man, he doesn't ever seem to learn any lessons...we're making the same mistakes we were making this time last year.
by cmonurz » 23 Aug 2008 22:21
by Royal Rother » 23 Aug 2008 22:25
Southbank Old BoyRoyal Rother It's far far too early for a debate about when Coppell will walk due to failure of this squad.
3 games in, W1, D1, L1. We have had to put up with Cisse in place of Matejovski for much of those 3 games. And the utterly hapless Lita and Doyle partnership has played almost 270 minutes together.
We have a number of decent alternatives. Now Coppell needs to use them. If they don't work and come mid October we're not Top 6 then fine, the manager's position is open to wider debate, but there's plenty of time yet for things to change. He won't just sit back and do nothing when he has a number of alternatives chomping at the bit.
Loyalty is a strong aspect of Coppell's management style but I will be staggered if his patience with underperforming players is not drastically shorter than last season.
What makes you think he's going to change it about?
What are these decent alternatives?
I agree it's too early to say he should be going on the back off 3 performances, even taking into account the last 18 months. We've gone with him now, we have to stick with it until it's shown to not work, whenever that is. Personally I can see Coppell dragging us out of this malaise and so I predict that'll be some time towards the end of the year.
by leon » 23 Aug 2008 23:51
Royal RotherleonFiNeRaIn We said this all last season.....we then got relegated.
RR I thought you were at least grounded in reality - that kind of behaviour is Coppell all over. For an intelligent man, he doesn't ever seem to learn any lessons...we're making the same mistakes we were making this time last year.
I AM grounded in reality. Totally.
If the man never learns any lessons how the hell do you think he has managed a long and successful career in football management and won 2 of the last 3 seasons' Manager of The Year Awards, in what, his 14th and 15th years in the job?
His recent ineffectiveness should not just wipe the memory of everything he has achieved in the game. He has always sat back, looked at things calmly, then made his move. The fact he didn't act last year will forever stay in some people's memory sadly - we KNOW he's a thinker, we KNOW his style, why expect it to change all of a sudden? The big question I ask you guys is why you think it is reasonable to think that, after 1 year of ineffectiveness, he won't ever be decisive again?
by Tamworth_Royal » 24 Aug 2008 00:21
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