Thommo In.

[Madferret]

Thanks for the reply Joan, personally I don't think it can be allowed to run indefinitely, not just because of results (but of course that is what pro sport is all about)but the manner of the defeats. The fighting spirit of last season seems to have all but vanished and even when they dragged the game back today they still managed to throw the game away.
Whatever happens AN won't be here for ever,we will have other managers that is certain, who will be the next, I don't know but I would give AN until the middle of November and if things are as bad results wise I would look to make a change, leaving it later than that wouldn't give anyone enough time to assess the squad before the January window opens.

You rather undermined your own argument there- the fighting spirit was fine, they got back to 2-2, but yes sadly threw away at least a point.

 

[Regardless]

Neil in. (Unless he wants out).

+1

Things are going badly right now. But way too early to chuck out Alex. Wish people would get behind him rather than spewing negativity.

 

[proton]

You rather undermined your own argument there- the fighting spirit was fine, they got back to 2-2, but yes sadly threw away at least a point.

Wasn't just basing the comment on that game alone though,we have gone from hard to beat to a soft touch.

 

[prestonnefc]

Neil will turn it around. Pearson back. I think we will win 2 out of the next 4

 

[buckshawwhite]

That question got asked at the forum. Apparently we have looked at free agents and spoke to “a well known player” but for whatever reason it didn’t happen. As for players from abroad, apparently it’s hard enough settling in young players from UK and Ireland but it would be more difficult with players from abroad. I assume because of the language barrier.

As for this argument. I just don't get it. Most teams in the Championship have foreign players in their squad & there is no issues settling. It didn't do Wolves any harm & they have a squad full of them

 

[MattPNE17]

As for this argument. I just don't get it. Most teams in the Championship have foreign players in their squad & there is no issues settling. It didn't do Wolves any harm & they have a squad full of them

Well if all of their squad is Portuguese (as most of their signings are) then there's no language barrier anyway.

There's also the fact that Neves, Jota, Costa, Cavaleiro and Boly were signed for about £43m combined and are just great players for Championship-level football. That's what happens (most of the time) when you pay the big bucks from China and have a "super-agent" backing you.

It's when you try to sign foreign players on a budget that things can and do go wrong regularly. Juvhel Tsoumou.

 

[Marcus Lawrenso]

Totally agree with this Joan... If we sack him, there is no-one waiting in the wings to do a better job.

Certainly not anybody that we can afford thats for sure........

not really sure if McCarthy walked out of Ipswich ? , he'd a ' good discussion ' with Marcus Evans , as people have said ; it's careful what you wish for . Five and a half years is a long time at a Championship club , 16 years is a long time in the Championship too

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/mar/29/mick-mccarthy-leave-ipswich-manager-end-of-season

see comments , a interesting and enlightening thread ?

" Mick McCarthy and Ipswich call it a day – to the relief of all concerned
Championship’s longest-serving manager will leave at end of the season after attempts to modernise style ran aground owing to a lack of investment, injuries and a loss of nerve "

Had he enjoyed the resources his predecessors, Roy Keane and Paul Jewell, were afforded at a time when a well-spent £10m was a passport out of the Championship he would probably have returned Ipswich to the top flight; instead Evans scaled back the kitty and McCarthy was left to improvise while the division’s wealth mushroomed.

Discord was met curtly – “I wish they would say it to my face on my own because his pint of lager, he’d have been wearing it”

 

[buckshawwhite]

Well if all of their squad is Portuguese (as most of their signings are) then there's no language barrier anyway.

There's also the fact that Neves, Jota, Costa, Cavaleiro and Boly were signed for about £43m combined and are just great players for Championship-level football. That's what happens (most of the time) when you pay the big bucks from China and have a "super-agent" backing you.

It's when you try to sign foreign players on a budget that things can and do go wrong regularly. Juvhel Tsoumou.

For Juvhel Tsoumou I'll give you Youl Mawene, Ricardo Fuller, Claude Davies, Jay Jay Okocha, Ricardo Gardner.... Need I go on?

 

[Tino]

For Juvhel Tsoumou I'll give you Youl Mawene, Ricardo Fuller, Claude Davies, Jay Jay Okocha, Ricardo Gardner.... Need I go on?

You can't have Jay Jay Okocha, but there are certainly players out there who are reasonably priced and do work. I guess it depends what network you have in place and I'm pretty sure there were many on here who didn't like the structure (moneyball is it?) that Brentford put in place.