Think of everything that has gone on in the past. All of the protests, the statements, the hear-say, the chaos, the managers, the football manager boy, the shit players... everything.
Think of all of that.
And then think that now is the moment where we are the most rudderless.
And some of the best football I have seen in years.
Saying that, his failings are obvious and we haven’t got time for him to learn on the job.
Best football you have seen in years? Better than Riga? Better than Powell? Better than Luson? All more entertaining than KR in fact BP was better football as well.
Learn on the Job he has over 400 games more than most managers ever get. And he still can't player 4231 well.
Admittedly the first half of Powell’s promotion season was quite Good
To be honest, think I am more sad that Billy Clarke’s roll won’t be the same again, if he is here.
Yes. Hopefully he will cut out the double cheese and mayo option.
And some of the best football I have seen in years.
Saying that, his failings are obvious and we haven’t got time for him to learn on the job.
Best football you have seen in years? Better than Riga? Better than Powell? Better than Luson? All more entertaining than KR in fact BP was better football as well.
Learn on the Job he has over 400 games more than most managers ever get. And he still can't player 4231 well.
Admittedly the first half of Powell’s promotion season was quite Good
To be honest, think I am more sad that Billy Clarke’s roll won’t be the same again, if he is here.
Yes. Hopefully he will cut out the double cheese and mayo option.
Karl Robinson didn't dovetail with CAFC NEXT. Assuming it is Lee Bad boy Bowyer, then if he's got an ounce of sense about him he will play 2 strikers (kyro + Ajose) and play a quicker tempo with less pass backs. The crowd was too cold and too small to be toxic last Saturday and Karl had wanted to leave for a while and the players must of picked up on this. Crazy Athletic football club. We are a soap opera which need some happier story lines. Bowyer, who makes the Mitchell brothers seem like a pair of choir boys, needs to motivate the players and fans who are still going while this stalemate is on going. YOUR NOT MY MOTHER.
Think of everything that has gone on in the past. All of the protests, the statements, the hear-say, the chaos, the managers, the football manager boy, the shit players... everything.
Think of all of that.
And then think that now is the moment where we are the most rudderless.
Good luck to Karl. There has been a lot of unnecessary vitriol towards him lately on here, which a lot of has been uncalled for.
In recent years we've had managers who can barely string a sentence together, but then as a fanbase people then moan that we have a manager who talks too much and who is too honest with his answers.
For all his limitations, I prefer him to any other manager we've had since Powell by a long, long way.
That said - a change is required. I hope KR does go on to have success one way or another, because I do think deep down he is a good bloke.
Do you reply think his walking away with fuck all.oxford will pay the 2 years left.poor footballers and managers a.I'd like Robinson out with me for 1 night down the sewers covered in shit .get fucking real
Never took to him from the moment he gushingly praised Katrien and Roland and insinuated that there wasn’t a problem. To come out with that, after all we had been through with a string of inept management decisions was a gross misreading of the situation - badly advised by Meire/Murray no doubt.
Glad he has gone and one small step closer I hope to the end of this Belgian nightmare. Good luck to him nonetheless - he was just the wrong man, saying the wrong things at the wrong time.
Incredible really, when we won 1-0 at Bradford in October it felt like we were really building something decent and would get in the Play Offs for sure.
At the end of October we were second with 9 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats and on track for 90 points - and that was even after some poor losses at Gills and Plymouth.
Even November wasn't too bad really - bar the 2-0 loss to a couple of great strikes at Scunny - but something clearly happened around the club in December and you'd have to think that was when Roly decided that he wasn't going to pony up more cash for new players.
Hard to believe that at the end of November that Robinson would be gone by the end of March but that's what is going to happen.
Am I the only one really unsure where my head is with all this?
No, not at all.
We're about to appoint someone who has about a year of coaching experience and no managerial experience as manager until...who knows when. We now have two coaches for the senior team, one of whom will be on the bench on Saturday and neither of them with any experience to speak of, three if Euell steps up. As always seems to be the case with this club under Roland, I suspect Robinson was doing what would be the job of two or three at a better run club (Director of Football being one he probably did at least some of).
Now we'll be asking Bowyer and Gallen, assuming he stays, to at least try to start to prepare for next season with 6 (or whatever it is) weeks left of the season. And that is with no CEO, CFO, not enough coaches, and presumably no strategy for the future. Bowyer has no descernible experience in this, that's not a knock on him, that's just where he is in his career. And it's also worth noting he has been part of the coaching staff all year. Sometimes you get a new manager bounce, maybe he had ideas that weren't being implemented, but I'm somewhat wary of that.
For all his other failures, it seems Robinson was at least able to do the off the field stuff with relative competence. We've lost that.
Obviously the performances were not good enough, nor were the results. Saturday marked an improvement on Tuesday, but it only meant a reversion to the mean, which is good pressing but lacking in the final third. Things had grown stale, it's possible some of the players had lost confidence in him, in the situation the club is in, or all of the above.
I personally think that, on paper at least, we're worse off today than we were yesterday. That's not necessarily because I think Robinson was good enough, but he had at least been in difficult situations as a manager before (which is the most damning of faint praise), and we're also short of bodies on the coaching staff.
I hope Bowyer does well. I have very mixed feelings. It might well be that the players will feel a weight lifted by Robinson going and we improve. But I could also see it being the case that we continue our implosion and that Bowyer struggles to get jobs in the future.
Incredible really, when we won 1-0 at Bradford in October it felt like we were really building something decent and would get in the Play Offs for sure.
At the end of October we were second with 9 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats and on track for 90 points - and that was even after some poor losses at Gills and Plymouth.
Even November wasn't too bad really - bar the 2-0 loss to a couple of great strikes at Scunny - but something clearly happened around the club in December and you'd have to think that was when Roly decided that he wasn't going to pony up more cash for new players.
Hard to believe that at the end of November that Robinson would be gone by the end of March but that's what is going to happen.
Injuries and lack of a takeover.
I think Robinson would always have been found out under our current set up at some point, I just think the injuries hastened that and Robinson couldn't arrest the slide of the team (his job) and the club (not his job) in recent weeks.
Not sad to see him go. I wouldn't say good riddance but the last 4 months have been dire. Liked what I heard at the Bromley meeting in early November, but talk is cheap. When it came to it, he couldn't walk the walk (we all know he can talk the talk....).
Not sure Bowyer is the man, but it really doesn't matter. We ain't going up & we ain't going down. As long as he instils some passion & desire from the players, and he changes things up when he needs to during the game then he'll get my backing.
Am I the only one really unsure where my head is with all this?
Now we'll be asking Bowyer and Gallen, assuming he stays, to at least try to start to prepare for next season with 6 (or whatever it is) weeks left of the season. And that is with no CEO, CFO, not enough coaches, and presumably no strategy for the future. Bowyer has no descernible experience in this, that's not a knock on him, that's just where he is in his career. And it's also worth noting he has been part of the coaching staff all year. Sometimes you get a new manager bounce, maybe he had ideas that weren't being implemented, but I'm somewhat wary of that.
Preparing for next season? No chance! This will be a caretaker role, whether or not it's in the job title, as any new owner will bring in his own man.
The fact there's currently no CEO or CFO makes it obvious that anything beyond the short term is not in the current plan.
Am I the only one really unsure where my head is with all this?
No, not at all.
We're about to appoint someone who has about a year of coaching experience and no managerial experience as manager until...who knows when. We now have two coaches for the senior team, one of whom will be on the bench on Saturday and neither of them with any experience to speak of, three if Euell steps up.
How much coaching &/or managerial experience did Curbs & Gritt have when they stepped up after LL left?
How much coaching/managerial experience did Russel Slade have when he took over last summer?
Karel Fraeye came to us with coaching/managerial experience & a UEFA Pro licence !!
I quite liked him but as I keep saying, everything is a sideshow until RD sells the bloody club. In 5 years time, when all is well again, I reckon I’ll find it impossible to distinguish between the reigns of Riga, Peeters, Luzon, Fraeye, Slade and Robinson. In my memory it’ll all be one big mashup nightMeire.
Our points return per game will be 1 or more for the remaining 10 games which is better than what the vastly experienced Robbo provided . Nice bloke wrong job
Not expecting Robinson leaving to make much of a difference to the run in. A bit late in the season to change the mentality of the squad. They are going to be low on confidence, we still have injuries and the uncertainty of the takeover. Not sure what to think of Robinson. Seems like the owner wouldn't let him go, so he engineered the leak of handing in his resignation to force the issue.
Mess. Simple as. We've had some bad times in the past, but this one is just pure farce - only just really caught up with this - or in a minute I'll wake up and put it down to a bad dream. Spot on AFKA - me too.
I'm surprised the announcement was not put up on the cartoon network channel.
Do you reply think his walking away with fuck all.oxford will pay the 2 years left.poor footballers and managers a.I'd like Robinson out with me for 1 night down the sewers covered in shit .get fucking real
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Think of all of that.
And then think that now is the moment where we are the most rudderless.
Scary.
NEXT.
Assuming it is Lee Bad boy Bowyer,
then if he's got an ounce of sense about him he will play 2 strikers (kyro + Ajose) and play a quicker tempo with less pass backs.
The crowd was too cold and too small to be toxic last Saturday and Karl had wanted to leave for a while and the players must of picked up on this.
Crazy Athletic football club.
We are a soap opera which need some happier story lines.
Bowyer, who makes the Mitchell brothers seem like a pair of choir boys, needs to motivate the players and fans who are still going while this stalemate is on going.
YOUR NOT MY MOTHER.
In recent years we've had managers who can barely string a sentence together, but then as a fanbase people then moan that we have a manager who talks too much and who is too honest with his answers.
For all his limitations, I prefer him to any other manager we've had since Powell by a long, long way.
That said - a change is required. I hope KR does go on to have success one way or another, because I do think deep down he is a good bloke.
Not sure where you are walking too Karl but thanks for giving it your best with us. I hope it all works out.
Glad he has gone and one small step closer I hope to the end of this Belgian nightmare. Good luck to him nonetheless - he was just the wrong man, saying the wrong things at the wrong time.
At the end of October we were second with 9 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats and on track for 90 points - and that was even after some poor losses at Gills and Plymouth.
Even November wasn't too bad really - bar the 2-0 loss to a couple of great strikes at Scunny - but something clearly happened around the club in December and you'd have to think that was when Roly decided that he wasn't going to pony up more cash for new players.
Hard to believe that at the end of November that Robinson would be gone by the end of March but that's what is going to happen.
We're about to appoint someone who has about a year of coaching experience and no managerial experience as manager until...who knows when. We now have two coaches for the senior team, one of whom will be on the bench on Saturday and neither of them with any experience to speak of, three if Euell steps up. As always seems to be the case with this club under Roland, I suspect Robinson was doing what would be the job of two or three at a better run club (Director of Football being one he probably did at least some of).
Now we'll be asking Bowyer and Gallen, assuming he stays, to at least try to start to prepare for next season with 6 (or whatever it is) weeks left of the season. And that is with no CEO, CFO, not enough coaches, and presumably no strategy for the future. Bowyer has no descernible experience in this, that's not a knock on him, that's just where he is in his career. And it's also worth noting he has been part of the coaching staff all year. Sometimes you get a new manager bounce, maybe he had ideas that weren't being implemented, but I'm somewhat wary of that.
For all his other failures, it seems Robinson was at least able to do the off the field stuff with relative competence. We've lost that.
Obviously the performances were not good enough, nor were the results. Saturday marked an improvement on Tuesday, but it only meant a reversion to the mean, which is good pressing but lacking in the final third. Things had grown stale, it's possible some of the players had lost confidence in him, in the situation the club is in, or all of the above.
I personally think that, on paper at least, we're worse off today than we were yesterday. That's not necessarily because I think Robinson was good enough, but he had at least been in difficult situations as a manager before (which is the most damning of faint praise), and we're also short of bodies on the coaching staff.
I hope Bowyer does well. I have very mixed feelings. It might well be that the players will feel a weight lifted by Robinson going and we improve. But I could also see it being the case that we continue our implosion and that Bowyer struggles to get jobs in the future.
I think Robinson would always have been found out under our current set up at some point, I just think the injuries hastened that and Robinson couldn't arrest the slide of the team (his job) and the club (not his job) in recent weeks.
Not sure Bowyer is the man, but it really doesn't matter. We ain't going up & we ain't going down. As long as he instils some passion & desire from the players, and he changes things up when he needs to during the game then he'll get my backing.
The fact there's currently no CEO or CFO makes it obvious that anything beyond the short term is not in the current plan.
How much coaching/managerial experience did Russel Slade have when he took over last summer?
Karel Fraeye came to us with coaching/managerial experience & a UEFA Pro licence !!
In 5 years time, when all is well again, I reckon I’ll find it impossible to distinguish between the reigns of Riga, Peeters, Luzon, Fraeye, Slade and Robinson.
In my memory it’ll all be one big mashup nightMeire.
Nice bloke wrong job
Not sure what to think of Robinson. Seems like the owner wouldn't let him go, so he engineered the leak of handing in his resignation to force the issue.
That'll make him walk a bit taller being called a star