A certain diminutive former striker off ours actually told me “Appleton is the best coach I’ve ever worked for” so maybe he does have some talents but just not enough
Didn’t realise Nicky Ajose had played under Appleton.
One dissenting voice, "Beefy", seems to live in the real world - "Couldn’t disagree more. The way Southall in particularly nauseatingly sucks up to Appleton a man who who failed in 6 of his 8 jobs , has shown absolutely nothing in this one when it was a basically a free shot. We have actually got worse under him. How naive to install a completely alien playing style with 9 games to go. A good coach would have been far more pragmatic. He doesn’t deserve the job at all".
A certain diminutive former striker off ours actually told me “Appleton is the best coach I’ve ever worked for” so maybe he does have some talents but just not enough
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https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/cwynjwwk9q8o
This comment jumped out at me - "The feedback I've been getting from players, staff and fans has been positive."
I couldn't believe it. However, I checked on their message board -https://blueandamber.proboards.com/thread/108181/appleton?page=1 - and most of the supporters seem keen to keep him, many being particularly impressed by him slagging off the players.
One dissenting voice, "Beefy", seems to live in the real world - "Couldn’t disagree more. The way Southall in particularly nauseatingly sucks up to Appleton a man who who failed in 6 of his 8 jobs , has shown absolutely nothing in this one when it was a basically a free shot. We have actually got worse under him. How naive to install a completely alien playing style with 9 games to go. A good coach would have been far more pragmatic. He doesn’t deserve the job at all".