Get Michael duff in now. Knows how to coach this formation, got Alfie May scoring at Cheltenham, proven at this level
Recently flopped at Swansea.
Personally think we need better.
Fans didn’t like the style of football so he was unpopular from the start. In league 1 and league 2 he’s done very well
Really don’t see how we can get better than that, who would you suggest? I would have thought Duff is pretty much the top of our ceiling and might even reject us to hold out for another championship opportunity
Get Michael duff in now. Knows how to coach this formation, got Alfie May scoring at Cheltenham, proven at this level
Recently flopped at Swansea.
Personally think we need better.
Fans didn’t like the style of football so he was unpopular from the start. In league 1 and league 2 he’s done very well
Really don’t see how we can get better than that, who would you suggest? I would have thought Duff is pretty much the top of our ceiling and might even reject us to hold out for another championship opportunity
Found it a weird appointment from Swansea stylistically. Going back to Martinez they've always had a style of manager they've gone for (bar the Bob Bradley catastrophe) , I wouldn't count it not working at Swansea as a black mark against Duff as an option for us. In fact there's not a huge amount of better available options that I'd want over Duff.
I will be there on Tuesday along with about 3000 die hards girding my loins for what is undoubtedly a relegation battle. I doubt very much if our survival matters as much to Mr Appleton as it does to me.
With the movement in this window, our squad is looking a lot more attractive than it did when we were managerless in August. I'm hoping we'd be able to attract at the very least an upgrade on MA (fucking low bar I know), but then are they going to want to come seeing our turnover...
Who knows really. But he's got to go. A new manager bounce would keep us up even if he turns out to be utterly useless when the bounce is over.
Get Michael duff in now. Knows how to coach this formation, got Alfie May scoring at Cheltenham, proven at this level
100% this.
Worked with Isted too so another player who he will know.
Changed to a 3-5-2 in his first season with Cheltenham, is a good coach, and will know how to get the best from this formation.
Let’s get Alfie back in front of goal, in the box for free kicks and corners, and actually knows how to get him scoring regularly in a front two. May is of course not a problem at all, but we do not play to his strengths as much as we should.
We can’t keep clean sheets, we look incredibly weak and soft. Duff was a defender and has a good record with Cheltenham and Barnsley.
If we don’t get rid of Appleton now and get in someone like Duff, a manager who has recently got promotion, and got a club to the play-off final last season, we are only heading one way and it’s not the way we all want.
Get Michael duff in now. Knows how to coach this formation, got Alfie May scoring at Cheltenham, proven at this level
I'm not entirely sure that's enough. Garner was good at this level. But we are a much bigger entity than Swindon and he never got to grips with it. Past players as managers have always done better than outsiders where we are concerned. There may well be a reason for that.
Now I'm not saying we should go back for Powell or Bowyer but you cannot deny that their knowledge of the club and it's fans had a factor in their success.
I just can't understand why you'd stick with him, because clearly he isn't the man who will take us up next season.
Not one player has improved under his coaching, with some getting worse every week. Zero tactical nous, hideous game management and the entire fanbase against him.
Why prolong the inevitable? If this window is about signing players for next season, why aren't we doing the same with the manager.
Get Michael duff in now. Knows how to coach this formation, got Alfie May scoring at Cheltenham, proven at this level
I'm not entirely sure that's enough. Garner was good at this level. But we are a much bigger entity than Swindon and he never got to grips with it. Past players as managers have always done better than outsiders where we are concerned. There may well be a reason for that.
Now I'm not saying we should go back for Powell or Bowyer but you cannot deny that their knowledge of the club and its fans had a factor in their success.
Garner had never managed at this level before getting the job? Duff got a newly promoted Cheltenham to mid-table and then Barnsley to a play off final
I wouldn’t be that against Bowyer, as I think this squad would suit him. Always did well when we had a strike partnership and 3-5-2/4-4-2 diamond would work
Get Michael duff in now. Knows how to coach this formation, got Alfie May scoring at Cheltenham, proven at this level
I'm not entirely sure that's enough. Garner was good at this level. But we are a much bigger entity than Swindon and he never got to grips with it. Past players as managers have always done better than outsiders where we are concerned. There may well be a reason for that.
Now I'm not saying we should go back for Powell or Bowyer but you cannot deny that their knowledge of the club and its fans had a factor in their success.
Garner had never managed at this level before getting the job? Duff got a newly promoted Cheltenham to mid-table and then Barnsley to a play off final
I wouldn’t be that against Bowyer, as I think this squad would suit him. Always did well when we had a strike partnership and 3-5-2/4-4-2 diamond would work
Garner was Manager with Bristol Rovers in his first job at this level
Get Michael duff in now. Knows how to coach this formation, got Alfie May scoring at Cheltenham, proven at this level
I'm not entirely sure that's enough. Garner was good at this level. But we are a much bigger entity than Swindon and he never got to grips with it. Past players as managers have always done better than outsiders where we are concerned. There may well be a reason for that.
Now I'm not saying we should go back for Powell or Bowyer but you cannot deny that their knowledge of the club and its fans had a factor in their success.
Garner had never managed at this level before getting the job? Duff got a newly promoted Cheltenham to mid-table and then Barnsley to a play off final
I wouldn’t be that against Bowyer, as I think this squad would suit him. Always did well when we had a strike partnership and 3-5-2/4-4-2 diamond would work
Garner was Manager with Bristol Rovers in his first job at this level
I would take Powell or Garner or indeed Pearson but we all know we will get another Garner or Appleton. Appleton has the job and if he wants to keep it, I would say to him that he is rightly accusing some of his players of lacking courage in their play. Well he needs to show courage and drop those players. And at this time T Thomas is not one of them! Jones and Ness are. And T Watson gives us nothing. Please Appleton see that, please.
I just can't understand why you'd stick with him, because clearly he isn't the man who will take us up next season.
Not one player has improved under his coaching, with some getting worse every week. Zero tactical nous, hideous game management and the entire fanbase against him.
Why prolong the inevitable? If this window is about signing players for next season, why aren't we doing the same with the manager.
Spot on mate especially first and third paragraphs.
You should never wish for your team to lose. But. I reckon if we lose Tuesday he gets the sack and we replace him. If we win Tuesday he limps on for a few more weeks. Tough one ain't it.
You should never wish for your team to lose. But. I reckon if we lose Tuesday he gets the sack and we replace him. If we win Tuesday he limps on for a few more weeks. Tough one ain't it.
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Scott is to blame primarily for this, plus whoever it was who took him on.
Personally think we need better.
Really don’t see how we can get better than that, who would you suggest? I would have thought Duff is pretty much the top of our ceiling and might even reject us to hold out for another championship opportunity
Found it a weird appointment from Swansea stylistically. Going back to Martinez they've always had a style of manager they've gone for (bar the Bob Bradley catastrophe) , I wouldn't count it not working at Swansea as a black mark against Duff as an option for us. In fact there's not a huge amount of better available options that I'd want over Duff.
I doubt very much if our survival matters as much to Mr Appleton as it does to me.
Who knows really. But he's got to go. A new manager bounce would keep us up even if he turns out to be utterly useless when the bounce is over.
Worked with Isted too so another player who he will know.
Changed to a 3-5-2 in his first season with Cheltenham, is a good coach, and will know how to get the best from this formation.
Let’s get Alfie back in front of goal, in the box for free kicks and corners, and actually knows how to get him scoring regularly in a front two. May is of course not a problem at all, but we do not play to his strengths as much as we should.
We can’t keep clean sheets, we look incredibly weak and soft. Duff was a defender and has a good record with Cheltenham and Barnsley.
If we don’t get rid of Appleton now and get in someone like Duff, a manager who has recently got promotion, and got a club to the play-off final last season, we are only heading one way and it’s not the way we all want.
https://londonnewsonline.co.uk/michael-appleton-insists-he-still-retains-backing-of-charlton-athletic-board-after-winless-run-extended-with-defeat-at-burton/
Now I'm not saying we should go back for Powell or Bowyer but you cannot deny that their knowledge of the club and it's fans had a factor in their success.
Not one player has improved under his coaching, with some getting worse every week. Zero tactical nous, hideous game management and the entire fanbase against him.
Why prolong the inevitable? If this window is about signing players for next season, why aren't we doing the same with the manager.
I wouldn’t be that against Bowyer, as I think this squad would suit him. Always did well when we had a strike partnership and 3-5-2/4-4-2 diamond would work
But.
I reckon if we lose Tuesday he gets the sack and we replace him.
If we win Tuesday he limps on for a few more weeks.
Tough one ain't it.