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Michael Appleton - March 2025 appointed Shrewsbury manager (p124)
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The ad that popped up in this thread. Don't know why, but it made me laugh. Probably hysteria.
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Yes. In a nutshell.AFKABartram said:Oh well, there it is. Young players and academy focus
The academy is not outstanding. It’s just the best potential money earner.10 -
SporadicAddick said: ItI'm not telling him to his face that he's shit
That’s what @LouisMend gets paid the big bucks for! 😉😂
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Using that logic, we should move on to the next more experienced and successful manager as soon as one becomes available.roseandcrown said:Gribbo said:Might aswell have stayed with Holden, rather than all this fuckin about imo
Still 100% support though
I don’t get this view. If you look at experience and success, he is miles in front of Holden.
But it ain't a criticism of Appleton and like I said 100% support
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Got to be honest here, there should be absolutely nothing wrong with bringing in someone with experience in developing young players.
We are a young team so if someone comes in to make them better, i'm okay with that.
What he should be doing first, is sorting the defence out as we have young defenders, boosting there confidence.2 -
kentred2 said:
Yes. In a nutshell.AFKABartram said:Oh well, there it is. Young players and academy focusThe academy is not outstanding. It’s just the best potential money earner.
Sorry our academy is outstanding. It is the most sucessful and well run part of teh club for years.10 -
Posted the following when Holden was sacked. I apologise for the error - it was page three of the shortlist. Unimaginative. Uninspired. Underwhelming.
But I'll get behind him and the lads. Genuinely hope he proves me/us wrong .Davo55 said:What a bloody circus we’ve become. I wonder how many good managers will take one look and then give us a swerve. We’ll be on to the second page of the shortlist before that particular poor bastard is unlucky enough to land the job.3 -
Underwhelmed but as always will give him a chance. I'm just struggling to see his USP? My guess is working with younger players to form a team which shows you what direction we are heading.
Personally if I was the owner I'd of been straight on the phone to Bowyer to try and get him in even if it was initially until the end of the season. That would 1) Get the fans back on side 2) Have someone who gained promotion not too long ago.
We all know if results don't pick up in the next month or so the fans will turn again and it will be another season of dreary home games and mediocre performances.
Anyway best of luck MA. You will most definitely need it...1 -
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Just about to say this, starting to dislike this bloke for some reason 🤷🏼♂️LoOkOuT said:Andy Scott has a punchable face. And it keeps getting more punchable by the minute.1 - Sponsored links:
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John Sitton interested I hear 😉 Turned down for a job here before though which might count against him.LargeAddick said:who will he bring in as his number two I wonder? Who does he normally work with?
edit - David Kerslake and Richard O’Donnell were his assistants at both Lincoln and Blackpool.0 -
I see you’ve cropped out the further quote “We are delighted to have fended off interest from Accrington Stanley, Third Lanark and Teviot Rangers U9 tigers to secure the appointment”.AFKABartram said:Oh well, there it is. Young players and academy focus21 -
Way I see it.
You can rant about it in here, on Twitter if that’s your thing, to your mates in the boozer, to you wife if you like. But in the ground we back him and the team, that’s where it counts even if you’ve no faith in him.19 -
I’m not sure they would. They play unattractive workmanlike football and from what I’ve seen and read, not particularly focused on bringing in and developing young players, what is what our owners want,Danny Addick said:Even the Cowleys would have been better. Has Appleton ever got a side promoted? Genuine question3 -
David Kerslake and Richard O'Donnell.LargeAddick said:who will he bring in as his number two I wonder? Who does he normally work with?
Certainly one for the "I forgot he played for Charlton" thread. At least he knows the club 😉2 -
Previously a figure of fun and not the choice of many but needs to be given a chance.
After the series of memes over the years it seems quite amusing that he has ended up here.3 -
Not a surprise given a couple of people have been telling us all week its him, came round to the idea and accepted the appointment already. Seems to be able to work with youth which is a plus, football wise dont remember his sides much, all hes known for these days is the meme and that, like week or whatever it was where he went from job to job moving into a better club each time. On paper a more capable manger than Holden who really was a "eh who?? when he was appointed as long as he can fix the defence, get us solid and start looking up the table to top 10 then, fine. He'll get time and support from me as would anyone, certain sections will be on his back from the first minute however and tbh, dont expect him to be in charge this time next year.
Hopefully a wake up call to the final few romantics who still think of us a powerhouse. We're sh!t, we've been sh!t for years, the well respected itk's are always telling us how much damage has been done to the club in and out of the boardroom and how long that'll need to be rectified (when they arent changing their minds about that ofc) I'll take this as the first step to establishing ourselves as championship hopefuls, playoff contenders, Pompey and Peterborough types. JOY of JOYS I know but, sadly, reality.
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Good luck Michael. Prove you’ve got what it takes.2
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Pathetic!
League 2 here we come.2 -
O'Donnell is still registered as a player and is back @ Blackpool after re-joining them in the Summer, so wouldnt expect him here.Cafc43v3r said:
David Kerslake and Richard O'Donnell.LargeAddick said:who will he bring in as his number two I wonder? Who does he normally work with?
Certainly one for the "I forgot he played for Charlton" thread. At least he knows the club 😉0 - Sponsored links:
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Shows a complete lack of ambition! What it does show is we are happy with mid table life in the third division5
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Adkins, Garner, Holden and now Appleton. all strange appointments. None of which I would of given the job to.
Another manager who will get a pay off on whats left of his 2 year!! contract.2 -
I just hope this is one of those threads we come back to in three years time and laugh at how misguided our negativity was.10
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Confusingly it's not the same person. Unless he was a coach at Lincoln whilst playing for Bradford.ForeverAddickted said:
O'Donnell is still registered as a player and is back @ Blackpool after re-joining them in the Summer, so wouldnt expect him here.Cafc43v3r said:
David Kerslake and Richard O'Donnell.LargeAddick said:who will he bring in as his number two I wonder? Who does he normally work with?
Certainly one for the "I forgot he played for Charlton" thread. At least he knows the club 😉3 -
Yes, let's get "bEhInD thE boYs!!!!!!" as we slip further and further into mediocrity, absolutely dull appointment like Adkins, Jacko, Garner, Holden. Will be gone by December.5
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Well it won’t attract any additional fans to the next game will it.0
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Bloody hell... How many O'Donnell's did Blackpool want?Cafc43v3r said:
Confusingly it's not the same person. Unless he was a coach at Lincoln whilst playing for Bradford.ForeverAddickted said:
O'Donnell is still registered as a player and is back @ Blackpool after re-joining them in the Summer, so wouldnt expect him here.Cafc43v3r said:
David Kerslake and Richard O'Donnell.LargeAddick said:who will he bring in as his number two I wonder? Who does he normally work with?
Certainly one for the "I forgot he played for Charlton" thread. At least he knows the club 😉
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Two years? Bowyer was the last manager who was given two years, and before that it was Powell. He will be lucky to get until Christmas._MrDick said:I said a week or so ago that my gut was Michael Appleton. Wouldn’t have been my choice but I wasn’t on the recruitment panel. Interestingly, panel included Simon Lenighan. Would he have been at Oxford when Appleton was manager? Funnily enough, I was stuck in traffic down Avery Hill Road this morning and I could have sworn that I saw Appleton turning into Sparrows Lane 🤔.As the new manager of our club, I wish him all the best and he’s got 2 years to get us promoted or not see us relegated. I’m not one of these people who’s gonna say that’s me done but I’ll definitely be on my toes if the results don’t improve. I just hope he’s a miracle worker.1 -
They had to sack one to make room for the other one ;-)ForeverAddickted said:
Bloody hell... How many O'Donnell's did Blackpool want?Cafc43v3r said:
Confusingly it's not the same person. Unless he was a coach at Lincoln whilst playing for Bradford.ForeverAddickted said:
O'Donnell is still registered as a player and is back @ Blackpool after re-joining them in the Summer, so wouldnt expect him here.Cafc43v3r said:
David Kerslake and Richard O'Donnell.LargeAddick said:who will he bring in as his number two I wonder? Who does he normally work with?
Certainly one for the "I forgot he played for Charlton" thread. At least he knows the club 😉2 -
A cruel joke but at least it will be a short lived one.1
