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Michael Appleton - March 2025 appointed Shrewsbury manager (p124)
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Braziliance said:
Out of interest what do you see that he wants us to do?J BLOCK said:Minority here, but I can see what he wants us to do, we have an identity but not the players capable of pulling it off.Major surgery needed, but I don’t think getting rid of ANOTHER manager is the answer.
Cause all I saw yesterday was AMB passing to Dobson who was at right side defense from every goal kick and Dobson trying to long ball it or Hector trying to long ball it. We had maybe one decent passage of play in 90 mins. Their keeper barely made a challenging save the whole game.
There is no proof that this guy can do better with better players at his disposal, as he never has achieved at this level, only at League 2 levelThese idiots appointed him so now should give him a chance to do the job they think he can do.THE MANAGERS ARE NOT THE PROBLEM.3 -
Which game was it? Gillingham?
When Appleton said he was hurting as much, maybe more, than the fans are.
Awww bless.
Looks as if we have to tolerate this appointment by the bullshitters in order not to hurt Appletons feelings.
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Yes but this one is a problem - most of us didn't want him here in the first place and he's done F-all to change our minds - just proved why he was the wrong appointment - I'm not saying someone else would magically have got us up in the top 6 at this stage but its a really weak league this year and I would expect a decent experienced manager to set up a team and formation that makes the most of the players at his disposal and get them playing with a clear idea of what is expected of them and show some passion from the side-lines when its not going to plan and change things up. He just stands there like a bloody statue during the game and repeats the same mistakes over and over again. Most non-league teams can defend corners better than we do - its not rocket science!ElfsborgAddick said:Braziliance said:
Out of interest what do you see that he wants us to do?J BLOCK said:Minority here, but I can see what he wants us to do, we have an identity but not the players capable of pulling it off.Major surgery needed, but I don’t think getting rid of ANOTHER manager is the answer.
Cause all I saw yesterday was AMB passing to Dobson who was at right side defense from every goal kick and Dobson trying to long ball it or Hector trying to long ball it. We had maybe one decent passage of play in 90 mins. Their keeper barely made a challenging save the whole game.
There is no proof that this guy can do better with better players at his disposal, as he never has achieved at this level, only at League 2 levelThese idiots appointed him so now should give him a chance to do the job they think he can do.THE MANAGERS ARE NOT THE PROBLEM.8 -
Just going back through the early comments on this thread, as I always find it interesting to look back and see what we thought versus what’s transpired. The majority of the comments were decent, ie ‘not inspired by this, but will give him time etc’. Be interesting to see if he goes. We’ve got a tough run now and little in the way of talent to give us much confidence. I said March above, but if we continue this run it could be earlier than that.cabbles said:Nothing against him personally, and I appreciate we may not be able attract/want to pay for better, but this is a pathetic appointment
He may well have a bit of a bounce, I think he could be gone by March, and he’s very much a manager that fits a league one club looking to cement 13th
This post may come back to make me look silly, and I’ll have to eat humble pie, but really not feeling this at allThought AFKA made a decent point when referencing the growing number of fans we’ve got who are growing tired of how shit we’ve become. Nail on the head. We needed this appointment to work out, people are just fed up and it doesn’t take much now.4 -
Appleton is not the next Guadiola, of course.East Kent Addick said:
Yes but this one is a problem - most of us didn't want him here in the first place and he's done F-all to change our minds - just proved why he was the wrong appointment - I'm not saying someone else would magically have got us up in the top 6 at this stage but its a really weak league this year and I would expect a decent experienced manager to set up a team and formation that makes the most of the players at his disposal and get them playing with a clear idea of what is expected of them and show some passion from the side-lines when its not going to plan and change things up. He just stands there like a bloody statue during the game and repeats the same mistakes over and over again. Most non-league teams can defend corners better than we do - its not rocket science!ElfsborgAddick said:Braziliance said:
Out of interest what do you see that he wants us to do?J BLOCK said:Minority here, but I can see what he wants us to do, we have an identity but not the players capable of pulling it off.Major surgery needed, but I don’t think getting rid of ANOTHER manager is the answer.
Cause all I saw yesterday was AMB passing to Dobson who was at right side defense from every goal kick and Dobson trying to long ball it or Hector trying to long ball it. We had maybe one decent passage of play in 90 mins. Their keeper barely made a challenging save the whole game.
There is no proof that this guy can do better with better players at his disposal, as he never has achieved at this level, only at League 2 levelThese idiots appointed him so now should give him a chance to do the job they think he can do.THE MANAGERS ARE NOT THE PROBLEM.
My anger is directed at Scott, the people behind the appointment are THE issue.2 -
Growing?cabbles said:
Just going back through the early comments on this thread, as I always find it interesting to look back and see what we thought versus what’s transpired. The majority of the comments were decent, ie ‘not inspired by this, but will give him time etc’. Be interesting to see if he goes. We’ve got a tough run now and little in the way of talent to give us much confidence. I said March above, but if we continue this run it could be earlier than that.cabbles said:Nothing against him personally, and I appreciate we may not be able attract/want to pay for better, but this is a pathetic appointment
He may well have a bit of a bounce, I think he could be gone by March, and he’s very much a manager that fits a league one club looking to cement 13th
This post may come back to make me look silly, and I’ll have to eat humble pie, but really not feeling this at allThought AFKA made a decent point when referencing the growing number of fans we’ve got who are growing tired of how shit we’ve become. Nail on the head. We needed this appointment to work out, people are just fed up and it doesn’t take much now.
I'd say we've pretty much maxed out.
Were close to only the die hard rain or shiners showing up.6 -
How is he still here?5
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Why wouldn’t he be?Pudds said:How is he still here?
Maybe a silly question from me the way I phrased it but the way your question was phrased suggested you knew something / expected him to be gone.0 -
Michael Duff is available btw6
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No chance we’d get him, wish we would.cafcnick1992 said:Michael Duff is available btw1 -
It's okay. With Michael Appleton's trusted men in the January window, he'll show us how to properly concede injury time goals and drop points every game.3
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GET RID6
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Has to go3
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What’s going on with the
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Get rid of the joker5
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Awful manager. Worrying the management team think it's worth keeping him. Can't play a player in proper positions, drops one of our best players (Watson) inexplicably and fails to drill the team to not concede late on.
Taking us backwards.5 -
He’s useless. Worst one we’ve had post-Bowyer, including Adkins and Garner.5
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Boring Boring Appleton0
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He had no one on the bench today to get fresh legs out there
Fraser got left on the bench, which probably doesn't bother anyone, the rest who got left on there were as the result of Childcare Vouchers being taken advantage of - What's the new man going to do the change that, if he's in the exact same scenario?5 - Sponsored links:
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Would love to know what people are seeing to justify giving this guy a transfer window. Even more so after today - we just gave up 29 shots to Port Vale.1 Win in 10 (In League 1) with some dreadful performances and some people still think he deserves time.“Good on the grass” piss off11
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Hey micheal happy new yearForeverAddickted said:He had no one on the bench today to get fresh legs out there
Fraser got left on the bench, which probably doesn't bother anyone, the rest who got left on there were as the result of Childcare Vouchers being taken advantage of - What's the new man going to do the change that, if he's in the exact same scenario?4 -
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Throwing away the lead 3 times in one game and 7 goals conceded in a row post 80 minutes lies with the manager for me. Fundamental issues with his tactics that aren’t being fixed. Usually like to give a manager time and fed up of the constant merry go round but we need to get rid14
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Happy New Year to you tooSteven81 said:
Hey micheal happy new yearForeverAddickted said:He had no one on the bench today to get fresh legs out there
Fraser got left on the bench, which probably doesn't bother anyone, the rest who got left on there were as the result of Childcare Vouchers being taken advantage of - What's the new man going to do the change that, if he's in the exact same scenario?
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Bang on.follett said:Throwing away the lead 3 times in one game and 7 goals conceded in a row post 80 minutes lies with the manager for me. Fundamental issues with his tactics that aren’t being fixed. Usually like to give a manager time and fed up of the constant merry go round but we need to get rid1 -
You seriously aren’t defending him?ForeverAddickted said:He had no one on the bench today to get fresh legs out there
Fraser got left on the bench, which probably doesn't bother anyone, the rest who got left on there were as the result of Childcare Vouchers being taken advantage of - What's the new man going to do the change that, if he's in the exact same scenario?What have you seen since he has been here that we are better at than what we was doing under Holden?Nothing, in fact, we are worse.4 -
Still the manager gets the blame when the players are making the same mistakes every week
The players have let us down AGAIN!!2 -
Was sacked by Blackpool for winning 1 game in 11. Sound familiar?7
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Giving this clown May and JCH in this league would be like Redbull deciding they fancy putting Stevie Wonder in for Verstappen. Get rid of him, absolute joker22
