Michael Appleton - March 2025 appointed Shrewsbury manager (p124)

king addick said:

No lists on betting sites for next manager? Only person ive seen mentioned is Nathan Jones. 

I had a look earlier but nothing up yet. Also tried to find relegation odds but couldn’t find them, I wanted to get some insurance in case we do go down.

Happy Valley said:

Ghana has sacked Chris Hughton after an early exit from the Africa Cup of Nations.

Did they lose comfortably? Say 4-0.

soapboxsam said:

AFKABartram said:

MuttleyCAFC said:

charltonkeston said:

May be now we have finally put to bed that god awful Appleton meme that people have been sticking up every 6 months for the last 15 years.
I blame you lot for his appointment in the first place, someone in the SMT obviously thought he was a fans favourite,.
The most uninspiring choice of manager since the last one 5 or 6 months ago.

My suggestion to AFKA is anybody puts it up again, they get a ban.

What this one? 😏

Yes, you should ban yourself AFKA and anyone else who repeats the words:
"Nathan Jones has been gone too long"
50 times and counting !

Oh blimey, that's me banned as well 🤦🏻‍♂️

A ban is not a deterrent, break some fingers. 

RedRyan said:

LargeAddick said:

MuttleyCAFC said:

LargeAddick said:

CafcSCP said:

boggzy said:

cafc_harry said:

Mental night, never seen a team clearly turn on the manager before even going down the tunnel before, never thought I’d celebrate a sacking in the oak either. 

What happened exactly at the end?

A number of the senior pros including dobbo just stood in the D chatting. 

They weren’t rushing down the tunnel, so something was obviously up 

The only explanation is they knew what was coming, so did Appleton, so begs the question why was he even in charge for the game?

He was clearly told he had to win it to keep his job and that is why we were still trying to win it after the sending off.

How do you know, you were at the theatre weren’t you? I don’t think their keeper made a save all game, I’d argue we didn’t try nowhere near enough to try and win it.

Their keeper pulled off a couple of decent (1-2 even worldie) saves. We also had one blocked on the line (by a handball, admittedly hard for the ref to see in real time)

I think the signal was there when TC was brought in to play RWB it was do or die time

But by then the damage had already been done (by starting Jones over Thomas/ignoring Louis Watson entirely/not even having Asiimwe on the bench)

Plus I thought Ladapo's legs were gone and can't beleive Kanu never got on the pitch, especially when we were knocking on the door.

palarsehater said:

went on a lot longer than it should. 

now a top half finish will be seen as some sort of achievement, hate my team atm. 

the players on paper are good enough. 

What about on the grass though?

LargeAddick said:

MuttleyCAFC said:

LargeAddick said:

CafcSCP said:

boggzy said:

cafc_harry said:

Mental night, never seen a team clearly turn on the manager before even going down the tunnel before, never thought I’d celebrate a sacking in the oak either. 

What happened exactly at the end?

A number of the senior pros including dobbo just stood in the D chatting. 

They weren’t rushing down the tunnel, so something was obviously up 

The only explanation is they knew what was coming, so did Appleton, so begs the question why was he even in charge for the game?

He was clearly told he had to win it to keep his job and that is why we were still trying to win it after the sending off.

How do you know, you were at the theatre weren’t you? I don’t think their keeper made a save all game, I’d argue we didn’t try nowhere near enough to try and win it.

Not quite right as he made a fantastic save towards the end with his left hand from a fierce shot.

Pelling1993 said:

MarcusH26 said:

Pelling1993 said:

Happy Valley said:

Ghana has sacked Chris Hughton after an early exit from the Africa Cup of Nations.

No thanks, he's terrible too

Yeah not for me. By all accounts a great guy from speaking to Brighton fans but managerially his time has gone. 

Yeah seems a lovely bloke

We don't need a lovely bloke. We need a hard-nosed bastard that can keep us in League One and then build a side for a possible promotion push next year

Warnock. 18 month contract with a hefty bonus to achieve Championship football within his contract. 

masicat said:

Warnock. 18 month contract with a hefty bonus to achieve Championship football within his contract. 

Cannot see Warnock moving south at this stage of his life. He's a Yorkshire based crisis manager these days.

Pelling1993 said:

masicat said:

Warnock. 18 month contract with a hefty bonus to achieve Championship football within his contract. 

Cannot see Warnock moving south at this stage of his life. He's a Yorkshire based crisis manager these days.

Hasn’t he said before how he enjoys the theatre and restaurants etc that London has to offer. He’s always been generally well received and thought of by Charlton fans even as an opposition manager. He even made a point of signing autographs for the kids and chatting to fans behind the west stand after a sheff utd game once that I witnessed him doing. The shit show that is Charlton does have a lot of promise to it for the right manager who can organise and implement a game plan and I suspect having some success at the Valley would be a tempting opportunity to stick two fingers in the air towards the stripey and hoopy teams. I doubt there’s much chance of him coming in but never say never 

Pelling1993 said:

masicat said:

Warnock. 18 month contract with a hefty bonus to achieve Championship football within his contract. 

Cannot see Warnock moving south at this stage of his life. He's a Yorkshire based crisis manager these days.

I thought he lived in Cornwall these days

Chris_from_Sidcup said:

Great week so far.

Lost to Burton and Northampton
Manager sacked
Fraser loan collapsed
CBT left
U21s lost
U18s lost in the FA Youth cup.

Women playing Brighton in continental cup tonight so don't hold your breath for an up turn

Raith_C_Chattonell said:

palarsehater said:

went on a lot longer than it should. 

now a top half finish will be seen as some sort of achievement, hate my team atm. 

the players on paper are good enough. 

What about on the grass though?

Reminds me of one time, listening to Terry Wogan, almost wetting himself, reading out an email from one of his TOGs about how unfair it was for a team to have lost in Europe, playing on aggregate...

Redmidland said:

He had to go, it was clear a few games ago! However now he's gone we need to move on, rapidly!
We need a man manager, who is a good coach that instlls pride in the shirt and, more importantly, themselves. We do have the players to get us to safety, but we need a manager who has been there and done it at this or Championship level. So for me it's between Jones, Duff, or even Warnock. If it's either of the first 2 I'd ask AC to oversee as an experienced 'old head'. As for Scott he has to get this right or he should also fall on his sword/sacked. 
Next few days are crucial in the future of our once great club....the clock is ticking!

Can someone explain to me what Duff has actually done to even begin to be in consideration? Barnsley should have been a club in the play offs, they were Championship the year before and had a strong squad. He's had two half decent seasons in League One and suddenly he's one of the best choices for us? Not convinced.

We need to get out of this mess. We have the players, we need a manager they want to play for and who has a bit of gravitas about him to get them playing. 

Jones seems to be the most capable out there, Bowyer also isn't employed and we know about him. Let's not have a punt on someone who 'might' be good. There's been too much of that.