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Jamie-H

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  1. Watmore starting as a lone striker is shocking for me, he's a makeshift striker who really shouldn't be near the starting lineup. Don't like that lineup, more misery in store tonight.
  2. I've always disagreed with this argument. We live in a world where most Yorkshire clubs are owned by individuals or groups far richer than Gibson. These clubs had debts and inferior facilities to us, why do fans think we couldn't get a sale if we wanted one? The big complicating factor for me is Rockcliffe and that could complicate a deal because that site is worth millions of pounds to Gibson and realistically anyone coming in would need to take all of it on otherwise we could be in the daft scenario of leasing our training ground. The Premier Leagues commercial value is onl
  3. It would be madness to let this interim team take the midweek fixture, every game before the World Cup is a must win or we as fans will have a miserable Christmas in store as we lurch in the bottom 3.
  4. Gibson trusted Wilder enough to give a 34 year old Jonny Howson a new contract on what I imagine is a salary worthy of a starter and club captain. Not all of the issues in the summer were Gibson's alone or Wilder's, it was a cluster**** with enough blame to go around.
  5. Offer him a role as club ambassador if we want to keep him around, have him do coaching for MFC Foundation and have him do public appearances I don't get this notion that we MUST have him as a coach forever no matter who the manager is he can't be on that much £££ that we couldn't shift him around into another role. As for Cattermole he's been coaching youth teams for what, 8 months? If Liddle thinks he's doing a good job brilliant let him stick to it and in a years time if he's such a prodigy at coaching he'll have Liddle job or the U23s or he might even get an interview for a Har
  6. The issue under Strachan is there was no connection between the fans and the club or players so when it turned it was an inevitable cycle. The issue here is the fans do have a connection with certain players, many fans feel disillusioned with the club and in my experience they want Kieran Scott to almost take things away from Gibson which I'm not sure is realistic. I think this next appointment is a moment where we need Gibson to be at the press conference and explain where we are going, I do feel sorry for those people who bought season tickets to watch this ***.
  7. His stature is probably at the most precarious and vulnerable point I've seen it in my lifetime, he needs to be really careful how he navigates this. The club have our eyes out for everything from merchandise to tickets where we sit at the top as one of or THE most expensive club to support in the division and we get fed this ***, he was right to sack Wilder but this whole **** the season away while we interview people's junior staff members, school teachers and corner shop owners for additional background is a load of bullocks.
  8. At least our tickets aren't up there as the most expensive in the division to watch this ****, oh wait... www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/every-efl-season-ticket-price-27237210.amp We look absolutely headless out there, every set piece we look like we could concede and going forward it's the good old hoof and chase football we saw under Pulis.
  9. No one associated with this coaching setup would be under consideration for the Hartlepool job, why we've spent a week talking about Leo and Cattermole ****ing astounds me.
  10. That team selection is baffling. Hackney should be in for Crooks or Howson, McGree is the most technically gifted midfielder we have and he's dropped in a home game. Jones has lost his place in the team to... McNair?!? Sure we all love Leo but we need a proper manager in ASAP we're drifting along here, I've sat back and laughed all week at Boro twitter that people think there's a chance Cattermole gets the job or Leo. Club need to get a manager in by midweek, we're rudderless atm and we are playing awful football - can't see us getting anything today with that team.
  11. I eagerly await the job that Carrick ends up taking in the future, it could be spin that he's stepped out of the process but for me his CV does not warrant him automatically walking into a Championship job yet alone a top end Championship job. Good to read in the Sky report today that Edwards impressed in his interview, at this point I want him or the German coach.
  12. https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/sport/23032462.michael-carrick-emerges-leading-contender-boro-job---talks-set-take-place/ "Whilst Boro are using their time constructively, the hierarcy are understood to be keen to push through an appointment early next week with a meeting scheduled on Monday with the coaching staff to discuss the current state of play." That's the time line reported by the Echo per their 'understanding', the meeting on Monday has not been reported by the Gazette.
  13. https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/changing-manager-wont-solve-immediate-25214871
  14. Is this the first confirmation that Carrick has been at Rockcliffe and had his interview? "Michael Carrick is the current favourite and is understood to have been at Rockliffe in the week interviewing for the role. He is one of three or four serious contenders currently under consideration. " That's reporting from Craig Johns in today's Gazette which goes a step beyond Boro being 'keen to talk' to Carrick, I know the Echo have reported that an all staff meeting is scheduled on Monday at Rockcliffe with the expectation that a new manager will be announced then.
  15. If Carrick coming in means we get Rene Mulensteen and Phelan in the backroom then that certainly mitigates some of the risks involved with appointing him. Mulensteen at one point in time was one of the highest rated coaches in European football. Interesting that Nixon places Corberan ahead of Edwards in terms of contendership, interesting wording also that Edwards 'has support' presumably from Scott with the Wolves link.
  16. When Wilder said he sees too many comfy Championship players in the squad I think he had a point, the issue for Wilder is he said that in August and didn't take steps to move said players out of the squad throughout the summer. The mentality is summed up by Howson's smirks in his Rotherham post match talking about positives like we just drew 0-0 with Man City not Rotherham at home, and that came from the club captain FFS. I may disagree with hiring a rookie manager but whoever comes in needs to be given license to move players out the door as much as bringing players in, keeping Jo
  17. I think Woodgate's Boro would disagree, looking back the way Warnock dragged them up off the deck to get them over the line was incredible they were all mentally shot to pieces.
  18. I think Hoppe's looked OK in the 5 minutes he's been on the pitch, obviously he still needs to be completely retrained...
  19. We always seem to get turned over at Millwall, hopefully this is the final game we play with the interim staff and get new manager in early next week.
  20. Millwall away is the type of game where I can understand us wanting Crooks to strengthen us in both boxes, I know its tough but they're out of form (won 2 in 9 I think?) and just putting two actual strikers out on the pitch gives me belief we can get something here.
  21. 1) The issue is a selection process will not be selecting Carrick as the best candidate by any measurable metric because he does not have a CV to speak of, this is the issue with appointing rookies is you get this rush to justify the appointment and you get pushed narratives based on vibes and feelings, for example Jonny Woodgate's incredible PowerPoint presentation which blew Gibson and Bevington away. 2) I think we should be clear eyed about the risks present, we aren't hiring Karanka or McLaren who brought with them solid coaching pedigree we're bringing in Michael Carrick because his
  22. I'm judging him as a rookie manager who has spent the majority of his coaching career under studying Ole Gunner Solksjaer's rather than an elite manager not necessarily his personal baggage I'm just putting out what he's done in his career and what the risks are. I made the point about Mckenna earlier not because I want Mckenna as our manager, or ever have, it's more the fact that Mckenna came out of United with a high reputation for his coaching ability and was hired by a mid table league 1 team - why should we as a Championship team hire Michael Carrick? Like I'm sure a lot of peo
  23. It just adds to the risks his appointment would bring. All of the comments made about Carrick re:playing career/Ferguson/Manchester United culture could be made about Scholes, Giggs and Butt - it's the presumption that ex United players from the Fergie era automatically would be good managers when the reality is Scholes failed, Giggs at Wales did OK but did nothing Chris Coleman didn't do and Rooney did amazing at Derby but its too early too tell on him. Solksjaer was consistently criticised for dull, dreary, safety first football which lacked excitement and fluidity - I'm not sayi
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