We've already gone forward with him. From 14th place to 5th. And the quality of football has improved.
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Did you watch tonight’s game?
We didn’t have a shot on target for the 44 minutes, after they scored their first goal.
As for our football, or rather lack of, it was beyond dire.
But even worse, gutless, and devoid of any passion or fight.
We meekly laid down and rolled over, at home.
Embarrassing.
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Imagine sitting next to this kent at home games
Nightmare
I’m wasn’t overly enamoured with the appointment of Harris but ****ing hell take a beta blocker or something?
I thought City done alright first half. I’m not sure why they appeared to concede another 10 yards in trying to keep their defensive shape from the second half which inevitably led them to being ragged but Fulham were better in all areas. That’s football butt.
Agree with most of that, except Harris is playing with the cards he's been dealt. Apart from Tomlin there's not a single City player in the squad who can receive the ball and pass it on in one move. There are many clubs below us in this division who I consider having better potential than us. Harris has tried to change the way City play, and yesterday - for about 15 minutes [!] - we did pass the ball well, but it was a fleeting moment and our players were truly humbled. Comparisons with Swansea however are valid. There's no structural, geographical or financial reason for them to have consistently better footballers and stronger squads than us. It just goes down to history and the way they have done things since the Martinez early days..t
so what does that make Warnock? He took us down to 14th
I know hes trolling but I cant see any other Harris thread so ima say my two penneth here.
Hes done a fantastic job thus far, far better than anyone prediced he would. We had no business making the play-offs from where we were when he took us over and the feeling around the football club at that time.
His wasnt an exciting appointment but over time the style has got more pleasing on the eye and certainly since the restart weve scored some fantastic goals from open play.
He deserves credit for turning our season around and I certainly wont be turning on him because we were beaten by a side who lets be honest have better players. We needed them to be a little off their game and everyone on our game to get a result, like the Leeds game at the start of restart, but certainly after the 1st water break and 1st quarter of the 2nd half Fulham were bang on their game whilst we had too many players who were off the pace last night. NML and Hoilett were very poor and Reed did a job on Tomlin. Ironically the Mitrovic injury probably helped them more than it helped us. Morrison would have been preparing for a physical battle but instead Fulham played even more intricate football than they usually do.
It would have been nice to get promotion but our squad isnt good enough for the Premier League and would need major surgery just to be competitive so its not the end of the world that we are not going to go up this year. Let Harris bring 2/3 of his own players in and we can go again next year.
I look forward to next year in the Championship evolving further our style of play and winning more football matches than we will lose.
Neil Harris Barmy Army:ayatollah:
Yeah, that would be the same Pulis who took Stoke up, and established them in the Premier league.
And the same Pulis who was Premier League manager of the year in 2013-14, for the fantastic job he did at Palace.
Throw in the fact he’s a Newport lad who used to come and watch us as a boy, and I’d take that CV with someone who clearly has an affinity to the club, as opposed to the others, who just want a pay cheque.
Fantastic job, no right to be in the Playoffs?
Harris inherited a large squad with many players who’d just played in the Premier league, and almost stayed up. We were one of the bookies favourites for promotion.
Every time we were on SKY, they’d mention we had arguably the strongest subs bench in the division. Last night circa £20 million, sat on it.
A fantastic job is what Cooper has done at Swansea, and Rowatt at Millwall, with little to no resources. Not what Harris has done with an expensive, big squad.
Harris isn’t a good manager, and for a club with supposed premier league ambitions, he’s not the maanger who’ll every take a team up.
Everything about him last night was a loser, compared to Parker.
The way he dressed, the way he conducts himself in interviews, his lack of tactical tactical acumen.
Last night we were at home to a side who struggled to get a point at Wigan last week, and we made them look like Brazil. They were even without their best player, and we had just 22% possession second half, against an average side.
Losing I can handle. But the gutless, insipid performance with no heart or fight, I can’t.
Millwall couldn’t wait to get shot if him, and transformed their fortunes when he left.
I have no doubt, Warnock would have got us in the Playoffs.
I was one who was completely underwhelmed by Neil Harris' appointment and I still think the board has shown no ambition whatsoever. However, Harris has done a great job as far as I'm concerned with one hand tied behind his back.
Let's face it, apart from Tomlin, this squad is comprised of over valued journeymen and Fulham are way beyond us in terms of quality. Harris has done wonders to have even got us to the playoffs while slowly trying to improve a mediocre squad.
I definitely wouldn't have wanted Pulis here but I must admit I would have loved to have seen Jocanovic appointed but the board were always unlikely to have gone down that route because they knew he would have insisted on major funding for a complete overhaul. So in my opinion it's fair to criticize our dreadful board but Harris deserves a lot of credit.