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I don't know if people on here were ratty about Steve Cooper because he was managing the Jacks at the time, but I think he would've been the perfect option for us at present. He ticks all the boxes for me. As soon as there were rumours of him going to Forest, we should've been on the phone to him.
With 5 losses out of 6 (and probably 6 out of 7 after the WBA match) the outlook looks bleak. It feels rather similar to the time just before Neil Harris was sacked by the club. Paradoxically Harris and McCarthy both had good runs initially but then suffered a string of bad results. The standard of football was dire in both cases.
I really don't know whether McCarthy can turn the club's fortune around, but given the route one football they are playing at present I fear the worst (or the best if you want him out!).
Root and branch reform is desperately needed at the club with Tan as the owner and principal shareholder recognising this and taking action to reform the management and develop a strategy and vision at the club.
Just my 2 cents..
Agree, our only option is to use the youth until January as MM has taken away all other options.Quote:
Originally Posted by Armitage Shanks
Give him the job until January.
Good post, agree.Quote:
Originally Posted by bluebirdcelt
YJB :tongue:Quote:
Originally Posted by Divine Wright
More profound analysis from the manager: “Maybe teams have worked us out”…
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/...-mick-21678116
Agree wholeheartedly.Quote:
Originally Posted by bluebirdcelt
He says that as if that's the end of that then, teams have worked us out, we're ****ed. Does he not realise he has the power to try and change that? I warmed to him initially but his blasé and shrug how shoulders attitude is starting to piss me off.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Hooded Claw
More short term thinking from the boss is going to cost him yet again……Quote:
Originally Posted by bluebirdcelt
Why?Quote:
Originally Posted by Armitage Shanks
Why not until January?Quote:
Originally Posted by LeningradCowboy
What decent manager is going to want to take over us with the state of the squad.
Too true, Tan and his Merrie Men are woeful. We're in danger of becoming a laughing stock.....(what do I mean becoming?)Quote:
Originally Posted by Tuerto
In the end , the decision to build a squad with 1 x recognised left back(ok Giles may have originally been signed on loan to cover but offers more going forward ), no pace or wide players other than Giles in the squad and then doesn’t address the lack of a ball player / guile in the midfield but then also loans out his midfield summer signing in an already thin squad is the manager’s.
This wage shredding has also meant there is no depth to the squad and therefore he has to use young players to play in a way that is different to the U23s.
I guess we can’t afford and don’t want to sack him as we can’t afford to and he has followed the board’s remit to reduce the wage bill and use the academy.
Imagine people working out a brand of football that's been around longer than dinosaurs walked the earth.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Hooded Claw
It's great that we have so many good managers on ccmb
God bless you all
Imagine pubs, work, schools, dinner tables etc not having a conversation on their opinions of football in general and then matters closer to their own club, that they've put in years and miles supporting. Back in your box ffs..
We could sack MM.
But does anyone really think the next appointment would be an improvement?
Its usually someone recommended to them or has a "safe pair of hands".
Felt before the Harris sacking that whilst he probably had to go, a year or so later we would be having similar conversations.
How dare people comment on the atrocious 5-1 embarrassment and complete lack of tactical awareness. Mike, please can people be made to show their coaching badges before commenting please?Quote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
THEY being the key word hereQuote:
Originally Posted by dembethewarrior
You threw all your toys out of the pram and stopped going because your daughter was bored
Now THATS the kind of fan we need when the going gets tough
God bless ya
You may as well comment on the weather
Well done
This is the thing see , people are quick to shout fire but have no idea of what the alternative isQuote:
Originally Posted by UNDERHILL1927
I think people who imagine we are going to attract a quality manager with our record of turning against the boss are simply not being realistic .Quote:
Originally Posted by Trigger
Maybe. But it's the kind of person we need in society. Choosing time with their kids on weekends over the football :thumbup: well done.Quote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
I just scrolled back the video interviews on the CCFC app back to MM's interview post Sheff Wed's thumping. Was quite the carbon copy of yesterday's interview - he doesn't know what's wrong he's had them doing everything he asks of them and giving it their all and when they've been doing that things have been going well he says. Asked you only made subs very late on didn't you feel like it was worth making a change a lot earlier he said yeah he did but he just felt the team he picked were good enough to win it so wanted to see them show that in the 2nd half so decided against making changes. He feels he doesn't know what has happened but asks maybe opposition now have gotten aware to their game and know what they've got to do to prepare for us now. Asked what happens if it continues he says well if we're not going up we definitely will have to start playing a lot of the youngsters with a view to next season now.Quote:
Originally Posted by stan butler
He was aware opposition had sussed us out then and we remain sussed out!
If you seriously think managers give a shit about messageboard opinions you are delusional.Quote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
Just plod on into oblivion then playing shit football?Quote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
Cardiff City fans have for donkeys years turned on the managers very very quicklyQuote:
Originally Posted by Llandaff Blue
Long before the Internet
Very very fickle bunch
If Tan doesn't change .....and he owns the club ......then that's about itQuote:
Originally Posted by insider
Based on????Quote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
Also yes some Cardiff fans are fickle but it's no different at any other club.
We have an entitlement to success at this club way above what we have actually ever historically achievedQuote:
Originally Posted by Llandaff Blue
And the pressure we put on the players and management is ridiculous
What pressure? A few people on a message board wanting better?Quote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
You are literally the person who argues with people on here who want better football, waffling on about the times we were in division 4 etc and we should be happy. Anyone who has a different view to that is being entitled in your eyes? Christ
There is literally no possible way of knowing what the alternative is in football.Quote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
Should’ve just kept Trollope, then?
Cardiff City fans have always had a large number of fans who moan winge and have a go at management and playersQuote:
Originally Posted by Llandaff Blue
It has always been thus
Who knowsQuote:
Originally Posted by Der Kaiser
Do you think that's just Cardiff lolQuote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
No but we are very bad for it in these parts and always have beenQuote:
Originally Posted by 2b2bdoo
Yeah sure ��Quote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
His agent and Mick played us superbly getting 2 more years out of us before he swans off for retirement.
Why should he? What has he done that suggests to you he would make a good manager for the future of Cardiff City?Quote:
Originally Posted by Armitage Shanks
Short sighted bollox that saw us give Mick McCarthy a job.Quote:
Originally Posted by 2b2bdoo
That may have been true for a while when Sam Hammam arrived, but it’s certainly not true now and hasn’t been for around twenty years. When is the last time large sections of the crowd turned against the team at a match? If anything, I think the support has been very patient over a few seasons now when the football has been very dull and the team have often failed to achieve the top six target set by the club, not the fans.Quote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY