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Post by mariobalotelli on Apr 27, 2019 22:53:43 GMT
Thought the decision was wrong at the time and despite safety being confirmed today still think it is now. We were never going down IMO under DC. We'll never know now but congratulations to GC and I will obviously continue to back him but I do not believe he is the man to take us forward. Obviously deserves his chance though. Come on. We were gone under DC quite clearly. 4 points behind with over half a season left, a transfer window and one of the best defences in the league is hardly quite clearly gone. We were creating chances probably more than we do now just not taking them.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2019 7:01:45 GMT
Come on. We were gone under DC quite clearly. 4 points behind with over half a season left, a transfer window and one of the best defences in the league is hardly quite clearly gone. We were creating chances probably more than we do now just not taking them. And with dreadful form and a side that looked beaten before the kick off. I love DC and everything he did for the club but it was clearly time to part. From listening to him at the time it was pretty evidence he'd lost his hunger to take us forward which was reflected on the pitch.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2019 7:14:29 GMT
Welcome to the thread. Goodbye. He got a big payout, a great cv and lots of plaudits didn’t you agree? why were you going?
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Post by Jomo on Apr 28, 2019 7:18:04 GMT
4 points behind with over half a season left, a transfer window and one of the best defences in the league is hardly quite clearly gone. We were creating chances probably more than we do now just not taking them. And with dreadful form and a side that looked beaten before the kick off. I love DC and everything he did for the club but it was clearly time to part. From listening to him at the time it was pretty evidence he'd lost his hunger to take us forward which was reflected on the pitch. I agree that on reflection it was the right decision, as much as it still pains me to say because DC is an absolute legend. However I do disagree that he'd lost the hunger. I think the hunger to drive us forward was what drove him mad when he realised that he had already hit a ceiling the season before last, and the abandonment of the training ground and UWE plans must have been a really bitter pill to swallow. It's akin to wanting to cross the finish line of a race but being injured and held back, you still want to finish, but eventually you'll be sapped of all energy.
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Post by peterhooper57 on Apr 28, 2019 7:29:22 GMT
And with dreadful form and a side that looked beaten before the kick off. I love DC and everything he did for the club but it was clearly time to part. From listening to him at the time it was pretty evidence he'd lost his hunger to take us forward which was reflected on the pitch. I agree that on reflection it was the right decision, as much as it still pains me to say because DC is an absolute legend. However I do disagree that he'd lost the hunger. I think the hunger to drive us forward was what drove him mad when he realised that he had already hit a ceiling the season before last, and the abandonment of the training ground and UWE plans must have been a really bitter pill to swallow. It's akin to wanting to cross the finish line of a race but being injured and held back, you still want to finish, but eventually you'll be sapped of all energy. DC IMO was let down by Wael, who came out at the beginning of his ****** awful tenure, and said how great DC was and how important he was to the club, promised him and all of us a new training ground and stadium, and subsequently preceded to back track. No wonder DC felt let down, I fully support DC. When GC was appointed, as the cheap option, he must have thought all Christmases had come at once, went from defence coach to manager over night. For me GC has done a great job, but from what I can see he his one dimensional, no plan B,C, etc. ... and I will be pleasantly surprised if his style of football will please the fans and / or keep BRFC out of the bottom four next season.
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Post by yattongas on Apr 28, 2019 7:44:29 GMT
GC has done an excellent job and achieved what he set out to do. Anyone with half a brain could see that unless we tightened up, ground out results , we were going down. He looked at the players he had available and what system would best work. Yes it was turgid to watch.... but in the main it worked.
Starting next season I’m sure he realises he’ll have to change things again , play more expansive football. He’ll have to ship out 5 or 6 and replace them with better..... all for probably no money spent. He deserves and has EARNED the chance to do this and I for one will fully support him ( until he loses 5 in a row and he can feck right off! 😂)
Up the bloody Gas !!!!!!
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Post by Gas1977 on Apr 28, 2019 7:48:20 GMT
It would be a nice thing if the club could get d c to the game on Saturday then the man and the fans could give him the farewell he deserves Not fair at all on GC that in my opinion. Go to the game by all means but under the radar for me. Survival is thanks to GC and the players that are still here. id agree, GC will be thinking he’s not being credited for keeping the club in the division
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Post by gasandelectricity on Apr 28, 2019 7:55:01 GMT
I agree that on reflection it was the right decision, as much as it still pains me to say because DC is an absolute legend. However I do disagree that he'd lost the hunger. I think the hunger to drive us forward was what drove him mad when he realised that he had already hit a ceiling the season before last, and the abandonment of the training ground and UWE plans must have been a really bitter pill to swallow. It's akin to wanting to cross the finish line of a race but being injured and held back, you still want to finish, but eventually you'll be sapped of all energy. DC IMO was let down by Wael, who came out at the beginning of his ****** awful tenure, and said how great DC was and how important he was to the club, promised him and all of us a new training ground and stadium, and subsequently preceded to back track. No wonder DC felt let down, I fully support DC. When GC was appointed, as the cheap option, he must have thought all Christmases had come at once, went from defence coach to manager over night. For me GC has done a great job, but from what I can see he his one dimensional, no plan B,C, etc. ... and I will be pleasantly surprised if his style of football will please the fans and / or keep BRFC out of the bottom four next season. Dam awful tenure? Weve spent the majority of it in L1 which is vastly better than any other tenure this millennia, and we’ve had the same off the pitch progress we had under the previous ownerships. Who knows what’s underfoot. On the pitch new management was appointed at the right time and we avoided the drop. Under previous ownerships we ended up falling short. Things aren’t that bad.
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Post by Hudson1883 on Apr 28, 2019 8:19:41 GMT
The writing was on the wall for DC weeks before the Doncaster game, getting hammered 4-0 at home in under an hour of the game was just the icing on the cake. Anyone who believes DC deserved a January window couldn’t possibly have seen the majority of games up until that point, surely? If we had stuck by him, we’d have never beat Fleetwood, Walsall, Oxford & secured another point against Burton. We would have been down by the end of March!
We first benefited from the new manager bounce, he tightened us up at the back, we started registering precious clean sheets & GC went and signed one of the best forwards we’ve had in recent times. Having DC as some kind of guest of honour & having him out presented in front of the home crowd would not only be disrespectful to Graham Coughlan & Chris Hargreaves, but also one of the most ridiculous decisions in Rovers history.
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Post by singupgas on Apr 28, 2019 8:56:06 GMT
GC has kept us up and big thanks for him, we have been difficult to watch but we have been able to grind out results.
If GC is replaced by another (rumour) I would love GC to be kept on as head coach. GC was originally defensive coach, he sure has done a great job making us quite solid, our GD shows that.
Regardless of who is in charge, they MUST be backed early by the board to bring in players. IMO we need:
GK - Bonham, another season would be great. RB - JC not going to take this club forward, but a squad player with great attitude and would keep. Wide men - we don't have any naturally wide players, no way should sercs be outwide. Strikers - one at the least.
I don't think we can afford to get rid of everyone, some players that have potential should be kept on and given a chance.
I would keep of our permanent players. Smith, Locks, Craig, THD, Kilgour, Menayese, Kelly, J Clarke, Russe, Matthews, Rodman, Sercs, O Clarke, Ogogo, JCH, Reilly.
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Post by Gassy on Apr 28, 2019 9:13:02 GMT
GC has kept us up and big thanks for him, we have been difficult to watch but we have been able to grind out results. If GC is replaced by another (rumour) I would love GC to be kept on as head coach. GC was originally defensive coach, he sure has done a great job making us quite solid, our GD shows that. Regardless of who is in charge, they MUST be backed early by the board to bring in players. IMO we need: GK - Bonham, another season would be great. RB - JC not going to take this club forward, but a squad player with great attitude and would keep. Wide men - we don't have any naturally wide players, no way should sercs be outwide. Strikers - one at the least. I don't think we can afford to get rid of everyone, some players that have potential should be kept on and given a chance. I would keep of our permanent players. Smith, Locks, Craig, THD, Kilgour, Menayese, Kelly, J Clarke, Russe, Matthews, Rodman, Sercs, O Clarke, Ogogo, JCH, Reilly. I suppose fuelled by his strange comment after the game. "Any football club I've joined, I've always prided myself on leaving it in a far better state than when I've walked into it. That's as a player and a coach and as a manager, I pride myself on that. Irrespective of what happens with Graham Coughlan, this club is in League One next season, it's in a better state than when I picked it up and I'm proud of that." That coupled with the comments in the week of things happening off the pitch, is he suggesting something?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2019 9:13:57 GMT
Loved DC for sure and will certainly look out for his next team. That said I think his mental health was pushed to the limits... certainly his interviews evolved from entertaining to embarrassing and his frustration at the clubs owners was there to behold.
Equally doing the FIFA licenses did our team no favours at all ... we suddenly went narrow and he couldn’t get the gist that our squad were not good enough to adopt continental passing football.
I like GC as a person but as we all know he cannot adopt the same brand of hold out for sixty five minutes and then steal a goal football he has done this season. From his interview yesterday though I’m wondering if he will even be here next season ..
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Post by warehamgas on Apr 28, 2019 9:21:30 GMT
Loved DC for sure and will certainly look out for his next team. That said I think his mental health was pushed to the limits... certainly his interviews evolved from entertaining to embarrassing and his frustration at the clubs owners was there to behold. Equally doing the FIFA licenses did our team no favours at all ... we suddenly went narrow and he couldn’t get the gist that our squad were not good enough to adopt continental passing football. I like GC as a person but as we all know he cannot adopt the same brand of hold out for sixty five minutes and then steal a goal football he has done this season. From his interview yesterday though I’m wondering if he will even be here next season .. Yes, I’d agree. Not so sure about GC going, I hope not. I think he deserves a go and hope he is supported to get the positions we need strengthened. UTG!
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Post by kampucheagas on Apr 28, 2019 9:44:49 GMT
I’ll hold my hands up and say I was sceptical of his appointment, but he has performed miracles keeping that squad motivated enough to stay up
We looked doomed at Christmas
If he can keep the spine of the team together and reinforce with some young and hungry players with pace we might surprise ourselves next season?
Maybe a good thing our expectations are finally being lowered!
I like GC and I like his honesty, and he deserves the right to manage with his team next season. Even if the board decided to change things his defensive record should encourage them to keep him at the club
I hope we don’t go massive clear out, I hear people saying get rid of players like J Clarke and Sincs... I disagree. These are good squad players who know and love the club. Difficult to replace that factor.
For me, couple of full backs, creative midfielder, 2 wingers and 2 new strikers please
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Post by ipswichrover on Apr 28, 2019 10:09:02 GMT
Though, like everyone else, I have great memories of Darrell Clarke's time at Rovers, before he left, we took 17 points from 21 games (0.8 points per game) and after he left, we took 34 points from 24 games (1.4 points per game) so not far off double. In all his interviews, GC gives the impression that his football has been designed to get the outcome we needed from the resources he has. 'Not pretty' as he so often says, but we are in league 1. It will be interesting to see if he can recruit better resources in the summer or play in a way that is more attacking and varied. Like others, I am a bit worried he sometimes doesn't seem to have a plan B.
Here in Ipswich, fans moaned as Mick McCarthy ground out results with meagre resources (by championship standards) not only keeping Ipswich up, but even getting them in the play offs once. They finally hounded him out a year ago. Be grateful for what you have, might be the message. Well done Graham Coughlan for keeping L1 football.
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Post by blueridge on Apr 28, 2019 10:26:11 GMT
GC has kept us up and big thanks for him, we have been difficult to watch but we have been able to grind out results. If GC is replaced by another (rumour) I would love GC to be kept on as head coach. GC was originally defensive coach, he sure has done a great job making us quite solid, our GD shows that. Regardless of who is in charge, they MUST be backed early by the board to bring in players. IMO we need: GK - Bonham, another season would be great. RB - JC not going to take this club forward, but a squad player with great attitude and would keep. Wide men - we don't have any naturally wide players, no way should sercs be outwide. Strikers - one at the least. I don't think we can afford to get rid of everyone, some players that have potential should be kept on and given a chance. I would keep of our permanent players. Smith, Locks, Craig, THD, Kilgour, Menayese, Kelly, J Clarke, Russe, Matthews, Rodman, Sercs, O Clarke, Ogogo, JCH, Reilly. I suppose fuelled by his strange comment after the game. "Any football club I've joined, I've always prided myself on leaving it in a far better state than when I've walked into it. That's as a player and a coach and as a manager, I pride myself on that. Irrespective of what happens with Graham Coughlan, this club is in League One next season, it's in a better state than when I picked it up and I'm proud of that." That coupled with the comments in the week of things happening off the pitch, is he suggesting something? Wouldn't surprise me one iota if he is being lined up as the next manager of Plymouth.
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Post by o2o2bo2ba on Apr 28, 2019 10:43:16 GMT
Whilst I agree with op sentiments, the tenure of DC had a shelf life and imo exceeded it.
I would prefer to watch the club in league 1 than one man in league2.
No man is bigger than the club, that includes me, you and DC. DC (for me) put our league one status in threat, made mistakes along the way, thus put himself in the way to be removed from his job.....no matter what good he has done for us in the past.
It was the right time for both parties to go separate ways.
GC came in temporary and made the job his. Fair play. The rest is a test, but he deserves the chance and good luck to him and his team. He has my full support.
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