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Tony Mowbray Rumour


rover in peace said:
Rovers fan in peace

Just came to see what you all thought of the Mowbray appointment and share my experience of five years watching his teams.

Firstly he has a reputation as an attack minded coach who play free flowing football the “right way”. This is nonsense. It was the most boring football I can remember.

Secondly he will play players in random positions such as the Bradley Johnson false nine experiment , the sam Gallagher at right back and many other strange choices.

He is a players man. Tries to keep everyone happy dishing minutes and contracts out like toffee to the detriment of the team. He will talk about journeys and slow builds to buy him time to top his pension fund up.

He will start all this waffle about integrity and being honest and humble and talk to you decent hard working class folk . It’s all an act.

And finally don’t forget the Xmas death spiral and early cup exits where you won’t win a game after Xmas and you won’t make it to round three of any cup regardless of opposition. He openly admitted he doesn’t work on set pieces and never checks the league table as long as he is developing honest lads with good personality, this also means you get substitutions that aren’t based on what’s happening on the game but who hasn’t had minutes . He didn’t sign a player for us we needed because he wore ripped jeans.

When it inevitably goes tits up he will say he’d rather be with his wife and kids . Not after being sacked whilst still in charge.

The man is clueless and as the weeks go on the sound bites go from heart warming to cringe to seriously get him away from my club.

I genuinely wish you all well for the season. Always liked Sunderland as a club and fanbase and you don’t deserve this appointment.

Get ready to start scratching your heads
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Ah fuck I was warming to the idea of Mowbray until I read this
 
rover in peace said:
Rovers fan in peace

Just came to see what you all thought of the Mowbray appointment and share my experience of five years watching his teams.

Firstly he has a reputation as an attack minded coach who play free flowing football the “right way”. This is nonsense. It was the most boring football I can remember.

Secondly he will play players in random positions such as the Bradley Johnson false nine experiment , the sam Gallagher at right back and many other strange choices.

He is a players man. Tries to keep everyone happy dishing minutes and contracts out like toffee to the detriment of the team. He will talk about journeys and slow builds to buy him time to top his pension fund up.

He will start all this waffle about integrity and being honest and humble and talk to you decent hard working class folk . It’s all an act.

And finally don’t forget the Xmas death spiral and early cup exits where you won’t win a game after Xmas and you won’t make it to round three of any cup regardless of opposition. He openly admitted he doesn’t work on set pieces and never checks the league table as long as he is developing honest lads with good personality, this also means you get substitutions that aren’t based on what’s happening on the game but who hasn’t had minutes . He didn’t sign a player for us we needed because he wore ripped jeans.

When it inevitably goes tits up he will say he’d rather be with his wife and kids . Not after being sacked whilst still in charge.

The man is clueless and as the weeks go on the sound bites go from heart warming to cringe to seriously get him away from my club.

I genuinely wish you all well for the season. Always liked Sunderland as a club and fanbase and you don’t deserve this appointment.

Get ready to start scratching your heads
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He turned Danny Graham in to a goal scoring striker so he must have some god like abilities.
 
Safc88 said:
I would be happy with going down that route. Really dont want mowbray like
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It think they'd both be risks, or more of a risk than Mowbray anyway. I do understand why plenty wouldn't want Mowbray as well though and its hardly someone I'd want particularly. Still all a bit of a mess this.
 
After considering alternatives Sunderland have decided to appoint Tony Mowbray, according to this….


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Scotty 1978 said:
Ah fuck I was warming to the idea of Mowbray until I read this
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:lol: This. Having had time to digest it all. I actually came on here to make a positive post after reading a few articles about him and warming to the idea of him working within the club structure. This has now shattered me again. :cry:
 
As I've already said, I'm not sure Mowbray is good under pressure and when there are expectations of success. He is introverted anyway but goes into his shell if things are not going his way. It will be a retrograde step to appoint him but he is the discount store option and that's what we will go with I fear.
 
Mallard said:
He turned Danny Graham in to a goal scoring striker so he must have some god like abilities.
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I wouldn’t read too much into that Rovers fan report. Most fans could write that critique of their own manager. I read some of that differently anyway, you could argue getting legs in players is smart as it’s a long season, and regardless of any post Xmas slump, they finished 8th last season so can’t have been that bad. All clubs have a bad run, and so on.

Mowbray’s record is pretty similar to Alex Neil, a manager with Premier experience and steady championship pedigree. Our model wouldn’t require him to do all his duties he did at Rovers anyway as Speakman brings in the talent.

The call for Dyche is understandable but his football, whilst pragmatic, wouldn’t suit our side currently so ironically the rebuild would set us back far more than a manager more attack minded. (Plus we can’t afford him).

It would be a steady appointment for a club needing some stability. Not the best but certainly not the worst at all.
 
LRW said:
League positions do matter, though. Quite a lot. Whether you like Tony Mowbray's accent or not.
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Position , singular .
Tristan S Mackem said:
I wouldn’t read too much into that Rovers fan report. Most fans could write that critique of their own manager. I read some of that differently anyway, you could argue getting legs in players is smart as it’s a long season, and regardless of any post Xmas slump, they finished 8th last season so can’t have been that bad. All clubs have a bad run, and so on.

Mowbray’s record is pretty similar to Alex Neil, a manager with Premier experience and steady championship pedigree. Our model wouldn’t require him to do all his duties he did at Rovers anyway as Speakman brings in the talent.

The call for Dyche is understandable but his football, whilst pragmatic, wouldn’t suit our side currently so ironically the rebuild would set us back far more than a manager more attack minded. (Plus we can’t afford him).

It would be a steady appointment for a club needing some stability. Not the best but certainly not the worst at all.
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Depends how you define “premiership experience” , he had one season and was relegated.
 
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andysafc24 said:
After considering alternatives Sunderland have decided to appoint Tony Mowbray, according to this….


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That’s referring the Northern Echo article from yesterday which itself refers to their own article from Saturday. Nothing new in there unless they had the inside scoop on Saturday.
 
Ashley In!! said:
Bank Holiday breakfast? :lol:

I wonder, does this mean his done deal with Mowbray isn't done any more. Was at the AOL on Saturday with Kyril and Bob to sign a deal until the end of the season, wasn't he?

At this rate he'll have "nailed it" again, having linked us with everyone. :lol:
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I definitely think a few have jumped the gun saying its Mowbray confirmed. He could still get the job mind, but think there's more than just him being considered.
 
Casper said:
Klopp is 55 would you have him?
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The issue is what they've done in their 50-odd years. Mowbray's career to date suggests plodding champo manager is his ceiling. No problem if that's what people are after, but you can't blame some for wanting to dream a little bigger - I really don't get the mentality that you're only allowed to try for promotion once you've been dossing about the division aimlessly for 3-4 years.
 
John J Rambo said:
I definitely think a few have jumped the gun saying its Mowbray confirmed. He could still get the job mind, but think there's more than just him being considered.
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The desperate rush to be "first" with the news mate.

I'd be surprised and disappointed if they had rushed this and made an appointment over the weekend. Completely different situation to when the sacked LJ where they were in control of the timetable. Need to get moving on it this week though.
 
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