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Football Insider say it's Mowbray.

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AyeAyeAye said:
According to the ‘model’ we’re a forward thinking club seeking a new direction. So we appoint a 58 yo with 2 (?) promotions in 25 years. He advocates boring defensive football and was an unmitigated disaster at the 1 job he’s had at a big club (Celtic). He’s been sacked more times than I care to remember but lets put him in charge of a Championship club pulling in @40k at home. You couldn’t make it up. Would people be happy with Bruce coming back?
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Boring defensive? You’ve not watched him much have you?
 

rapscallion said:
David Pleat incarnate.
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Give owa man.
AyeAyeAye said:
According to the ‘model’ we’re a forward thinking club seeking a new direction. So we appoint a 58 yo with 2 (?) promotions in 25 years. He advocates boring defensive football and was an unmitigated disaster at the 1 job he’s had at a big club (Celtic). He’s been sacked more times than I care to remember but lets put him in charge of a Championship club pulling in @40k at home. You couldn’t make it up. Would people be happy with Bruce coming back?
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He’s nowt like Bruce tbf.
 
AyeAyeAye said:
According to the ‘model’ we’re a forward thinking club seeking a new direction. So we appoint a 58 yo with 2 (?) promotions in 25 years. He advocates boring defensive football and was an unmitigated disaster at the 1 job he’s had at a big club (Celtic). He’s been sacked more times than I care to remember but lets put him in charge of a Championship club pulling in @40k at home. You couldn’t make it up. Would people be happy with Bruce coming back?
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He’s only been sacked twice.
 
leerik_canamole said:
Open your eyes and take off your red and white specs. It's a f***ing shocking appointment
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Why?

He plays attacking football
He like an aggressive press
He has a track record of developing players, and getting in good loan players (eg Elliott and Adarabioyo)
He plays 3-5-2 or 2-4-3-1
He has a good record and deep knowledge at Championship level

That seems to tick pretty much all the boxes.
 
Grumpy Old Man said:
Why?

He plays attacking football
He like an aggressive press
He has a track record of developing players, and getting in good loan players (eg Elliott and Adarabioyo)
He plays 3-5-2 or 2-4-3-1
He has a good record and deep knowledge at Championship level

That seems to tick pretty much all the boxes.
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21 years of management as he's achieved pretty much nothing in the game, why is this suddenly going to change at us.

We were told the same thing about Grayson being a safe pair of hands as well.

We need someone to come in that can grow with the club and go on to bigger and better things, something Mowbary will never be able to do and his record proves that
 
leerik_canamole said:
21 years of management as he's achieved pretty much nothing in the game, why is this suddenly going to change at us.

We were told the same thing about Grayson being a safe pair of hands as well.

We need someone to come in that can grow with the club and go on to bigger and better things, something Mowbary will never be able to do and his record proves that
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What's to say Mowbray can't do it
 
leerik_canamole said:
21 years of management as he's achieved pretty much nothing in the game, why is this suddenly going to change at us.

We were told the same thing about Grayson being a safe pair of hands as well.

We need someone to come in that can grow with the club and go on to bigger and better things, something Mowbary will never be able to do and his record proves that
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Right now we need someone who can keep us in this division.
 
biggie 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's a dinosaur confirmed. Wouldn't sign someone because he was wearing ripped jeans FFS.

I'm honestly so disappointed. I was really hoping we'd go young, innovative and upcoming. He won't pull up any trees here like he didn't at Blackburn. Don't think he'll last that long - it seems we did luck out with Neil.
 
West_Winger said:
Been reading and he had West Brom in the playoff final which they lost then the following season they went up as champions. By all accounts he cleared out their dead wood and replaced them with younger players.

Seems he did the same at Boro and Blackburn as well.

The more I’m looking into him the more I’m quite chuffed if I’m honest. Seems to be a good fit for what we want to do.
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Think i prefer the people saying they'll chuck their season cards if he's appointment or that they'll 'never' support him whilst he's here.

They seem the sensible, much more rational types.
 
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