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AN Press conference - CANCELLED

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The Situation said:
It obviously worked out perfectly in the end, but it's very concerning that people now use the managerial change as a way to say the board had a perfect plan in place.

They didn't, they made an absolute mess of it and beyond all logic came up smelling of roses, but it was pure and utter luck rather than genius planning.
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Definitely. They were flailing around around for weeks and didn’t even approach AN themselves. He’s said himself in interviews that he saw the job was still available on TV, and then he contacted the club to apply. The Club didn’t contact him, and he wasn’t part of the Club’s “plan” when they sacked Johnson.

You can draw a straight line between the clubs recovery, and AN joining. Before he walked in the door, the club was going nowhere at best, backwards at worst.

He is the single most important person in the clubs football operation. By an absolute country mile.
 
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OakeyStokie said:
Dyche would be a horrendous appointment. Football has moved on from two banks of four and a manager slapping 60 yards balls to a target man.

He failed at Burnley in the end for a very clear reason.

Believe it or not, Stoke fans want more than that and frankly they deserve more than that.
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I'd have been well up for him a year ago, however having watched the way an change's things up regularly to combat the team when needed having a manager so stuck on a style and formation seems like the dark ages.
 
Ch1982 said:
All the daft shites on here have you learnt nothing from the past? It’s the 12 month contract that keeps both parties hungry unfortunately. Aye lets jump to give AN a massive four year deal then he starts to fuck up and you can’t shift him.
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He wouldn’t sign it if offered.
 
I can understand the panic. When was the last time we had a good enough manager at the club that another club actually wanted them?

Be surprised if AN leaves given that he dropped to League One for the opportunity to manage us (iirc).
 
TravellingMackem said:
The state of this man :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: he's delayed the press conference so he can discuss completing two signings today with the rest of his team. Now just because Stoke sacked their manager, some on here have overhyped it to the point where he's already left us for Stoke. Haway man lads, this kind of thing happens all of the time, get a grip.
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Johnson leaving came out of left field too mind, hardly anyone forecast that
 
OakeyStokie said:
Dyche would be a horrendous appointment. Football has moved on from two banks of four and a manager slapping 60 yards balls to a target man.

He failed at Burnley in the end for a very clear reason.

Believe it or not, Stoke fans want more than that and frankly they deserve more than that.
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Failed, crikey.

He entirely changed a football club to well above their natural ceiling.

What is it you believe your fans deserve?
 
Fetch Fletch said:
You do realise that he played that way because of the players at his disposal?

I think he’d be a class appointment for any team outside the top 10 of the premier league.
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I can't agree. He spent decent enough money at Burnley and never showed any inclination to change his style. Selling Chris Wood was a perfect opportunity to do so, he just went out and signed bigger.

Leopards generally never change their spots. He claims he never gets big jobs or offers because he's British. I'd love to sit down with him one day and explain the real reason he never gets offers at big clubs.
 
Steve F said:
We have to recognise this is purely a job to AN, he like his fellow Manager's and players have totally different emotions to us as supporters.

If someone was to offer you a 50% pay rise a 4 year contract with the opportunity of spending more time with your family at a decent club doing the same job, I defy anybody who would not give that some very serious thought.

Yes like many have said, I can’t see any footballing reason why he would swap us for Stoke, but as I say.

Personally I will be devastated if he was to leave.
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People keep talking about payrises but when you make the kind of money footballers are on the difference between pay is not as relevant. Guarenteed length amd closer to home are much more important at Neils age i would expect
 
The Situation said:
It obviously worked out perfectly in the end, but it's very concerning that people now use the managerial change as a way to say the board had a perfect plan in place.

They didn't, they made an absolute mess of it and beyond all logic came up smelling of roses, but it was pure and utter luck rather than genius planning.
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Devil's advocate - they did have a good plan, which was failing due to LJ. They made the change, and everything else fell into place.

The manager is always a massive single point of failure.
 
Coeus said:
Failed, crikey.

He entirely changed a football club to well above their natural ceiling.

What is it you believe your fans deserve?
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A bit better football than people condescending us into long ball football because it worked 14 years ago with Tony Pulis.

A bit of an attacking intent would be great. All football fans deserve that for their hard earned.
 
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