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Mowbray confirmed

lawe toppa said:
Forget AN for a second, you are telling me that Mowbray was the best available manager out there?
Where is 'the process' of selecting the best manager for the football club that Speakman referred to?
Or could it just be that he was cheap (no compensation) to another club, and is pally with Stuart Harvey??
The club shop & ticket office has been a well documented failure and so far we have spent very very little and are very vulnerable to injuries.
KLD lied about the ownership at the start and the whole set up smacks of being ran on a shoe string budget.
Now if people voice there concerns they are criticised by people like you.
Tony Mowbray man!!!
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You are the weakest link. Goodbye
 

No matter what your fans think of him, whether good bad, or indifferent, he's your new manager so the best you can do is get behind him and the squad he's taken on.
If the effort and commitment are there then go with the flow.
The minimum requirement for you this season is to make sure you avoid playing with the relegation candidates, which you should do, and once that is achieved over the best part of the season then see where you are in the league to see what hope you have of nudging wherever the rest of the season can take you under him.

He has to be given a chance if you're clear of any relegation issues by January.
 
Tomma said:
Knowing what I do now, am I excited? No, but I'm not vastly underwhelmed given that we've got someone with experience of the league, and someone who seems to be a relatively safe and secure appointment.
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This is I think where I am, and i think it’s fair overview of the position we’re in. It seems the club isn’t in a position off the field to grow much currently, so avoiding relegation may be the best we can hope for & with Mowbray im hopeful we can avoid ‘typical’ Sunderland moments…
 
Think the biggest factors of promotion last season were Batth, Pritchard and Stewart.

Who were already at the club before Neil.

Yes he galvanised the squad to a certain extent but we have lost an ex Preston and Norwich manager who is only ever going to be championship level to Stoke , and gained an ex Blackburn and Boro manager.
 
The Rolls Royce said:
1.5ppg would see us safe mind
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1.5ppg would be enough for 8th place in each of the last 3 seasons, 9th the 2 seasons before. As a newly promoted side that would be a very good finish.

Use his 2 years to get us stabilised and perhaps push for play offs, send him upstairs and bring a younger coach in to push us on
 
ontap said:
Depends who you believe , had a Boro fan on who reckons he played attacking football when he managed them a decade and a half ago . ( Other boro fans on since agreeing that he was a disaster at Boro).
But if you read the thread that links to the Blackburn forum ,almost to man they say 5 years of his boring football was a penance that they wouldn't wish on us.
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Strange as on twitter there were mostly all positive comments really
 
lawe toppa said:
Forget AN for a second, you are telling me that Mowbray was the best available manager out there?
Where is 'the process' of selecting the best manager for the football club that Speakman referred to?
Or could it just be that he was cheap (no compensation) to another club, and is pally with Stuart Harvey??
The club shop & ticket office has been a well documented failure and so far we have spent very very little and are very vulnerable to injuries.
KLD lied about the ownership at the start and the whole set up smacks of being ran on a shoe string budget.
Now if people voice there concerns they are criticised by people like you.
Tony Mowbray man!!!
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When you back at school?
 
Seems a good fit for the club in our current situation. He’ll get us stable in the division and allow us to build a squad able to compete for promotion over the next couple of years, not sure he’s the man to take us up but will be happy with stability for a while. Good luck Tony
 
I'd rather have Mowbray than a moaning , grumbling , I cant get what I want , delusions of grandeur , Alex Neil

Im looking forward to it....lets have massive support for him and team tonight!!!!!!!!
 
I’ve got no issues with this he’s a very experienced manager and footballing man.
He also fits the model and there should be no major disruption to the way we play which we all seem to have been happy with.
The best of luck to the man.
 
Like it or not he is our new manager.

I wasn't to keen, but now he has be given the job I'll give him my full support.

Let him prove what he can do and judge him on that.

Haway the lads
 
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Quite positive about this. With the age of the squad an experienced head is needed. Plus what I've read about his character and tactics also seems very positive.
 
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