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Regis le Bris - confirmed

InsomniacAttack said:
I get where you're coming from but that would totally derail our season if he started poorly imo. Better to get someone in early who can work with the players over summer.
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Or back him, I think it would be incredibly harsh to get rid of him this summer.

Personally think allowing him to strengthen the whole squad (as we have clearly lacked strength in depth) and give him a pre season, a transfer window and the chance to build on taking us to 4th over 46 games.

We have seen so many examples over the years of teams starting slow, changing manager and flying up the table, so I wouldn’t be worried about changing managers after less than a quarter of the season.
 

Di Canios Knees said:
I think he would deserve at least 8-10 games next season before any decision on his future was made, regardless of how the next 2, or 3, games go.
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For me it’s wasting valuable points. Win the playoffs or get rid imo. This isn’t just a blip. It’s gone beyond that. The football is awful and playing this way generally means once results stop it’s very difficult to turn it around. We literally create nothing. My worry is that his replacement is already here.
 
Questions need to be asked of a lot of staff imo, RLB included.

The drop in performances is alarming, I know he’s had injuries to deal with but it’s still not good enough going into the play offs.

Coventry will be confident, and rightly so. Really need to get our act back together and quickly.
 
dred73 said:
Noticed today, Neil played forward of Bellingham then the roles were reversed in the second half. Putting my head on the block , but I do say the attack benefited slightly with Neil up front. No long balls over the top. Was Roberts put on a leash? Hopefully the manager has been trying different tactics AGAIN before the play offs
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Tactics 😂😂😂
 
RGZ said:
That’s just delusion. We are in no way entitled to be winning the championship. Christ we were a PL club battling relegation every year bar the odd few years ffs
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Please quote where I've said entitled. We are however one of the bugger clubs in the country with infrastructure and fan base to support premier league football. If we punch to our weight we're a prem side, as you agree, we were a prem side nit that long ago, for a decade too.
bankofengland said:
You've never been correct in the history of this fourm
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Oh really. I called Beale, I've also said thos lot don't want promotion. They've proven me right. The striker issue I could go on and on. You've just been a cheerleader for mediocrity
LetsPretendWeScored said:
Cue the near 3 month long mega thread where another list of about 12 candidates is interviewed, all turning us down except one obscure name who promises to get us promoted then can’t. Stop me if you’ve heard this one before
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At every point when they've been asked to stand up and show they mean business they've been found lacking. No credible coach would want to work with this lot fir any length of time.
 
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Di Canios Knees said:
I think he would deserve at least 8-10 games next season before any decision on his future was made, regardless of how the next 2, or 3, games go.
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I agree with that..but, it depends on if we do go out against Cov, it will be in which manner. If it's the same old performance, then I would have my doubts about Le Bris. As in, if he can't get the players up for a 2 legged play off then something is amiss.
Di Canios Knees said:
Or back him, I think it would be incredibly harsh to get rid of him this summer.

Personally think allowing him to strengthen the whole squad (as we have clearly lacked strength in depth) and give him a pre season, a transfer window and the chance to build on taking us to 4th over 46 games.

We have seen so many examples over the years of teams starting slow, changing manager and flying up the table, so I wouldn’t be worried about changing managers after less than a quarter of the season.
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Can you see KLD changing and actually supporting the Head Coach and giving him what he needs? I can't unfortunately.
 
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rubberface said:
I agree with that..but, it depends on if we do go out against Cov, it will be in which manner. If it's the same old performance, then I would have my doubts about Le Bris. As in, if he can't get the players up for a 2 legged play off then something is amiss.

Can you see KLD changing and actually supporting the Head Coach and giving him what he needs? I can't unfortunately.
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Given the fact that last summer we signed players on permanent deals in positions we needed to improve, then yes.
 
Di Canios Knees said:
Given the fact that last summer we signed players on permanent deals in positions we needed to improve, then yes.
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Well the Head Coach didn't get what he was asking for in Jan and what we needed, so I don't think we will be improved as a squad. We will sell players and bring players in. Don't think that is building a team or squad personally and Le Bris has been let down massively in January.
 
Di Canios Knees said:
Given the fact that last summer we signed players on permanent deals in positions we needed to improve, then yes.
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Unless I'm missing players, the players we signed permanently in the summer were Moore, Browne, Poveda, Blondy, Abdullahi and Aleksic. Then there was obviously Isidor who was on loan on the summer and then made permanent in January.

Surely even the biggest advocate of the club hierarchy can say that those signings are "players on permanent deals in positions we needed to improve" in the very loosest terms?
 
Di Canios Knees said:
Or back him, I think it would be incredibly harsh to get rid of him this summer.

Personally think allowing him to strengthen the whole squad (as we have clearly lacked strength in depth) and give him a pre season, a transfer window and the chance to build on taking us to 4th over 46 games.

We have seen so many examples over the years of teams starting slow, changing manager and flying up the table, so I wouldn’t be worried about changing managers after less than a quarter of the season.
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Fair enough. I personally don't agree with his style of play. However can't disagree that it's been effective for the majority of this season (we finished 4th behind the 3 teams with parachute payments).
 
Di Canios Knees said:
Given the fact that last summer we signed players on permanent deals in positions we needed to improve, then yes.
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January window was a shambles mind.
Provider said:
Unless I'm missing players, the players we signed permanently in the summer were Moore, Browne, Poveda, Blondy, Abdullahi and Aleksic. Then there was obviously Isidor who was on loan on the summer and then made permanent in January.

Surely even the biggest advocate of the club hierarchy can say that those signings are "players on permanent deals in positions we needed to improve" in the very loosest terms?
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Yeah only Browne out of that lot you could say has been a positive addition.
 
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Football Dinosaur said:
Please quote where I've said entitled. We are however one of the bugger clubs in the country with infrastructure and fan base to support premier league football. If we punch to our weight we're a prem side, as you agree, we were a prem side nit that long ago, for a decade too.

Oh really. I called Beale, I've also said thos lot don't want promotion. They've proven me right. The striker issue I could go on and on. You've just been a cheerleader for mediocrity

At every point when they've been asked to stand up and show they mean business they've been found lacking. No credible coach would want to work with this lot fir any length of time.
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How can they prove you right when you said they don’t promotion? Are the play offs over then?
Football Dinosaur said:
Luton also had p payments. Money isn't a given to finish top. We've spent what we have poorly.
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It isn’t but it certainly helps. Wonder how much of their parachute payments are being used on their new ground
 
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Football Dinosaur said:
Oh really. I called Beale, I've also said thos lot don't want promotion. They've proven me right. The striker issue I could go on and on. You've just been a cheerleader for mediocrity
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Everyone called Beale. If you don't think "thos lot" don't want promotion your delusional we've got two good strikers. You're just a miserable individual who knows absolutely fuck all
 
Roker Scoreboard said:
January window was a shambles mind.

Yeah only Browne out of that lot you could say has been a positive addition.
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It was, wouldn’t disagree.
Provider said:
Unless I'm missing players, the players we signed permanently in the summer were Moore, Browne, Poveda, Blondy, Abdullahi and Aleksic. Then there was obviously Isidor who was on loan on the summer and then made permanent in January.

Surely even the biggest advocate of the club hierarchy can say that those signings are "players on permanent deals in positions we needed to improve" in the very loosest terms?
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Moore (everyone said we needed cover)
Browne (CM cover)
Isidor (granted wasn’t triggered until January but was part of the squad)
Poveda (waste of space tbf, but that’s more on him I think)
Blondy (probably only signed so we could loan out Young to develop him)
Connolly (didn’t work out but we needed striker cover)
Aleksic and Abdullahi (youth players to develop)

Honestly don’t think it was a bad summer window, January was tragic though.
 
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Di Canios Knees said:
It was, wouldn’t disagree.

Moore (everyone said we needed cover)
Browne (CM cover)
Isidor (granted wasn’t triggered until January but was part of the squad)
Poveda (waste of space tbf, but that’s more on him I think)
Blondy (probably only signed so we could loan out Young to develop him)
Connolly (didn’t work out but we needed striker cover)
Aleksic and Abdullahi (youth players to develop)

Honestly don’t think it was a bad summer window, January was tragic though.
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A couple of cover players, punts for the future and a shit signing. Hardly a massive show of ambition was it? It was the minimum what was required. Nothing more.
 
Provider said:
A couple of cover players, punts for the future and a shit signing. Hardly a massive show of ambition was it? It was the minimum what was required. Nothing more.
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We identified that we needed to sign a striker, we signed 2, granted one didn’t work out.

We identified we needed depth in centre midfield, so we signed one.

We identified we needed depth on the right wing, so we signed one, aye he’s a waste of space but you can’t blame the club for his attitude.

We identified we needed cover for goalkeeper and signed one.

Only thing I’d have changed from the summer is a permanent CB, but the Mepham loan has been great, just a shame it’s only a loan. I’d have also added full back cover.

Also if you add to that, Le Bris clearly chose Le Fee given their history and the club backed him in a way that if we go up then he’s a permanent too because we wouldn’t have been able to afford him in this league. January was a shocking window on the whole though.

If the club did just want to cash in and were only in it for the money etc. then they would have accepted Brighton’s bid for Watson in January instead of accepting £3m less to hold onto him in the summer. Just because we haven’t spent massive sums of money like the parachute payment clubs, doesn’t mean they aren’t willing to back the manager.
 
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