General Post Rowett - who next?

[Northstandboy]

 

[OX14]

Dear future manager who may be reading this thread:

Don't worry, we arent all like this. The forum is a strange slice of the fanbase

You clearly don't sit in the east stand if you think our fans are strange on here.

 

[Under The Cuckoo Lane]

John Terry appears to have been backed on Talksport now 2/1 2nd fav.
I know the odds are initially for the markets to take bets but eventually a live contender gets leaked.
Hmmmm.

 

[TheDukeOfBanburyshire]

You clearly don't sit in the east stand if you think our fans are strange on here.

Yeah on the whole this is a pretty stable and informed cohort compared to some of the people that appear to crawl from under Oxfordshire rocks every other weekend to attend home games!

 

[Marked Ox]

he's not a big fan of crosses.

Nailed on to get them though.

 

[Eric Blair]

SSL fans are pretty good and knowledgeable. And we doff our caps to our social superiors in the SSU

 

[Made-in-Jericho]

Yeah on the whole this is a pretty stable and informed cohort compared to some of the people that appear to crawl from under Oxfordshire rocks every other weekend to attend home games!

Careful. You may upset an infamous cohort of certain pub goers.

 

[Stranger]

Don't do this. It's bellend stuff

No it's not

 

[SSO]

You seem like the feeblest supporter on here.
Surely more would come if we went down then, as there’s be less chance we’d lose?

There is no guarantee we would come straight back up. No feeble about it. I’ve done my miles. I just don’t suffer fools like you.

 

[Toe knee]

Oh & for what it's worth, after my post on the manager... YES THE MANAGER!!!!
It was someone else that mentioned the proxy s***y k****m stadium.. give me strength

 

[Toe knee]

Careful. You may upset an infamous cohort of certain pub goers.

What's your problem?? don't get your hostility towards pub goers. Certain as in what??? I frequent not just the blackbird, but pubs in town , Cowley road, the sports bar, bowel Plex etc etc. on match days .I know fan's in all of them. From all walks of life & professions & lifestyles& ages ...Who are you to judge???

 

[Bretch Hill]

I had a dream last night that I’d come on here and read posts that related to the thread titles. But then like most dreams it appears to not actually be in anyway in touch with reality.

 

[yellowbow]

I’m not sure what this thread is about anymore

Have we signed anyone yet..?

 

[Eric Blair]

Has anyone got a hazy leaked picture of a new signing at Blenheim Palace yet?

Those Blenheim leaked pictures seem to belong to a happier and more innocent time.

 

[Bretch Hill]

I’m not sure what this thread is about anymore

Have we signed anyone yet..?

It’s about what pub you drink in what stand you sit in who you know who you don’t know

 

[Eric Blair]

Has anyone got a hazy leaked picture of a new signing at Blenheim Palace yet?

Those Blenheim leaked pictures seem to belong to a happier and more innocent time.

Arg! I actually thought this was the January window thread.

 

[Under The Cuckoo Lane]

Lampard and Terry might get the Chelsea gig, if so I wonder who Cov would go for? Pompey might sack soon too. Manager merry go round, might be someone better if we wait a week.

 

[Chris on a Bike]

What's your problem?? don't get your hostility towards pub goers. Certain as in what??? I frequent not just the blackbird, but pubs in town , Cowley road, the sports bar, bowel Plex etc etc. on match days .I know fan's in all of them. From all walks of life & professions & lifestyles& ages ...Who are you to judge???

Make your mind up, are you "out of here" or not?

 

[unification]

Ben Richards ?

He’s one mean motherfucker !

We need some running men in the midfield ...

 

[tatabanya]

John Terry appears to have been backed on Talksport now 2/1 2nd fav.
I know the odds are initially for the markets to take bets but eventually a live contender gets leaked.
Hmmmm.

What are everyone’s plans for Christmas?

 

[Stranger]

I frequent not just the blackbird, but pubs in town , Cowley road, the sports bar, bowel Plex etc etc.

I've heard the bowel Plex is shit

 

[Slade Yellow]

Short and Hackett need to go also, we need a clean slate from this dire sh!te!

Which other championship club would have these two on their bench?

 

[Chippy]

With all the board members, players and coaching staff who aren’t good enough, we’re going to be left with a 5 a side team, plus a couple in the ticket office and shop.

 

[unification]

The way I see it Rowett was originally brought in to secure our Championship status, which he passed with flying colours.

From that moment onwards there was a clear difference of opinion on how to progress and take the club forward.
Rowett wanted to create a Millwall Mk 2, the job he’d done at Millwall was the blueprint, his Millwall vision was how he saw and thought he could stabilise OUFC as a Championship club.

Rowett wanted a much more physical, taller, athletic type player, the ‘recruitment’ team/ board saw thing differently, they wanted to pursue a different type of recruitment. Rowett was given players who simply didn’t fit his blue print.

As I’ve said before there’s no way Rowett would’ve approved a huge part of our squad building budget on a right back if he thought there wouldn’t then be other funds available to bolster other areas in particular the midfield. Absolutely no way. That was a recruitment team/board room call, not what Rowett wanted or needed.

Rowett should’ve left in the summer with his head held high, mission accomplished, with a new head coach appointed whose recruitment vision and style of player and play matched those of the recruitment team.

Simply put our recruitment team/board room we’re not aligned with Rowett which begs the question why did persevere with him after he secured our championship status and why did they think they could string him along indefinitely thereafter?

To put mildly we’re now in a bit of a pickle , born out of poor boardroom level/recruitment forward thinking and decision making. Totally self inflicted

Whilst this post was made some pages ago and things have taken a turn as only a forum frequented by peculiar middle-aged men with awful opinions can do, it needs another bump lest those who haven't seen it.

Whoever the new manager who comes in is, they'll have to work within the strange parameters that modern football seems to have where the head coach has less say over players than, say, 20 years ago.

Some will pillory GR for his football, tactics and decisions that have landed us this low in the table. Some of that will be justified. Given the hand dealt to him though, there are others as culpable or even more so that need calling out. I don't hear much of this on Rad Ox at all.

 

[dickwalton1964]

Lampard and Terry might get the Chelsea gig, if so I wonder who Cov would go for? Pompey might sack soon too. Manager merry go round, might be someone better if we wait a week.

For a sacked manager. Great.

 

[Brahma]

John Terry just won't go away. Looking forward to his next TikTok (yes 45 year old men do that too).

 

[OX14]

For a sacked manager. Great.

Rowett has been sacked 5 times in his management career so what is your point?

 

[dickwalton1964]

Rowett has been sacked 5 times in his management career so what is your point?

Rowett has been sacked 5 times in his management career so what is your point?

My point is we are in a transfer window. Another week for a manager to be sacked, a further week of negotiations and we are halfway through the window. Do we really have that amount of time to wait for a manager who, by definition, will be getting sacked because he’s currently failing.

 

[OX14]

My point is we are in a transfer window. Another week for a manager to be sacked, a further week of negotiations and we are halfway through the window. Do we really have that amount of time to wait for a manager who, by definition, will be getting sacked because he’s currently failing.

Yes I agree we shouldn't wait for someone still in a job to maybe get sacked.

I thought you meant we shouldn't employ a manager who had previously been sacked in which we would struggle to find one these days with how trigger happy clubs are.

 

[Oxfordpete]

Not sure about Mous for manager need him at CB

 

[Stranger]

My point is we are in a transfer window. Another week for a manager to be sacked, a further week of negotiations and we are halfway through the window. Do we really have that amount of time to wait for a manager who, by definition, will be getting sacked because he’s currently failing.

Isn't it better to wait a week to get the right man than to act in haste and bring in someone that kip might disapprove of?