| Gary O'Neil 15:32 - Jun 11 with 7972 views | itfcjoe |
Surprised at how people's instant reactions are to be quite anti him, not to say he's one I'd be desperate to appoint - but can see why he'd be seen as a good candidate.
Was a coach at Bournemouth under Scott Parker for their Championship season when they got promoted. Scott Parker threw toys out of pram at end of window and O'Neil was given the job on 30th August - led them to comfortable safety and finished 15th, despite losing last 4 games when they were mathematically safe.
New owner took over mid season and sacked him and replaced him with Iraola, proved to be the right decision but keeping them up as a newly promoted team taking over one day before window shut was a fine achievement.
The following season, Julen Lopetegui resigned less than a week before the season started because the club were cutting right back on finances - sold Neves, , Collins, Coady, Nunes and Raul Jiminez for a combined £135m, let Traore and Moutinho leave on frees who had been big players and spent £45m on Cunha, plus a few million on 2-3 others but squad was much worse.
Kept them up comfortablya nd finished 14th, again slid back at end of season when safety was secured.
The following season turned into a shocker though, culminating in getting sacked after they lost at home to Ipswich - but budgets were cut again - Wolves raised over £100m from transfers and spent about £30m, wage bill cut and there just seemed a massive discipline problem that he couldn't get hold of.....players were acting out massively, so that was a failure and be interested to hear Wolves fans views on who was more to blame for that between playing staff and O'Neil; but can't see we've got a group here who would do that.
He played for Norwich for a couple of seasons but I can live with that personally.
But ultimately, he's gone in late in the close season to 2 clubs, one of which was newly promoted, and kept them both up comfortably which is the goal here. The only goal in reality, both clubs will have had low wage budgets, both squads were deemed not good enough by their incumbent manager and he managed to prove them wrong.
He may not be the long term answer, and may be better options out there, but struggling to see why he is rated so poorly by some? |  |
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| Gary O'Neil on 21:14 - Jun 20 with 1500 views | Libero |
| Gary O'Neil on 15:43 - Jun 11 by Dennyx4 |
I think the last season at Wolves will be in a lot of Ipswich fans minds. He had an absolute disaster, new manager came in and had the same team performing considerably better.
The team had serious discipline issues whilst he was there, and he either did not know how to correct it, or didnt want to. Again, less disciplinary issues for the replacement manager.
This is the only time he has been in the same league as us, as a manager and will be more noticeable for our fan base.
I am not sure the small Norwich connection, will help him either. It will likely be an appointment, that could divide the fan base, and that is not a great place to start. |
Spot on, I couldn’t give a monkeys about him playing for Norwich, he was a wholly forgettable player- but he presided over a group of absolute animals and failed to manage them appropriately.
On the whole, he gives me Kieran McKenna from Wish vibes.
I’d actually have preferred someone more established and further away from McKenna in footballing philosophy. Then there’s the fact we’ve paid compensation for this guy?!
A wholly uninspiring appointment- I wouldn’t be surprised in the least if he fails to complete the season.
All that said, I’ll of course be right behind him- from the moment he’s announced, to the moment he’s sacked. Would love to be proven wrong. [Post edited 20 Jun 21:22]
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| Gary O'Neil on 21:17 - Jun 20 with 1478 views | megnuts |
I’ve posted similar already, so apologies.
He has never even lasted 18 months in a job, which is a pretty big concern straight away. There is no real long-term body of work there, no clear proof that he can build something sustainable, and no evidence that he is this big project manager we should all be excited about. If the route is stabilise and have a manager with Premier League experience, isn’t Dyche a better route? That I would have understood.
His reputation seems to be built around being pragmatic, organised and hard to beat, but even that is questionable. Wolves became a mess defensively, which is a serious issue when that is supposed to be one of his strengths. Shipped goals for Bournemouth too.
There is also no consistency. He had a decent spell at Bournemouth to keep them up, granted. Then at Wolves, his second season was dreadful. No wins in ten games. By the end, he had lost the squad completely, and that was his squad that he had built over the summer.
Bournemouth improved after he left. Wolves improved after he left. That is hard to ignore.
Strasbourg does not move the needle for me either. Came in when they were 7th, finished 8th.
Bournemouth or Wolves fans haven’t been desperate to tell everyone how brilliant he was. Their reactions have said a lot.
The football is another issue. It is functional, but it’s dull and average. Nothing about it screams ambition or fresh ideas. Nothing about it makes you think this is the manager to take us forward.
And after all the talk of a global search, we end up with someone Ashton already knows? Come on. We’ve been told about this list Ashton has had prepared for the day KMc left, which has been on the cards for 2 years. And this is where we’ve landed.
Gary O’Neil would have been nowhere near the top of most people’s lists when this started. It just feels dull, uninspiring and backwards. The poll on here is as 90% in Ole’s favour was it not if it was between those two? And there would have been plenty of discussion around Ole if he landed it. But not to this level.
For me, it would be a really poor appointment. It’s lazy. [Post edited 21 Jun 7:00]
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| Gary O'Neil on 21:19 - Jun 20 with 1462 views | DJR |
Given availability, I think that Gary O'Neil is the best option. He has experience at the lower end of the Premier League which is just what we need as that's where we will be.
We need to get behind him, and can't afford a repeat of the lukewarm and sometimes hostile reaction to McKenna last season. |  | | |
| Gary O'Neil on 21:26 - Jun 20 with 1425 views | Libero |
| Gary O'Neil on 21:17 - Jun 20 by megnuts |
I’ve posted similar already, so apologies.
He has never even lasted 18 months in a job, which is a pretty big concern straight away. There is no real long-term body of work there, no clear proof that he can build something sustainable, and no evidence that he is this big project manager we should all be excited about. If the route is stabilise and have a manager with Premier League experience, isn’t Dyche a better route? That I would have understood.
His reputation seems to be built around being pragmatic, organised and hard to beat, but even that is questionable. Wolves became a mess defensively, which is a serious issue when that is supposed to be one of his strengths. Shipped goals for Bournemouth too.
There is also no consistency. He had a decent spell at Bournemouth to keep them up, granted. Then at Wolves, his second season was dreadful. No wins in ten games. By the end, he had lost the squad completely, and that was his squad that he had built over the summer.
Bournemouth improved after he left. Wolves improved after he left. That is hard to ignore.
Strasbourg does not move the needle for me either. Came in when they were 7th, finished 8th.
Bournemouth or Wolves fans haven’t been desperate to tell everyone how brilliant he was. Their reactions have said a lot.
The football is another issue. It is functional, but it’s dull and average. Nothing about it screams ambition or fresh ideas. Nothing about it makes you think this is the manager to take us forward.
And after all the talk of a global search, we end up with someone Ashton already knows? Come on. We’ve been told about this list Ashton has had prepared for the day KMc left, which has been on the cards for 2 years. And this is where we’ve landed.
Gary O’Neil would have been nowhere near the top of most people’s lists when this started. It just feels dull, uninspiring and backwards. The poll on here is as 90% in Ole’s favour was it not if it was between those two? And there would have been plenty of discussion around Ole if he landed it. But not to this level.
For me, it would be a really poor appointment. It’s lazy. [Post edited 21 Jun 7:00]
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Spot-bloody-on! Only positive I can think of in this very moment, is that O’Neil’s almost inevitable failure will be another mark against modest Mark, although he appears to be totally tefal- despite lying to the supporters, inviting a quasi fascist to lunch and giving an embarrassingly bad non-apology.
I’d genuinely love for him to come in and prove me wrong- but it would be as it stands, it’s quite a stretch to believe that’s a possibility. [Post edited 20 Jun 21:36]
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| Gary O'Neil on 21:31 - Jun 20 with 1389 views | Waig |
| Gary O'Neil on 21:26 - Jun 20 by Libero |
Spot-bloody-on! Only positive I can think of in this very moment, is that O’Neil’s almost inevitable failure will be another mark against modest Mark, although he appears to be totally tefal- despite lying to the supporters, inviting a quasi fascist to lunch and giving an embarrassingly bad non-apology.
I’d genuinely love for him to come in and prove me wrong- but it would be as it stands, it’s quite a stretch to believe that’s a possibility. [Post edited 20 Jun 21:36]
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We all know he will throw fan favourites under the bus (Leif) then have a hissy fit, blame everyone other than himself and quit before he’s pushed.
They’ll be boos by the time we get to the home game against Liverpool. |  | | |
| Gary O'Neil on 22:07 - Jun 20 with 1276 views | portmanking |
| Gary O'Neil on 21:17 - Jun 20 by megnuts |
I’ve posted similar already, so apologies.
He has never even lasted 18 months in a job, which is a pretty big concern straight away. There is no real long-term body of work there, no clear proof that he can build something sustainable, and no evidence that he is this big project manager we should all be excited about. If the route is stabilise and have a manager with Premier League experience, isn’t Dyche a better route? That I would have understood.
His reputation seems to be built around being pragmatic, organised and hard to beat, but even that is questionable. Wolves became a mess defensively, which is a serious issue when that is supposed to be one of his strengths. Shipped goals for Bournemouth too.
There is also no consistency. He had a decent spell at Bournemouth to keep them up, granted. Then at Wolves, his second season was dreadful. No wins in ten games. By the end, he had lost the squad completely, and that was his squad that he had built over the summer.
Bournemouth improved after he left. Wolves improved after he left. That is hard to ignore.
Strasbourg does not move the needle for me either. Came in when they were 7th, finished 8th.
Bournemouth or Wolves fans haven’t been desperate to tell everyone how brilliant he was. Their reactions have said a lot.
The football is another issue. It is functional, but it’s dull and average. Nothing about it screams ambition or fresh ideas. Nothing about it makes you think this is the manager to take us forward.
And after all the talk of a global search, we end up with someone Ashton already knows? Come on. We’ve been told about this list Ashton has had prepared for the day KMc left, which has been on the cards for 2 years. And this is where we’ve landed.
Gary O’Neil would have been nowhere near the top of most people’s lists when this started. It just feels dull, uninspiring and backwards. The poll on here is as 90% in Ole’s favour was it not if it was between those two? And there would have been plenty of discussion around Ole if he landed it. But not to this level.
For me, it would be a really poor appointment. It’s lazy. [Post edited 21 Jun 7:00]
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Post of the Day, sir.
It makes a mockery of Ashton's comments about keeping his finger on the pulse of the managerial market and us ending up with O'Neil.
GON might talk a good game, but there's a big difference between that and putting it all into practice and being a figurehead/leader that players and fans look up to. He strikes me as a David Brent-style boss that knows he's under qualified for PL level but just baffles with BS. A bit like his soon-to-be employer... | | | |
| Gary O'Neil on 22:19 - Jun 20 with 1244 views | mrfixit426 |
| Gary O'Neil on 22:07 - Jun 20 by portmanking |
Post of the Day, sir.
It makes a mockery of Ashton's comments about keeping his finger on the pulse of the managerial market and us ending up with O'Neil.
GON might talk a good game, but there's a big difference between that and putting it all into practice and being a figurehead/leader that players and fans look up to. He strikes me as a David Brent-style boss that knows he's under qualified for PL level but just baffles with BS. A bit like his soon-to-be employer... |
Yeah I agree with this. We've been told for a few seasons now that a succession plan was already in place, and how great Ashton was at bringing through new, young, promising managers.
Now it looks like we're going to end up with a candidate from the manager merry-go-round, which is what the Marcus Evans years turned into.
We've always been a bit different in our approach to things, a unique club. This seems like a step back to doing what every other club does.
To me, and it's only my opinion, it would be the first step to losing our identity again. |  | | |
| Gary O'Neil on 22:21 - Jun 20 with 1233 views | Swansea_Blue |
| Gary O'Neil on 21:17 - Jun 20 by megnuts |
I’ve posted similar already, so apologies.
He has never even lasted 18 months in a job, which is a pretty big concern straight away. There is no real long-term body of work there, no clear proof that he can build something sustainable, and no evidence that he is this big project manager we should all be excited about. If the route is stabilise and have a manager with Premier League experience, isn’t Dyche a better route? That I would have understood.
His reputation seems to be built around being pragmatic, organised and hard to beat, but even that is questionable. Wolves became a mess defensively, which is a serious issue when that is supposed to be one of his strengths. Shipped goals for Bournemouth too.
There is also no consistency. He had a decent spell at Bournemouth to keep them up, granted. Then at Wolves, his second season was dreadful. No wins in ten games. By the end, he had lost the squad completely, and that was his squad that he had built over the summer.
Bournemouth improved after he left. Wolves improved after he left. That is hard to ignore.
Strasbourg does not move the needle for me either. Came in when they were 7th, finished 8th.
Bournemouth or Wolves fans haven’t been desperate to tell everyone how brilliant he was. Their reactions have said a lot.
The football is another issue. It is functional, but it’s dull and average. Nothing about it screams ambition or fresh ideas. Nothing about it makes you think this is the manager to take us forward.
And after all the talk of a global search, we end up with someone Ashton already knows? Come on. We’ve been told about this list Ashton has had prepared for the day KMc left, which has been on the cards for 2 years. And this is where we’ve landed.
Gary O’Neil would have been nowhere near the top of most people’s lists when this started. It just feels dull, uninspiring and backwards. The poll on here is as 90% in Ole’s favour was it not if it was between those two? And there would have been plenty of discussion around Ole if he landed it. But not to this level.
For me, it would be a really poor appointment. It’s lazy. [Post edited 21 Jun 7:00]
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I agree with all of that. Talking about lazy, I couldn’t be bothered to write much more this morning than he’s has a couple of extended honeymoon periods. It doesn’t last and he doesn’t build. His style of football could be an issue, but that depends on recruitment. Two or three really exciting positive players and it needn’t be an issue. I’m mightily underwhelmed, but hope those of us not impressed have got it horribly wrong. |  |
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| Gary O'Neil on 22:23 - Jun 20 with 1215 views | Libero |
| Gary O'Neil on 22:21 - Jun 20 by Swansea_Blue |
I agree with all of that. Talking about lazy, I couldn’t be bothered to write much more this morning than he’s has a couple of extended honeymoon periods. It doesn’t last and he doesn’t build. His style of football could be an issue, but that depends on recruitment. Two or three really exciting positive players and it needn’t be an issue. I’m mightily underwhelmed, but hope those of us not impressed have got it horribly wrong. |
I also ask the question - who the f**k is so excited to play for Gary O’Neil, that they’re willing to come to Ipswich?!
Kieran McKenna is one of the best young coaches in Europe and he had real challenges getting players through the door. | | | |
| Gary O'Neil on 22:41 - Jun 20 with 1123 views | itfcjoe |
| Gary O'Neil on 21:17 - Jun 20 by megnuts |
I’ve posted similar already, so apologies.
He has never even lasted 18 months in a job, which is a pretty big concern straight away. There is no real long-term body of work there, no clear proof that he can build something sustainable, and no evidence that he is this big project manager we should all be excited about. If the route is stabilise and have a manager with Premier League experience, isn’t Dyche a better route? That I would have understood.
His reputation seems to be built around being pragmatic, organised and hard to beat, but even that is questionable. Wolves became a mess defensively, which is a serious issue when that is supposed to be one of his strengths. Shipped goals for Bournemouth too.
There is also no consistency. He had a decent spell at Bournemouth to keep them up, granted. Then at Wolves, his second season was dreadful. No wins in ten games. By the end, he had lost the squad completely, and that was his squad that he had built over the summer.
Bournemouth improved after he left. Wolves improved after he left. That is hard to ignore.
Strasbourg does not move the needle for me either. Came in when they were 7th, finished 8th.
Bournemouth or Wolves fans haven’t been desperate to tell everyone how brilliant he was. Their reactions have said a lot.
The football is another issue. It is functional, but it’s dull and average. Nothing about it screams ambition or fresh ideas. Nothing about it makes you think this is the manager to take us forward.
And after all the talk of a global search, we end up with someone Ashton already knows? Come on. We’ve been told about this list Ashton has had prepared for the day KMc left, which has been on the cards for 2 years. And this is where we’ve landed.
Gary O’Neil would have been nowhere near the top of most people’s lists when this started. It just feels dull, uninspiring and backwards. The poll on here is as 90% in Ole’s favour was it not if it was between those two? And there would have been plenty of discussion around Ole if he landed it. But not to this level.
For me, it would be a really poor appointment. It’s lazy. [Post edited 21 Jun 7:00]
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| Gary O'Neil on 22:45 - Jun 20 with 1092 views | megnuts |
| Gary O'Neil on 22:41 - Jun 20 by itfcjoe |
Your literal first point is factually incorrect |
Yep, you’re right 16 months at Wolves.
Thats on me. | | | |
| Gary O'Neil on 22:57 - Jun 20 with 1061 views | itfcjoe |
| Gary O'Neil on 22:45 - Jun 20 by megnuts |
Yep, you’re right 16 months at Wolves.
Thats on me. |
Personally I don’t see why it’s so unbelievable that this is someone who has been at top of Ashton’s list - he’s a young British manager than the Chelsea group have just appointed to their 2nd club. He’s obviously still seen as a ‘bright young thing’ in coaching circles like Rosenior was before him to get that job.
He’s a manager from the modern school, who runs the training ground like McKenna did - has some good coaches around him, he’s a fit in coming in to replicate what we have in work ethic, etc
It’s still more likely than not we’ll get relegated, it’s still more than likely he will be sacked by this time next year - but that’s literally the case for anyone we appoint now. | |
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| Gary O'Neil on 23:05 - Jun 20 with 1009 views | portmanking |
| Gary O'Neil on 22:57 - Jun 20 by itfcjoe |
Personally I don’t see why it’s so unbelievable that this is someone who has been at top of Ashton’s list - he’s a young British manager than the Chelsea group have just appointed to their 2nd club. He’s obviously still seen as a ‘bright young thing’ in coaching circles like Rosenior was before him to get that job.
He’s a manager from the modern school, who runs the training ground like McKenna did - has some good coaches around him, he’s a fit in coming in to replicate what we have in work ethic, etc
It’s still more likely than not we’ll get relegated, it’s still more than likely he will be sacked by this time next year - but that’s literally the case for anyone we appoint now. |
Sorry Joe, but why should anything the Chelsea group do or think be held in any positive light whatsoever? They are dreadful custodians.
From everything I've heard his 'running' of the training ground would be put to shame by Kieran... | | | |
| Gary O'Neil on 23:08 - Jun 20 with 986 views | itfcjoe |
| Gary O'Neil on 23:05 - Jun 20 by portmanking |
Sorry Joe, but why should anything the Chelsea group do or think be held in any positive light whatsoever? They are dreadful custodians.
From everything I've heard his 'running' of the training ground would be put to shame by Kieran... |
Moving Rosenior to Chelsea a bad appointment but the people they’ve appointed to main jobs have been highly rated and done well, and now have got Alonso in which is a real coup.
McKenna obviously incredible on the training ground, but O’Neil someone who will get out there and with those around him out on good hands on sessions - that’s very different to some of the candidates mentioned | |
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| Gary O'Neil on 23:36 - Jun 20 with 896 views | Matt_Netherlands |
For me it’s all about contrast with our previous manager.
We’ve gone from having a manager who is coveted by almost every big club in the land, to appointing someone who has never lasted more than a year in a job and whose former clubs fans seem very critical of.
We’ve known for 2-3 years that McKenna could be off at any point really, so is GON really the result of 24 months of contingency planning? |  | | |
| Gary O'Neil on 10:02 - Jun 21 with 692 views | megnuts |
| Gary O'Neil on 22:57 - Jun 20 by itfcjoe |
Personally I don’t see why it’s so unbelievable that this is someone who has been at top of Ashton’s list - he’s a young British manager than the Chelsea group have just appointed to their 2nd club. He’s obviously still seen as a ‘bright young thing’ in coaching circles like Rosenior was before him to get that job.
He’s a manager from the modern school, who runs the training ground like McKenna did - has some good coaches around him, he’s a fit in coming in to replicate what we have in work ethic, etc
It’s still more likely than not we’ll get relegated, it’s still more than likely he will be sacked by this time next year - but that’s literally the case for anyone we appoint now. |
For me, O’Neil adds an instant layer of pressure that we did not need.
This appointment will be scrutinised far quicker than most because, rightly or wrongly, he is not someone the fanbase was asking for. If results start badly, people will turn quicker because there is no natural goodwill there. That matters. And Ashton can’t block out the noise when it suits him, he’ll know the general feeling by bringing in O’Neil (he lapped up all the Nunez noise).
It also puts the spotlight straight back on Ashton. When we inevitably hit a poor run, because we almost certainly will given the position we are in, the atmosphere could turn sour very quickly. Not just against the manager, but against the process that led to him. That is the issue for me. If this was the direction, there were other routes that at least had a clearer logic.
You could have gone for Dyche if the priority was survival, stability and Premier League firefighting. You could have gone for Ole if the priority was continuity, knowledge of the club and someone with top-level experience. You could have gone for BBM if the priority was upside, a younger coach, momentum off a promotion season and a higher ceiling. Those are all hypothetical now, obviously, and people can argue the individual names. But the broader point is that each route would have been easier to understand. They would not have divided the fanbase this quickly or created this much noise before a ball is even kicked.
With O’Neil, I just do not see the evidence that justifies the risk. His Wolves spell is still too fresh in people’s minds: poor results, defensive issues, no consistency and a bad ending. That does not mean he is useless, but it does mean this appointment needs a much stronger case than “modern coach” or “good fit”.
Right now, it feels like an unnecessary gamble at exactly the wrong time. | | | |
| Gary O'Neil on 10:20 - Jun 21 with 663 views | itfc_statman |
Championship clubs turned him down and with good reason.
Im not happy about it but he probably wont last to December. | | | |
| Gary O'Neil on 10:23 - Jun 21 with 644 views | darkhorse28 |
Exactly. He’s a good profile, and works to a similar methodology to McKenna, and has foreign experience in a league that is easily the best talent id league for transitioning to the prem.
He (hopefully) will do significantly better than most think, decent appointment imo. Really detailed and analytical and at this level that’s vital.
He’s better than McKenna (objectively) so it’s hardly a disaster that other options could have been.
Excited to see if he’s given an opportunity to add value in recruitment, his record is very good, would trust him 100% compared to Ashton etc
Forwards. Huge work to do though, this is a poor 25 relative to the challenge, it I get a feeling he’s onto it. | | | |
| Gary O'Neil on 10:43 - Jun 21 with 621 views | mellowblue |
| Gary O'Neil on 21:17 - Jun 20 by megnuts |
I’ve posted similar already, so apologies.
He has never even lasted 18 months in a job, which is a pretty big concern straight away. There is no real long-term body of work there, no clear proof that he can build something sustainable, and no evidence that he is this big project manager we should all be excited about. If the route is stabilise and have a manager with Premier League experience, isn’t Dyche a better route? That I would have understood.
His reputation seems to be built around being pragmatic, organised and hard to beat, but even that is questionable. Wolves became a mess defensively, which is a serious issue when that is supposed to be one of his strengths. Shipped goals for Bournemouth too.
There is also no consistency. He had a decent spell at Bournemouth to keep them up, granted. Then at Wolves, his second season was dreadful. No wins in ten games. By the end, he had lost the squad completely, and that was his squad that he had built over the summer.
Bournemouth improved after he left. Wolves improved after he left. That is hard to ignore.
Strasbourg does not move the needle for me either. Came in when they were 7th, finished 8th.
Bournemouth or Wolves fans haven’t been desperate to tell everyone how brilliant he was. Their reactions have said a lot.
The football is another issue. It is functional, but it’s dull and average. Nothing about it screams ambition or fresh ideas. Nothing about it makes you think this is the manager to take us forward.
And after all the talk of a global search, we end up with someone Ashton already knows? Come on. We’ve been told about this list Ashton has had prepared for the day KMc left, which has been on the cards for 2 years. And this is where we’ve landed.
Gary O’Neil would have been nowhere near the top of most people’s lists when this started. It just feels dull, uninspiring and backwards. The poll on here is as 90% in Ole’s favour was it not if it was between those two? And there would have been plenty of discussion around Ole if he landed it. But not to this level.
For me, it would be a really poor appointment. It’s lazy. [Post edited 21 Jun 7:00]
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You have become my personal ChatGPT with this post. Saves me having to articulate it. At least he does have experience at skirmishing at the lower levels of the Premier unlike McKenna 2 years ago so that is possibly a plus. I am dubious about him, but has my full trust and support if he is the next manager. His Wolves experience does worry me though. Showed zero ability to turn it round and clearly lost the dressing room. Cut a very isolated, narky figure at times. | | | |
| Gary O'Neil on 16:07 - Jun 21 with 521 views | Rimsy |
He may turn out to be top fit for us, given the right backing by the owners. But, and it may sound entitled, it is a very underwhelming appointment. Still, the majority will give him ample time to win over the unsure. |  |
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| Gary O'Neil on 16:15 - Jun 21 with 488 views | solemio |
Why is everyone so certain he will come here when it has not been announced officially? | | | |
| Gary O'Neil on 18:01 - Jun 21 with 318 views | Kropotkin123 |
This post makes me more happy about the appointment. I like the fact he has some exposure to a European league now too. |  |
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| Gary O'Neil on 21:31 - Jun 21 with 229 views | TractorWood |
| Gary O'Neil on 16:15 - Jun 21 by solemio |
Why is everyone so certain he will come here when it has not been announced officially? |
Personally hope it doesn't happen. It's nothing personal. Just an appointment like him screams survival dog fight at all costs.
We really needed someone who screams continuation of the ambitious and progressive trajectory McKenna created.
100% blame Ashton. [Post edited 21 Jun 21:32]
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| Gary O'Neil on 21:41 - Jun 21 with 213 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
| Gary O'Neil on 21:19 - Jun 20 by DJR |
Given availability, I think that Gary O'Neil is the best option. He has experience at the lower end of the Premier League which is just what we need as that's where we will be.
We need to get behind him, and can't afford a repeat of the lukewarm and sometimes hostile reaction to McKenna last season. |
We absolutely do need to get behind him. But what is your "given the availability" referring to and how does that fit with Ashton's comments along the lines of we have had some surprising interest. Is it that Burley, Mills and Kuqi's applications were a surprise to him? |  |
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| Gary O'Neil on 21:46 - Jun 21 with 185 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
| Gary O'Neil on 21:31 - Jun 21 by TractorWood |
Personally hope it doesn't happen. It's nothing personal. Just an appointment like him screams survival dog fight at all costs.
We really needed someone who screams continuation of the ambitious and progressive trajectory McKenna created.
100% blame Ashton. [Post edited 21 Jun 21:32]
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What are you expecting better than a survival dog fight next season? Unless we can sign a whole tranche of Premier League players we are going to have one of the weakest squads in the league aren't we?
The main thing I hope is that the new manager gets us playing as a team that is better than the sum of its parts. If that is a bit less attractive in style than McKenna's teams but more effective I would take that. I would also love to see some younger players brought through but that also depends on having younger players of good enough quality. | |
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