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first one falls...

Post by thebish » Sun Aug 26, 2012 2:18 pm

Coventry have sacked boss Andy Thorn. City have drawn their first three league games in League One following their relegation from the Championship last season.

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Post by Bruce Rioja » Sun Aug 26, 2012 3:23 pm

thebish wrote:Coventry have sacked boss Andy Thorn. City have drawn their first three league games in League One following their relegation from the Championship last season.
Aye. Apparently they were two up against Bury and it finished 2-2. Still seems a bit quick though.
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Post by BWFC_Insane » Sun Aug 26, 2012 4:06 pm

Bruce Rioja wrote:
thebish wrote:Coventry have sacked boss Andy Thorn. City have drawn their first three league games in League One following their relegation from the Championship last season.
Aye. Apparently they were two up against Bury and it finished 2-2. Still seems a bit quick though.
Took em down last year though I suppose.......

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Post by boltonboris » Sun Aug 26, 2012 5:08 pm

As said above. It's not just based on 3 games. There's obviously no marked improvement on a terribly poor season last term, so they're taking action now to make sure the new man gets a few of his own in and still has time to turn things around.

The thing with relegation (and we're going through this), is the whole negativity around the club. Things need changing, new faces need to come in and you need to distance yourselves from the failure you've been through.
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Post by Tombwfc » Sun Aug 26, 2012 5:28 pm

They were always heading for relegation whoever was in charge, but I can certainly empathise if they feel a new manager will bring about a change in momentum. Certainly I don't think they've much to lose.

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Post by bobo the clown » Sun Aug 26, 2012 5:50 pm

Serves the fckr right for being unwilling to join us when we enquired in his Swindon days !!
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Post by Adam Wilson » Mon Aug 27, 2012 5:09 pm

three games in is ridiculous. Should've made the decision at the end of the season if they were going to. If you decide to back the manager that took you down and let them do preseason make signings etc, then you give them more than three games. However, if Bolton wanted to get rid of Coyle I might be tempted to revise my opinion!

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Post by Raven » Tue Aug 28, 2012 12:11 pm

Think its more to do with the way they cannot hold onto a lead amongst many things, last year was the same they kept losing a lead and possibly could have stayed up if they kept hold of some. Main problem though is SISU the owners, no one really knows who they are and the new manager will need some luck....horrible news for Cov fans is that Megsons on the list!!
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Post by Bruce Rioja » Tue Aug 28, 2012 12:17 pm

Raven wrote:Think its more to do with the way they cannot hold onto a lead amongst many things, last year was the same they kept losing a lead and possibly could have stayed up if they kept hold of some. Main problem though is SISU the owners, no one really knows who they are and the new manager will need some luck....horrible news for Cov fans is that Megsons on the list!!
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Post by thebish » Tue Aug 28, 2012 12:31 pm

Bruce Rioja wrote:
Raven wrote:Think its more to do with the way they cannot hold onto a lead amongst many things, last year was the same they kept losing a lead and possibly could have stayed up if they kept hold of some. Main problem though is SISU the owners, no one really knows who they are and the new manager will need some luck....horrible news for Cov fans is that Megsons on the list!!
Heard Megson ont' wireless over the weekend - sounding quite smug about still being on Sheff W's payroll, the c*nt! :negative:
aye - I heard him too... at one point he seemed to be dismissing Big Sam's sports-science approach (after a question about what we can learn from the olympics) - saying that all of that stuff gets in the way of actually playing football... that's what it sounded like he was saying, anyway...

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Post by Bruce Rioja » Tue Aug 28, 2012 2:22 pm

thebish wrote:
Bruce Rioja wrote:
Raven wrote:Think its more to do with the way they cannot hold onto a lead amongst many things, last year was the same they kept losing a lead and possibly could have stayed up if they kept hold of some. Main problem though is SISU the owners, no one really knows who they are and the new manager will need some luck....horrible news for Cov fans is that Megsons on the list!!
Heard Megson ont' wireless over the weekend - sounding quite smug about still being on Sheff W's payroll, the c*nt! :negative:
aye - I heard him too... at one point he seemed to be dismissing Big Sam's sports-science approach (after a question about what we can learn from the olympics) - saying that all of that stuff gets in the way of actually playing football... that's what it sounded like he was saying, anyway...
Aye, that and getting in a dig about the size of Sam's backroom team to boot.
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Post by ohjimmyjimmy » Tue Aug 28, 2012 3:53 pm

John Sheridan, just sacked at Chesterfield.
Two down already.

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Post by Lord Kangana » Tue Aug 28, 2012 10:48 pm

bobo the clown wrote:Serves the fckr right for being unwilling to join us when we enquired in his Swindon days !!
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Re: first one falls...

Post by Lord Kangana » Tue Aug 28, 2012 10:50 pm

Bruce Rioja wrote:
thebish wrote:
Bruce Rioja wrote:
Raven wrote:Think its more to do with the way they cannot hold onto a lead amongst many things, last year was the same they kept losing a lead and possibly could have stayed up if they kept hold of some. Main problem though is SISU the owners, no one really knows who they are and the new manager will need some luck....horrible news for Cov fans is that Megsons on the list!!
Heard Megson ont' wireless over the weekend - sounding quite smug about still being on Sheff W's payroll, the c*nt! :negative:
aye - I heard him too... at one point he seemed to be dismissing Big Sam's sports-science approach (after a question about what we can learn from the olympics) - saying that all of that stuff gets in the way of actually playing football... that's what it sounded like he was saying, anyway...
Aye, that and getting in a dig about the size of Sam's backroom team to boot.
Please tell me he mentioned 5 from 10.
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