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Confirmed : Lampard Head Coach (3 Viewers)

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fernandopartridge

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  • Nov 28, 2024
  • #211
napolimp said:
First time I've seen Eccles being compared to N'Golo Kante.
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It's the role in the system described now a comparison between them as players
 
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The watchmaker

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  • Nov 28, 2024
  • #212
David O'Day said:
It's Cardiff, they are in an even worse way than us
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Interim manager is under massive pressure after results have dried up. Looks like a gimme... but football.
 

torchomatic

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 28, 2024
  • #213
fernandopartridge said:
Yeah,

Rudoni = Mount
Eccles = Kante
Sheaf = Jorginho
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Unfortunately Sheaf = Sheaf.
 
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MusicDating

Euro 2016 Prediction League Champion!!
  • Nov 28, 2024
  • #214
Sky Blue Goblin said:
Yes but as a cheat if you ctrl A before the pay window comes in, you can copy the article.

Notes how the decision was questioned at the club, but Doug wanted his man and did all the talks with Lampard himself in regards to contract.
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Or just paste the URL in to https://archive.ph/

https://archive.ph/8HX9F

Works with nearly all subscription sites
 
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Garry G

New Member
  • Nov 28, 2024
  • #215
Has any of this piqued your interest, Mr Ashley? An opportune time to get back in the game maybe!
 
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The watchmaker

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  • Nov 28, 2024
  • #216
fernandopartridge said:
Yeah,

Rudoni = Mount
Eccles = Kante
Sheaf = Jorginho
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Would Sheaf not be Kante and Eccles Havertz?
 

rondog1973

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 28, 2024
  • #217
Really hope he succeeds however, if Frank is given permission to delve into the loan market then Robins really has been given a raw deal. Much like Phil Neal was dismissed, Atkinson hired and given shedloads of cash to spend.
 
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Wyken Sky Blue

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  • Nov 28, 2024
  • #218
Garry G said:
Has any of this piqued your interest, Mr Ashley? An opportune time to get back in the game maybe!
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Wouldn't surprise me if we get to Prem Doug sells to Ashley and finally marry the club with the stadium
 
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Otis

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  • Nov 28, 2024
  • #219
torchomatic said:
Unfortunately Sheaf = Sheaf.
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Yeah and two many Sheaf's spoil the broth.
 
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KenilworthSkyBlue

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  • Nov 28, 2024
  • #220
rondog1973 said:
Really hope he succeeds however, if Frank is given permission to delve into the loan market then Robins really has been given a raw deal. Much like Phil Neal was dismissed, Atkinson hired and given shedloads of cash to spend.
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Christ can we stop peddling this myth. Robins had loans lined up and they fell through.
 
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mmttww

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  • Nov 28, 2024
  • #221
rondog1973 said:
if Frank is given permission to delve into the loan market then Robins really has been given a raw deal.
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I mean, we had two loans last season and had a Liverpool CM bloke lined-up who then got injured.

I hear what you're saying and I don't want loans; I want Lampard to get these players performing.

We've done it less than before and the reasons for that were made clear and are hard to argue with.
 
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quinn1971

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  • Nov 28, 2024
  • #222
Otis said:
Oh well. It's done now. I am underwhelmed, but of course I will back him 100%.

Can I ask one thing of my fellow Sky Blues fans....even though I know it will be to no avail.

If we win, say the next three games, please don't give it the whole "King made the right decision" stuff and that Lampard is fabulous. Let's not forget the new manager bounce effect and all that.

By the same token, if results don't improve immediately, can we also refrain from saying it's a terrible appointment.

He's here and we have to give him until the end of the season, unless we drop right down the table further and look like we are going to be relegated.

We have to give him time and can't be giving snap judgements on the back of just a handful of results.

Let's hope he's a big success.
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You say underwhelmed ? Not being funny but who else was out there at the time , copper wasn’t available. if we got klopp it’s still a gamble , personally think he’s exactly what we need, if I’m a player I’m buzzing I’m being coached by lampard, expect our midfield to improve , defence ? That’s a totally different matter, really hope he’s the perfect fit for us , decent bloke , deserves it
 
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Ashdown

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  • Nov 28, 2024
  • #223
MalcSB said:
Are you still allowed to say that? Starmer’s thought police will have you up before the beak in a jiffy!
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Surely folk have heard of that old saying and don’t believe it refers to anything but bosses and workers
 

tisza

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 28, 2024
  • #224
I'll get my crash helmet on.
Can't help feeling this is some kind of throwback to the old days when chairmen loved to pick famous names rather than the best coaches - shiny toy appointments. Doug does seem a throwback to those chairman that liked to be the central focus of the club.
Hoping it works out but wonder how much time he'll really be given to sort things out.
 
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napolimp

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  • Nov 28, 2024
  • #225
A lot of fans from other clubs online saying this is Birmingham City 2.0.
 

Pezza

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  • Nov 28, 2024
  • #226
rondog1973 said:
Really hope he succeeds however, if Frank is given permission to delve into the loan market then Robins really has been given a raw deal. Much like Phil Neal was dismissed, Atkinson hired and given shedloads of cash to spend.
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Agree with you here, however we almost had to see the lack of loans harm us before we see King change his approach on the current 'model'. But agree, would be harsh on MR.
 

mmttww

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  • Nov 28, 2024
  • #227
napolimp said:
A lot of fans from other clubs online saying this is Birmingham City 2.0.
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Except Rooney hadn't managed a team to a playoff final and a UCL place.

I get there's large asterisks against those things but it's not exactly apples vs. apples.
 
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Tommo1993

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  • Nov 28, 2024
  • #228
“As bad as Rooney”

Mainly said by Birmingham fans who are absolutely gagging to get out of our shadow.
 
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fernandopartridge

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  • Nov 28, 2024
  • #229
rondog1973 said:
Really hope he succeeds however, if Frank is given permission to delve into the loan market then Robins really has been given a raw deal. Much like Phil Neal was dismissed, Atkinson hired and given shedloads of cash to spend.
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To be fair though Phil Neal did break the club's transfer record to sign Dion Dublin (admittedly after breaking the received transfer in selling Phil Babb)
 
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KenilworthSkyBlue

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  • Nov 28, 2024
  • #230
In terms of the loan market, where King might block Lampard is if he's looking at loans which require a sizeable fee.

At Derby FL would've essentially had a blank cheque book under Mel Morris. He obviously won't have the same luxury here, and if DK doesn't feel it commercially prudent to dedicate budget on what might be sizeable loan fees then he isn't likely to get the targets he wants.

Derby spent £1m to secure the services of Harry Wilson from Liverpool for a season and I would wager Mount and Tomori weren't freebees either.
 

Evo1883

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  • Nov 28, 2024
  • #231
Going to hammer my nail into the ( don't think it will work out ) section .

But desperately hope it does , and ofcourse I will back him
 
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David O'Day

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  • Nov 28, 2024
  • #232
napolimp said:
A lot of fans from other clubs online saying this is Birmingham City 2.0.
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who cares? most of them are lego eating clowns
 
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procdoc

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  • Nov 28, 2024
  • #233
napolimp said:
A lot of fans from other clubs online saying this is Birmingham City 2.0.
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they're just as clueless as some of our fans though so what do they know
 

Ring Of Steel

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 28, 2024
  • #234
MalcSB said:
@torchomatic Im assuming you didn’t poo on my post because I had drawn attention to potentially race sensitive language perhaps not being acceptable these days.
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I think it’s perhaps more “fuck off with the politics on here”, and I would second it.
 
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David O'Day

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  • Nov 28, 2024
  • #235
Pezza said:
Agree with you here, however we almost had to see the lack of loans harm us before we see King change his approach on the current 'model'. But agree, would be harsh on MR.
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There is no no ban on loans

We had an agreement to loan a midfielder from Liverpool and just before he was due to sign he got a bad injury.

The King bans loans thing was a lie.
 
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napolimp

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  • Nov 28, 2024
  • #236
David O'Day said:
who cares? most of them are lego eating clowns
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Sometimes it's interesting to have the outside perspective. Like when Birmingham let Eustace go and hired Rooney, and we all said it would be a disaster.
 
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gspotgaz

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  • Nov 28, 2024
  • #237
You’d hope all the negative shite will galvanise lampard and the players
 

Evo1883

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  • Nov 28, 2024
  • #238
procdoc said:
they're just as clueless as some of our fans though so what do they know
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Well it's fans from all over the country in fairness .. seems a very large amount of people think this wont end well for us , obviously those same people have been wrong about wayne rooney
 
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M3rcian

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 28, 2024
  • #239
Otis said:
Oh well. It's done now. I am underwhelmed, but of course I will back him 100%.

Can I ask one thing of my fellow Sky Blues fans....even though I know it will be to no avail.

If we win, say the next three games, please don't give it the whole "King made the right decision" stuff and that Lampard is fabulous. Let's not forget the new manager bounce effect and all that.

By the same token, if results don't improve immediately, can we also refrain from saying it's a terrible appointment.

He's here and we have to give him until the end of the season, unless we drop right down the table further and look like we are going to be relegated.

We have to give him time and can't be giving snap judgements on the back of just a handful of results.

Let's hope he's a big success.
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Honestly, just having some cohesion between manager (or head coach) and the coaches makes me optimistic for an upturn. For me that was the biggest flag that MR misjudged how we could progress, or at least stop the slide.
 
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SkyblueTexan

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  • Nov 28, 2024
  • #240
peteCCFC said:
So, he did wait for that tough run of games to be sorted before he took over. Great sign of character........
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Smart move on his part to wait to take over after those tough games. But if we cannot beat Cardiff (who really suck) and suppose we lose, the Lampard-bashers will be out in full force.
 

Ring Of Steel

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  • Nov 28, 2024
  • #241
gspotgaz said:
You’d hope all the negative shite will galvanise lampard and the players
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In that case just get them logins on here
 

TomRad85

Well-Known Member
  • Nov 28, 2024
  • #242
David O'Day said:
There is no no ban on loans

We had an agreement to loan a midfielder from Liverpool and just before he was due to sign he got a bad injury.

The King bans loans thing was a lie.
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Add it to the pile of lies that became fact.
 

David O'Day

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  • Nov 28, 2024
  • #243
napolimp said:
Sometimes it's interesting to have the outside perspective. Like when Birmingham let Eustace go and hired Rooney, and we all said it would be a disaster.
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it's really not

Also Brum were doing much better than we were, it's not the same at all.
 
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Old Warwickshire lad

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  • Nov 28, 2024
  • #244
Brighton Sky Blue said:
King would be best advised to sit back and just let Lampard do his job. Focus on the off field stuff absolutely, but leave the on field stuff to the pros.
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Not a f****** chance.
 
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skybluecam

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  • Nov 28, 2024
  • #245
napolimp said:
Sometimes it's interesting to have the outside perspective. Like when Birmingham let Eustace go and hired Rooney, and we all said it would be a disaster.
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The situations aren’t comparable in any way. We have a better squad than blues did. Robins had a much better record historically with us than Eustace at Blues, but was doing significantly worse in the season concerned. All Rooney and Lampard have in common is being big name England players- Lampard’s CV is much better. There’s nothing about the situations that are the same really.
 
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