The last manager you didn't want to leave the club... (4 Viewers)

CovisGod · Feb 28, 2013

Out of curiosity.....I think its safe to say nobody wanted to see Robins go, however before that, when was the last time a manger left Coventry that you were upset about ? Most managers have left the club due to frankly poor league performance and deserved the boot so who was the last manager you were sad to see leave ?

Hugh Jarse · Feb 28, 2013

:jerkit: is no great loss, a total glory seeker who i hope fails miserably at management.

Eric Black probably, maybe Gary Mac.

kg82 · Feb 28, 2013

Eric black was the only one I've ever felt like that with really. I don't really remember Sillett, was only going for about a season before he left, and didn't get to go very often. I wasn't quite up to speed with what he'd achieved!

skybluelee · Feb 28, 2013

Snoz being sacked whilst ill for that nobhead Butcher still rankles.

Personally, I was p*ssed off with the way Dowie was treated as well.

The Reverend Skyblue · Feb 28, 2013

I agree with Sillett's sacking ,it was poorly done, and was'nt warranted in the first place.
Black as well should have been given longer.
Gordon Milne many years back did'nt deserve to be booted out.I thought je had done a great job back then and was upset when he was sacked.
We have had so many managers it's really hard to remember them all.
Did Big Ron get sacked, or did he resign after being poached ,i just can't remember.I liked tthe team he built/bought whilehe was with us and he was a great character as well, never boring.

torchomatic · Feb 28, 2013

Sillett. All the others from Butcher, Neal, McAllister, Strachan Dowie, Coleman, etc deserved the bullet. I did like Micky Adams.

kg82 · Feb 28, 2013

Big Ron "moved aside" for Strachan and became Director of Football for a short period.

RegiswasGod · Feb 28, 2013

Roland Nilsson for me. He should never have been sacked. I'd probably welcome him back now.

torchomatic · Feb 28, 2013

Forgot about him. Yeah, he was alright.

RegiswasGod said:
Roland Nilsson for me. He should never have been sacked. I'd probably welcome him back now.

procdoc · Feb 28, 2013

Black, Nillson and Sillett are the only ones that spring to mind, the rest were piss poor managers

kg82 · Feb 28, 2013

Yeah, also forgot about Nilsson. Good call.

skyblueman · Feb 28, 2013

Black & Nilsson for me

Sterling Archer · Feb 28, 2013

Roland Nilsson for me as well, silly knee jerk reaction.

From what I heard, bringing Jim Smith as his right hand man was the reason for the downturn in form.

withers · Feb 28, 2013

Boothroyd - a bit controversial I know but he would have kept us up

play_in_skyblue_stripes · Feb 28, 2013

Similar to everyone else

John Sillett
Eric Black
Micky Adams

mark82 · Feb 28, 2013

Nilsson. Maybe Gary Mac. Eric Black did well but so did Andy Thorn when he was given the chance at the back end of a season.

mark82 · Feb 28, 2013

Also thought Dowie didn't deserve.

sky blue zam · Feb 28, 2013

withers said:
Boothroyd - a bit controversial I know but he would have kept us up

agree with this, but deffo black and nillson and to some extent dowie

TrueSkyBlueLiam · Feb 28, 2013

For me, it's Mark Robins (obvious choice), Aidy Boothroyd and Micky Adams. Boothroyd was doing great for us, we were in the play-offs and on good form, until we got injuries to key players. No manager can keep up that sort of form with less than half his first team fit and to this day i still feel his sacking was unfair. Micky Adams did really well during the 2005/6 season. I remember going to some great games during that season and it was some of the best football i've seen. He had a bad start to the season and we sack him just like that? He could have turned it around and established us as a mid-table side that season. CCFC have been very trigger happy, mostly cus the managers deserved it, but Aidy and Micky didnt deserve the sack. And everything has been said about Robins so i will say nothing else about him. I'll just be repeating what everyone has been saying

Colonel Mustard · Feb 28, 2013

Sterling Archer said:
Roland Nilsson for me as well, silly knee jerk reaction.

From what I heard, bringing Jim Smith as his right hand man was the reason for the downturn in form.

Jim Smith came in because Richard Money was sacked, so it was actually a double blow.

SBS · Feb 28, 2013

TrueSkyBlueLiam said:
For me, it's Mark Robins (obvious choice), Aidy Boothroyd and Micky Adams. Boothroyd was doing great for us, we were in the play-offs and on good form, until we got injuries to key players. No manager can keep up that sort of form with less than half his first team fit and to this day i still feel his sacking was unfair. Micky Adams did really well during the 2005/6 season. I remember going to some great games during that season and it was some of the best football i've seen. He had a bad start to the season and we sack him just like that? He could have turned it around and established us as a mid-table side that season. CCFC have been very trigger happy, mostly cus the managers deserved it, but Aidy and Micky didnt deserve the sack. And everything has been said about Robins so i will say nothing else about him. I'll just be repeating what everyone has been saying

I went to the two games either side of Boothroyds sacking. You wouldn't have thought you were watching the same players given the football we played in Burnley in Thorns first game. Once ABs tactics got found out we were awful.

Black and Nilsson are the two for me. Dowie possibly, but under Adams we didn't win for 15 games IIRC? We got hammered by West Brom and couldn't beat Bristol City who were then league 1 over two legs. He sounded like he'd lost the plot, although fair play for what he's doing at Port Vale.

withers · Feb 28, 2013

SBS said:
I went to the two games either side of Boothroyds sacking. You wouldn't have thought you were watching the same players given the football we played in Burnley in Thorns first game. Once ABs tactics got found out we were awful.

I think players hate playing under Boothroyd because it's all manager-led - there were a few games after his sacking where the players were obviously able and so happy to play football again. Bu then we lost all those games from winning positions, which simply wouldn't have happened under AB. He def would've kept us up but then I wouldn't have minded seeing the back of him in the summer.

Colonel Mustard · Feb 28, 2013

TrueSkyBlueLiam said:
Micky Adams did really well during the 2005/6 season. I remember going to some great games during that season and it was some of the best football i've seen. He had a bad start to the season and we sack him just like that? He could have turned it around and established us as a mid-table side that season.

There were strong, ongoing rumblings about Adams having lost the dressing room by the point of his sacking. Those rumours certainly weren't helped by the player performances at the end of his reign. If that was the case - and most at the time seemed to believe it was - then it is an untenable position for any manager.

WillieStanley · Feb 28, 2013

TrueSkyBlueLiam said:
For me, it's Mark Robins (obvious choice), Aidy Boothroyd and Micky Adams. Boothroyd was doing great for us, we were in the play-offs and on good form, until we got injuries to key players. No manager can keep up that sort of form with less than half his first team fit and to this day i still feel his sacking was unfair. Micky Adams did really well during the 2005/6 season. I remember going to some great games during that season and it was some of the best football i've seen. He had a bad start to the season and we sack him just like that? He could have turned it around and established us as a mid-table side that season. CCFC have been very trigger happy, mostly cus the managers deserved it, but Aidy and Micky didnt deserve the sack. And everything has been said about Robins so i will say nothing else about him. I'll just be repeating what everyone has been saying

We were on the most torrid winless run we've had in recent times. We were on the cusp of relegation with 10 games to go... how could he have got us to mid-table in that timeframe? It was clear he'd lost the players and by Christmas, the rest of the Championship had figured us out. Boothroyd had lots of good ideas (mini-Coventry) and some awesome soundbites but ultimately, was 1 dimensional as a manager.

Nilsson and Black hurt the most, I was sad to see Gary Mac go due to the circumstances and I so desperately wanted him to do well, after he was such a fantastic and solid captain for us. Dowie was perhaps premature but I couldn't see things improving under him after Mifsud lost his form.

blueflint · Feb 28, 2013

jimmy hill

SkyBlue_Bear83 · Feb 28, 2013

Thought Dowie was hard done by in getting the sack, although can't say I was distraught he got the sack

Dimi_Konstantflapalot · Feb 28, 2013

You have to remember that Adams, whilst he did have McSheffrey sold by the board at the start of 06/07, also brought in a lot of garbage signings and completely revamped the squad that had achieved an 8th placed finish the previous season. Think Birchall, Bischoff, Andrews, Kyle, Virgo, Hawkins, Bunce.

PVA · Feb 28, 2013

Not a popular opinion but Boothroyd for me.

Now doing a cracking job at Northampton, their fans love him.

shmmeee · Feb 28, 2013

Dowie, Nilsson, Black. All cut short for non-footballing reasons, all gave me enjoyable times as a City fan (their only job).

Colonel Mustard · Feb 28, 2013

shmmeee said:
Dowie, Nilsson, Black. All cut short for non-footballing reasons, all gave me enjoyable times as a City fan (their only job).

Dowie is the one guy where you can make an argument for footballing reasons: 0.73 points per game in his last 15 matches, going from 8th place to 19th. A change to stave off relegation wasn't a bad call.

CJparker · Feb 28, 2013

I didn't want to see a single manager leave after Reid left

Bill Glazier · Feb 28, 2013

blueflint said:
jimmy hill

Yes, it could be argued that losing Jimmy to television was a blow the club never quite recovered from. Before then it felt like we might become one of great clubs of England - survival seemed to be the only story afterwards. Since then? Well, Roland should never have been sacked and replacing Black with Reid was one of the stupidest things I've ever seen.

deanocity3 · Feb 28, 2013

Was Roland sacked,I thought he just left GMTV
yaaa RAT RAPPING

dadgad · Feb 28, 2013

NOEL CANTWELL was very poorly treated too.. Performed heroics by keeping them up first season:claping hands:......Got the club into Europe:claping hands:, did ok with transfers:claping hands: and instilled a bit of discipline:claping hands::claping hands:
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He got unlucky with injuries and the Board lost patience:jerkit:.......too soon. Very unfair.

deanocity3 · Feb 28, 2013

dadgad said:
NOEL CANTWELL was very poorly treated too.. Performed heroics by keeping them up first season:claping hands:......Got the club into Europe:claping hands:, did ok with transfers:claping hands: and instilled a bit of discipline:claping hands::claping hands:
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He got unlucky with injuries and the Board lost patience:jerkit:.......too soon. Very unfair.

Here is Noel doing a runner from Ryton,the players were on good money then look at that reliant Robin car

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