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Thorn sacked tonight (1 Viewer)

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  • Start date Aug 25, 2012
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Covstu

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  • Aug 25, 2012
  • #106
torchomatic said:
Loads of managers would come here. The out of work ones are always desperate to have another crack. I think getting a new manager would be easy, it's getting the right one that always seems difficult.
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Depends if we have money to spen on his wages
 

torchomatic

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 25, 2012
  • #107
Exactly right. We'd have no trouble getting someone interested, but paying them is a different matter entirely. Which is why we've got Andy Thorn.


Covstu said:
Depends if we have money to spen on his wages
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Neoprene

New Member
  • Aug 25, 2012
  • #108
Nick said:
That is the gamble though isn't it.

They could either be amazing or awful.
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But isnt that the game we love...without being pedantic..Chris Powell got the backing from the fans but more than that the RESPECT from the players..what a legend he played for England, for Charlton in the Prem etc etc maybe LC would command the same respect and bring in new ideas as being only recently a member of a very succesful Everton team and a Cov player with the Sky Blues at heart???
 

Colonel Mustard

New Member
  • Aug 25, 2012
  • #109
SkyblueBazza said:
There's an old saying that "You reap what you sow"...& a lot of people think that consistency is what brings success in football. If you put them together, CCFC have consistently changed their management every 18-24months & we have been reaping the consequences throughout the post cup era.
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There is just no credibility to this idea. What resounding evidence is there that managers get better the longer they are in the chair? And if the theory is completely wrong, then it can be extremely damaging to stick with a poor, underperforming manager for a long period of time. All they'd be doing is damaging the club.

I agree to the extent that you shouldn't chop and change every two years regardless, but the mistake that the club has made over the past decade is in chopping strong-performing managers (Nilsson, Black) - exactly the types who could have had that five year reign.
 

lordsummerisle

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 25, 2012
  • #110
Colonel Mustard said:
There is just no credibility to this idea. What resounding evidence is there that managers get better the longer they are in the chair? And if the theory is completely wrong, then it can be extremely damaging to stick with a poor, underperforming manager for a long period of time. All they'd be doing is damaging the club.

I agree to the extent that you shouldn't chop and change every two years regardless, but the mistake that the club has made over the past decade is in chopping strong-performing managers (Nilsson, Black) - exactly the types who could have had that five year reign.
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As I've said before, the only times we haven't opened the revolving door everybody gets so excited about on an underperforming manager, we've got relegated .
 

Senior Vick from Alicante

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 25, 2012
  • #111
Just to throw a name in Kevin Blackwell. Knows the lower leagues and instills passion and drive in his teams and is busting a gut to get back involved. Been abroad for the last year although I can't see Thorn being hung out to dry just yet.
 

Mucca Mad Boys

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 25, 2012
  • #112
Neoprene said:
But isnt that the game we love...without being pedantic..Chris Powell got the backing from the fans but more than that the RESPECT from the players..what a legend he played for England, for Charlton in the Prem etc etc maybe LC would command the same respect and bring in new ideas as being only recently a member of a very succesful Everton team and a Cov player with the Sky Blues at heart???
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Thorn won the FA cup Wimbledon, correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't that one of the true underdog stories in FA cup history?

That commands respect and again, I stand to be corrected, but I'm fairly sure Shaw nor Carsley have won the FA cup?

I think it's just Powell is a good manager which has gained him respect than being a top player.
 

skybluealan

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 25, 2012
  • #113
Why can everybody not see what AT has done, the worst stats for any Coventry manager of all time. He is NOT a manager, he has to go, but he is a yes man for SISU so he will be there to the end of the season. We will stay in Div 1 and that will be classed by AT as a great year. My thoughts, AT AND SISU out
 

BackRoomRummermill

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 25, 2012
  • #114
Unfortunately it is not going to happen, worse is that he should have gone 12 months ago.

Hang on where are all the AT lovers ...................... mulling over berating people saying what your all saying tonight only it was months ago.

points win prizes .................................. 3 points from a possible 9. (two home games included)

Great start !
 

Mucca Mad Boys

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 25, 2012
  • #115
skybluealan said:
Why can everybody not see what AT has done, the worst stats for any Coventry manager of all time. He is NOT a manager, he has to go, but he is a yes man for SISU so he will be there to the end of the season. We will stay in Div 1 and that will be classed by AT as a great year. My thoughts, AT AND SISU out
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Tbf to him, none of the goals were his fault today, players weren't tired, just individual mistakes. He was somewhat at fault for what happened, after their equaliser.

It is clear AT's aim is promotion, not to stay in L1.
 

Nick

Administrator
  • Aug 25, 2012
  • #116
SkyBlue_Taylor said:
Tbf to him, none of the goals were his fault today, players weren't tired, just individual mistakes. He was somewhat at fault for what happened, after their equaliser.

It is clear AT's aim is promotion, not to stay in L1.
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What makes that clear? Is it him going all out for wins when we are drawing by throwing the kitchen sink at them?
 

Grendel

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 25, 2012
  • #117
Let's all TE=gaz;250013]Well it's gone 9pm now and no news that Thorn has gone. :thinking about:

Did the op say that he was going tonight or Thursday ?

Oh well, the clock is ticking ....[/QUOTE]

Lets all hope for the sake of the club it is true.
 

Grendel

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 25, 2012
  • #118
pw362 said:
Yeah sack thorn and give all the anti thorn posters one game in charge each to turn our fortunes around
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Sad pathetic post from someone who knows he has backed a dud. You have my sympathy.
 

BackRoomRummermill

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 25, 2012
  • #119
pw362 said:
Yeah sack thorn and give all the anti thorn posters one game in charge each to turn our fortunes around
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I wish they had only given AT one game in charge !
 
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CCFC_Charlie

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 25, 2012
  • #120
I think we may have to take a gamble, Norwich did it with Lambert, Charlton did it with Powell, Huddersfield did it with Clark and came very close!
 

Grendel

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  • Aug 25, 2012
  • #121
SkyBlue_Taylor said:
Thorn won the FA cup Wimbledon, correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't that one of the true underdog stories in FA cup history?

That commands respect and again, I stand to be corrected, but I'm fairly sure Shaw nor Carsley have won the FA cup?

I think it's just Powell is a good manager which has gained him respect than being a top player.
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Briliant.

Sack them all and give cup winner Ogrizovic the job.
 

Nick

Administrator
  • Aug 25, 2012
  • #122
CCFC_Charlie said:
Huddersfield did it with Clark and came very close!
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Then changed and went straight up
 
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CCFC_Charlie

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 25, 2012
  • #123
11pm and Andrew Thorn is still the manager of Coventry City Football Club
 
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ThisManHere

New Member
  • Aug 25, 2012
  • #124
I've just seen Dennis Wise and Vinny Samways tucking into a Chicken Bhuna at the Standard Sweet Centre on Foleshill Road. Word is they had just had a few beers in the General Wolfe and were on their way to the Ricoh to sort everything out.

You heard it here first.
 
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Skyblue4u

New Member
  • Aug 25, 2012
  • #125
I believe it all apart from the Indian sweet centre. Who the hell would eat in that rat infested doss hole
 
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ThisManHere

New Member
  • Aug 25, 2012
  • #126
Skyblue4u said:
I believe it all apart from the Indian sweet centre. Who the hell would eat in that rat infested doss hole
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Evidently Dennis Wise and Vinny Samways...
 

Delboycov

Active Member
  • Aug 25, 2012
  • #127
Personally I think we should make the change sooner rather than later...he has shown himself to be tactically inept over the last year and I'm sure I wasn't the only one that felt even at 2-0 we wouldn't hold on for the win....nothing's changed. We can't hold a lead and that has been a constant throughout his reign and I can't see that changing...can anyone?
 

AFCCOVENTRY

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 25, 2012
  • #128
CCFC_Charlie said:
11pm and Andrew Thorn is still the manager of Coventry City Football Club
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This is like Big Brother....

In a geordie accent

23.13pm...

In the Big Brother House.... aka Ricoh Arena

Andy Thorn enters the diary room....
 

stupot07

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 25, 2012
  • #129
CCFC_Charlie said:
I think we may have to take a gamble, Norwich did it with Lambert, Charlton did it with Powell, Huddersfield did it with Clark and came very close!
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Yes and they also had a lot more spending power than us. In addition to numbers free signings and loan players-
Norwich paid fees for 8 players including £500k for Holt
Charlton paid fees for 9 players including £375k for Stephens
Huddlesfield paid fees for 6 players (2008/09) including £500k for Denton

We have paid a fee for 1 player - Barton reportedly about £150k.
 

Ccfcisparks

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 25, 2012
  • #130
ThisManHere said:
I've just seen Dennis Wise and Vinny Samways tucking into a Chicken Bhuna at the Standard Sweet Centre on Foleshill Road. Word is they had just had a few beers in the General Wolfe and were on their way to the Ricoh to sort everything out.

You heard it here first.
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Would that mean we would be getting rid of Shaw if Samways came in as assistant to wise
 
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stringyb92

New Member
  • Aug 25, 2012
  • #131
I gather he isnt being sacked tonight then! I said id give him to xmas, but i give up with him now! Get Thorn Out!!!!
 

Ccfc1979

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 25, 2012
  • #132
Apparently, Stevenage is literally it. Last chance saloon.
 

Ccfcisparks

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 25, 2012
  • #133
23:30pm Andy Thorn is crying in the diary room, complaining that David Bell ate his last Scotch egg
 

Ccfc1979

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 25, 2012
  • #134
And if he goes, it's defo Shaw and Carsley. This is from someone who likes to think they're in the know at club. Not sure how true, but just saying what I heard. This in no way means I believe it or have written proof.
 

WeWillBeBack

New Member
  • Aug 25, 2012
  • #135
Ccfc1979 said:
Apparently, Stevenage is literally it. Last chance saloon.
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What do you mean 'apparently'?

Lets be honest, you know exactly the same as the rest of us do.
 

Ccfcisparks

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 25, 2012
  • #136
Ccfc1979 said:
And if he goes, it's defo Shaw and Carsley. This is from someone who likes to think they're in the know at club. Not sure how true, but just saying what I heard. This in no way means I believe it or have written proof.
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Let me guess, your friends taxi driver was driving Waggott home and over heard him on the phone to Thorn?
 

Ccfc1979

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 25, 2012
  • #137
I mean someone who is in and around the board members on match days said in pub. I am only passing on - as I said not saying its gospel. I know as much as I hear. I don't know what anyone else knows.
 

Ccfc1979

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 25, 2012
  • #138
Btw, I think he is full of it as he likes to think he's a counselled ear so I listen to him in a sarcastic way. Just saying what he said tonight. The end. No venom, no superiority, just adding on a loose thing I heard on a sharing forum. That ok?
 
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ThisManHere

New Member
  • Aug 25, 2012
  • #139
Ccfc1979 said:
I mean someone who is in and around the board members on match days said in pub. I am only passing on - as I said not saying its gospel. I know as much as I hear. I don't know what anyone else knows.
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Was it Den and Vin?
 

Ccfcisparks

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 25, 2012
  • #140
Will the board just make their mind up! They are sacking him today, then the Stevenage game, and according to some the end of the season!
 
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