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Phil_bfc deux

Phil_bfc deux

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Mick McCarthy was a good appointment as Blackpool manager?

He's turning out to be worse than Appleton with god awful tactics and player selections

It isn't a surprise mind, you only have to look at his last 1000 games or so to see how he wants to play

What a bizarre fcuked up appointment

The only positive is that we still aren't out of it and that's a fcuking miracle given how shit we have been in the last 7 games with the ball just twatted into the air all the time
 
 
I was happy with his appointment at the time. To be honest, Appleton should have been kept on the way things are currently going but I will reserve judgment until the end of the season.

A lot can happen in football in 13 games.
 
Phil_bfc deux said:
Mick McCarthy was a good appointment as Blackpool manager?

He's turning out to be worse than Appleton with god awful tactics and player selections

It isn't a surprise mind, you only have to look at his last 1000 games or so to see how he wants to play

What a bizarre fcuked up appointment

The only positive is that we still aren't out of it and that's a fcuking miracle given how shit we have been in the last 7 games with the ball just twatted into the air all the time
 
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I wouldn’t say he’s worse than Appleton.
 
He’s good at what he does, you only need to look at how Nelson played on Tuesday. The problem is he’s inherited a small team with no cohesion in midfield, given time and ability to fill the team with 6ft plus grafters he would start grinding out results. But you are right he was the wrong appointment at the time given the circumstances he was walking into
 
I’ll have to watch all 1,000 to make an assessment, I’ll come back to you next year when I’ve completed it
 
Phil_bfc deux said:
Mick McCarthy was a good appointment as Blackpool manager?

He's turning out to be worse than Appleton with god awful tactics and player selections

It isn't a surprise mind, you only have to look at his last 1000 games or so to see how he wants to play

What a bizarre fcuked up appointment

The only positive is that we still aren't out of it and that's a fcuking miracle given how shit we have been in the last 7 games with the ball just twatted into the air all the time
 
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I always said Big Sam as an escape artist on relegation, we got the cheaper version. I do sort of get the reasoning behind it but as you've pointed out many times we don't have the players to play his usual game. He needs to be able to adapt to what we have & on the showing at Blackburn we are woefully short in some areas. It's no use complaining about it now though, we'll just have to hope he reads this board & takes note. Or you could send him a text advising team selection etc 👍 :)
 
Phil_bfc deux said:
Mick McCarthy was a good appointment as Blackpool manager?

He's turning out to be worse than Appleton with god awful tactics and player selections

It isn't a surprise mind, you only have to look at his last 1000 games or so to see how he wants to play

What a bizarre fcuked up appointment

The only positive is that we still aren't out of it and that's a fcuking miracle given how shit we have been in the last 7 games with the ball just twatted into the air all the time
 
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Think they are waiting for the perfect 10 starting before they come forward. 🤣
 
Simonized said:
Really? He hasn't learned a thing and is doing exactly what Applehead was doing and that was can't change and won't change, so that's far worse in my view to be making the same blinding errors.
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I think we look better organised at the back and a lot more difficult to break down. The midfields frankly a disgrace but with the players available I’m not sure what else can be done there. We tried play more football on Tuesday but a number of players put in abysmal performances. We don’t be relegated in games away to teams pushing for the playoffs though, and the Reading and Bristol City games coming up will give us the best idea of where we’re at.
 
Pun_1 said:
I was happy with his appointment at the time. To be honest, Appleton should have been kept on the way things are currently going but I will reserve judgment until the end of the season.

A lot can happen in football in 13 games.
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We'll be long relegated by the end of the season.
 
With both, I had misgivings, especially Appleton who we'd seen before and only seen uninspiring football, whereas McCarthy comes with a reputation as a man with a pragmatic style.

He's come in and slowed down the ridiculous goals we were conceding, but the midfield is still rubbish, while we've been shorn of forwards through injury and suspension.

Appleton should have gone after the Wigan shambles and a long term appointment made then.

He was kept on too long, and McCarthy has been left with a shambles of players bereft of confidence, injuries and no chance of getting additional players in.

McCarthy has to get maybe another 15 points between now and the end of the season. Over the last 4 games we've picked up 5. Keep doing that and we might be OK.

We were definitely down under Appleton, whereas I still think we have a chance.

A win on Saturday changes everything.

Onwards and upwards.
 
He trying to prove a point at his and Bowler's expense( did it with Poveda too) and that is that you don't get in his team unless you submit to his Shitball and his so-called dirty work.

He thinks CJ is the answer to everything and seems hell-bent on setting up negatively, so you are more or less on the back foot from the off.

I don't care that we are letting fewer in because we are shit and his shit negativity wont get us the wins we need.

That's now 2 entrenched arrogant Dickheads on the trot and unless he changes he has to go ASAP.
 
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Until we get a midfield I could't give a shite who manages us we're going down.
Go and get Pep,Klopp,Big Sam etc but you ain't going anywhere with Patino,Carey & Dougall fighting for places in the middle whilst our best three (B,S,T) all on the treatment table and Fiorini just on his way back.
 
Simonized said:
He trying to prove a point at his and Bowler's expense( did it with Poveda too) and that is that you don't get in his team unless you submit to his Shitball and his so-called dirty work.

He thinks CJ is the answer to everything and seems hell-bent on setting up negatively, so you are more or less on the back foot from the off.

I don't care that we are letting fewer in because we are shit and his shit negativity wont get us the wins we need.

That's now 2 entrenched arrogant Dickheads on the trot and unless he changes he has to go ASAP.
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It's already got us one more win than Appleton managed in the best part of 4 months.
 
Macseasider said:
We'll be long relegated by the end of the season.
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Possibly so. Like I say, until we are down I will reserve my judgement. It’s not impossible to stay up.

I get the doom and gloom after what happened on Tuesday but we were up against a team I wouldn’t have expected to get points from. There are games we can win.
 
Phil_bfc deux said:
Mick McCarthy was a good appointment as Blackpool manager?

He's turning out to be worse than Appleton with god awful tactics and player selections

It isn't a surprise mind, you only have to look at his last 1000 games or so to see how he wants to play

What a bizarre fcuked up appointment

The only positive is that we still aren't out of it and that's a fcuking miracle given how shit we have been in the last 7 games with the ball just twatted into the air all the time
 
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Ive gone back to my hole where I've been eating my words.

They taste ** horrible 😭
 
I'll admit I didn't mind the appointment as we needed something and I thought that MM could bring about some sort of change which could get us results. To date, I'd say he's really failed. Only one win, two draws at home against two other poor teams at the bottom end of the table and some absolutely shocking performances. It's amusing to think and laugh at some on here who are continuing to justify his team selection even though nothing is improving whatsoever. Grind out an ugly win is fine and I'll back him every time he does it but grind out an ugly defeat is not and he deserves criticism for that. We need wins and so yep every performance will now be judged.
 
Appleton looked uninterested from day 1 and only against PNE at home, 2nd half at Burnley and a spell at Sheff Utd did we look like a team able to compete. Not included Watford as they had about 700 players out injured. He should have been potted during the World Cup break and permanent manager brought in then. That for me is the unforgivable part of this sorry season, a permanent manager with a 4 week break to work with what he had and see what he needed in January was an opportunity wasted.

McCarthy has in part tightened up a defence that was conceding far too many easy goals, but only in part as we are now just conceding less easy goals like on Tuesday. But equally we really never look like scoring enough to win games. We do have some POTENTIALLY winnable games left - Wigan, Cardiff, QPR at home, Reading & PNE away (only including this because of their home form not that I particularly think we are better than them) - but even in the unlikely event of winning all them only takes us to 46 points.
 
Pauls_Boutique said:
Appleton looked uninterested from day 1 and only against PNE at home, 2nd half at Burnley and a spell at Sheff Utd did we look like a team able to compete. Not included Watford as they had about 700 players out injured. He should have been potted during the World Cup break and permanent manager brought in then. That for me is the unforgivable part of this sorry season, a permanent manager with a 4 week break to work with what he had and see what he needed in January was an opportunity wasted.

McCarthy has in part tightened up a defence that was conceding far too many easy goals, but only in part as we are now just conceding less easy goals like on Tuesday. But equally we really never look like scoring enough to win games. We do have some POTENTIALLY winnable games left - Wigan, Cardiff, QPR at home, Reading & PNE away (only including this because of their home form not that I particularly think we are better than them) - but even in the unlikely event of winning all them only takes us to 46 points.
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46 will be enough. 43 has been for 4 of the last 5 seasons
 
To answer the o/p, they're indulging in a bit of backslapping after we signed Josh and Morgan, telling us all the squad is too good to go down and spending too much time slagging off our rivals when we are the worst team in the Championship
 
poolseasider said:
Until we get a midfield I could't give a shite who manages us we're going down.
Go and get Pep,Klopp,Big Sam etc but you ain't going anywhere with Patino,Carey & Dougall fighting for places in the middle whilst our best three (B,S,T) all on the treatment table and Fiorini just on his way back.
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I echo that
 
I'll comment after sat as this game we need to attack and get 3 pts... get 3pts I think he has done OK and no way would we have had same points under crappleton... let's see 5pm sat
 
If no win in next 3 he's got to be sacked and some one who knows what they are doing and prepared to play a bit of football and motivate the team...eg Gary Bowyer or Nathan Jones know this level of football and would have 10 matches to get the necessary points..may need another 17/18 points to survive as I can see Huddersfield pulling away now they've got Warnock as manager.
 
I don't think Appleton would have done better, but we'll never know
For me, the season was f***ed from the moment the greedy bastard chose pastures more lucrative
Wonder if he regrets his decision?
 
After 39 points being too many to be relegated from the Prem - I don’t put any store in points targets. The target has always been 1 more point than the team 3rd from bottom………trends are always there to be broken (see above re:premier league)

It looks bleak but we’re not done until it’s mathematically certain. So we get behind the team and we stay hopeful.

And then no matter what we hold the board to account and demand better recruitment of managers and players.

UTMP
 
Hilarious that the experts think Appleton would have got more points than MM. His record was utter dross.

And to answer the O/P, I think the vast majority were surprised, not in a good way, but, being proper supporters who know something about football, were prepared to back him hoping his experience would get us out of the relegation zone. Appleton left us in such a terrible place, it was always a huge gamble.
 
If Appleton would have continued with his experiment of Carey and Patino as our engine room we would have not got another point all season.

Maybe he’d have seen sense by now?
 
It's a bit of a pointless discussion.
I didn't want Appleton and he did nothing to persusde me he was the right choice. He's now consigned to history.
I've never rated McCarthy but whatever I think about him isn't going to alter anything and I'm guessing he will also be consigned to history at the end of the season.
I'm forever the optimist but thinking we won't be relegated is stretching my optimism to the limit.
So what is important is what comes next.
What I hope is that Simon and the Board have learned that whatever process they had in place has failed 3 times out of 4.
They mustn't get it wrong again.
 
Phil_bfc deux said:
Mick McCarthy was a good appointment as Blackpool manager?

He's turning out to be worse than Appleton with god awful tactics and player selections

It isn't a surprise mind, you only have to look at his last 1000 games or so to see how he wants to play

What a bizarre fcuked up appointment

The only positive is that we still aren't out of it and that's a fcuking miracle given how shit we have been in the last 7 games with the ball just twatted into the air all the time
 
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Surely it is about the lack of quality in the players he has to select from. A lack of creativity in our midfield, not to mention a lack of steel in there too. The team also lacks goals. None of the weaknesses in the squad were addressed in the summer transfer window leading to panic signings later on. The manager cannot be blamed for this. If you were to ask all the contributors on here they would all pick a different team!
 
Chunkylad said:
If Appleton would have continued with his experiment of Carey and Patino as our engine room we would have not got another point all season.

Maybe he’d have seen sense by now?
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And who did MM play the other night?
Only Dougall in the mix with those two,why because we've fuck all else to play there unless you count our player of the season now captain who'll end up front he's played that many positions.😁
 
Putting results to one side, the performances on the pitch under MM have been abysmal. Zero entertainment, 100%(or thereabouts) hoofball. Seriously considering not bothering even watching this Saturday.
 
Tangerinemoss said:
Hilarious that the experts think Appleton would have got more points than MM. His record was utter dross.

And to answer the O/P, I think the vast majority were surprised, not in a good way, but, being proper supporters who know something about football, were prepared to back him hoping his experience would get us out of the relegation zone. Appleton left us in such a terrible place, it was always a huge gamble.
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We are in a worse place now than when Appleton left
 
Let's be fair we stunk the division out for the best part of three months under Appleton, maybe bar a couple of okay 45 mins; he had the longest winless streak in football at the time of his sacking. We've looked shocking under McCarthy too. I really think it's pointless arguing their finer points. It has been nothing short of a disastrous season so far, all in all.

To answer: People probably looked at the appointment with some optimism a few weeks ago, thinking a change would bring a bit of a bounce pull us out of the mire. It's already looking like the latest in a succession of poor, shortsighted decisions however.

Can't say I'm optimistic about going to Reading on Sat.
 
TangerineArmy said:
Oh yeah especially after his team picked against Watford kids... wouldn't trust him to run a bath
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Yeah you're right, cos Mccarthy's team selections have been so much better. 🤣
Especially against a poor Huddersfield. 2 points definitely dropped.
Let's hope the last few games wasnt the `new manager bounce' otherwise we are doomed🤣

Anyway, as you say - let's see what he comes up with on saturday.
 
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