Critchley back next season??

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Im not saying i want him back BUT Worth a punt if you can get odds. No win in 9 for QPR.
 
Was done to death again on Saturday 😵

Would you take Critchley back?

Been reading the QPR fans opinions on him and most want him out already, over the last 12 games they have only picked up two more points than us. There could be a situation in the summer where Critchley is out of a job, and we will be looking for a new manager. We do have a tendency to employ...
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Simonized said:
Was done to death again on Saturday 😵

Would you take Critchley back?

Been reading the QPR fans opinions on him and most want him out already, over the last 12 games they have only picked up two more points than us. There could be a situation in the summer where Critchley is out of a job, and we will be looking for a new manager. We do have a tendency to employ...
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Had no idea, had talk sport on today and they said no wins in 9.. hence this thought.
 
Would be sort of poetic him having to live with the consequences he helped create.

I'd rather find someone new though.
 
If the board have any sense they will have already contacted Liam Manning's agent.

A great up and coming coach who implements an attractive brand of football that is known to develop young players.

He only failed at MK Dons, because the squad from the season before fell apart with no reinvestment.

Would be a top appointment.
 
No. We need to learn the lesson that going back to a previous manager doesn't work. Plus it would be Appleton all over again, in that it would be an unpopular appointment, and it's extremely difficult to win the fans back once you've lost them.

I'm not confident that SS wouldn't though tbh.
 
Simonized said:
Was done to death again on Saturday 😵

Would you take Critchley back?

Been reading the QPR fans opinions on him and most want him out already, over the last 12 games they have only picked up two more points than us. There could be a situation in the summer where Critchley is out of a job, and we will be looking for a new manager. We do have a tendency to employ...
avftt.co.uk
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Grayson didn't work Appleton didn't work
Critchely won't work. Ex managers coming back to us doesn't work.
 
I could be wrong I could be right, (Thanks for that John) but I seem to remember after his departure, SS saying Critchley would always be welcome back at Blackpool.
 
Albert Ross said:
The o/p said next season there is zero chance of MM being here next season whatever happens. Not saying I’d want Critchley back, I wouldn’t, he dropped us in it once. Who’s to say he wouldn’t do it again.
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If he keeps us up you’d never know, i think he has a better chance being here then Critchley next season.

I hope micks here next season if things improve
 
MM is (and should be considered) a short term appointment to try and keep us up because the board realised (finally) that the fans were right all along and they dropped a bollock appointing MA.
If we go down, the boards decision making in the last 12 months is entirely responsible, because quite frankly it's been shit. And I feel for the players because we have a group of very dedicated professionals who really do play for the shirt, but it's likely by August they'll be working for their fourth manager in 12 months. It's really unusual to be in this position and not blame any of the players, but I think they're actually quite blameless in all this. They've been putting the effort in every week, they really have.
 
BB can't stand Quitch I've heard but Sadler thinks he's great.

Why would we want a bloke who had reached his level and is proving that at QPR and also at Iola? The bloke will disappear into the halls of some u23 squad somewhere.
 
Strong rumours coming out of West London that he could be potted tomorrow. I hope that is not the case, I was sort of looking forward to him returning to Bloomfield Road later in the season.
 
Out of all the ex managers the only one I would have back is Holloway I can’t quite believe he’s been overlooked for the likes of Appleton and Grayson
 
Reading QPRs thoughts on Crichley some are genuinely suggesting he is the worse manager they have ever had.
Nothing positive whatsoever. Calling him dull, no personality, rabbit caught in headlights etc.
Maybe not all he’s cracked up to be after all. His next job will be important for his career.
 
His decision to leave us to work with someone as useless as Gerrard, was a really poor decision in my opinion. It may well have add good financial sense for a bloke in his position, but definitely not in terms of his development.

He may well find his career now hits the buffers, before he’s had a chance to establish himself.

Blackpool was the perfect club for him to get a solid grounding in management
 
BFC_BFC_BFC said:
His decision to leave us to work with someone as useless as Gerrard, was a really poor decision in my opinion. It may well have add good financial sense for a bloke in his position, but definitely not in terms of his development.

He may well find his career now hits the buffers, before he’s had a chance to establish himself.

Blackpool was the perfect club for him to get a solid grounding in management
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I think this season has shown that he was right to leave, even if it's gone tits up at QPR. The writing was on the wall, when he left.
 
BFC_BFC_BFC said:
His decision to leave us to work with someone as useless as Gerrard, was a really poor decision in my opinion. It may well have add good financial sense for a bloke in his position, but definitely not in terms of his development.

He may well find his career now hits the buffers, before he’s had a chance to establish himself.

Blackpool was the perfect club for him to get a solid grounding in management
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Said similar at the time, and whilst he would have likely got a pay rise at Villa, when he got removed (Which was highly likely to happen in quick succession at the time he joined them) I seriously doubt he got a massive pay out, i.e. setting him up for life. As I think back room staff are on something like a rolling contract.

Always felt he had low self esteem during his time with us, could be way off, but jumping onto Stevie's raggedy coat tails when his stock was high leaves me thinking this might be the case.
 
straightatthewall said:
I think this season has shown that he was right to leave, even if it's gone tits up at QPR. The writing was on the wall, when he left.
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I’m not sure there’s any real evidence to back that up really. You have to view things retrospectively to formulate that kind of conclusion and that retrospective view may well have looked very different had he remained in post.
 
straightatthewall said:
I think this season has shown that he was right to leave, even if it's gone tits up at QPR. The writing was on the wall, when he left.
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It's the chapter not written.
I can see our signings last summer being very different and a lot earlier.

Whilst we'd all probably complaining about boring and frustrating Critch ball, I think it would have played out similarly to last year and we'd have finished lower mid table after a turgid season.

We still spent a fair amount of money relative to us in the summer, after Critchley went it was all deployed in the wrong areas and on the wrong people, the thinking would have been more joined up had he not done a moonlight flit.

I still maintain his actions are a massive part of the shit we've experienced this season, not a symptom of some larger problem.
 
Enzo said:
Out of all the ex managers the only one I would have back is Holloway I can’t quite believe he’s been overlooked for the likes of Appleton and Grayson
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He’s been overlooked because he, we and the players went on a terrific journey together, a once in a generation journey when everything clicked. The chances of that happening again are extremely remote, plus he has not pulled up any trees in management since he left us. If you have had a wonderful time somewhere, don’t go back it won’t be the same.
 
I was desperately disappointed with the manner of his departure but I would have to say I was grateful for his spell in charge and thought on balance he improved the team no end during his tenure.

He is clearly close to Gerrard and that probably was the clincher but he showed no class in not saying anything to the fans.

Certainly the shitshow which followed with recruitment of a terrible manager and failing to get players we needed was how we ended up where we are now. If Critchley had been here with his appeal we would have got Brannagan and possibly Bishop.

I’m f he was to come back I could get behind him but he would have a lot of people at the club and in the stands to convince.
 
Thatseasider said:
It's the chapter not written.
I can see our signings last summer being very different and a lot earlier.

Whilst we'd all probably complaining about boring and frustrating Critch ball, I think it would have played out similarly to last year and we'd have finished lower mid table after a turgid season.

We still spent a fair amount of money relative to us in the summer, after Critchley went it was all deployed in the wrong areas and on the wrong people, the thinking would have been more joined up had he not done a moonlight flit.

I still maintain his actions are a massive part of the shit we've experienced this season, not a symptom of some larger problem.
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Obviously we don't really know, but here's my take.

He was told the budget for the season and the potential constraints he'd have to work under. With those in mind, he chose to step down and take a well paid coaching job in the PL. The talk of 'not wanting to be a number 1' was proven to be nonsense when he chose to be a number 1 at QPR.

The second angle of this, is that we wanted Rosenior and Duff. Both fitted the 'up and coming' personas who would embrace the project. Neither wanted to come and both preferred lower league football to a Championship head coach position. One that would give them a potential platform to something better IF they made progress on what had already been achieved.
We ended up with a guy that had never really been successful in the Championship or League 1. In other words, someone who needed the job more than we needed him.
 
straightatthewall said:
Obviously we don't really know, but here's my take.

He was told the budget for the season and the potential constraints he'd have to work under. With those in mind, he chose to step down and take a well paid coaching job in the PL. The talk of 'not wanting to be a number 1' was proven to be nonsense when he chose to be a number 1 at QPR.

The second angle of this, is that we wanted Rosenior and Duff. Both fitted the 'up and coming' personas who would embrace the project. Neither wanted to come and both preferred lower league football to a Championship head coach position. One that would give them a potential platform to something better IF they made progress on what had already been achieved.
We ended up with a guy that had never really been successful in the Championship or League 1. In other words, someone who needed the job more than we needed him.
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Agree with some bits. I thought it might have been not wanting to be the number 1 which yes had been blown out of the water.

But I’m not sure I buy the theory he was told of the budget and thought no thanks.
He was working under a relatively constrained budget for the first season in the Championship and managed it fairly well. Not sure why he’d have suddenly though it was beyond him.

Given what’s been ‘officially’ stated about it all - he was approached by Gerrard after Beale left and in his mind he loved Gerrard and basically it was the one thing he’d realistically leave us for. I honestly think it’s just that simple.

It’s been done to death this one so I’m not really adding much here.

From the few ITK’ers left on here Duff had one interview before being rejected but I agree I think Rosenior was close ans something happened to scupper it. Rumours he didn’t want it , he was caught lying about something etc.

Then yeh it’s hard to disagree, what ever happened before it the time constraints of it all left us with Appleton. A guy who’s talents did not merit a Championship gig.

The crux of it all for me is, Critchley got teenage girl feelings for their poster idol, left us scrambling and a series of poorly managed situations from there landed us here. It started with Critchley for me.
 
straightatthewall said:
Obviously we don't really know, but here's my take.

He was told the budget for the season and the potential constraints he'd have to work under. With those in mind, he chose to step down and take a well paid coaching job in the PL. The talk of 'not wanting to be a number 1' was proven to be nonsense when he chose to be a number 1 at QPR.

The second angle of this, is that we wanted Rosenior and Duff. Both fitted the 'up and coming' personas who would embrace the project. Neither wanted to come and both preferred lower league football to a Championship head coach position. One that would give them a potential platform to something better IF they made progress on what had already been achieved.
We ended up with a guy that had never really been successful in the Championship or League 1. In other words, someone who needed the job more than we needed him.
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I think you’re stretching it a bit there straighters…

Duff is a bit of a clown as a character and in an interview situation I can imagine he’d come across as a bit of a dummy. He doesn’t strike me as someone with the nouse to manage at Championship level…

On Rosenior I very much doubt that he knocked us back. In fact I think it much more likely that we chose not to go ahead with that deal.

As for Critchley, I’m pretty sure he’d already started to assess his squad in the latter stages of last season in order to determine the recruitment requirements… I wonder if Branagan would have come to us had Critchley stayed also… Ots possible he may have been warned about budgetary restrictions I suppose, but I don’t see any reason to think the budgetary situation would have radically altered.

I’m also struggling to see why the Club would bother going to the lengths of replacing the recruitment team and bringing individuals with a successful track record, if the intention was to simply adopt a bargain basement policy…
 
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BFC_BFC_BFC said:
I think you’re stretching it a bit there straighters…

Duff is a bit of a clown as a character and in an interview situation I can imagine he’d come across as a bit of a dummy. He doesn’t strike me as someone with the nouse to manage at Championship level…

On Rosenior I very much doubt that he knocked us back. In fact I think it much more likely that we chose not to go ahead with that deal.

As for Critchley, I’m pretty sure he’d already started to assess his squad in the latter stages of last season in order to determine the recruitment requirements… I wonder if Branagan would have come to us had Critchley stayed also… Ots possible he may have been warned about budgetary restrictions I suppose, but I don’t see any reason to think the budgetary situation would have radically altered.

I’m also struggling to see why the Club would bother going to the lengths of replacing the recruitment team and bringing individuals with a successful track record, if the intention was to simply adopt a bargain basement policy…
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LR was contacted by Rooney over that weekend he was in final talks. Soon after Rooney left and LR took over- you can only draw the conclusion that Rooney told LR at the DC would be available and WR was going to recommend LR.

We didn't knock him back.
 
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