Safely say the feelgood factor has disappeared

I think the question is - who else was there?
I actually think that Mansford, and maybe us, view this as a great job which would attract a high calibre of applicants.
Maybe it just didn't happen.
Hobson's choice springs to mind.
 
JJpool said:
Na just an over reaction, people will be over it soon.

I think it'll be a good appointment.

Read the positive threads to see why, not positive it all again.
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But will it affect ST sales two I spoke to yesterday said if it's Appleton they ain't renewing the irony being they didn't boycott when we all where!!!
 
Seventiesseasider said:
One terrible decision, makes no sense

Only worse appointment for me would have been bringing back,
Macdonald or Clark

Even Bowyer would have been better and I never saw him manage
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Is it a terrible decision? Time will tell. The main point is that this club is in a far better place than it was under any of those appointments. Appleton is an experienced, and still young manager, and he'll get backing. For the record, re your thread title, the feel good factor has NOT disappeared for me 👍
 
We have definitely dipped in the feel-good factor at the club since Critch has gone.

I guess it could be a lot worse.

Think it would start to heal once the season starts again.
 
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Usual message board hysteria, get a grip.

He has more experience than Rosenior and is highly regarded in the game. Jesus wept!

I don't blame him one bit for walking out of that shit show under the Oystons. Give the bloke a break ffs.
 
It will be up to Appleton to give us a feel good factor with performances and results, which is the way it should be. As Karen Carpenter proved…singing “I’m on the Top of the World” with a smile on your face doesn’t actually place you on the top of the world!
 
JJpool said:
A few already coming to their senses, tell them to get a grip and back Simon and give the manager a chance.

A lot of the criticisms are weak as piss.
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No they aren’t weak..he wouldn’t have been entertained any other Championship club..he is a poor appointment..
 
Yeah, Appleton isn't an amazing choice on paper, but I think if he's backed by the board and fans he could do a decent job.

We were a League 2 club 5 years ago with shit owners, shit squad, and a shit training ground.

We're now in the Championship with plans for a training ground, new stand, and an owner who has backed the club time and time again.

Feel good factor gone? Grow the hell up.
 
Seasider Sam said:
No they aren’t weak..he wouldn’t have been entertained any other Championship club..he is a poor appointment..
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They are weak when a minority are saying they won't go because of them.

It remains to be seen if hes any good, but needs the support.

But he did well at Lincoln and there's many reasons its not entirely fair to judge last season....

No one would have appointed Critch or seemingly Rosenior.

Doesn't make it right or wrong.
 
JJpool said:
They are weak when a minority are saying they won't go because of them.

It remains to be seen if hes any good, but needs the support.

But he did well at Lincoln and there's many reasons its not entirely fair to judge last season....

No one would have appointed Critch or seemingly Rosenior.

Doesn't make it right or wrong.
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I agree with most of that..as a Blackpool fan I’m more than happy to be wrong and it wouldn’t be the 1st time I been wrong.
 
clappers said:
It will be up to Appleton to give us a feel good factor with performances and results, which is the way it should be. As Karen Carpenter proved…singing “I’m on the Top of the World” with a smile on your face doesn’t actually place you on the top of the world!
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She was good at looking down on creation though. The patronising cow! 🤠
 
Seasider Sam said:
I agree with most of that..as a Blackpool fan I’m more than happy to be wrong and it wouldn’t be the 1st time I been wrong.
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He might be brilliant or absolute dog shit and if he is ill say so, but it shouldn't be for a lack of support or fans on his back too easily.

Is he loses we lose.

Cricth could have been potted early on, look what happened there.

With great support and unity you can do great things.

I wished it was someone who galvanised the fanbase and sold ST, but it isn't.

But some of the reactions and reasons are ott.
 
Yes the feel good factor has gone, and that's why it was a bad decision, and for that reason alone.
Appointing someone who the fans will turn on very quickly if things aren't going great is incredibly risky.
If he makes a start as bad as Critchley it'll be far more difficult for him to survive and the club will feel more divided. Not necessarily anything to do with how good of a manager he is, NC was certainly pretty good, but it wasn't all plain sailing, and support from the fans in the challenging times was key - it looks like Appleton will be getting far less of that.
So he's going to have to do an extremely good job or have a very tough time.
 
JJpool said:
Na just an over reaction, people will be over it soon.

I think it'll be a good appointment.

Read the positive threads to see why, not posting it all again.
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Yep agree with this.
Who knows how any manager will work out but we have a tried and tested manager with a decent track record.
Positive support will improve his chances.
 
We haven't got the squad or the money to entice decent applicants. Any manager of any quality looking at taking over would realise that next season would be a relegation battle at best. Critchley realised this hence jumping ship when the offer came in. The feelgood factor started to disapear well before the end of last season. Unless Appleton has a good start it isn't going to return anytime soon.
 
poolseasider said:
What a pathetic argument you are allowed to voice an opinion and be proven wrong that's life.

Six in our group and we all things it a crap appointment and none of us wanted MA but we buy ST, travel away and some will be at Southport in two weeks unlike some.
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Apologies, I just got fed up of all the negativity and fired off. He’s not my first choice, but I believe we should just get on and support him.
 
Feel good factor still remains
Read the SS statement and watch the MA interview.
He wasn't my first choice and have said so on other threads. However, I also said I would support the new manager 100% whoever was appointed.
Let's see what happens, but for me this is still a great trip, and can't wait for the new season to begin.
 
Bowyer would certainly be better. Done it in this division in trickier circumstances.

Even in the best case scenario, next season is going to be tough with our budget and place in the Championship ‘pecking order’.

All the tougher if every defeat is a sign that the new strategy (if there is one) isn’t working instead of a bump in the road for a manager and a vision we can believe in.
 
Rediculous not renewing tickets because of who the manager is. Chairman must be wondering why he is bothering. Maybe he was the best interviewee best experience best contacts and the board decide oh we wont choose him because people dont like him, nonsense. If you go for a job and you interview best wouldn't you expect to be given the job?
 
Well we were certainly fishing in a completely different recruitment pond to Burnley & Blackburn!
We have appointed a guy who has been applying for loads of jobs in Scotland & England and being overlooked! Seems our board have seen something in MA other clubs failed to see!
Having said that any appointment is a risk and we have to give him our backing and see what he can do.
 
I personally think Grayson was a worse appointment, I could see nothing but it ending in tears when it was announced. I think there's a chance Appleton could prove the doubters wrong (there is certainly a chance the doubters are right).

As for the feel good factor, its been 3 years since Sadler took over. It was bound to settle down eventually, football fans are fickle by nature and if Appleton starts getting results all this reaction wont matter
 
WolvoSeasider said:
Yes the feel good factor has gone, and that's why it was a bad decision, and for that reason alone.
Appointing someone who the fans will turn on very quickly if things aren't going great is incredibly risky.
If he makes a start as bad as Critchley it'll be far more difficult for him to survive and the club will feel more divided. Not necessarily anything to do with how good of a manager he is, NC was certainly pretty good, but it wasn't all plain sailing, and support from the fans in the challenging times was key - it looks like Appleton will be getting far less of that.
So he's going to have to do an extremely good job or have a very tough time.
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Yours is one of the more logical responses from the negative side of the discussion. My response to yours is to say that if the going does get tough, us fans have to try even harder to stay on board. Throwing our toys out of the pram will achieve nothing.
 
Little margin for error, football fans are fickle at the best of times. There were even a few who were starting to turn against Critchley, so lord knows what they'll be like if Appleton has a bad spell.
 
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