Who thought Mick would save us?

Who thought Mick would save us?

  • Yes

    Votes: 97 70.3%

  • No

    Votes: 41 29.7%
  • Total voters
    138
He may still do it, if he doesn't he'll have bombed at his last two clubs & that = boring retirement ...... or he could present MOD 🤣
To do it, he needs to wake up in the morning & shout to Mrs Mc "Aleluya .... I've had a dream, in which I managed the great Blackpool team of 1953. From now, I'm going to go out all guns blazing, with an attacking team & we will survive the drop. Pack me kit Fiona, the comeback starts now". 🧡
 
I was gutted when we got him and thought it was a really bad move. He seems a thoroughly decent fella though and has been let down by some truly awful performances. He sets the team up and picks the players though so ultimately down to him.
 
I thought he would - an experienced manager who could encourage, motivate and ensure we',re set up to optimise our squads abilities.

In practice he's done none of that.

It's still not over in my opinion, lets see where we're at 5pm on Saturday.
 
LimerickTangerine said:
Not over yet
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Seven in ten believed McCarthy could save the club's second tier status?

Amid such naivety, small wonder Oyscum's
asset strip lasted so long.

As with Grayson 2.0 and Appleton, his ALREADY two most recent firings exposed his unworthiness.

If the board fails to replace him now for a more adventurous coach, Blackpool require new owners.
 
Thought it was a joke to go for him, came round to the logic overnight as he was fire fighting, the crowd were back on side after Apples and his record said he could do it but thought we would recruit more than just two players to suit his style.

Thought he was a long ball merchant, basic tactics guru but never imagined he wouldn’t adapt to the players he has and select 6 defenders in his starting line-ups playing Luke Garbutt left midfield. The moment he said about Bowler being “apparently good” coming off the right on his left foot I thought WTF is this guy about.

To sum up, he’s worse than I initially expected.
 
Yes, I thought he’d keep us up with a lot of draws and a sprinkling of wins. Our abysmal away set ups have killed our chances.
 
I thought his experience and no nonsense approach would make a difference. However, what I didn't expect was his lack of knowledge of the players at his disposal and the ultra negative approach. You would have thought that in his time out of the game he would have conducted a bit of self analysis, similar to Holloway before he joined us and come into with a fresh perspective. The alarm bells started ringing for me when he got rid of the assistant coach Richard O'Donnell. I honestly think we would have more chance with Holloway & Dobbie but here we are and we just have to see how it plays out.
 
Ditch_the_Dino🦖_Simonized said:
Yes, but that changed to a No after he had learned nothing by the time his 3rd game in charge team was announced.
My hate for him and his attitude towards skilled players has no bounds now.🦖⚽
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Life's far too short to 'hate' someone purely because he's not the BFC manager you thought he was Simonized. I actually think MM is a nice guy & any hatred towards him is misplaced.
Accept the situation for what it is, we can't change it & it looks like we're down. Look forward to a new season with a new manager, new players & more wins than losses.
To be healthy be chilled.
 
Adams Kebab said:
Thought it was a joke to go for him, came round to the logic overnight as he was fire fighting, the crowd were back on side after Apples and his record said he could do it but thought we would recruit more than just two players to suit his style.

Thought he was a long ball merchant, basic tactics guru but never imagined he wouldn’t adapt to the players he has and select 6 defenders in his starting line-ups playing Luke Garbutt left midfield. The moment he said about Bowler being “apparently good” coming off the right on his left foot I thought WTF is this guy about.

To sum up, he’s worse than I initially expected.
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I was disappointed when his name was mentioned.

Wondered how he'd fit our players, what the style would be etc.

However once appointed I tried to be positive and he was coming across well, getting fans back onside etc.

I presumed that because he got the job he obviously must have been spoken to about how he'd fit the squad and if the board have picked him, they must see how he can use our talents.

Started to think of his vast experience, he's very knowledgeable of the game and must have had conversations and seen the way to best use the players we had.

Probably begun to convince myself of what I thought might happen.

Sadly it seems like he knew almost nothing about us and has had to learn as he went and still isn't really playing to our strengths.

It's very disappointing from the board as unlike the Critchley departure, the power was in their hands this time, they had plenty of time since Wigan to assess this and pick a good option.

Hopefully, somehow it turns out to be correct but it's not looking likely, we have gone backwards fast.
 
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It was the wrong Club at the wrong time for McCarthy, he reminds me of my retired GP who came back to work at my local Surgery for a couple of days a week during Covid. He was inflexible, not up to speed and had lost all of his sharpness as he had not worked for over 12 months. Even though life had changed under Covid he still tried to operate exactly as he had done for the previous 30 years but he only lasted 2 months this time as he was no longer fit for purpose in the new modern world.
 
I don't think we will be saved from Relegation.
Too many tough, unwinnable games left to play.
MM was a mistake. I think SS should have got a 'Manager for next season'.
One who knew what the situation was, and was happy to come and start rebuilding.
 
I thought a new manager would keep us up but became despondent when MM was appointed. I hoped he would have been more positive.
 
Davepick said:
I don't think we will be saved from Relegation.
Too many tough, unwinnable games left to play.
MM was a mistake. I think SS should have got a 'Manager for next season'.
One who knew what the situation was, and was happy to come and start rebuilding.
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That wouldn’t have worked though, for a manager to come in the fans would already be calling for his head now, so a pointless appointment
 
I didn't at first news of MMs appointment.. but then I did after I heard the initial interviews.. but then I didn't again after I saw the team selections. The woeful performances duly followed the piss poor team selections. Surely MMs last job in football.
 
Coming back after the world cup with somehow more injuries than before the tournament with no Pool players kicking a ball is the great mystery for me and the situation now is even worse.Just what is going on ? To be honest either Appleton or McCarthy really take your pick
 
Sorry ,I didn't think we have been relegated . The question is ,"Who think Mick can save us". I for one think that nobody can with the squad we have and the attitude of some of our lone players . Yet I will be there tomorrow night and hope we get something that will give us hope.
 
I take no satisfaction in stating that I thought we were down as soon as MM was appointed; I had read and heard so many negative comments from Ipswich fans over the years, and what I read on here now is what I read back then. I’d love to be proved wrong but things have been going wrong for nearly 12 months now and downward spirals seldom end well.
 
I posted pre season that I thought we'd go down based upon how we finished last season and moving to the "2nd season syndrome". Thommo had touched on this when he was on Radio Lancs last season.

All of this was obviously compounded when Critchley walked, we never signed anyone of note, started with a string of key injuries and the hapless Appleton was bizarrely appointed.

So with the very weakest of squads, a manager lacking even the tiniest bit of charisma and no ability in getting the best out of what we had we were doomed to fail early on.

Appleton was sacked too late and bizarrely in the January window then McCarthy's name came up which I genuinely thought was someone having a bit of a joke along with some other ridiculous names being thrown about.

But it wasn't. You couldn't make it up. A decent bloke but of his time and has been golfing in the Algarve for over a year in retirement.

McCarthy has been terrible. Utterly terrible. Worse than Appleton. My own opinion is that I don't really think it makes a lot of difference. I think we were knackered and going down anyway based upon the wafer thin squad and poor (IMO) loans and garbage permanent signings.

League 1 is not the end of the world. We are not entitled to be in the Championship. I'm not convinced Sadler can afford for us to be a long term Championship side.

What I am worried about is next season. We need a total clearout and a complete rebuild. Based upon this years recruitment shambles it's a genuine concern and the club really must get the new manager appointment and his budget right.
 
In MM's last 18 games at Cardiff and Blackpool his record is won 1, drawn 3 and lost 14, even the one win (v Stoke) we got absolutely battered, there can't be many worse win/loss percentage managers in the whole country.

How anyone thought he was the answer after the previous clueless appointment is beyond me.
 
Appleton was sacked on the Wednesday, McCarthy said he was approached on the Wednesday after Appleton had been sacked, he was the only Manager we approached, McCarthy was appointed the next day (Thursday). So in 24 hours we had sacked Appleton and appointed McCarthy. All seems a bit rushed to me, did we use Deliveroo or DeliverPoo?
 
Raging_Bull said:
In MM's last 18 games at Cardiff and Blackpool his record is won 1, drawn 3 and lost 14, even the one win (v Stoke) we got absolutely battered, there can't be many worse win/loss percentage managers in the whole country.

How anyone thought he was the answer after the previous clueless appointment is beyond me.
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To be fair , his overall managerial record is ok and even at Cardiff he won more games than he lost. Cardiff over the last 3 or so years have been a club in decline and he came to us when we had gone 10 league games without a win. 2 very difficult clubs to manage at Championship level. He also had the reputation of making a good initial impact . Obviously he hasn't had that impact here but I think you can sort of make an argument as to why they looked to him.
For the record I wouldn't have appointed him but I think the real damage ( poor player recruitment , Appleton , and crippling injuries ) had been done before he got here so whoever had been appointed would have a most difficult task.
Anyhow we're not down yet and I've got my prayer mat out......
 
LimerickTangerine said:
Me he has experience in both getting teams promoted and keeping teams up, & good international football record. On paper you can see why it was potentially a good appointment.

I still believe he might shock us and keep us up

Anyone who thinks the man is an “idiot” is ridiculous & idiotic hes far from wether or not hes successful here
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Yeah I agree with all of that, no need to call him useless when his CV suggests otherwise. My concern at the time, and still today, was our squad had only a few things going for it, and they weren’t the kind of thing that looked a good fit for MM - e.g. we’ve some decent players but very little height and some good tricky players who aren’t perhaps the most defensively…disciplined… which means he doesn’t pick them.

I also think, say what you like, luck just isn’t running for us though - Charlie Goode looked just what we needed I thought, and trybull too - had they stayed fit, with three or 4 other clubs looking as bad as us, that could have been the difference.
 
Thepoolaregoingup said:
I take no satisfaction in stating that I thought we were down as soon as MM was appointed; I had read and heard so many negative comments from Ipswich fans over the years, and what I read on here now is what I read back then. I’d love to be proved wrong but things have been going wrong for nearly 12 months now and downward spirals seldom end well.
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That would be the Ipswich who he kept comfortably in the Championship ( including one play off campaign) and who were relegated to League 1 shortly after he left.
 
It's worth adding that he was never appointed to deliver on a long term plan. He was appointed because it was clearly not working with Appleton and the board had to try something to keep us in the Championship. We are not where we are BECAUSE of McCarthy and probably not even because of Appleton.
 
I had optimism with the players we signed in the window but the players he inherited don't suit McCarthy's style. He is a bad fit for the squad he took on.
 
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