Demitri_C Posted November 4, 2017 Share Posted November 4, 2017 Cotterill be gone by xmas i gurantee it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted November 4, 2017 Share Posted November 4, 2017 It all goes bad to the mental decision to sack Rowett when he was having them playing really well and right on the cusp of the playoffs. The owners are getting exactly what they deserve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted November 4, 2017 Author Share Posted November 4, 2017 The only thing that will save them is the ineptitude of other teams (like Blunderland). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifamad Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 The shit are goin down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 7 hours ago, Demitri_C said: Cotterill be gone by xmas i gurantee it and prob bring Redknapp back as he a relegation genius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted November 5, 2017 Moderator Share Posted November 5, 2017 Some noses already saying he needs to go. As I’ve posted previously all Forest fans I know (and there are many for obvious reasons given where I live) think he is a terrible manager. This despite it actually being one of his more successful spells as a manager. A gap is already opening up between the bottom 4 and the rest of the division, by Christmas that gap is likely to have widened. All it will take is one side picking up form and Small Heath humbling along as they are and they are in real trouble. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 Bolton have taken 9 points from their last 5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted November 5, 2017 Moderator Share Posted November 5, 2017 Sunderland losing after missing a sitter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 4 minutes ago, TrentVilla said: Sunderland losing after missing a sitter Would quite like Sunderland to go down aswell, some nice trips for me following Walsall next season. Bolton or Burton staying up is fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amsterdam_Neil_D Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 23 hours ago, VillaChris said: Now in bottom 3. Interesting looking at the table they're getting cut adrift from even the teams in 14-20th positions. The symptoms are very much like a total League prolapse I suppose, especially at this stage in the season.? I 'm no medical expert as I am sure you would agree but it looks bad for little small heath. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 On 04/11/2017 at 20:23, Genie said: It all goes bad to the mental decision to sack Rowett when he was having them playing really well and right on the cusp of the playoffs. The owners are getting exactly what they deserve. Apparently Rowett was courting other clubs and the Blues board thought “**** that” so sacked him. Apparently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 10 hours ago, TrentVilla said: A gap is already opening up between the bottom 4 and the rest of the division, by Christmas that gap is likely to have widened. All it will take is one side picking up form and Small Heath humbling along as they are and they are in real trouble. They’re in the middle of a “kind” run of fixtures before what looks like a real tricky run. Brentford (H - Lost), Barnsley (A - Lost) and Forest (H) before... ...Boro (A), Sheff Utd (A), Wolves (H), Fulham (A). After those, QPR (H) then Sunderland (A). That last game could be huge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 1 hour ago, bobzy said: Apparently Rowett was courting other clubs and the Blues board thought “**** that” so sacked him. Apparently. Sean Dyche is pretty clearly courting other clubs behind the scenes as well, or at least not discouraging it. But Burnley have had the good sense to keep winning football matches in the meantime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted November 6, 2017 Share Posted November 6, 2017 7 hours ago, bobzy said: They’re in the middle of a “kind” run of fixtures before what looks like a real tricky run. Brentford (H - Lost), Barnsley (A - Lost) and Forest (H) before... ...Boro (A), Sheff Utd (A), Wolves (H), Fulham (A). After those, QPR (H) then Sunderland (A). That last game could be huge. A draw with forest thrn four defeats woukd be superb. They would be so far behind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted November 6, 2017 Moderator Share Posted November 6, 2017 2 hours ago, Demitri_C said: A draw with forest thrn four defeats woukd be superb. They would be so far behind Forest are playing pretty well at the moment, I’d fancy them to go there and win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted November 6, 2017 Share Posted November 6, 2017 11 hours ago, bobzy said: Apparently Rowett was courting other clubs and the Blues board thought “**** that” so sacked him. Apparently. heard that explanation a few times from blues fans, seems logically challenged to me, he was trying to get a job at another club who would have had to pay compensation to blues to release him from his contract so blues sacked him and paid compensation to rowett instead? probably a £2m swing in that decision, doesnt make sense 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post TrentVilla Posted November 6, 2017 Moderator Popular Post Share Posted November 6, 2017 It doesn’t. How I understand it was that he was courting interest from other clubs and using it to further his own position at Small Heath. He wasn’t on much money relative to others in the league and he used interest from Norwich to get an increase. He was also using it to try and get greater control and then a second pay increase. He was doing what most managers do, leveraging what he thought was his position of strength based on his performance having taken over a side who had 8 put past them by Bournemouth. I just don’t think he had factored in the new owners rank stupidity. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted November 6, 2017 Share Posted November 6, 2017 It's widely known in SHA circles he was interviewed for the Fulham job, obviously without their permission. Guess that is grounds for constructive dismissal but surely given he was an asset for them you turn a blind eye to it. I do think they wanted a bigger name in charge and it was a convenient way to sack him. Of course Zola then blew up massively in their face (and Redknapp to a lesser degree) so now a year on they've got a much worse no mark manager in charge like Steve Cotterill. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted November 6, 2017 Moderator Share Posted November 6, 2017 I think cotterill will be an utter disaster of an appointment, he won’t last the rest of the season I’m sure. Who is going to want to be their 3rd manager of the season? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted November 6, 2017 Moderator Share Posted November 6, 2017 22 minutes ago, VillaChris said: It's widely known in SHA circles he was interviewed for the Fulham job, obviously without their permission. Guess that is grounds for constructive dismissal but surely given he was an asset for them you turn a blind eye to it. I do think they wanted a bigger name in charge and it was a convenient way to sack him. Of course Zola then blew up massively in their face (and Redknapp to a lesser degree) so now a year on they've got a much worse no mark manager in charge like Steve Cotterill. If that were true, I don’t know if it is or it isn’t, then I’d have thought the owners would have let that disloyalty be known. It would have relieved a lot of the stick they have taken for getting rid of him. But it is possible Fulham were the second stalking horse club he tried to use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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