Championship Season 2020 - 2021

[oldjamfan1]

15 hours ago, davulsukur said:

Didn't know where to put this but Ben Marshall has done an under the cosh podcast, you can skip to the Rovers part. 

Doesn't really put him in a good light, he just got pissed constantly throughout his career, first 2 weeks at Rovers just spent on the lash and an interesting story with him and Alex marrow in Manchester too.

Talk about coyle and you can see from that alone why he was so crap as a manager.

 

He comes across as a cocky gobshyte to me. A good footballer but not a professional one in a million years.

[G Somerset Rover]

2 minutes ago, oldjamfan1 said:

He comes across as a cocky gobshyte to me. A good footballer but not a professional one in a million years.

Probably explains where he currently is in the footballing Pyramid right now!

[oldjamfan1]

1 hour ago, Gavlar Somerset Rover! said:

Probably explains where he currently is in the footballing Pyramid right now!

I must admit I hadn't realised he was playing in the West Lancs League (and not even the top division of it either!)

[Silas]

Bristol City now scored one goal in 450 mins of football. 

We really are the gift that keeps on giving.

And how the hell are they still 2pts ahead of us. 

[rigger]

4 minutes ago, Silas said:

Bristol City now scored one goal in 450 mins of football. 

We really are the gift that keeps on giving.

And how the hell are they still 2pts ahead of us. 

tomorrow night they may not be

[Silas]

33 minutes ago, rigger said:

tomorrow night they may not be

True. 

Could jump above them and Stoke. 

But we all know what affect the air up there has on our noses. 

[jim mk2]

7 hours ago, Gavlar Somerset Rover! said:

Probably explains where he currently is in the footballing Pyramid right now!

He's only 29, he should still be playing Championship football al least.

Some lads don't deserve the talent they're given. What a stupid waste

[roversfan99]

If he wasnt enjoying it and he is happier playing at a low level with his mates, seemingly on the back of shrewdness investing in properties as touched upon, fair play to him.

[bazza]

46 minutes ago, jim mk2 said:

He's only 29, he should still be playing Championship football al least.

Some lads don't deserve the talent they're given. What a stupid waste

He's not the first to mess up a good footballing career and he won't be the last.

We are all human after all. "There but for the grace of God go I". and all that.

Edited December 18, 2020 by bazza

[Sparks Rover]

If he was "on the lash" for 2 years, you can bet it probably wasn't just alcohol(IMO). You can't get back from that unless you have real drive. He doesn't. 

Edited December 19, 2020 by Sparks Rover

[Blue blood]

12 hours ago, Silas said:

Bristol City now scored one goal in 450 mins of football. 

We really are the gift that keeps on giving.

And how the hell are they still 2pts ahead of us. 

Yeah just saw they lost to Preston. 

How we lost to them is a mystery and a huge mistake. A win there would have made a huge difference for is in the table. It's results like that which are just as costly as not beating the better teams. 

(Although they are technically about us, although echo the questions as to how.) 

[davulsukur]

Watford have binned their manager.

[Norbert Rassragr]

Blimey. I know they're a tombola but at some point they'll have gone through any feasible manager and hit your Owen Coyle/Phil Brown types. I'll have to look at the odds to see who the bookies favour.

[chaddyrovers]

 

Anyone know much about Xisco Munoz? 

 

 

[chaddyrovers]

Watford appointed their new head coach Xisco Munoz

https://www.watfordfc.com/news/club/official-xisco-munoz-appointed-head-coach

[davulsukur]

His only managerial experience is being the manager of Dinamo Tbilisi from the Georgian league.

Looks like he only joined them as manager earlier this year as well. So not an experienced manager by any stretch. 

Edit: Turns out he was only in charge of his last (and only job) for 11 games.

This appointment has not gone down well on the Watford twitter post about his arrival.

 

Edited December 20, 2020 by davulsukur

[Sparks Rover]

4 minutes ago, davulsukur said:

His only managerial experience is being the manager of Dinamo Tbilisi from the Georgian league.

Looks like he only joined them as manager earlier this year as well. So not an experienced manager by any stretch. 

 

Bloody good player

[Hoochie Bloochie Mama]

13 hours ago, Sparks Rover said:

Bloody good player

Better than Mols?

[Blue blood]

14 hours ago, davulsukur said:

His only managerial experience is being the manager of Dinamo Tbilisi from the Georgian league.

Looks like he only joined them as manager earlier this year as well. So not an experienced manager by any stretch. 

Edit: Turns out he was only in charge of his last (and only job) for 11 games.

This appointment has not gone down well on the Watford twitter post about his arrival.

 

They do make some odd choices. 

Personally i think they should have stuck with Pearson. Had them above the relegation zone, and even if they went down he definitely had changed the mood. Would have got them bouncing straight back up. 

Good managers are key in this league and this seems like a heck of a gamble. 

[Mattyblue]

Read a stat that said Watford have had more managers since Pozzo bought the club than Arsenal have had in their entire history.

Edited December 21, 2020 by Mattyblue

[Sparks Rover]

19 minutes ago, Blue blood said:

Good managers are key in this league and this seems like a heck of a gamble. 

Not sure the manager is picking the team there myself.

[JacknOry]

On 21/12/2020 at 22:01, Mattyblue said:

Read a stat that said Watford have had more managers since Pozzo bought the club than Arsenal have had in their entire history.

Think Arsenal have only had about 5 managers in my lifetime lol

[arbitro]

https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/12170236/2020-21-sky-bet-efl-season-january-fixture-schedule-on-sky-sports

Rovers not included in the next tranche of live games announced by Sky. I guess we just aren't box office enough.

[philipl]

Looking upwards, yesterday was a horrible day to be dropping two points.

[JHRover]

2 hours ago, philipl said:

Looking upwards, yesterday was a horrible day to be dropping two points.

Time to forget looking upwards. We aren't going to be troubling the play offs unless something radical changes. We'll be competing with Luton, Barnsley and Huddersfield to see if we can get a top half finish.