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Grenville Morris
I'm sure there's a huge dose of sarcasm with most of those posts
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Douglas Alan „Dougie“ Freedman
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I'm sure there's a huge dose of sarcasm with most of those posts
Quntib Hollox
Jack Armstrong
Off the top of my head Garcia, rosler, Mcdermott, parkinson, robinson, colin, adkins all ahead.
T.O.Tricky.
Grenville Morris
You never know with the Championship, as has been said we all laughed when Dreby appointed "the Wally" and thats turned out pretty good for them, there is almost no rhyme or reason when it comes to Managers being successful in different places. I wish DF all the luck in the world and hope he is hugely successful here and is our team Manager 10 years from now with us nestled firmly in the Prem. For every reason it couldn't work theres the same amount it could.
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Lee
Lurker of shadows
No point defending a manager which will be sacked within 6 months. Might aswell see what fun you guys have in writing off managers early?
Barry
Where's me hammer?
28 games... If we arent top 6 and passing teams off the park hes f**ked. Any wins in his first 10 games will be classed as lucky and will not count.
Kieran
@NFFC182
My thought is this, will Freedman be the sort of manager that can convince Britt, Antonio etc to stay at the club come the end of the season?
New manager bounce with a churchillian type speech prior to kick off, under peforming players saying this win was for old gaffer etc etc
888balluk
John Robertson
So negative
Lee
Lurker of shadows
Bryn Gunn
Cash is King!
I think most are just underwhelmed and bewildered by the choice.
It's very important we give him a chance if we want the club to survive in this league. There are already some idiots on Twitter calling for Fawaz out and whatnot. Probably the same lot that wanted Pearce out.
I'm far from happy about today's decisions but we need to get a grip for once. This shit is getting serious now and we could end up in a proper mess.
carlosmerino
Viv Anderson
Having a manager who has managed Pratley is almost like we've signed Pratley.
I hope Dougie does well, for some reason I see him and us as quite a good fit. He's young and will be eager to put his Bolton experience behind him. Whoever came in after Pearce would have struggled, popularity wise, but, looking at what's available, I'd say we haven't done too badly.
I hope Dougie does well, for some reason I see him and us as quite a good fit. He's young and will be eager to put his Bolton experience behind him. Whoever came in after Pearce would have struggled, popularity wise, but, looking at what's available, I'd say we haven't done too badly.
Harry - LCFC
First Team Squad
Don't know what to think of this. Yeah there are people who'll point to his recent exploits and say he's the wrong choice but I'm not so sure.
I think he's a good manager but for some reason it all went wrong for him at Bolton (it didn't to start with mind, he had them rocketing up the table in the 12/13 season). In any case I'd definitely give him a chance if I were in your position, it's hard to predict how he'll do but there are certainly worse options out there.
I think he's a good manager but for some reason it all went wrong for him at Bolton (it didn't to start with mind, he had them rocketing up the table in the 12/13 season). In any case I'd definitely give him a chance if I were in your position, it's hard to predict how he'll do but there are certainly worse options out there.
Barry
Where's me hammer?
Its the standard folk such as yourself have set, why should we fight it any longer?
Mr RayReardon
Jack Burkitt
This could be a complete disaster for Fawaz. If things go wrong with Freedman, which I really hope they don't, Fawaz will be in a very difficult position. Sacking a club legend (people will soon forget the terrible run of form that prompted the decision) then appointing a manager who nobody wanted. For his sake i'd get off Twitter!
Let's hope things can't get any worse. I, for one, support the club, no individual is bigger than the success of the team. Let's hope Dougie can get the players playing better than Pearce. A few wins and staying the division will go a long way to help.
Let's hope things can't get any worse. I, for one, support the club, no individual is bigger than the success of the team. Let's hope Dougie can get the players playing better than Pearce. A few wins and staying the division will go a long way to help.
888balluk
John Robertson
I will support the new manager like the rest until they give me reason not too
It's a very difficult one to call because he is actually a manager I quite admired for a while. When you put it into context his CV is very, very similar to Rosler in the sense that a blinding job he left before he had chance to complete, follow by a huge turnaround and a subsequent downturn. That you just can't quite make sense of. Rosler was one of my main choices, so I guess Freedman should arguably be the same?
Who knows, when I watched his teams play the football wasn't too bad and there's some success in there too, he's also had to work under a budget. There's some good and some bad and hopefully the good stuff will come to the fore here.
Alf-engelos Mindminackers
The Artiste formally known as "Wanksy"
Tonight's just emotionally charged coz of pearce's departure mate. You can't blame folk really, Freedman is probably one of the worst names we could have employed straight after Pearce, especially seeing as he made comments about the amount of cash we'd spent. by doing so he's also put a lot of pressure on himself.
“We watched them and the depth Stuart has got in his squad is pretty much as good as you’ll get in the Championship.
“He can play two teams and two benches with good quality players at this level of football.
“It’s hard to know what side he will pick but in the last few weeks he’s picked up Chris Burke, Michail Antonio and Britt Assombalonga to give him that confidence boost. It’s something I’m trying to do – get those attacking players in as the final piece of the jigsaw. But with £8m it’s a bit easier to do. "
Well you've got them now Dougie. If you feel this is as good a squad as you get in the Championship it's got to be top 2 hasn't it?
Bryn Gunn
Cash is King!
Hi Harry :hi:
tropix
Steve Chettle
Let's hope so.
Barry
Where's me hammer?
Not getting promoted in 28 games?
Senior Flange Technician
Andy!
He's no Barry from eastenders
Barry
Where's me hammer?
Who is?
Ravi
Upper Decker
SP has been floundering for a while. The Derby game bought him time, but Fawaz would have been remiss if he want talking to potential replacements. At least we're not treading water for a few months waiting for the new man to start like we were with SP.
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