Time To Get Behind The Manager

[Spencer_White]

I think it's more to do with the fact his name doesn't really fit into any songs

No way. Town fans have never accepted him properly.

[@MacPhlea]

to the tune of the Adams family...

When Fitton came to save us
he gave us Maurice Malpas
He looks like uncle fester
from the Adams Family
doo-do-do-doo Mal-pas
doo-do-do-doo Mal-pas...

[janaage]

but we also had alot of shit though mate, walsall at home especially

Yeah, there is that side of things too, but the seeds of recovery were there to see.

[Bogus Dave]

i think long incesant drones of 'maaaaaaauuurrrrriiiccee' would be good

[michael]

I am a big fan of inventive and witty songs, and it makes me sad that we don't have any 

[STFC_Gazzza]

No way. Town fans have never accepted him properly.

Exactly!

[Arriba]

his name is easily singable.
mal-pas-s red and white army.

[the goat]

just a bit of respect

[Bogus Dave]

he wants to play a certain way
maurice, maurice
keep it on the ground he says
maurice, maurice
he come over from motherwell
the fans up north they gave him hell
but we all love him
hes swindon towns manager
naaaa nana nana nana nana
na naaaaa na ananan nana
with coxy scoring goals for fun
and macca going on the run
his name is maurice
swindons manager

[Bogus Dave]

too that tune

[Reg Smeeton]

just a bit of respect

 

 Yeah...how good is this...respect and that. Why couldn't next Sat have been Carlisle away.

[juddie]

I'll admit that when Mo Mo was announced, I wasn't excited. I wasn't gutted either, but I just felt that having created so much excitement through the takover, Fitton and co missed a trick by not making a Ling/Nijholt kind of appointment (would they have done any better? probably not, but I guess in appointing an old face it would have suggested that fitton was a man not only able to listen to the fans, but understand it's history).

Truth is, while there were times we still played cack under Mo Mo last season, he kept a steady ship when it could so easily have slipped away after Sturrock leaving. There was an initial slump, then some improvement and then a strong finish. Now, with some new players and time to instill his own tactics, we can truly judge him on his ability to manage at this level, and so far I like what I see.

Carry on like Saturday and he will soon have the doubters chanting his name - (can't really explain why we never took to him? The fact that he's unproven is not enough reason) - there will be ups and downs but I like how he's prepared the team over the summer, and I liked what I saw Saturday.

It feels odd fans not chanting the manager's name, it was like that under King - I really hope Mo Mo can bring us some good times... good luck big man!

[The Grim Reaper]

Lets be honest. We had some pretty shaky games under MM's first few months of leadership, but even then you could clearly see he was attempting to change the style of play. We just didn't have the right sort of players. Now I also don't want to knock Sturrock because he done a hell of a job in difficult circumstances, but his football simply was non-exciting just result based.
 The win over Tranmere was the best attacking one touch football I have seen at the County Ground since the Hoddle era, and if we keep that up, then MM has 100% of my backing.

[Mexicano Rojo]

maurice maplas we're proud to sing your name
swindon town are going up again.

[herthab]

I'm a smug bastard at the moment, because I never had a problem with the bloke and took to him straight away. As Leefer said, it's about supporting.

It seems to me that a lot of Town fans took an instant dislike to him because he isn't a 'personality'. I predict that the very things they said they didn't like at the start of his tenure will be the same things they come to love about him. He's not very media friendly, so what? I want a football manager, not a comedian. He doesn't show passion like Byrne at games, good. I want the manager to be concentrating on the game, not behaving like a demented epileptic on the touchline.

Anyone who went to the games at the end of last season (Particularly the away ones) would've seen what he was trying to do. Maybe he should've stuck to the same style we had until the end of the season, but he's obviously a man with strong beliefs in how the game should be played. Anyone thinking that Bryne is really in charge (As some do) and MM is some kind of puppet, is a fool. Malpas is his own man. I've heard the players don't get on with him as well as previous managers because he's a bit distant and a disciplinarian, Great!! Make the players work and if they don't like it, tough shit.

I really believe that, given time, Malpas will be a successful manager for Swindon, it won't be plain sailing and there will be times when we don't get the result, but that's football. Too many Town fans expect instant success and get on managers and players backs at the first opportunity. Surely that's when they need our support the most?

I'm starting to ramble a bit now so I'll stop.