Oh dear...

[janaage]

So you kind of agree with the bloke, you just don't like the way he said it, and this, the way he said it, has provoked such an outrage amongst the fans this morning.  Come on people get a grip ffs.

[Don Rogers Shop]

No i wont get a grip, he is clueless we have lost 5 games in a row at home and he makes stupid flippant remarks about wanting to get beat.The bloke has not once come out and said hey i can only apologise for that performance its just the usual shite about working his tail off.

I suggest you get a grip and stop supporting such a inept individual.

I get fucked off with fans being told they are morons every week and being told to get a grip

[janaage]

I haven't called anyone a moron DRS, I've just said I don't subscribe to the spit the dummy approach just because MM has said something in a way that you don't agree with.

To be completely honest I don't support Mr MM's tenureship at STFC anymore, I would shed no tears should he go, as I do think he's on borrowed time, but I'm still not gonna get worked up over nothing.  There's more important things to worry about than this.

[Fred Elliot]

Agreed DRS

I have not been one of the boo boys or have chanted for his resignation, BUT the time has come for him to go and he is turning himself into a laughing stock which I find in all honesty completely fucking embarrasing.

I have admired your stance against the critics in the past JA, but even you must admit that your efforts to defend the undefendable are falling way way short

[janaage]

Fred I'm not defending him at all, managerial wise.  I agree that it's time for him to either step aside or get someone else in to help him our big time and MM take a back seat.  But for the life of me I can't see what the big deal is about his comments today.  Jesus just take them with a pinch of salt, it's not as if he's confessed to being a Pox fan or a murderer, all he said was he wished we'd win at home and get murdered away compared to what's going on at present.

Maybe I am missing the point, in which case I'm kind of pleased as I really can't be arsed with getting all hot and bother about it.

[Bogus Dave]

I fully agree with malpas' comments, he's just shown very little tact in how he's said them

[Simon Pieman]

I heard Malpas only came to England for the weather.

[Tails]

I think it's quite obvious he's been horribly misquoted. Can't see what the fuss is about.

[Ardiles]

I'm with Jan and Tails.  If you're going to berate Malpas, berate him for his poor managerial record...and not for a sentence quoted in the local rag that was, most probably, tongue in cheek anyway.  I find the lynch mob mentality quite sad.  There are far worse things going on in the world than our poor run of form.  A little perspective would not go amiss.

[THE FLASH]

I am upset that a manager who has been in charge since January has moved the club backwards.

For that reason he has failed - so must go.

I will never believe anything i read in the Adver............

[juddie]

Jan, my point was this: like most people on here, I agree his time is running out, purely because results are not good enough.

My argument is that with things as they are, a minority of fans are looking for any reason to jump on his back and he's not helped himself by making tactless statements like this. We all knew what he meant, but for a man of his position he needs to be a bit more streetwise about what he says.

A lot of people think we're making too much of this. Maybe, but others don't, and they'll be the first ones to have a go at him if we go one down against Northampton next Tuesday.

That was all. I just don't think he's been overly clever.

[Spencer_White]

Malpas seemed to infuriate Motherwell fans with his quotes to the press.

But I think he hasnt actually been too bad while at STFC, up until this week. He has just been dead boring so far but the pressure is starting to tell. Obviously this is a silly thing to say, and a basic ommision that we are going backwards, but I understand what he meant.

The comment on the BBC site about not being able to tell players which passes to make was much more worrying, because that interview came across to me that he doesnt know which way to turn.

Anyway, he does seem to be cracking up a bit. I feel a bit sorry for him, because Fitton still expects him to turn this around, and I just dont think Malpas has it in him. Must be dead stressful. Obviously he could just resign, but the bloke needs a job, just like we all do.

[janaage]

Good post Spence.

[STFC_Gazza]

I think Malpas knows he will never get another job in football management after this so I dare say he will never resign.

[Reg Smeeton]

I think Malpas knows he will never get another job in football management after this so I dare say he will never resign.

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