New Manager Thread

[horlock07]

ah I see.

just how loaded is he?!

Have we even established who Currans old man is, some say its the racehorse trainer who trains at what is supposed to be becoming the training ground, others suggest he is something to do with a packaging company from Essex/Kent?

It still seems a bit weird to me.

I mean regardless of his link with us and / or Waterford I can’t imagine Curran Snr is making any major profits?

So, what is he getting out of his son being here? I mean his son is getting a decent wage but the rumour is Curran Snr is contributing that?

So, is he like giving the club 5k a month but 2k of that comes back to him via his son? How is that any different to him just giving the club 3k a month and his Son 2k?

What does he get out of it?

Gets to play bobby big bollocks and means his lad can pretend to be a professional footballer and probably get laid more, rather than having to admit he is kept by his father.

Was successful for Agombar who wiki suggests has now landed at the heights of Bowers & Pitsea F.C.  

[Panda Paws]

Wellens has always gone out of his way to praise Power. He won't put the boot in, because there's not much to put the boot in about.

It'll be Wellens bingo. A cliche fest. Saw his title team dismantled and couldn't add the players he wanted because, you know, global pandemic and the existential risk to our club. A token line about ambition. Something about family. Doesn't want to tread water. Wants to be competitive etc etc etc.

No one comes out of this well, apart from the Power haters who might get a sniff of something they can twist and beat the club with.

Wellens will come across as either a petulant child, a mercenary or disingenuous. The club/Power will be presented as a good club but one that is massively struggling to survive and compete right now.

[horlock07]

Wellens will come across as either a petulant child, a mercenary or disingenuous. The club/Power will be presented as a good club but one that is massively struggling to survive and compete right now.

Which is a pretty accurate summary of the situation on both counts I would suggest.

I suspect, like many people that the last 6 months has had quite the unexpected mental effect upon Wellens, he doesn't seem to have handled things that well and sadly come across as quite the twat in the last month or so.

[Boeta]

Wellens has always been a miserable northerner.

However, last season was brilliant and he single handedly put life back into the Club that had been drained out of it for years.

Cannot begrudge anyone taking a job with more money and closer to home in any walk of life. No point being sour about it.

[Dr Pierre Chang]

Also thinks that Eddie Howe is a realistic appointment that we should be going for as he played for us for a couple of weeks. The Cheltenham fan is beyond deluded!

His argument being - “He joined Bournemouth when they were in League 2”

Conveniently ignoring the three promotions and several seasons in the Premier League since!

Some of our fans live in fantasy land. Even the likes of Cook, Cowley etc being mentioned - dream on.

[Dr Pierre Chang]

Wellens has always been a miserable northerner.

However, last season was brilliant and he single handedly put life back into the Club that had been drained out of it for years.

Cannot begrudge anyone taking a job with more money and closer to home in any walk of life. No point being sour about it.

Well said.

There is a certain amount of ‘re-writing of history’ which has taken place over the past couple of days from some fans. He dragged up a club which was on its arse and gave us our best season for almost a decade.

It’s a shame the pandemic put paid to all our momentum but I wish the man well and will always look back on last season with fondness (although for me, it never reached the levels of under the mad Italian!)

[Batch]

there's no doubt what he did for the club

but I will remain bitter for a bit

[Quagmire]

The more I think about it, the more I’d like to see Tisdale come in. He would offer us a bit of stability, he could have left Exeter numerous times but didn’t, he lives local, has shown he is able to work on limited budgets and he’s also cool as fuck.

Oh, and he’s also best mates with Andrew Lincoln, so that would please all the Walking Dead fans.

[Red Frog]

The more I think about it, the more I’d like to see Tisdale come in. He would offer us a bit of stability, he could have left Exeter numerous times but didn’t, he lives local, has shown he is able to work on limited budgets and he’s also cool as fuck.

Oh, and he’s also best mates with Andrew Lincoln, so that would please all the Walking Dead fans.

And the range of STFC-branded highland tweedwear would be a nice change from the usual chavvy gear.

[horlock07]

Oh, and he’s also best mates with Andrew Lincoln, so that would please all the Walking Dead fans.

In addition, his uncle is Randyll Tarly from Game of Thrones, thus keeping another group of fans happy!!

[horlock07]

He dragged up a club which was on its arse and gave us our best season for almost a decade, before promptly fucking off at the first opportunity to a club in a lower division after wittering on about how important loyalty is.

Corrected for you. 

there's no doubt what he did for the club

but I will remain bitter for a bit

Pretty much this.

[Peter Venkman]

there's no doubt what he did for the club

but I will remain bitter for a bit

Yep, me too.

[JBZ]

There is a certain amount of ‘re-writing of history’ which has taken place over the past couple of days from some fans. He dragged up a club which was on its arse and gave us our best season for almost a decade.

Football supporters are often fickle and have issues with memory recall at times like this.

[JBZ]

I don't think that I have seen Gary Johnson mentioned on this thread as a possible candidate.

[TheDukeOfBanbury]

there's no doubt what he did for the club

but I will remain bitter for a bit

This for me.

there's no doubt what he did for the club

but I will remain bitter for a bit

This for me.

The Woolery reference and the big club reference after the 13k Support v Exeter grinds on me.

Wellens has gone “backwards” in his career and joins a “small club” with barely 2,000 fans.
Now that doesn’t fit right and down to money.