If you had to choose between 22:39 - Dec 29 with 4280 views | CopfordBlue | Lambert, Hurst, McCarthy, Jewell or Keane to manage this team until the end of the season who would you go for? I’d pick McCarthy. Football would be poor but no worse than we witnessed on Boxing Day or some other recent games where we’ve just launched it long. He would get us promoted. His time was up here but as a manager he was far better than any others Evans has appointed. | |
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If you had to choose between on 22:41 - Dec 29 with 3223 views | BlueBadger | Anyone picking anything other than 'McCarthy' Needs sectioning. | |
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If you had to choose between on 22:42 - Dec 29 with 3204 views | olimar | McCarthy walked into the club and, within a week, had got us defensively solid and within a month we were competitive and winning games. If we appointed him tomorrow, Id put money on us winning this division. Not saying Id want him to stay beyond that, mind you.... | | | |
If you had to choose between on 22:43 - Dec 29 with 3181 views | olimar |
If you had to choose between on 22:41 - Dec 29 by BlueBadger | Anyone picking anything other than 'McCarthy' Needs sectioning. |
Fair comment. I just replied and didnt actually read the other choices! | | | |
If you had to choose between on 22:43 - Dec 29 with 3179 views | J2BLUE | MM has his flaws but I think he would have us 6+ points clear at the top by now. | |
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If you had to choose between on 22:44 - Dec 29 with 3164 views | TRUE_BLUE123 | Mick....obviously | |
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If you had to choose between on 22:45 - Dec 29 with 3161 views | J2BLUE |
If you had to choose between on 22:42 - Dec 29 by olimar | McCarthy walked into the club and, within a week, had got us defensively solid and within a month we were competitive and winning games. If we appointed him tomorrow, Id put money on us winning this division. Not saying Id want him to stay beyond that, mind you.... |
I would. Even if we go up we look a good bet to come straight back down again. If he could come in for 18 months, get us up and stabilise us in mid table it would be a good thing. I'd quite like the job until the end of the season if Evans wants a cheap option. | |
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If you had to choose between on 22:46 - Dec 29 with 3151 views | bazgammon | Magilton or Royle | |
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His Holiness Sir Michael Joseph McCarthy Lord of Sexy Land (n/t) on 22:47 - Dec 29 with 3146 views | Bloots | | |
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If you had to choose between on 22:48 - Dec 29 with 3136 views | SitfcB | Super Mick! Football wasn’t always bad under him, he changed it from game to game depending on opposition, which Is what you need. | |
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His Holiness Sir Michael Joseph McCarthy Lord of Sexy Land (n/t) on 22:49 - Dec 29 with 3122 views | SitfcB |
His Holiness Sir Michael Joseph McCarthy Lord of Sexy Land (n/t) on 22:47 - Dec 29 by Bloots | |
I bloody miss him. It seems we are already back to a divided fan base again | |
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If you had to choose between on 22:53 - Dec 29 with 3107 views | DarkHorse | Difficult one. Would I like an incompetent heap of sh*t or an actual manager (MMC)? Let me see.. | | | |
If you had to choose between on 23:09 - Dec 29 with 3037 views | TRUE_BLUE123 |
If you had to choose between on 22:48 - Dec 29 by SitfcB | Super Mick! Football wasn’t always bad under him, he changed it from game to game depending on opposition, which Is what you need. |
Fans weren't moaning when we won sitters. That Sunderland game we played blinding football. But lets be honest, in his last year, the football was pretty dire. And I am a Mick fan. | |
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If you had to choose between on 23:18 - Dec 29 with 2997 views | The_Last_Baron | Mick is the only one, then Keane. I'd choose Magilton over all of them though. | |
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If you had to choose between on 23:35 - Dec 29 with 2949 views | SitfcB |
If you had to choose between on 23:09 - Dec 29 by TRUE_BLUE123 | Fans weren't moaning when we won sitters. That Sunderland game we played blinding football. But lets be honest, in his last year, the football was pretty dire. And I am a Mick fan. |
Yup exactly, the same as this season really, it’s ok when you’re winning. The relationship between the fans and MM had gone beyond repair so didn’t help matters in the last year. | |
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If you had to choose between on 23:42 - Dec 29 with 2922 views | Sarge | To the end of the season, Mick without question. Wouldn’t want him at the start of the next season though. | | | |
If you had to choose between on 00:29 - Dec 30 with 2846 views | patrickswell | McCarthy. The other four can jump in the fecking sea, preferably while crammed into the same wooden barrel. | | | |
If you had to choose between on 00:38 - Dec 30 with 2831 views | patrickswell |
If you had to choose between on 23:09 - Dec 29 by TRUE_BLUE123 | Fans weren't moaning when we won sitters. That Sunderland game we played blinding football. But lets be honest, in his last year, the football was pretty dire. And I am a Mick fan. |
I think in terms of the decade, our best period was 2013-16. Mick’s last two years were a slog, but at least the team played with a plan and an identity of some kind. By contrast Keane, Jewell, Hurst and increasingly Lambert gave us incoherent selections, poor recruitment (more so in the case of Keane, Jewell and Hurst), no real identity in terms of play. They busked it. Unless Lambert can turn this around, Jackie Milburn will find all our managers, bar McCarthy, from this decade ranked below him in any list of ITFC managers achievement. | | | |
If you had to choose between on 00:56 - Dec 30 with 2808 views | pointofblue |
If you had to choose between on 23:09 - Dec 29 by TRUE_BLUE123 | Fans weren't moaning when we won sitters. That Sunderland game we played blinding football. But lets be honest, in his last year, the football was pretty dire. And I am a Mick fan. |
Mick’s era fell apart after the 5-1 reverse at Reading. We didn’t even deserve to lose, let alone be thrashed, but he reverted to safety first and the die was cast. It’s a shame as we started that season playing very attractive football. In answer to the OP - obviously Mick. | |
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If you had to choose between on 02:20 - Dec 30 with 2749 views | J4ck22 | I’m amazed that some people are saying Mick, but would happily ditch him after getting promoted. I think we would need a steady hand to keep us in the Championship after getting back there, he’d probably be good for that too... | | | |
If you had to choose between on 06:48 - Dec 30 with 2600 views | TractorBoyOlly | Can I have Jim? | |
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If you had to choose between on 07:54 - Dec 30 with 2514 views | Bluebell |
If you had to choose between on 23:35 - Dec 29 by SitfcB | Yup exactly, the same as this season really, it’s ok when you’re winning. The relationship between the fans and MM had gone beyond repair so didn’t help matters in the last year. |
Not all the fans. Some of us wanted him to stay and would have him back in a heartbeat. Who wouldn’t want to be in the middle of the Championship now? | | | |
If you had to choose between on 07:59 - Dec 30 with 2498 views | The_Romford_Blue |
If you had to choose between on 23:09 - Dec 29 by TRUE_BLUE123 | Fans weren't moaning when we won sitters. That Sunderland game we played blinding football. But lets be honest, in his last year, the football was pretty dire. And I am a Mick fan. |
Agreed. And agreed. | |
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If you had to choose between on 08:00 - Dec 30 with 2494 views | ITFC_Forever | Why does it have to be one of them? There are more players / managers out there than those who used to play for us. Anyway, the answer is Royle. | |
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If you had to choose between on 08:00 - Dec 30 with 2494 views | Chrisd | It has to be McCarthy, the rest made a complete mess of the job. MM would have us better organised, more structured in our play but as you rightly say the football wouldn't be the most eye catching. That's the concern with ME, when PL goes who is he going to recruit next? His managerial appointments reflect his time as owner of our club......shambolic! I bet MM is having right good laugh at our expense. [Post edited 30 Dec 2019 8:17]
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If you had to choose between on 08:08 - Dec 30 with 2460 views | gainsboroughblue |
If you had to choose between on 22:42 - Dec 29 by olimar | McCarthy walked into the club and, within a week, had got us defensively solid and within a month we were competitive and winning games. If we appointed him tomorrow, Id put money on us winning this division. Not saying Id want him to stay beyond that, mind you.... |
If we went up, we would need him next season. | |
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