Thank fuck for that. I can go back to hating them unreservedly now that SSC has gone.
2 May 2023
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Neil Harris is stepping down as Millwall manager.
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To be announced as the new manager of Millwall in about 9 months.
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Is it just my imagination or is Neil Harris to Mewo as Darren Ferguson is to Peterborough now, and as such will doubtless get reappointed again in 18 months or so?
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Looks like Wolves are sticking with Gary O'Neill. Doesn't seem like he's the biggest problem there but still feels like it's gone to far and he's unlikely to turn things round.
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Sure I'll be proven wrong, but I don't think Wolves are that bad. They're competitive every time I've seen them. I feel given time he'll turn it around and get them out the relegation zone by the final few games.
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Their first 10 or so games were tough, so there was an argument that they were falsely placed but 2-4 at home Bournemouth and 4-0 at Everton are just bad results. They concede too many and I don't see how that get fixed. Add in them still feeling sorry for themselves about refereeing/VARing (we got angry about it, which is the more useful approach) and they are in heaps of trouble.
But Leicester remain shit and are catchable for them.
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Depends what you are looking to turn around. Any assessment has to be in the context of what they are doing, and what you aim to solve by making a change. I agree with Shades - they look competitive, largely because they are well coached. That's well coached by a coach who knows the group well, and has some serious deficiencies to mitigate against (in terms of the quality at his disposal). The squad clearly respect him, and are playing for him. In terms of individual attributes, you can see why it's a struggle. Does changing the coach make the players quicker and better technically? Maybe if they are not being physically trained well, but my judgement would not be that is the problem. The structure, and adherence to the game plan is good, and out of their control they are being absolutely sawn off by the balance of decisions against them.
So if you are looking for a change, it's rolling the dice and hoping for a bounce from a new voice and increased output from the players. I think that's a big risk. They are more likely to go down without O'Neil than with him. Bear in mind the Wet Hams managers, with a better group of players, isn't exactly thriving, and he chucked the towel in with this squad when it was 200million in better shape. If it was me I'd be giving O'Neil an extended contract, and getting behind him.
P.S. Three teams will go down, and that's often the three worst squads (injuries, suspensions, olive branch's, et al, considered).
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Leicester v Wolves on 23 Dec looks to be a huger than usual 6-pointer.
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Hopefully the new-manager bounce will have long since fucked off by then. Their last couple of results have been irritating.
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Wolves sack O’Neil.
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Leicester next week, so fingers crossed for a new manager bounce.
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If it wasn't Wolves, I'd laught my fucking bollocks right off if SSC went there and absolutely drilled them lubeless.
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Apparently Solksjaer was at their match yesterday. Might mean bugger all though.
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"Super Stevie? Is that Super Stevie Cooper? Obviously we don't want to impact your ability to continue to collect a pile of cash from Schrödinger's Foxes, but do you fancy having a week at the Wolves? Observe training, see how we do things...maybe make a few observations? Purely in a learning capacity?"
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Would be a terrible choice for both parties. There must be a decent championship manager who'd fancy a go at the Premier league. Robins wouldn't be the worst appointment they could make.
