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Posted May 18, 2017 02:41 · last edited May 18, 2017 05:23

sthn.jeff wrote:

Ryan wrote:

aitkenmike wrote:

Ryan wrote:

james dean wrote:

We have had since Ernie "resigned" to find a new manager so you'd hope we are a reasonable way down the line...

Wasn't there a world wide search undertaken when we appointed Greenie and Buckingham?

Yep, and they probably got that decision right as Des and Chris did a pretty good job. Better to try and find the right manager than rush it to get someone in mid season.

We didn't need to rush it, we could have had a heap of time.  We could have appointed them interim managers even until the end of the season, but immediately started the process to find the coach for the upcoming season, and hopefully been in a position to announce it or make a decision as soon as the season ended.  That would have been a whole bunch of time.

But both Adelaide united and Melbourne city have had months to find someone and still haven't signed anyone.

Additionally city had far more on the line than us and more resources yet are in the same boat.

and it worked out really well for city too.

Can you say hand on heart that D&G did a good job ?

Sure there were some good and unecpted wins but in the main wins were achieved against CCM and Jets. Any game where it actually mattered for us we bottled it. Horribly.

The point is if it was as easy as people assume wouldn't city have signed someone during the season? Wouldn't they have someone announced by now?

As far as Des and Chris goes, I can say they did a good job.

Winning against CCM and the Jets are better than what the team managed last year. Let's not forget two 3-0 wins over Victory (one of them away), winning away to the Roar, etc.

As I said, someone on here posted some stats which showed that they would have been fourth if the season started when they took over. 

If say, Ernie quit at the end of last season after the team finished 9th, and Des and Chris were announced as new coaches and the team ended up finishing fourth I'd say we'd all be pretty happy, and would be really excited about building on from that platform next year.

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Unknown editor edited May 18, 2017 05:23
sthn.jeff wrote:
Ryan wrote:
aitkenmike wrote:
Ryan wrote:
james dean wrote:

We have had since Ernie "resigned" to find a new manager so you'd hope we are a reasonable way down the line...

Wasn't there a world wide search undertaken when we appointed Greenie and Buckingham?

Yep, and they probably got that decision right as Des and Chris did a pretty good job. Better to try and find the right manager than rush it to get someone in mid season.

We didn't need to rush it, we could have had a heap of time.  We could have appointed them interim managers even until the end of the season, but immediately started the process to find the coach for the upcoming season, and hopefully been in a position to announce it or make a decision as soon as the season ended.  That would have been a whole bunch of time.

But both Adelaide united and Melbourne city have had months to find someone and still haven't signed anyone.

Additionally city had far more on the line than us and more resources yet are in the same boat.

and it worked out really well for city too.

Can you say hand on heart that D&G did a good job ?

Sure there were some good and unecpted wins but in the main wins were achieved against CCM and Jets. Any game where it actually mattered for us we bottled it. Horribly.

The point is if it was as easy as people assume wouldn't city have signed someone during the season? Wouldn't they have someone announced by now?

As far as Des and Chris goes, I can say they did a good job.

Winning against CCM and the Jets are better than what the team managed last year. Let's not forget two 3-0 wins over Victory (one of them away), winning away to the Roar, etc.

As I said, someone on here posted some stats which showed that they would have been fourth if the season started when they took over. If say, Ernie retired at the end of last season after the team finished 9th, and Des and Chris were announced as new coaches and the team ended up finishing fourth I'd say we'd all be pretty happy, and would be really excited about building on from that platform next year.

Unknown editor edited May 18, 2017 05:23
sthn.jeff wrote:
Ryan wrote:
aitkenmike wrote:
Ryan wrote:
james dean wrote:

We have had since Ernie "resigned" to find a new manager so you'd hope we are a reasonable way down the line...

Wasn't there a world wide search undertaken when we appointed Greenie and Buckingham?

Yep, and they probably got that decision right as Des and Chris did a pretty good job. Better to try and find the right manager than rush it to get someone in mid season.

We didn't need to rush it, we could have had a heap of time.  We could have appointed them interim managers even until the end of the season, but immediately started the process to find the coach for the upcoming season, and hopefully been in a position to announce it or make a decision as soon as the season ended.  That would have been a whole bunch of time.

But both Adelaide united and Melbourne city have had months to find someone and still haven't signed anyone.

Additionally city had far more on the line than us and more resources yet are in the same boat.

and it worked out really well for city too.

Can you say hand on heart that D&G did a good job ?

Sure there were some good and unecpted wins but in the main wins were achieved against CCM and Jets. Any game where it actually mattered for us we bottled it. Horribly.

The point is if it was as easy as people assume wouldn't city have signed someone during the season? Wouldn't they have someone announced by now?

As far as Des and Chris goes, I can say they did a good job.

Winning against CCM and the Jets are better than what the team managed last year. Let's not forget two 3-0 wins over Victory (one of them away), winning away to the Roar, etc.

As I said, someone on here posted some stats which showed that they would have been fourth if the team started when they took over. If say, Ernie retired at the end of last season after the team finished 9th, and Des and Chris were announced as new coaches and the team ended up finishing fourth I'd say we'd all be pretty happy, and would be really excited about building on from that platform next year.

Unknown editor edited May 18, 2017 02:42
sthn.jeff wrote:
Ryan wrote:
aitkenmike wrote:
Ryan wrote:
james dean wrote:

We have had since Ernie "resigned" to find a new manager so you'd hope we are a reasonable way down the line...

Wasn't there a world wide search undertaken when we appointed Greenie and Buckingham?

Yep, and they probably got that decision right as Des and Chris did a pretty good job. Better to try and find the right manager than rush it to get someone in mid season.

We didn't need to rush it, we could have had a heap of time.  We could have appointed them interim managers even until the end of the season, but immediately started the process to find the coach for the upcoming season, and hopefully been in a position to announce it or make a decision as soon as the season ended.  That would have been a whole bunch of time.

But both Adelaide united and Melbourne city have had months to find someone and still haven't signed anyone.

Additionally city had far more on the line than us and more resources yet are in the same boat.

and it worked out really well for city too.

Can you say hand on heart that D&G did a good job ?

Sure there were some good and unecpted wins but in the main wins were achieved against CCM and Jets. Any game where it actually mattered for us we bottled it. Horribly.

Yep I can say they did a good job.

Winning against CCM and the Jets are better than what the team managed last year. Let's not forget two 3-0 wins over Victory (one of them away), winning away to the Roar, etc.

As I said, someone on here posted some stats which showed that they would have been fourth if the team started when they took over. If say, Ernie retired at the end of last season after the team finished 9th, and Des and Chris were announced as new coaches and the team ended up finishing fourth I'd say we'd all be pretty happy, and would be really excited about building on from that platform next year.