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Giraffe

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We now have Jones in charge for at least two games. What happens if we win both and then we struggle to get someone else in. Give him a few weeks and then make him permanent?

It could happen.

Who else is going to want to come us in the bottom three with a history of pissing off managers?
 




Bozza

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I'd like to see Paul Barber step up, if only so that [MENTION=3734]Giraffe[/MENTION] only has one man (although with two roles) to hate.
 




Giraffe

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I'd like to see Paul Barber step up, if only so that [MENTION=3734]Giraffe[/MENTION] only has one man (although with two roles) to hate.

I don't hate him, I actually quite like him, I just don't think he is doing a very good job :)

So yes it would make life easier if the manager and CEO role could be combined. Would also be great for FFP.
 




Pantani

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We now have Jones in charge for at least two games. What happens if we win both and then we struggle to get someone else in. Give him a few weeks and then make him permanent?

It could happen.

Who else is going to want to come us in the bottom three with a history of pissing off managers?

At least all you anti Jones dullards might actually have some evidence to criticise him from once he has been caretaker for a few games.
 


Justice

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I don't hate him, I actually quite like him, I just don't think he is doing a very good job :)

So yes it would make life easier if the manager and CEO role could be combined. Would also be great for FFP.
Did you think that last season? The manager picks the team and tactics not the assistant.
 


Giraffe

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Did you think that last season? The manager picks the team and tactics not the assistant.

If you read the thread properly I was talking about Barber (as always :))
 




Rookie

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Actually looking forward to seeing what he can do.
 


Springal

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Excellent, Hyypia hasn't even gone and we've moved onto the next target, Jones.
 


Stumpy Tim

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Jones should get a couple of games anyway now - and if he does well he'll deserve a shot. I actually like Jones. He is well respected, has his badges, won the development league at Charlton, and he has an aura of intensity that is the hallmark of a good manager.

Whoever gets the gig is fortunate in my opinion - we're MUCH better than where we're sitting in the league. Just get us organised & feed Darren Bent and/or Colunga and we'll climb the league
 




RexCathedra

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Jan 14, 2005
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We settled this months ago.

Welsh
Weasel.
Yeovil.

End of.
 




Ninja Elephant

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I don't hate him, I actually quite like him, I just don't think he is doing a very good job :)

So yes it would make life easier if the manager and CEO role could be combined. Would also be great for FFP.

I am interested to know how you quantify that.
 




Titanic

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"In the interim, Nathan Jones, assistant manager, will take charge of the team for the Boxing Day fixture against Reading. " :thumbsup:

Read more at
http://www.seagulls.co.uk/news/article/brighton-hove-albion-sami-hyypia-leaves-2159842.aspx
 


Giraffe

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I am interested to know how you quantify that.

We had a good manager, he left. Since then we have lost another good manager, who left and appointed an average one, who has now left.

Since he has arrived we have sold our best players and we are now sitting in the bottom three of the Championship. When he arrived we had a play off challenging squad, we now have a bottom three in the championship side.

He is the CEO, he has to take some responsibility for what has happened.
 


Jimmy Grimble

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I'm genuinely expecting a vast tactical improvement under Jones. Partly cos it can't be any worse than Hyypia's tactics, partly because I have a gut feeling he'll actually be decent.

Regardless, it'll be very interesting to see how he lines them up.
 


Mutts Nuts

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We had a good manager, he left. Since then we have lost another good manager, who left and appointed an average one, who has now left.

Since he has arrived we have sold our best players and we are now sitting in the bottom three of the Championship. When he arrived we had a play off challenging squad, we now have a bottom three in the championship side.

He is the CEO, he has to take some responsibility for what has happened.

THIS! with ****ing great brass bells on
 




The Oldman

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If Jones can produce a couple of wins and a draw in the first weeks then my guess is he gets the job until the season end. It will be fascinating to see what tactics he adopts now and whether he agreed with Sammi's methods. If he can save us from relegation then you cannot ask for more at this stage of the campaign. He knows better than any newcomer the strengths and weaknesses of the team. Obviously if we lose the next 2 or 3 games then he is a goner.

Having said all that I'm not that keen on him!
 





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