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Did he deserve the tin-tack or longer in the job. What was it - 29 days?

You can’t throw most of your team under the bus like that and expect to carry on. Ridiculous behaviour.

Had also just been given a 4 match touchline ban meaning that if he hadn't been sacked, after it was served he'd have been banned for 40% of his games in charge.

Just seems to have been wholly unsuited to the role.

CEB wrote: ↑Fri Jan 19, 2024 3:28 pm You can’t throw most of your team under the bus like that and expect to carry on.

That's from the John Sitton Book of Football Management.

And is that shorter than Carl Fletcher was with us?

But it just goes to show how fickle footy can be. Runaway with a League 2 title, relegated the next season and now possibly a second relegation in two seasons.

Surprised he got the job - Seeing him in interviews

Then again FGR are fu*ked

EliotNes wrote: ↑Fri Jan 19, 2024 3:36 pm

CEB wrote: ↑Fri Jan 19, 2024 3:28 pm You can’t throw most of your team under the bus like that and expect to carry on.

That's from the John Sitton Book of Football Management.

And is that shorter than Carl Fletcher was with us?

But it just goes to show how fickle footy can be. Runaway with a League 2 title, relegated the next season and now possibly a second relegation in two seasons.

Deeney has been at FGR as a player/ coach since August. He only took the managers job on 20 December. I think both he & Fletcher lasted 29 days but Fletcher had fewer games before being axed.

Hopefully it’s been a steep learning curve for him and he’ll be better of for it. Bizarre appointment for a team fighting relegation, someone with no experience to be thrown into a pressurised environment

No surprise. I've always suspected a bad attitude from him. Sounds a bit like like the old Glen Hoddle ego scenario: ' I'm your manager and you should remember I was a much better player than any of you lot....'
And that's the reason Hoddle wasn't a much better manager than he should have been.

FGR are a Circus with a Nutter in charge.
Good riddance to them from the Football League.

Joe315 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 19, 2024 4:41 pm FGR are a Circus with a Nutter in charge.
Good riddance to them from the Football League.

It wouldn’t surprise me if people said exactly the same thing about us during our last season in the Beelzebub era

EliotNes wrote: ↑Fri Jan 19, 2024 3:36 pm

CEB wrote: ↑Fri Jan 19, 2024 3:28 pm You can’t throw most of your team under the bus like that and expect to carry on.

That's from the John Sitton Book of Football Management.

And is that shorter than Carl Fletcher was with us?

But it just goes to show how fickle footy can be. Runaway with a League 2 title, relegated the next season and now possibly a second relegation in two seasons.

I think Fletcher was the same (29 dqys). Why FGR appointed Deeney in the first place for a League 2 relegation dog fight is pure insanity. Vance is horrible too and I would be very pleased to see them go back to non-league.

RedDwarf 1881 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 19, 2024 4:58 pm

Joe315 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 19, 2024 4:41 pm FGR are a Circus with a Nutter in charge.
Good riddance to them from the Football League.

It wouldn’t surprise me if people said exactly the same thing about us during our last season in the Beelzebub era

The only differences is that, at that time, we had never been a non league team and we had never been owned by a nutter.

Joe315 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 19, 2024 4:41 pm FGR are a Circus with a Nutter in charge.
Good riddance to them from the Football League.

Is it just me or does FGR's owner have massive parallels to Droylsden's owner (AND manager) Dave Pace?!

Thought their owner was a good guy?

RedDwarf 1881 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 19, 2024 4:58 pm

Joe315 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 19, 2024 4:41 pm FGR are a Circus with a Nutter in charge.
Good riddance to them from the Football League.

It wouldn’t surprise me if people said exactly the same thing about us during our last season in the Beelzebub era

I doubt it .
We are a Traditional Football League Club

Loyal_Supporter wrote: ↑Fri Jan 19, 2024 5:07 pm

Joe315 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 19, 2024 4:41 pm FGR are a Circus with a Nutter in charge.
Good riddance to them from the Football League.

Is it just me or does FGR's owner have massive parallels to Droylsden's owner (AND manager) Dave Pace?!

Just a little.

silly sausage of a bloke and no doubt be back on Sky in five weeks telling experienced managers where they are going wrong