benjii Posted 28 October, 2008 Posted 28 October, 2008 He sounded suicidal. Monotone, monotactic, monostriker. No wonder Lowe's decided to get in the dressing room and shake things up a bit. Great appointment Rupes. Pearson would have been so much worse.
brmbrm Posted 28 October, 2008 Posted 28 October, 2008 Assisted suicide, you reckon? Think we could get some volunteers in?
SOTONS EAST SIDE Posted 28 October, 2008 Posted 28 October, 2008 He sounded suicidal. Monotone, monotactic, monostriker. No wonder Lowe's decided to get in the dressing room and shake things up a bit. Great appointment Rupes. Pearson would have been so much worse.Yeah Rupes is in there building a gallows and knotting the rope for JP!
70's Mike Posted 28 October, 2008 Posted 28 October, 2008 Jan is learning very quickly that in real football the nasty other team do not fold just because we can out pass them, unless we start putting the goals away when on top Jan will have to top himself
benjii Posted 28 October, 2008 Author Posted 28 October, 2008 He just sounded so deflated. The interviewer wasn't even giving him a hardtime. They could have questioned him about the strange substitutions or the inability/unwillingness to change shape, but they were fairly bland questions and he sounded like he couldn't be arsed anymore. I'm very worried!
lamanga Posted 28 October, 2008 Posted 28 October, 2008 Had to turn up my ghettoblaster to hear him. Woke up my cats 'an all.
docker-p Posted 28 October, 2008 Posted 28 October, 2008 I thought he was going to shoot himself live on air. I've never heard a man so broken.
benjii Posted 28 October, 2008 Author Posted 28 October, 2008 I thought he was going to shoot himself live on air. I've never heard a man so broken. I wouldn't have been surprised if he'd done a Dave Lee-Travis.
Mole Posted 28 October, 2008 Posted 28 October, 2008 JP probably knows Lowe is about to sack him. Cue Wotte taking charge.
benjii Posted 28 October, 2008 Author Posted 28 October, 2008 JP probably knows Lowe is about to sack him. Cue Wotte taking charge. Maybe Lowe's pep-talk was a "do it for the gaffer (or I'll sack him)" talk.
Mole Posted 28 October, 2008 Posted 28 October, 2008 Maybe Lowe's pep-talk was a "do it for the gaffer (or I'll sack him)" talk. As the pressure increases on Lowe he'll want to have another throw of the dice to deflect criticism. Lowe will sack any manager at the drop of a hat to save his own skin with the hope of creating another "get behind the new manager" period to buy some time.
1976_Child Posted 28 October, 2008 Posted 28 October, 2008 JP's interview video on the Echo site (can't be Rsed to find the link) looked as though he was p!ssed of with everything. looked like the duck hunter had given him a spanking after the swansea game and his butt was still sore. Welcome to English footy mate.
Roman Posted 28 October, 2008 Posted 28 October, 2008 (edited) JP probably knows Lowe is about to sack him. Cue Wotte taking charge. I agree, there's something of the 'dead man walking' about Jan. But I wonder if Wotte is too smart to accept such a poisoned chalice. Edited 28 October, 2008 by Roman
lamanga Posted 28 October, 2008 Posted 28 October, 2008 JP probably knows Lowe is about to sack him. Cue Wotte taking charge. OOooo my God you might have a point there and was it the plan long term?
1976_Child Posted 28 October, 2008 Posted 28 October, 2008 JP's interview video on the Echo site (can't be Rsed to find the link) looked as though he was p!ssed of with everything. looked like the duck hunter had given him a spanking after the swansea game and his butt was still sore. Welcome to English footy mate. I just realised that my current avatar is Jemima Puddle Duck. F@cking hope the duck hunter doesn't come after me!
Mole Posted 28 October, 2008 Posted 28 October, 2008 OOooo my God you might have a point there and was it the plan long term? I doubt it was the plan, but it's the obvious thing Lowe will do.
alpine_saint Posted 29 October, 2008 Posted 29 October, 2008 As the pressure increases on Lowe he'll want to have another throw of the dice to deflect criticism. Lowe will sack any manager at the drop of a hat to save his own skin with the hope of creating another "get behind the new manager" period to buy some time. If Lowe sacks JP, or if JP quits, I am of the opinion Lowe is finished, all credibility shot. This is supposed to be a long-term strategy, we are told, yet he will show what a coward and useless leader he is by panicking. Also, at a time where we are loaning out, giving away and selling (not so much selling..) anything that can kick a ball properly or can run 100m, because we cannot afford the appearance fees and/or wages, we would have to pay off JPs contract. His chairmanship would be a complete f**king joke and he would have to go. The truce between Wilde and Lowe could even break. I reckon JP would disappear upstairs as the "DoF" upstairs in title only (with Lowe still doing the work) for a few months to take the heat off, with Wotte coming forwards to be first-team coach
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