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Eric Black resigns.....

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benjii

benjii

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Right, so now Redmond will start slaughtering full backs, Stevie D will get ten goals a season, Cedric will learn how to cross and shoot and Forster will save more than he lets in.

 

Result!

Suhari

Suhari

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Hmmm.

 

The 'popular with players and staff' line is always going to be said. Doubt we'd ever see a statement saying 'xxxx was viewed as a total knob by all at the club'.

 

His record is terrible though and surely we can do better?

 

*Conspiracy Theories Switched On!* - I wonder if the club noticed the fans view of him and this is some kind vague way to address the general discontent about MP?

DuncanRG

DuncanRG

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Hmmm.

 

The 'popular with players and staff' line is always going to be said. Doubt we'd ever see a statement saying 'xxxx was viewed as a total knob by all at the club'.

 

His record is terrible though and surely we can do better?

 

*Conspiracy Theories Switched On!* - I wonder if the club noticed the fans view of him and this is some kind vague way to address the general discontent about MP?

 

It would be quite easy to put out a suitable statement without saying he was popular. It just happens to be true.

Sheaf Saint

Sheaf Saint

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"....popular with the players and staff..."

 

What are we to think?

 

I have no evidence to confirm this of course, but perhaps the reason he was popular with the players was that he didn't push them overly hard in training???

 

Just a thought.

James

James

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I have no evidence to confirm this of course, but perhaps the reason he was popular with the players was that he didn't push them overly hard in training???

 

Just a thought.

 

Similar situation with Bilic and WHU apparently...

Simon3737

Simon3737

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And it's the day after the Gao board meeting.

 

Coincidence?

 

What Mr Gao doesn’t know about the attributes of Premier League Senior First Team Coaches isn’t worth knowing!

obelisk

obelisk

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There's no evidence that Black was a part of the problem with Saints form but he's one major common factor from last season to this. That and his awful reputation at Villa are simply circumstantial, if not damning, evidence for the prosecution. I guess the coming months might offer another clue.

hypochondriac

hypochondriac

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My sisters boyfriend is an ex professional footballer- played against saints the lucky b*stard- and I found his insights really interesting. According to him, the best coaches and managers are the ones who can have a laugh and a joke, let everyone go out and have a drink but who you know that if you go too far will crucify you.

 

Apparently him and some of his team mates got involved in a fight in a club in the early hours. The manager came out strongly and condemned them whilst behind closed doors his only concern was that they were stupid enough to do it in public and he wanted to make sure that they all backed each other up. He reckons the authoritarian managers and coaches had little chance of success because the players wouldn't play for them. Would be interesting to know Black's style in this regard.

SKD

SKD

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It would be quite easy to put out a suitable statement without saying he was popular. It just happens to be true.

 

Well from what I've been told, by people in the game (outside of saints), he's certainly not a 'fine coach'.

 

As for the players liking him, (from what I've been told) I know a certain ex captain didn't get on all that well with him.

Saint Jude

Saint Jude

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We’ll find out now.. if the players were really ‘over-coached’..be interesting to see who they bring in. If he was so good.. and the condition wasn’t ‘serious’.. why is he not just taking a break and coming back to Saints when it’s fixed..

RobM

RobM

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Not if, as previously suggested, he left weeks ago.

 

But that can't be true, as our form and performances were all his fault and they haven't improved in recent weeks.

Huffton

Huffton

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What a load of ****e. If he was that good a coach we would keep his job open while he had his 'back issues' sorted. This is a 'left by mutual consent with a signed NDA' if ever there was one!

Mattio

Mattio

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So he's left because he's spineless - has no backbone. It's what I suspected all along, taking into account his record of failure at other clubs.

:lol:

CB Fry

CB Fry

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Certainly a **** and ball excuse to leave mid-season. Clearly that’s not the real reason for his departure.

 

Maybe Les will take a hands-on roll. They do XXL tracksuits.

What do you think the real reason is then?

 

Why does a football club need to fabricate a story for the departure of a managerial assistant? It's not that important to lie about is it?

Suhari

Suhari

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Black is not the cause of our decline, far from it and from what I am told the players never had a problem with him. You have to look higher

 

Wonder if we are about to see a last shuffle of the pack from Les.

Matthew Le God

Matthew Le God

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I'm yet to see any good evidence from those that wanted Eric Black out of the club that he was a negative impact on the squad. We simply don't know and it is jumping to conclusions to say you do know. If anything his influence this season decreased, as he was demoted from assistant manager under Puel to 1st team coach under Pellegrino. Seems some people just want to find scapegoats!

 

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Matthew Le God

Matthew Le God

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I'm yet to see any good evidence from those that wanted Eric Black out of the club that he was a negative impact on the squad. We simply don't know and it is jumping to conclusions to say you do know. If anything his influence this season decreased, as he was demoted from assistant manager under Puel to 1st team coach under Pellegrino.

 

Seems some people just want to find scapegoats!

 

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Heisenberg

Heisenberg

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His record is appalling

 

Celtic with John Barnes :mcinnes:

 

Black was assistant manager to Steve Kean at Blackburn Rovers - Blackburn relegated

 

He then went to Blackpool to support Barry Ferguson - Blackpool won only three of their twenty games

 

Next he goes to Wigan (July 2014) - Wigan relegated to league 1

 

Next up was Rotherham - Black was named as first team coach of Championship side Rotherham United (July 15) - They won just 6 of the 30 games he was there and were rock bottom. He left and Rotherham appointed Neil Warnock - the final 13 games Rotherham went W6, D5 L2 and stayed up.

 

Next was Villa - first team coach and then temp manager. Villa relegated

 

SFC next and its been decline, decline, decline

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