by Crowthorne Royal » 18 May 2009 21:40
by strap » 18 May 2009 21:52
by savage 4 england » 18 May 2009 22:35
Crowthorne Royal Allowing players so much space that they'd run, run and run some more and often shoot and score..
Philips @ B'ham
Mcgugan (Forest) at The MS
Paterson @ The MS
by melksham_royal » 18 May 2009 22:37
by Kitson12 » 18 May 2009 22:54
by gazzer, loyal royal » 18 May 2009 23:08
Kitson12 You forgot Harper's sideways passing!
by Kitson12 » 18 May 2009 23:12
gazzer, loyal royalKitson12 You forgot Harper's sideways passing!
i wish i could
by Millsy » 19 May 2009 00:47
by Archie's penalty » 19 May 2009 02:29
by Barry the bird boggler » 19 May 2009 06:24
Crowthorne Royal Not being able to achieve anything once teams stopped our wingers playing
by fireman_jules » 19 May 2009 07:04
Crowthorne Royal OK, hats off to our most successful manager ever. Coppell you are a wonderful hunam being and to top it off a very successful manager.
Hahnemman's lack of interest in distributing the ball to his full backs
Liam Rosenior's windmill and 'never say die' approach to football with no substance to his play at all
Duberry getting the ball and wanging it over 30 yards to nobody......and unforgiveably telling Bikey to do the same!
by holsgrove breaks a leg » 19 May 2009 07:50
by One Beer is never enough. » 19 May 2009 07:54
by pooandwee » 19 May 2009 07:57
savage 4 englandCrowthorne Royal Allowing players so much space that they'd run, run and run some more and often shoot and score..
Philips @ B'ham
Mcgugan (Forest) at The MS
Paterson @ The MS
That has been happening for years at the mad stad, especially in the 2nd half.
by Dan - B15 Royal » 19 May 2009 12:10
pooandweesavage 4 englandCrowthorne Royal Allowing players so much space that they'd run, run and run some more and often shoot and score..
Philips @ B'ham
Mcgugan (Forest) at The MS
Paterson @ The MS
That has been happening for years at the mad stad, especially in the 2nd half.
+ the fella at Plymouth
by Arthur Pint » 19 May 2009 12:31
Never berating woeful performances by some of his 'favourites'
by papereyes » 19 May 2009 13:55
Having a ridiculously high corner count and never achieving anything of any note from them
by gazzer, loyal royal » 19 May 2009 14:18
Kitson12gazzer, loyal royalKitson12 You forgot Harper's sideways passing!
i wish i could
Most of us prefer just to cry in a corner whenever it happens.
by brendywendy » 19 May 2009 14:36
One Beer is never enough. I wont miss all the anti-Coppell threads, and the bleatings of Royalee et al.
Unless of course the next manager doesnt turn out to be better than Coppell and is unable to meet the exceedingly lofty expectations of some of the support. But at that point the ant-?????? threads will no doubt start.
by wolsey » 19 May 2009 14:45
2 world wars, 1 world cup I agree.
I hate to make this an anti-Coppell thread because it should be clear by now that I pretty much want to marry him and wouldn't compain if he was to manage us for years on end (in the right frame of mind, but see below)
But...
in addition to the things you say I think the biggest weakness of him - which to be fair the anti-Coppell folk did point out when he first joined - is that he is an emotional type of character. It might seem a bit silly to say this given his general poker face, but I think he just takes things to heart. He left clubs before based on his emotions and I have no doubt after Christmas when the wheels started falling off he really took it to heart and just folded in on himself. How on earth can you motivate players when you're deeply affected by things yourself. When he left you could hear it in the poor guy's voice. He genuinely feels shattered that he coudn't take us back up at the first attempt and considers himself a failure. That must gave rubbed off on the players. He certainly wasn't an optimistic motivator. It's a real shame actually. But I guess it's where his strength lies too: he takes things so seriously and thinks so much that when he's thinking straight he gets things perfect and produces the highest league points in the history of English football. As soon as things go tits-up however, he loses his head and is of no use to anyone.
An enigma. And still my favourite manager ever.
But probably the best thing that he went now if what I say above is in any way true.
I look forward to someone who can kick butt when the chips are down at least.
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