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Yes, even Rahic offered crap Collins the job ahead of Drury haha

 

I’d be pretty sure that Drury is there to ‘coach’ the system decided by GB - if he can take orders and implement what he’s told then he should do fine.
The problem was Collins - and the fact he was fecking clueless.

 

The problem was Rahic. He thought he could run and organise a team because he used to play a bit.

Installing Collins was ridiculous, but there wouldn't have been a problem if he stayed in his position.

Because Rahic and Collins were in the wrong positions, we were screwed.

Is Drury in the wrong position as assistant coach? Based on what?

 

Same reasons Collins was wrong to me manager.

If the club told you to pull your pants down, you would!

A dream customer! I would be able to take you to the cleaners and still make you clean my Merc.

 

Absolutely the point. Not sure what some are not getting.

 

What is he guessing at? He said we didn’t renew contracts due to financial restraints. Isn’t that what Bowyer himself referred to with his ‘cutting cloth‘ comment?

Do you blindly accept and agree to every decision made by the club? It seems that way, because irrespective of the decision, you always try to put a positive slant on it...!

 

I base my view on the following;

- He was not appointed assistant by any of our previous managers.
- He failed in his only job at BPA.
- He was in charge for 1 game and we put in one of our worst performances of the season
- The first thing Bowyer did was to replace him with Todd.

Hope this helps

 

He came with him with the aim of staying up. We didn’t we have a first team coach Bowyer must have taken part in the decision. There isn’t much more to be said.

 

Nope. None of that helps at all, because you're confusing the roles of Assistant/Caretaker Manager with that of coach.
You may believe that we need an Assistant Manager, but that's a different issue from whether Drury is a decent coach or not. None of you know whether Drury is a good coach unless you've actually observed him coaching or have reliable inside info from those that have.

 

I agree about needing another coach/ assistant manager but I'm confused as to why the blame is being placed firmly at Drurys door yet GB and Hopkin for a while before him get a free pass after a terrible run of results?

 

Where have I blamed Drury and given the others a free pass?

My point is that Collins was fast-tracked to assistant under Edin. I saw nothing from him to suggest he was right for the job. Then, Hopkin brought in a fitness coach to work with him and double up as his assistant. When Hopkin left, Bowyer brought Todd, despite having McElhone and Drury still at the club.

Neither manager rated him clearly. So why is Bowyer now expected to work with him now? For me, Drury should revert back to working with the u23s and younger, possibly taking some sessions with the 1st team too. But Bowyer should be bringing in an assistant to work directly with him

 

Nope. I try to be balanced and not jump to conclusions on minimal evidence. Unlike Fordy, I wasn't predicting dire consequences every season when we were actually getting year on year improvement for several years under PP & SM. Hence my conspiracy/negative spin comment.

I'm not saying I agree with the decision to not replace Todd and McElhon. I agree that it is disappointing and possibly short sighted.
I'm simply saying that no one can single out Drury as being not up to the job of coach (not assistant manager) without knowing far more than any of us know about his coaching methods and what instructions he was working under last season. I'm not saying he's good either - I simply don't know and I suggest that you don't either.

 

A very long reply with very little substance with regards Drurys postion at our club going forward, always what happend in the past.
The only time Drury would possibly have any major input was when he was Collins assistant two very young men given positions they could not handle, but if you think Drury had any input whilst Hopkins was here I'll have to disappoint you both Hopkins and now Bowyer will do it their way as it is their heads on the block.
I fully understand the situation I also believe Bowyer will give us fans a good season and a team we want to support not just because we have cheap season tickets, along with Drury's help of course.

 

Trevor ............ I loved all that, truly, I did.
As my last contract finished ..... I 'signed up' on the Old King Dole ......

My (very young) 'Work Coach' asked if I had considered 'work training' to enhance my career prospects ? In reply - I asked them if they had actually read my CV ?
NO !! ..... They hadn't ! I suggested they did.

The end result .......... FOPMSL ...... The DWP sent a 60 year old, highly qualified person on a bloody NVQ 3 LIFE SKILLS course, of all things, ha, ha, ha.
EIGHT weeks, I will never get back. The ONLY good thing I got out of it was to help my fellow learners understand, and appreciate their own worth much better than they did beforehand.

 

Fordy can probably relate more to this.
#don’tbelikeGrace

 

My gut feeling is that I want Drury out of the club due to the Rahic/Abbot/Collins debacle. But both Hopkin and Bowyer have worked with him. Bowyer seems okay with having him around.
I trust Bowyer. He comes across as a proper football manager. He might prefer someone else but he appears to be happy to have him around. That’s good enough for me. Let’s see where the future takes us. Football evolves.

 

My feeling is he will not last the season and will be gone by this time next year

 

New fitness coach Ben Rome has signed a one year deal.

 

Plus new contracts for three physios

 

I think he was joking Glenn