Ryans Options

Big assumptions there

 

Why has he dug himself in a hole? he has removed the headache of recruiting a new manager.

 

What was worse we did not look a good outfit. No idea. Plan and looked very poor in all areas. And as you say against Germany. Brazil. Mmmmmm. Liverpool sorry my mistake I told em bloooooooddduyyuy Oldham. How embarrassing

 

Honestly you are acting like you were born yesterday.

Ryan, McCall and Rhodes were all in this together. This wasn't a Ryan decision to keep him. They all played Rupp like a fiddle and got their reward.

The headache is still there because we all know McCall isn't good enough the only thing is now McCall gets to the end of the season but doesn't mean he gets next season.

If it was Ryan's decision to extend McCall's contract then its a major mistake.

 

McCall will not be sacked by the present regime, he will though almost certainly walk away when it all goes wrong. The problem is what state will the club be in when he does decide to go. Could be too late if where in a hopeless position when it happens.

 

Honestly, having had the weekend to reflect on things, giving Macca and Kenny an extension really was an abysmal play.

I cannot think of a single upside to that decision.

My mind remains boggled, and I've tried to look at this from every which way. Someone with a better imagination is going to have to fill me in on how it made sense?

 

My mind is still boggled too Jon.

If he thought McCall deserved longer to turn this mess around, then fair enough. But there was still no need to extend his contract right now, there is hardly going to be a queue of clubs tempting him away in the summer.

It just doesn't make sense

 

I can only think that they are trying to steady the rapidly sinking ship, by trying to enforce a bit of stability. New CEO comes in, wants to be seen as doing the right thing, and doesn't want his first job to be handing Stuarts cards to him. Sends a clear message of trust and support to the manager and his coach.

However! A clearer message would have been to NOT do that, but instead, look at the results, listen to the fans, and to trust and support the manager and his coach by backing them in the transfer window.

Unfortunately what it now looks like, is that Sparks is just another "Ruppet", and is doing something he really shouldn't be doing, just to look good in the eyes of our esteemed leader.

 

"Ruppet"...brilliant!

 

Agree.

The closest thing I could think of is that it suggests to the players he isn’t on the verge of leaving and was thus intended to give them a kick up the backside.

But it will take more than that to keep us up.

 

Some influential people on the socials have been going about stability, all the clubs doing well have had a manager a long time according to them. They might have missed the points that you need the back up for the manager and you need a good manager. Wouldn’t surprise me if that’s why McCall got the deal.

 

More Ruppets!

 

Can anyone else think of a manager at another club rewarded for poor performance like Stuart?

 

I seem to remember that Trevor Cherry was on a rolling six month contract, its a good way to please both parties as long as the manager isn't greedy.

 

I’m certainly looking forward to hearing the interviewers questions post match. Especially if (when) we lose.

 

What is Ryan's experience or expertise in a role like CEO of a football club? I can't find any stand out attributes.

We were calling out for a David Baldwin type appointment, and we got the office junior.

Time might prove me wrong but this all wreaks of amateur hour, lurching from disaster to disaster.

Looking at Ryan's history he appears to have been media manager at the Bulls whilst Omar Khan and Marc Green were running the club, which correct me if I am wrong had plenty of smoke and mirrors about how bad the situation really was there at the time.