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Apart from his vile personality, he has had no success for over 10 years, don't see the appeal for this dinosaur.

 

I am at screaming point with the constant suggestions that we should welcome Steve Evans to our club. Forgive me but I have an aversion to perverts that a complete lack of respect for women. We are part of the fan base. If the club decide to go down that route, I will not purchase a season ticket, nor will I step foot in VP. Plus he isn’t a good manager which is why he is always available.

 

why are people obsessed with playing good football.
The only good football is winning football, tactics and style matter not
especially in this division

 

I really can’t see Sparkes being daft enough to go anywhere near that fat,odious slug Evans and his equally obnoxious and anti-football assistant Paul Raynor.
The description above is enough but primarily because they’ve not had any great success for years.
And the success from years ago was based on a very big spend at clubs.
That ain’t happening here.

 

Count me as done if that fat, odious, serial cheat comes anywhere near vp

 

I agree completely.
If Evans is appointed then I for one won't be visting Valley Parade or an away game whilst he is in situ. On several grounds.
1) He is not very good and hasn't achieved a great deal over a considerable period.
2) He has been convicted of tax fraud in the past. Not a good look.
3) He and his sidekick Raynor are unpleasant characters who have a significant history of poor behaviour connected with City employees. As a matter of principle he should not be employed by the club. We should have standards.

 

If Sparks appoints Evans, it just shows how pathetic his leadership is and how desperate he has become.

 

Sparks knows the history between Evans and the club and fans. There is no way he would risk contemplating employing Evans and making it even more toxic at Valley Parade. Surely?

It's not that he even has a recent good track record.

 

I would be absolutely staggered if Sparks even considered appointing Evans.
And coming off the back of deluded Derek would make it an even more ridiculous possibility if rebuilding some unity is the primary objective

 

If true I’d be happy with Wellens and Jewell above him, it fell apart at Swindon but only after some very dodgy dealings by their owner during a global pandemic and losing all their best players.

Give them time to create and build an identity if so.

In an ideal world Rupp would loan the club say a million Ala Lawn, then we invest in better coaching, sports science and scouting structures. All remaining funds put into a quality over quantity squad which matched said style of play, younger players who can play a high energy game with some experience sprinkled in there.

Then if Sparks came out and asked for time, asked us to be realistic say it’s a two year plan to really go for the title in year two and create a squad that can compete in league 1.

Then I think fams would have more respect for the regime and give it time to work.

 

Basically the new manager will be whoever MacAnthony suggests to Ryan.

 

They read out my text.



Supporters can put up with dull negative football if the team wins. It was a terrible watch and the crowds were dwindling. Season ticket renewal due soon, so I am not surprised. One of the worst things was how he threw players including youngsters like Finn Cousin-Dawson under the bus publicly for making a mistake.

 

I genuinely don't believe they're threats, I for one won't be represented by Evans... I strongly doubt he'd risk the ST renewals like that, given that seems to be one of the reasons they chose to get rid of Adams. And if he does, fine, I'll come back in a year once he's proven how bad a manager he is

 

I don't think for one minute Evans is in the frame even though his buddy Darragh MacAnthony said he would guarantee us a promotion.
The last thing Ryan wants is as yourself and many other not to renew their season tickets.
I've always said it's the players I support who pull on the Claret & Amber shirts not the owner, CEO or manager but in Evans case I'll happily make an exception.

 

A lot to talk on Steve Evans and @borderlescott has it right on the player turnover front. If sparks is listening to Mcanthony and we have no director of football or head of recruitment to filter the signings, we will end up with 10-12 signings per window never mind season.
His best results were ten years ago and he’s not very good any more. And that’s before we look at his sketchy off the field behaviour.
If we wanted someone in to put some points on the board quickly maybe short term he could be an option but otherwise no chance longer term. Luckily this doesn’t need to be an immediate appointment.

It has to be grant McCann for me if we are listening to Mcanthony (he seems to have Sparks’ ear). Still young at 41 so will want to impress and isn’t coming for one last pay day. Plays good football. Has a recent championship winning side on his CV at hull and that’s despite a relegation the previous season which all we hear is it’s tough to come back from. He did it at a canter the first time of asking. He promotes youth to the first team. Even managed a difficult club with a dodgy owner like he did at Hull
I can’t see many drawbacks if we can persuade him to come to this level

 

Go on then, i will bite, Evans has done nothing for years now, what makes you think the dinosaur could get us into the playoffs?

 

Sparks talked up Trueman and he faced Oldham and Harrogate. Two teams that are woeful and we lost both. Let 5 goals in and scored once!

Trueman isn’t the answer at all!! No bloody way! Shite.

 

The guy is so far out of his depth it’s unbelievable. I’ve stopped getting angry now - poor guy is so pathetic I feel sorry for him.

 

I'd not appoint Trueman. This needs a proper, long term plan, led and supported properly by Rupp/Sparks. Its not what we'll get though.

In the summer, we rightly decided that whilst Trueman had done a good job of preventing relegation last season, he wasn't ready for the role fulltime. He needs to develop and learn, and could be an option for the future. Are we now expected to believe that 8 months 'learning' under Adams, a managers who'd had to be sacked after those 8 months, has matured his development to the point of being ready...? Not for me. For once, lets get this appointment right. Trueman would be a disaster. And lets not kids ourselves, if we get this appointment wrong, we could very easily go down over the next 18 months. And that would kill this club.