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Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2016 12:56:30 GMT
Best wishes for the future Toddy and thanks for all you did at the club, particularly as a player when you first came in with Dean Beckwith to form what was a formidable CH pairing & signalled our intent.
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Post by bomber on Aug 17, 2016 13:35:47 GMT
By the way ''Chris Todd relieved of dutys!'' It's duties.
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Post by crazyhorse on Aug 17, 2016 13:38:09 GMT
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Post by hotchocolat on Aug 17, 2016 13:48:03 GMT
The way it was worded seems like there was a massive tear up this morning after last nights performance, seems a bit early in the season for me
So who we looking at for the interim?
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Post by boyatthood on Aug 17, 2016 14:32:59 GMT
The way it was worded seems like there was a massive tear up this morning after last nights performance, seems a bit early in the season for me So who we looking at for the interim? I think the statement hints at real shock at the decision. He admitted in his press conference last night that words had been exchanged in the dressing room. There was some bickering on the pitch as well which I haven't seen for a while from the team. Perhaps the personalities in this new team have not really clicked and if you lose the dressing room as well as the fans confidence it really is time to go. Good luck to him.
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Post by stewartdonald on Aug 17, 2016 14:39:26 GMT
I can assure people that Chris and I have never had a crossed word since his appointment. He has conducted himself impeccably and done his best - there is no reason to fall out, it is football. His time will come but at the moment I feel the club needs a slightly different direction - I hope I am right but time will tell. Chris certainly gave his best and feels with more time he would have got things right. He may be right but I have made a decision, which was far from easy - he respects it even if he doesn't agree and we all move on.
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Post by bomber on Aug 17, 2016 14:43:58 GMT
Mentioning no names Stewart obviously, is there anyone in the pipeline?
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Post by longinthetooth on Aug 17, 2016 15:04:01 GMT
I am amazed CT only got four games, that must be some kind of a record, but though amazed I actually do get the logic behind it, and as someone alluded to earlier, though directly linked in football, even at our level, this is surely just as much to do with finances as it is results. SD has invested so much money the pressures to succeed are even greater, especially as, along with FGR, we allegedly pay the biggest wages and allegedly when required, highest signing on fees that need to deliver is even more pressing.
What I am also scratching my head over (unless this was really a genuine spur of the moment decision, which I doubt) is how the hell SD allowed Todd to keep bringing in player after player, the latest of which, and am sure he wouldn't have been cheap coming only yesterday afternoon. Why would you do that, why would you let that happen? Unless, and I suppose anything is possible, some of these players were lined up and then signed by the chair and not the manager such action beggars belief. We now have I believe 22 players, they are nearly all on contract with many on two year deals and Cresswell a three year deal I think, so none are going anywhere, certainly not in the short term. So in my eyes, and probably way more important than the actual coaching credentials and experience of any new incumbent, we need a 'man manager' who can gel them together, massage their egos and personalities and as is inevitable be ruthless when it comes to picking the starting eleven. No more nepotism, no more we must play our favourites, pick the best team and make them fight for their bloody over blown wages and if they don't let them sit in the dugout practicing what it says on the tin.
But thanks Toddy, you were a decent guy, and maybe that was your problem, too nice, thanks for everything and hope you get back into the game shortly
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Post by nobadspitfire on Aug 17, 2016 15:10:38 GMT
Very sad that CT has gone, I thought he'd be given until the end of August at least. A thouroughly decent chap with a young family, he's been through adversity before &, as he says will remain positive for the future. Good luck in whatever you do Chris & thanks for everthing you've given to Eastleigh FC.
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Post by michaelefc on Aug 17, 2016 16:07:49 GMT
Absolutely the right decision. For me we need someone who has plenty of experience working at this level, someone who has been around the block. Very much not a job for someone making their way, far too big a job, with much too much pressure for that. Presumably we know who we want and it just awaits a phone call. As I said in the summer overall CT did okay, but we need someone who is going to do better than okay. Have heard lots of names, including Richard Hill...there could be worse choices.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2016 16:33:14 GMT
Maybe it is the right decision, but we must try and avoid this "sack" mentality after a handful of games. Don't let's make the same mistake that Newcastle never seem to learn from. A handful of results don't go their way, so their answer in order to appease the fans is to sack the gaffer! That is no way way to run a football club. The next manager must be given time in the job, after all who appoints him in the first place! Success very rarely comes straightaway. It starts by appointing a good manager, who over a couple of seasons or so can assemble a team who he can get to play to their strengths, with of course a game plan against different opposition.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2016 16:48:17 GMT
Lets get this into perspective. CT has not been dismissed after 4 games. He has failed to deliver on a mandate of entertaining football after half of a season of it last year. He has also taken 13 pts from his last 33 in the league.
You don't get a clean slate because it's a new season. He had plenty of time to change his style and he failed to do so.
Its no different to being given a warning at work. He has had months since last season to consider and change his style. You heade your warning, or you don't.
Being a nice guy is what CT is and as Sattsy highlighted he should be commended for his effort and what he also did on the pitch for us. Nice guy does not mean you are given a pass though through poor form.
Ultimately Stewart has made the right decision, and for many obvious reasons to me. Obviously we judge on the pitch, results and signings. Stewart has a massive financial interest and is desperate to achieve. We cannot afford to hang around whilst our season diminishes in front of our eyes.
SD should be applauded for giving CT the job in the first place, but let's be honest, that FGR style when CT was caretaker manager is miles from where we are now. We have regressed on the pitch.
I applaud SD for taking the tough, but right choice.
I personally think many have been overly opened eyed on here out of loyalty to CT. That is not a bad thing by the way, but sometimes opinion is swayed as a result. I equally get that people could say the opposite to me, and I understand that also. It's a game of opinions, but I wish many would have them before, not just after the event.
If people actually came out with these opinions more often then perhaps CT would have adapted quicker and taken notice of the warnings starting to ring.
Anyway, sunny night at the races awaits. Good to see the forum come alive, even if not in best circumstances.
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Post by ballboy on Aug 17, 2016 18:24:14 GMT
Maybe it is the right decision, but we must try and avoid this "sack" mentality after a handful of games. Don't let's make the same mistake that Newcastle never seem to learn from. A handful of results don't go their way, so their answer in order to appease the fans is to sack the gaffer! That is no way way to run a football club. The next manager must be given time in the job, after all who appoints him in the first place! Success very rarely comes straightaway. It starts by appointing a good manager, who over a couple of seasons or so can assemble a team who he can get to play to their strengths, with of course a game plan against different opposition. Eastleigh don't have a "sack" mentality and am sure that the decision wasn't made lightly and certainly not to appease the fans - the previous manager under SD was Hilly who resigned. It has to be Stewarts decision - its his club and he is ambitious(as i'm sure we all are) and has invested so much time and money. Stewart has run this club with commitment and with his open attitude to the fans i think he has run this club very well and is IMO by far the best chairman in this league.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2016 18:36:46 GMT
What I am saying is that we must be sure of our next manager. If that means having a caretaker manager then so be it.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2016 18:55:48 GMT
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