Tou lose Askou

[grizzlyg]

2 minutes ago, MJC said:

It’s just the way football goes, when a player/coach/manager does well at a ‘provincial club’ then it is inevitable that they will be poached by a bigger club sooner or later. It’s not unique to us.

What I would say though is that this is why it is important to enjoy and savour when we do have a player or manager instead of worrying about the above happening. Because if it’s going to happen then there’s nothing that can be done to stop it and talking/worrying about it just prevents you from enjoying it while it lasts.

Tam Cowan is the biggest culprit for this as I have said before on here and I found his attitude and comments pretty disappointing given the platform he has and how he is basically our most high profile fan. The night we beat Celtic 2-0 at Fir Park and absolutely dominated them in a way never seen before he was straight on the radio after it saying that it was only a matter of time before JBA was away and that we’d be lucky to keep him until the end of the season and so on. Nothing about the result, nothing about the performance of the team, just “it’s all gonna end any minute”. 
 

That really got up my nose at the time because at a time when the focus should be on us having a really good side and playing really good football our most well known fan was pouring cold water on it all on the radio.

Well, up yours Cowan. Jens was here until the end of the season and now he has gone we move on. It’s just a pity you couldn’t focus more on what he was doing for us while he was here rather than spouting tired old nonsense about how it was all going to end any minute.

The same Cowan who was entertaining worzel gummidge in da claudios before sellik game

[well_said]

11 minutes ago, grizzlyg said:

The same Cowan who was entertaining worzel gummidge in da claudios before sellik game

I thought that was his granny.

[Kmcalpin]

Its been a great season thanks to JBA. He's transformed us on the pitch and left us in a better condition than when he joined. Thats the bottom line.

Given his record when joined, I and a few others never expected him to stay long and he hasn't. I don't expect him to, stay long at Toulouse either, which is a far bigger club. I just wish he hadn't made a few comments about his long term  plans for our club. A red herring? 

Even though he's done a great job, I'm relaxed about him moving on. Managers come and managers go but the club moves on. To younger fans, he'll simply be a name. 

I'm very encouraged by Kyrk MacMillan's statement that the  model continues and that the directors have been preparing for this day. Whats more, the recruitment process ins now well underway. Backroom staff remain in place. 

COYW!

 

[MJC]

JBA certainly more than surpassed expectations when he came in and when we were on it under him we were brilliant to watch.

I wouldn’t go so far as to say he was elite level based on his time at us but he certainly had us playing some great stuff even though we fell away toward the end of the season. His record in the Cups was a black mark given the way we exited both and the team selection for the Aberdeen tie and we dropped a lot of points from winning positions especially early in the season.

Overall he was a success for us. It could and perhaps even should have been better but he was certainly an excellent manager for us and he goes now with the best of wishes.

[grizzlyg]

16 minutes ago, well_said said:

I thought that was his granny.

I'll have penne arribiatta...a cup o tea and a slice of cake 🤪🤪

[Kmcalpin]

I wonder how much compensation we have received. From what I hear we didn't just roll over. 

[grizzlyg]

6 minutes ago, MJC said:

JBA certainly more than surpassed expectations when he came in and when we were on it under him we were brilliant to watch.

I wouldn’t go so far as to say he was elite level based on his time at us but he certainly had us playing some great stuff even though we fell away toward the end of the season. His record in the Cups was a black mark given the way we exited both and the team selection for the Aberdeen tie and we dropped a lot of points from winning positions especially early in the season.

Overall he was a success for us. It could and perhaps even should have been better but he was certainly an excellent manager for us and he goes now with the best of wishes.

So what you are basically saying is he isn't a legend? 🤣🤣🤣

[Bart Verheul]

Just now, Kmcalpin said:

I wonder how much compensation we have received. From what I hear we didn't just roll over. 

Being reported in the Sun as a million pounds but we will take that with a pinch of salt

[weeyin]

Disappointed he's gone, but as I said previously, glad it's now and not early August.

I have no doubt the Board has a succession plan in place and will be getting things rolling for Askou Phase Tou.

[Richie]

1 minute ago, Bart Verheul said:

Being reported in the Sun as a million pounds but we will take that with a pinch of salt

The £1m is wages I think.

I think the report is lost in translation.

Yesterday the reports were saying Toulouse would pay £1mto land him, but that is surely salary.

Otherwise we have won a watch.

[MJC]

10 minutes ago, grizzlyg said:

So what you are basically saying is he isn't a legend? 🤣🤣🤣

Most definitely not.

But certainly our most exciting manager since Mark McGhee first time around and a much more likeable character than McGhee and Alexander who also got us European qualification. And a much better mindset and attitude than longer serving managers who also had success for us like Stuart McCall. He had us going into games against Celtic and Rangers believing we could beat them and lo and behold we record wins against both for the first time in over twenty years. Compare that to the meek, subservient pish we got against those sides under McCall’s management where you had key players like Stephen Craigan admitting that they were ‘scared’ to go to Ibrox etc.

JBA changed our play and our mindset and that was brilliant to see.

[weeyin]

15 minutes ago, weeyin said:

Disappointed he's gone, but as I said previously, glad it's now and not early August.

I have no doubt the Board has a succession plan in place and will be getting things rolling for Askou Phase Tou.

In fact, I see from the club statement, they have been doing exactly this:

It’s no secret that we have got a strategy in place that we will continue to build upon our model, using the same principles, as we enter this new campaign. Managers leaving a club can be a hard pill to swallow, and whilst we appreciate Jens for what he has done here in the last 11 months, we have been continually working on contingencies and learnings to ensure we do not rip up and start again but continue to build and grow.

[star sail]

I wonder if there is a French Ian McCall predicting that Toulouise are now favourites to be pumped out the French First Division next season?

Gutted tonight. 

[Orinoco]

With the way the season went it its no suprise Jens is offski.

Is it now time for Pep to show he aint just a cheque book manager and show he can coach at our level? 

 

 

[bobbybingo]

1 hour ago, MJC said:

I sincerely hope we do not hand it to Max Rogers.

I'm not suggesting Rogers should get the job, but is there any specific reason why you think he shouldn't?

[weeyin]

I don't want any new manager who speaks English as their first language.

(I know - Cue the Yogi jokes, so don't waste your breath)

[numpty]

12 minutes ago, Modernist said:

He's an Elite level manager.

I'm not even sure if he is,, really. He just plays fitba' the way a lot of European teams play fitba', and that Scottish teams very much don't. Which hopefully bodes well for finding his replacement.

[dennyc]

22 minutes ago, Bart Verheul said:

Being reported in the Sun as a million pounds but we will take that with a pinch of salt

That amount was quoted a couple of days ago. Before the Sun ran with it. I guess as with the players any employee has a price. If the £1m is accurate we have done just fine. 

[bobbybingo]

1 minute ago, numpty said:

I'm not even sure if he is,, really. He just plays fitba' the way a lot of European teams play fitba', and that Scottish teams very much don't. Which hopefully bodes well for finding his replacement.

Agreed. It'll be really interesting to see how he does at a club where (I assume) they already know how to play football.

[weeyin]

11 minutes ago, numpty said:

I'm not even sure if he is,, really. He just plays fitba' the way a lot of European teams play fitba', and that Scottish teams very much don't. Which hopefully bodes well for finding his replacement.

Even Elliott Watt said he'd been coached to play that way most of his career.

[MJC]

14 minutes ago, bobbybingo said:

I'm not suggesting Rogers should get the job, but is there any specific reason why you think he shouldn't?

I think it would be a lazy appointment which would be pinning hopes on him being able to continue what JBA has done, but without Jens. 
 

Perhaps I just have PTSD over Malpas replacing Butcher but the assistant being promoted to the main job just gives me the fear.

As I said, the job is a lot more attractive now than it was a year ago. We have had a lot of plaudits as a team and as a club and have Europe next season (on paper at least).

So we advertise it and see who is interested.

[Stratos]

Wish he’d stayed for the European campaign, not to be, hopefully the club have been well compensated and we can build.

[joewarkfanclub]

Gutted to see Jens go. He has left us with some great memories and brought the whole club and community back together. I dont ever remember a time when there was such a feelgood factor around Fir Park, short of the 91 Cup win.

Im actually feeling quite optomistic for what lies ahead.

Its all been tied up very quickly and efficiently and you would fancy the board are well on the way to identifying who comes next.

Id expect the new manager to be in by the time the players come back on the 18th June, and Id anticipate that we will have done a fair bit of business transfer wise by then as well so we have the bulk of the squad in for pre-season and in advanc of the Conference League Qualifiers.

As I said earlier. The King is dead. Long live The King! 🧡❤️🧡

 

[Kmcalpin]

I think the recent promotion of Nick Daws will help continuity. In hindsight, maybe this was related to JBA's interest in the Toulouse job.

[wellfan]

As far as I’m concerned, JBA has done his job, and done it well. He leaves the club in a significantly better position than when he arrived, with an entirely new mindset and approach to football. He was brilliant for us, and I’m pleased he’s earned a big move to France.

Now we move forward under the steady stewardship of our chairman, the board, and the new head of football. Even though the chairman has said the club will follow the same recruitment process that led us to Wimmer and JBA, the attention JBA brought to our club this season will surely attract similarly talented managers to apply.

Now bring on Europe.