Exactly this, no appointment or recruitment is ever guaranteeed to work

There are things you can do to mitigate the risk, and maybe the club didn't do that as well as they could have here, but who knows.

It didn't work, Big Phil seems to be working, we go again.

Posted By: megson on March 23rd 2026 at 11:22:27

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"Basics, people not owning their responsibilities" (Other Football) - Kangol Canary, Mar 23, 11:08:27
- Or sacked Farke (n/m) (Other Football) - Lentil Weaver, Mar 23, 11:24:11
  - Or Hootun (n/m) (Other Football) - Old Git, Mar 23, 11:30:15
    - Or Walker (n/m) (Other Football) - footymadman, Mar 23, 12:43:57
    - Or Notmean (n/m) (Other Football) - Charles21, Mar 23, 11:30:30
      - Or Roeder (n/m) (Other Football) - Legacy Fan, Mar 23, 11:53:16
        
        Roeder certainly would have done a better job than Manning this season (Other Football) - tim berry, Mar 23, 12:08:21
        
        Haha (n/m) (Other Football) - Charles21, Mar 23, 12:23:06
- Some have moved on, while others keep bringing it up! (Other Football) - Henclrikus, Mar 23, 11:16:57
  - I believe it's valid to track his performance since he's left to assess if his poor (Other Football) - The Gaffer, Mar 23, 11:36:51
    - Different club. Different players. Different recruitment policy. (Other Football) - Henclrikus, Mar 23, 11:51:50
      - Same shit performances though (n/m) (Other Football) - Old Git, Mar 23, 11:58:43
      - I think their fans are more annoyed at the poor performances (Other Football) - jamesward, Mar 23, 11:55:25
        
        If all fan-opinions were valid then we would currently (Other Football) - Henclrikus, Mar 23, 12:06:17
  - Exactly this, no appointment or recruitment is ever guaranteeed to work (Other Football) - megson, Mar 23, 11:22:27
    - We need to let it go, not follow the poor guy around (Other Football) - APB, Mar 23, 11:25:10
      - Aye, he's gone. (n/m) (Other Football) - megson, Mar 23, 13:02:03
      - VMT - he tried his best, it just didn't work out (Other Football) - SimonOTBC, Mar 23, 11:28:30
        
        lol thought you meant tried to get us relegated (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Mar 23, 11:51:02
        
        And still is at Huddersfield (Other Football) - jamesward, Mar 23, 11:48:31
        
        Someone close to him needs to have a word; the whole thing looks pretty wretched (n/m) (Other Football) - paulg, Mar 23, 12:28:33
        
        Speaking to the media isn’t his strongpoint (Other Football) - APB, Mar 23, 12:25:03
        
        *wonder (n/m) (Other Football) - jamesward, Mar 23, 11:48:43
  - It's the football equivalent of rubbernecking as you pass a car crash (n/m) (Other Football) - jamesward, Mar 23, 11:21:38
    - Or making bitchy comments about how fat your ex is (n/m) (Other Football) - Old Git, Mar 23, 11:32:01
      - F you. She’s on Saxenda now and trying her best (n/m) (Other Football) - Henclrikus, Mar 23, 11:36:12
- To be fair (Other Football) - Nelsons final flanel, Mar 23, 11:13:37

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