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Michael Appleton - March 2025 appointed Shrewsbury manager (p124)
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Another post I find myself tentatively in agreement with.cantersaddick said:Should never have got rid of Jacko
I think if Jackson, Adkins, Garner or Holden had this and the last window combined (or at least the finances from them) they would have done better than Appleton.5 -
Should have gone the moment he cupped his ear to the fans. He was a dead man walking from then.9
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I suspect he has lost the dressing room. We are worse than the sum of our parts, repeatedly. I think he told a lot of the players they won't be here soon or made them feel that way. I don't really care about most of these players anyway. He gambled and messed up. Dobson, CBT and Jones look like a shell.
Fwiw i think he is a great coach and I don't like sacking managers, but he will probably be out of here soon.2 -
God knows we have been crying out for both stability of club ownership and in the team manager/coach position. But hardly any club would continue with Appleton based on the run of results we have had.
I wasn’t convinced when he was appointed. But we were would told he was “good on the grass” and worked well in developing young players. Well we have seen precious little evidence of that. And I have seen more charisma coming from a shop mannequin.
Time for the SMT and owners to bite the bullet, pull the trigger etc etc.0 -
I genuinely feel that he has also lost the team as well.Todds_right_hook said:Lost the fans, no turning back
His body language,and the body language of some of the players speak a thousand words.9 -
Think the manner was the defeat has probably put the nail in the coffin. All teams can get beat, but the second half sounded like we had run out of ideas and were never close to turning the result around. Zero idea how he survives this.
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Maybe not. But he had similar issues. Struggled to win games if we conceded early towards the end of his time with us and went through a real patch where we couldn’t win. Doing alright at Wimbledon though, which is a long-term project to turnaround.cantersaddick said:Should never have got rid of JackoBowyer losing faith in Sandgaard and leaving was the bigger problem.2 -
Judging by the way May was sounding off at the end of the game, it isn't just body language.Billericaydickie said:
I genuinely feel that he has also lost the team as well.Todds_right_hook said:Lost the fans, no turning back
His body language,and the body language of some of the players speak a thousand words.4 -
A potato could probably equal Appleton's performance thus far.3
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I have just looked at pages 1,2 & 3 of this thread when Appleton was appointed back in September.
Virtually every C L poster is saying that this appointment will not end well.
Who ever thought that appointing Appleton was a good idea?Utter madness.24 - Sponsored links:
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I was too optimistic calling him average.North Lower Neil said:Average manager, cheap squad full of mostly freebies, youngsters and loans.
Bound to go well this.3 -
Don’t worry, I got carried away too. I described myself as “whelmed”.North Lower Neil said:
I was too optimistic calling him average.North Lower Neil said:Average manager, cheap squad full of mostly freebies, youngsters and loans.
Bound to go well this.3 -
I was a contrarian and thought he’d work on the basis of our support being clueless… im the clueless one , fella gives clowns a bad name8
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They got him on the cheap, like they did the summer on the cheap. Luckily they've learnt from their mistake with the squad, won't be long before Appleton goes I hope.Billericaydickie said:I have just looked at pages 1,2 & 3 of this thread when Appleton was appointed back in September.
Virtually every C L poster is saying that this appointment will not end well.
Who ever thought that appointing Appleton was a good idea?Utter madness.0 -
If the owners give the slightest toss about keeping their investment from going even further down the tubes there is no other course of action but to say ta ta.1
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My son reckons we’ve not won a league since Miles got injured, don’t know if this is correct, if it is it’s pretty shocking.0
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Cheltenham at home was our last win, Miles was injured in that game, so yeah.0
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Like I said a fair few times over, no point giving him a window as he doesn't have a clue what's going on.
Sack him and spend what's left of the budget on a proper manager, a proper manager will get enough points out of this group to keep us up and then give that manager the transfer kitty in the summer.
Personally think we are in protest territory, we are sleepwalking into relegation places and we aren't making it clear enough collectively, as a group how unacceptable it is.
I don't even want him to get the Northampton game as there's a chance he can avoid defeat as it's at home and that may buy him more time. He should be gone in the morning.
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Yeah but we won that and why were people not happy with the performanceRedRobin said:Cheltenham at home was our last win, Miles was injured in that game, so yeah.0 - Sponsored links:
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Is there any real evidence to support that? Can’t think of a single player that’s improved under him, and many seem to have gone backwards.jackmasterflash said:I suspect he has lost the dressing room. We are worse than the sum of our parts, repeatedly. I think he told a lot of the players they won't be here soon or made them feel that way. I don't really care about most of these players anyway. He gambled and messed up. Dobson, CBT and Jones look like a shell.
Fwiw i think he is a great coach and I don't like sacking managers, but he will probably be out of here soon.12 -
One man for this job now: Chris Powell
A manager who wasn’t backed when he had built momentum last time, but would be now.
I know they asked him to be interim and it was an insult but Scott needs to go back to Powell and grovel.
I actually think they would work well together. Scott doesn’t want an alpha coach and Powell wants to be backed, which appears to be happening.
Get it done. I genuinely think he’d be the missing piece of the puzzle for this ownership14 -
#comebackchrissy3
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What were Brown and Curbs comments after the game anyone listen?1
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I’d obviously love it to be Chris Powell but I think that would be a risky appointment. He’s not had a club management job for ages
If we want to go down a Charlton route then Bowyer would be a better choice in my opinion. The squad we are building suits his style a lot more, he always did well when he had a strike partnership to build around and I could see him setting up his 4-4-2 diamond and 3-5-2 that we used in the promotion year3 -
They said having Taylor back will be like a new signingsillav nitram said:What were Brown and Curbs comments after the game anyone listen?13 -
The fact we’ve resigned ourselves to 352 is insane. Literally switched to it during a losing run and we’ve continued to lose. Appleton was more successful playing a very attacking 424. Before he switched it, play May on the wing and just showed how clueless he was.
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We’ve only played it for a game and a half. The half against Peterborough was very good, 1st half yesterday ok, second half shocking. We just need a manager that knows how to coach the systemJordanJLD said:The fact we’ve resigned ourselves to 352 is insane. Literally switched to it during a losing run and we’ve continued to lose. Appleton was more successful playing a very attacking 424. Before he switched it, play May on the wing and just showed how clueless he was.2 -
I was thinking the same. Edmonds-wagstaff would play the beliek (spelling) roles. He could drop back into a 3 or be the base of the diamond. Bakinson and Coventry as the 2, we just need someone at the top of the diamondNabySarr said:I’d obviously love it to be Chris Powell but I think that would be a risky appointment. He’s not had a club management job for ages
If we want to go down a Charlton route then Bowyer would be a better choice in my opinion. The squad we are building suits his style a lot more, he always did well when he had a strike partnership to build around and I could see him setting up his 4-4-2 diamond and 3-5-2 that we used in the promotion year0 -
I don't want Powell back. I love the bloke and what he did for us, he doesn't deserve to inherit this mound of poo.10
