Mogga Mania (4 Viewers)

[johnniericoh]

Well TM has done his bit - 2 year contract on his terms - a CCFC dream come true.

But what of us fans what should we do to ensure Mogga has made the right decision.

With slight passing reference to Red Ed's tablet of stone here it is:

1) appreciate the magnitude of who we have as our new manager as a man, player and coach at this level - priceless
2) bombard the ticket office with ST applications - could be 10K plus
3) make the Richo a fortress it should be
4) continue and increase the fantastic away support
5) be patient give the man a chance to weave his magic
6) banjo the boo boys you know who you are
7) encourage ALL players who wear the sky Blue shirt
8) reorganise family functions that interfere with match days
9) from now on in following CCFC is a given not negotiable
10) lastly many thanks again for giving us hope and desire to follow a team we know is in more than capable hands

One final message for TM, if you think that the support and fervour for your brilliant feat in keeping our club up was impressive, you aint seen nothing yet

 

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[Esoterica]

I'm still not convinced. If he can make a marquee signing for an actual transfer fee before he goes on his family holiday, I might actually renew my SkyBlue Player subscription

 

[Ashdown]

19 points out of a possible 39 in 13 games in charge, admittedly with someone else's players. Terrible performance against Crewe at home. I'm slightly more optimistic now but there is a lot of hard work and negotiation yet before I start cancelling everything else out of the diary !

 

[Deleted member 5849]

19 points out of a possible 39 in 13 games in charge, admittedly with someone else's players.

But with new manager bounce syndrome thrown in also.

Reasonably happy with him as manager; he's a sane choice in that he's got some experience, and not a terrible track record but yeah, tbh midtable and us actually scoring goals would make me reasonably content after last season!

 

[Sub]

With the positive news of TM joining and hopefully bringing some fans back and the feel good factor, this could be the start of something very good. The only thing SISU need to do now is back the manager and keep fisher away from making any stupid statements to cause negativity and piss off the fans again.

 

[skyblueinBaku]

With the positive news of TM joining and hopefully bringing some fans back and the feel good factor, this could be the start of something very good. The only thing SISU need to do now is back the manager and keep fisher away from the club.

Corrected it for you, Sub.

 

[jimmyhillsfanclub]

err...Its Tony Mowbray, not Jose Mourinho....

calm down folks.....yes, hes relatively high profile for the 3rd tier, but its not like he was massively in demands was it......or he wouldn't be here.

I wouldn't mind betting he'll be the top earner for managers in L1....and our playing budget will be up in the top 6 ish too...so on that basis, we've got to achieve Play-offs as a minimum.

Good luck Tony.

 

[Covstu]

He is a big signing for the league we are in so i dont think we could have asked for better. You see when people like Saunders move in L1 clubs then you know we have done well. He has the whole summer to stamp his mark on the team and get us up in the mix.

Might have an issue keeping him if he is doing so well however!

 

[skybluerors]

Well TM has done his bit - 2 year contract on his terms - a CCFC dream come true.

But what of us fans what should we do to ensure Mogga has made the right decision.

With slight passing reference to Red Ed's tablet of stone here it is:


6) banjo the boo boys you know who you are
7) encourage ALL players who wear the sky Blue shirt

For me 6 and 7 are the most important and the main reason our record at the Ricoh is so bad. The players seem to play so much better away on the whole. Away = fantastic support whatever the scoreline. At home, it all goes downhill the moment a player makes a mistake. In my opinion until we sort these two things out it doesn't matter who our manger is, we will still fail at the Ricoh. I really want to be proved wrong....

 

[Ashdown]

He is a big signing for the league we are in so i dont think we could have asked for better. You see when people like Saunders move in L1 clubs then you know we have done well. He has the whole summer to stamp his mark on the team and get us up in the mix.

Might have an issue keeping him if he is doing so well however!

I'd take just one fabulous promotion winning season if it meant losing the manager afterwards !

 

[Noggin]

err...Its Tony Mowbray, not Jose Mourinho....

calm down folks.....yes, hes relatively high profile for the 3rd tier, but its not like he was massively in demands was it......or he wouldn't be here.

I wouldn't mind betting he'll be the top earner for managers in L1....and our playing budget will be up in the top 6 ish too...so on that basis, we've got to achieve Play-offs as a minimum.

Good luck Tony.

Fisher said the playing budget is 6th-8th I believe, I don't know about anyone else but I take that to mean our budget is 8th. On that basis playoffs are an overperformance even before you take into account that he is basically starting from scratch with the squad and with the clubs systems.

 

[fernandopartridge]

Fisher said the playing budget is 6th-8th I believe, I don't know about anyone else but I take that to mean our budget is 8th. On that basis playoffs are an overperformance even before you take into account that he is basically starting from scratch with the squad and with the clubs systems.

It couldn't be the case that the budget for 6th, 7th and 8th is identical?

 

[jimmyhillsfanclub]

Fisher said the playing budget is 6th-8th I believe, I don't know about anyone else but I take that to mean our budget is 8th. On that basis playoffs are an overperformance even before you take into account that he is basically starting from scratch with the squad and with the clubs systems.

Yeah....but that was the budget PRIOR to TM & his hard-nosed negotiations.....so maybe up to 6th now. He's not quite starting from scratch either is he.....He's had 14 games to have a good look at the existing squad & has binned off 8 so far....and now hes got a full close season to get his squad, formations & tactics together....
That, Plus the alleged Mowbray touch & larger crowds than most, I'd say Play-offs are a realistic target.....in fact, if they are not the clubs minimum requirement this coming season, then we may as well give up......


Obviously all of the above stands to be scuppered by a classic & all too common sisu fuck up.....and we're never too far away from one of them are we?

 

[Deleted member 5849]

Yeah....but that was the budget PRIOR to TM & his hard-nosed negotiations.....so maybe up to 6th now.

Could be the playing budget's now lower, as he wasn't negotiating for an increase in cash, more where it was spent.

 

[skybluerors]

19 points out of a possible 39 in 13 games in charge, admittedly with someone else's players. Terrible performance against Crewe at home. I'm slightly more optimistic now but there is a lot of hard work and negotiation yet before I start cancelling everything else out of the diary !

14 of the 19 points were won away (4 wins, 2 draws, 0 losses). The Ricoh form is the answer to everything (or is it 42?)

 

[jimmyhillsfanclub]

Could be the playing budget's now lower, as he wasn't negotiating for an increase in cash, more where it was spent.

Very True.

The facts remain, by all accounts we are financially competitive in this league, we (should) have larger attendances than most & we have appointed (another) relatively high profile manager plucked straight from the queue for the managers merry go round.....

 

[Grendel]

Fisher said the playing budget is 6th-8th I believe, I don't know about anyone else but I take that to mean our budget is 8th. On that basis playoffs are an overperformance even before you take into account that he is basically starting from scratch with the squad and with the clubs systems.

The budget figure gives little indication where the spend actually is.

 

[Ashdown]

The budget figure gives little indication where the spend actually is.

It's like picking the bones out of a car rental agreement abroad in terms of what you are originally quoted and what you end up paying and what you are covered for if anything goes wrong. It's all as clear as mud but I hope TM has sorted some of this out in extended discussions !

 

[Noggin]

The budget figure gives little indication where the spend actually is.

of course something I've been saying for a year and I'm more hopeful that more of it will be spent and spent wisely than last season. However I still think it's unreasonable to insist the minimum we should expect is playoffs next season.

 

[Noggin]

Yeah....but that was the budget PRIOR to TM & his hard-nosed negotiations.....so maybe up to 6th now. He's not quite starting from scratch either is he.....He's had 14 games to have a good look at the existing squad & has binned off 8 so far....and now hes got a full close season to get his squad, formations & tactics together....
That, Plus the alleged Mowbray touch & larger crowds than most, I'd say Play-offs are a realistic target.....in fact, if they are not the clubs minimum requirement this coming season, then we may as well give up......


Obviously all of the above stands to be scuppered by a classic & all too common sisu fuck up.....and we're never too far away from one of them are we?

Of course playoffs are a realistic target, that is what we should be striving for next season without a doubt but we should accept that is an overperformance and not a minimum requirement or we'll have people calling for his head even if he is doing as well as we should be expecting and that won't help us move forward.