Andy Thorn: This is the worst period of my career. (3 Viewers)

[Nonleagueherewecome]

Yeah let's get another manager in, this is what the club needs, let's change the manager again and again like we have done for the last 10yrs.
In fact let's change the manager every 3 or 4 games co's after all the players always get a boost when a new manager comes in and start playing well. will soon be top of the league and in the prem if we do that. It makes ya wonder why all the top teams don't do it.

Of course Andy Thorn feels down, he's Coventry thru and thru, he took ver the job co's thought he could do better than the last few clowns we had as manager and because he loves Coventry City.

Let's look at the bigger picture for a moment instead of just singling out Thorn.
The troubles started way before Thorn took over as manager, why do you think Ranson resigned? Co's he could see what was happening to the club, it was a sinking ship then. We sold Scott Dann and Danny Fox two of the best players to be seen at City for years, he put up with that even thou he advised SISU not to sell them, then they sold Thomas Connor or so he thought to Liverpool.

We lost three of our best players in the summer, King, Westwood and Gunnarsson followed by Ben Turner at the start of the season. We got two keepers in on free transfers and a bargain basement forward in Cody, what do you expect the manager to do with no with no funds to strengthen the squad with every half decent asset we had sold underneath him (Juke will more than likely be sold in the January transfer window).

We haven't been a good side in the Championship for the last 10yrs and we have finished nearer the bottom than the top in most of them. The players Andy Thorn has been left with aren't good enough so how on earth do you expect Coventry City to be anywhere other than we are now.

You don't get better by selling your best assets and replacing them with bargain basement players.

Yeah Andy Thorn might have made a few tactical errors here and there but who don't, if nobody made any tactical errors and everyone played perfectly every game the game we love would become very dull and boring.

This is not down to Andy Thorn, this is down to SISU who have ruined our club.

This comes second in Post of The Season

Then it's my rebound-girlfriend/Cody/"you were always first choice" analogy in 3rd

 

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[Nonleagueherewecome]

Again, where's the case for Thorn as a good manager? A year ago he'd taken charge of as many matches as I have, and I'm still not too far behind him when it comes to points on the board.

The football last season. The most entertaining and stylish in a long time. Stopped a terrible rot and saved us from relegation with a squad that I didn't think had it in them with Turner and Carsley crocked. Turned relegation form into play-off form and put a massive smile on mine and others faces. That's why people like me and Brinner are so angry at SISU: they have blown the greatest chance we've had of having a shot at the play-offs for years. That's why I still rate Thorn as amongst our best 2-3 managers since relegation.

Before you mock me, just bear in mind that John Sillett shares my views. He knows a thing or two about football.

 

[Nonleagueherewecome]

There are a few (very few) fans who will try to make a legitimate argument for keeping on Thorn

The poll on here says it's just under half of us, actually. Of course you can argue my viewpoint is not a legitimate one. I would retort that I feel the same about yours and we'll have to beg to differ

 

[Nonleagueherewecome]

cody mcdonald, david bell, james mcpake, chris hussey, roy odonovan, stephen o halloran says otherwise, unless he claims he wasnt scouting then, the man is cluless

O'Halooran and O'Donovans were Aidy signings, Bell has been crippled by injuries and isn't the player we signed, ditto Mcpake times 5-and he was bloody awesome when he was fit a few years back-, Chris Hussey is probably our best bargain-signing since the Prem and will prove you wrong big stylee.

And that's without me flinging Dann, Westwood, Fox, Aron, Henderson et al back at you.

 

[torchomatic]

Hussey, Cranie, Keogh, JUke, Gunnarsson, Westwood, Fox, Dann. Jordan Henderson?

Oh, it's so easy to be selective, isn't it?

cody mcdonald, david bell, james mcpake, chris hussey, roy odonovan, stephen o halloran says otherwise, unless he claims he wasnt scouting then, the man is cluless

 

[hackneyfox]

You may or may not have the poorest squad in the division.

You are bottom and it seems likely you'll stay there unless something changes.

Keep him!

 

[Colonel Mustard]

You may or may not have the poorest squad in the division.You are bottom and it seems likely you'll stay there unless something changes. Keep him!

Annoyingly, you're going to be written off as a Leicester troll rather than as a detached, objective outsider who might actually be worth listening to.

 

[torchomatic]

Now, I have to say that I totally disagree with you there. The lack of investment in the squad is unprecedented, certainly in the recent history of our club. And outside the Ricoh, look at the players other teams have managed to bolster in their squads with, even lowly Doncaster are outdoing us.

Have a go at Thorn for odd substitutions or whatever (I'm with you there), but I think it's unfair to take the overview that we are bottom on the league solely down to his lack of management skills/knowledge/experience. Alex Ferguson would be struggling with our squad.

However he's hardly the first to have similar conditions, and I'm not convinced he has the capability to thrive under them. I'd be delighted for him to prove otherwise, but I'm not giving him blind faith just because he's seen as fighting the tide against big bad SISU.

 

[Macca]

He won't go anywhere until a takeover happens. SISU love him as a fall guy, City fans are unbelievably nice and love a plucky loser.

AT won't go himself, why would he? Gets paid every week and if we lose SISU get the blame...result!

Nothing positive will happen until these cnuts leave town

 

[ajsccfc]

The football last season. The most entertaining and stylish in a long time. Stopped a terrible rot and saved us from relegation with a squad that I didn't think had it in them with Turner and Carsley crocked. Turned relegation form into play-off form and put a massive smile on mine and others faces. That's why people like me and Brinner are so angry at SISU: they have blown the greatest chance we've had of having a shot at the play-offs for years. That's why I still rate Thorn as amongst our best 2-3 managers since relegation.

Before you mock me, just bear in mind that John Sillett shares my views. He knows a thing or two about football.

Come on, you can't just throw in a football name to render your opinion untouchable, considering the amount of people who are and have been in football who talk absolute nonsense.

The football last season was refreshing, but the same football over a longer period has produced two wins. A good manager should be able to adapt their footballing philosophy to suit, all we've had is talk of how the team will 'come good' or how it'll be 'when we start winning'

The honeymoon period was great, but now we're living together and these chips are a bit overcooked. Lost my train of thought a little there.

 

[ajsccfc]

Have a go at Thorn for odd substitutions or whatever (I'm with you there), but I think it's unfair to take the overview that we are bottom on the league solely down to his lack of management skills/knowledge/experience. Alex Ferguson would be struggling with our squad.

I'm not saying that, I'm saying Thorn has to be attributed some blame. In spite of whatever his predicament is, he's still employed to get results so he has to be held somewhat accountable and not given a completely free ride. Nobody with sense would deny he's got a tough job and I'm sure he's doing his best, but he has been at fault like everyone else involved. If we're bottom of the table going into 2012, the triumvirate of board, players and coaching staff all have their starring roles in the farce.

 

[Disorganised1]

Shame Rick Gekoski isn't writing his book this season - 'cause I'd love to know what's going on behind the scenes.