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Viking Chat => Viking Chat => Topic started by: Retdon1 on July 05, 2019, 09:22:32 pm
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The Yorkshire post have just posted that Darren Moore has applied for the job
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Let's hope he interviews well..
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How on Earth could they possibly know?
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The only manager who has confirmed interest. Still available at 4s on Sky Bet.
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The only manager who has confirmed interest. Still available at 4s on Sky Bet.
Publically.
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Let’s see how his odds shorten overnight.
Definitely a man who can relate to our dark times and knows our history.
Hope like with McCann he will have done plenty of research on our recent times
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I've got nothing but positive memories of the big man from his days at Rovers.
I can't remember the year, but my family sponsored a game at Belle Vue for the occasion of my Mum's and my wife's birthday ( they share the same day).
We voted Darren as Man of the Match so of course we got to meet him in what passed for the 'Sponsor's Lounge' at OBV - a tiny space at the back of the old Main Stand.
Darren was the perfect gentleman. He made such a fuss of my wife and my Mum, absolutely made their day.
And these were not great days for our club, but Darren was a diplomat and an ambassador and a thoroughly nice guy. And this was after being a tower of strength and an uncompromising and dominant defender during the game that afternoon.
I have a photo somewhere of the big man, taken with my Mum and my wife from the day in question.
I must look it out.
I know none of this says much about his credentials for becoming our new manager, but I for one will be delighted if he gets the job.
Values are important, and Darren has them in spades.
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Let's hope he interviews well..
I hope not he players boring football according to the WBAfans I know
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Good luck to him for tomorrow.
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Good luck to him for tomorrow.
What's happening tomorrow Alan?
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Let's hope he interviews well..
I hope not he players boring football according to the WBAfans I know
The managers immediately before him were Pardew, Megson and Pulis. He took the WBA job when they were rooted to the bottom of the Premier League. He was hardly going to rock up and emulate Pep Guardiola.
I believe WBA were one of the highest scoring teams in the Championship when he left too.
Darren Moore would be a risk, of course. As would any appointment to an extent.
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DM before my time as a rovers fan but I trust my fellow rovers.
I’d take him over Flitcroft
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Link?
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How on Earth could they possibly know?
There reporters, they will know people who know people... the last few days it was he’s rumoured to have applied for the job but now their confirming he’s applied so they must know something
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would love Darren Moore to take charge and he could lead us to the championship , anyone who say him play for rovers will know he his a natural born leader even back then when we signed him from Torquay, a real leader
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I see it being a naive appointment.
That being said I’d much prefer him over Flitcroft.
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Naive in what way? He had a similar amount of managerial experience as McCann had this time last year. And in a far more pressurised environment. And his record at WBA was really very good.
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McCann was a highly tipped coach, did reasonably well at Peterborough and was sacked because of a trigger happy chairman.
Moore massively underachieved at WBA on a big budget with players who were a cut above the rest. How’s he going to manage on a low budget and getting the best out of players?
I think it speaks volumes that WBA were happy to him go.
People are getting sucked in the fact he’s managed at a higher level.
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McCann was a highly tipped coach, did reasonably well at Peterborough and was sacked because of a trigger happy chairman.
Moore massively underachieved at WBA on a big budget with players who were a cut above the rest. How’s he going to manage on a low budget and getting the best out of players?
I think it speaks volumes that WBA were happy to him go.
People are getting sucked in the fact he’s managed at a higher level.
I was saying this earlier. Everyone is happy with Moore to be manager and by the looks of it there would be uproar if Flitcroft got the job?
Moore did well in a honey moon period and nearly kept WBA in the premier league. In the championship he had a front 3 of Dwight Gayle!!, Jay Rodriguez!! and Hal Robson Kanu with big players like; Gaz Baz, James Morrison, Hegazi, Jake Livermore and even Sam Johnston behind them. They should of been in the top 2 all season with a team like that.
If Moore does become our manager I will support him and hope he is successful but on the other hand if it’s Flitcroft i’ll be wishing for the exact same rather then saying “hardly a high calibre candidate”
Everyone has to learn or start again else where and we need to give whoever gets the job a chance as it’s our board who have selected that man/women for a reason..
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Whoever it is, irrelevant of there past experiences. Let’s support them. Who knows, there past club maybe, wasn’t right, however, just maybe, our club is. Only time will tell.
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Massively underachieved? They were 4th in the table when he was sacked, about where they should be in a division full of big sides with lots of money.
He also engineered a victory at Old Trafford and a win over Spurs with a West Brom team all but relegated from the Premier League.
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Dare to Dream, I think there's a bit of guess work going on there. My WBA supporting mate has told me Moore galvanised the team after Pulis left and had them, at least, playing for one another.
Of the rumoured choices, I think DM's the one that can, not only get the lads united, but also the support base. That, imho, will go a long way in getting this coming season off on the right foot, if we are to get anywhere near the Board's stated aim of competing for promotion again.
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Seems a no brainer vs Flitcroft. But who else is in for it?
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Confirmed by Hoden
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Dare to Dream, I think there's a bit of guess work going on there. My WBA supporting mate has told me Moore galvanised the team after Pulis left and had them, at least, playing for one another.
Of the rumoured choices, I think DM's the one that can, not only get the lads united, but also the support base. That, imho, will go a long way in getting this coming season off on the right foot, if we are to get anywhere near the Board's stated aim of competing for promotion again.
Your WBA supporting mate must be a bit forgetful - Pulis left 7 months before Moore took over!
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McCann was a highly tipped coach, did reasonably well at Peterborough and was sacked because of a trigger happy chairman.
Moore massively underachieved at WBA on a big budget with players who were a cut above the rest. How’s he going to manage on a low budget and getting the best out of players?
I think it speaks volumes that WBA were happy to him go.
People are getting sucked in the fact he’s managed at a higher level.
Massively underachieved!
Wow.
He almost kept them up when it would’ve been the greatest escape of all time.
And they were 4th when he left.
I’ve no idea how that is massively underachieving
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Laughable to say he massively underachieved when 4th in arguably the most competitive league in the world that’s full of big clubs all wanting to get promoted.
Of the touted candidates I’d be delighted with Moore. As has been pointed out, I feel he has the right values and the stature to unite the club. Alternatively I also feel I’d be happy with Appleton who is one of the thinkers in the game and a respected coach and tactician.
Not sure on the others being mentioned.
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I’m not convinced that Moore is a particularly good manager right now but he’s certainly young enough to learn, and being such a legendary figure means the fans will be fully behind him from the off.
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A great leader of men and humble enough to make a change when he's made a mistake. A big YES from me.
I don't know him directly, but I have a friend who does.
If you're not holding out for the perfect, premier league standard, manager to come to our league one club, DM is a great option
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Dare to Dream, I think there's a bit of guess work going on there. My WBA supporting mate has told me Moore galvanised the team after Pulis left and had them, at least, playing for one another.
Of the rumoured choices, I think DM's the one that can, not only get the lads united, but also the support base. That, imho, will go a long way in getting this coming season off on the right foot, if we are to get anywhere near the Board's stated aim of competing for promotion again.
Your WBA supporting mate must be a bit forgetful - Pulis left 7 months before Moore took over!
Wrong!
Pulis was sacked on April 2, 2018 after nine defeats in a row with WBA ten points adrift at the bottom and six games to play.
Moore took over immediately and only lost once in the last six beating Tottenham and Man U, and drawing with Liverpool!
When Moore ridiculously got the push last season they were fourth in the table and had beaten QPR 7-1 and Norwich 4-3 away.
They also hammered Leeds 4-1 and won 4-0 at Rotherham.
He'll do for me!
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Dare to Dream, I think there's a bit of guess work going on there. My WBA supporting mate has told me Moore galvanised the team after Pulis left and had them, at least, playing for one another.
Of the rumoured choices, I think DM's the one that can, not only get the lads united, but also the support base. That, imho, will go a long way in getting this coming season off on the right foot, if we are to get anywhere near the Board's stated aim of competing for promotion again.
Your WBA supporting mate must be a bit forgetful - Pulis left 7 months before Moore took over!
Wrong!
Pulis was sacked on April 2, 2018 after nine defeats in a row with WBA ten points adrift at the bottom and six games to play.
Moore took over immediately and only lost once in the last six beating Tottenham and Man U, and drawing with Liverpool!
When Moore ridiculously got the push last season they were fourth in the table and had beaten QPR 7-1 and Norwich 4-3 away.
They also hammered Leeds 4-1 and won 4-0 at Rotherham.
He'll do for me!
Wrong!
Moore took over when Alan Pardew was sacked.
EDIT - to be fair doesn’t really matter who he replaced, they were in turmoil and he got a bounce out of them.
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One thing about Moore is he’d have a right good go at trying to solve this long running problem of being piss weak at defending set pieces and crosses into the box!!
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I would not want Moor or Appleton, but I will be right behind who ever gets the job
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Dare to Dream, I think there's a bit of guess work going on there. My WBA supporting mate has told me Moore galvanised the team after Pulis left and had them, at least, playing for one another.
Of the rumoured choices, I think DM's the one that can, not only get the lads united, but also the support base. That, imho, will go a long way in getting this coming season off on the right foot, if we are to get anywhere near the Board's stated aim of competing for promotion again.
Your WBA supporting mate must be a bit forgetful - Pulis left 7 months before Moore took over!
Wrong!
Pulis was sacked on April 2, 2018 after nine defeats in a row with WBA ten points adrift at the bottom and six games to play.
Moore took over immediately and only lost once in the last six beating Tottenham and Man U, and drawing with Liverpool!
When Moore ridiculously got the push last season they were fourth in the table and had beaten QPR 7-1 and Norwich 4-3 away.
They also hammered Leeds 4-1 and won 4-0 at Rotherham.
He'll do for me!
Wrong!
Moore took over when Alan Pardew was sacked.
EDIT - to be fair doesn’t really matter who he replaced, they were in turmoil and he got a bounce out of them.
Nick, apologies, you're absolutely right.
Don't know my apples from pears.
Mixed up Pardew and Pulis.
They both begin with P but are very different characters.
Anyway, big Darren will still do for me.
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Was anyone at the last game at the Goldstone when DM was sent off? If I remember we were in a right old fix, we had just scraped staying in the league and Brighton beat us and Hereford in the last match to stay up and put Hereford down...never a sending off but I would say that wouldn't I?
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DM was in the first Rovers team I supported.
I remember a winger getting clear down the left hand side, DM ran after him, caught him up, took the ball off him and then passed it half the length of the pitch to another Rovers player, without even looking like he was trying.
He was immense, and even if every single person who would like him as manager is being goey eyed, that's a gamble I'd be happy to take as if just one ounce of his commitment gets through to our players it will be amazing.
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Was anyone at the last game at the Goldstone when DM was sent off? If I remember we were in a right old fix, we had just scraped staying in the league and Brighton beat us and Hereford in the last match to stay up and put Hereford down...never a sending off but I would say that wouldn't I?
I was, and it was a disgrace because he got pelted with bananas as he went down the tunnel after getting the red card.
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Was anyone at the last game at the Goldstone when DM was sent off? If I remember we were in a right old fix, we had just scraped staying in the league and Brighton beat us and Hereford in the last match to stay up and put Hereford down...never a sending off but I would say that wouldn't I?
Seem to remember a banana being thrown in his direction as well. Strange how none of them waited after game for him though?
Scored an absolutely huge header away at Lincoln City. Net almost broke it was so powerful.
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Remember an article in Free Press about the transfer speculation and Moore saying he was settled in Doncaster and his wife had a job at Binns that she liked. Different times.
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I would not want Moor or Appleton, but I will be right behind who ever gets the job
Who do you want? Mourinho? Benitez?
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I hope he brings Graeme Jones with him as his assistant if he gets the job.
For me the main stumbling block could be personal terms i.e. wages , plus if he does well here up to xmas we could be in the same boat again when a Prem/champ club come calling when the sacking season kicks in.
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Graeme Jones??
No thanks, too much of a Richardson man for me.
Anyway, he won't be coming because he's got the Luton job.
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I hope he brings Graeme Jones with him as his assistant if he gets the job.
For me the main stumbling block could be personal terms i.e. wages , plus if he does well here up to xmas we could be in the same boat again when a Prem/champ club come calling when the sacking season kicks in.
He’s the new Luton manger
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I only see Moore getting the job now, I think it’s a done deal. There is a lot of pressure on the board now to appoint him from the fans. Would be brave of them to appoint someone else.
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Why was he a Richardson man ?
Yeah he was one of the gang that came from Brid but does that put him in same boat as Weaver ???
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Of course it doesn't but you should talk to some of the players who were there at the time.
Jones was all over Richardson and used to moan about Mike Jeffrey not passing the ball to him.
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I only see Moore getting the job now, I think it’s a done deal. There is a lot of pressure on the board now to appoint him from the fans. Would be brave of them to appoint someone else.
No it's not and no they aren't lol, interviews start Monday!
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Jones moaned about everyone not passing to him but he certainly wasn’t all over Richardson
Anyway we digress - I’m unsure of DM yes he coached at a higher level but I think only Harvey Barnes made his tenure look better than it was
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I only see Moore getting the job now, I think it’s a done deal. There is a lot of pressure on the board now to appoint him from the fans. Would be brave of them to appoint someone else.
No it's not and no they aren't lol, interviews start Monday!
I’m not saying it’s an actual done deal. I’m saying I think it’s essentially his job because of the pressure from fans.
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Was anyone at the last game at the Goldstone when DM was sent off? If I remember we were in a right old fix, we had just scraped staying in the league and Brighton beat us and Hereford in the last match to stay up and put Hereford down...never a sending off but I would say that wouldn't I?
Seem to remember a banana being thrown in his direction as well. Strange how none of them waited after game for him though?
Scored an absolutely huge header away at Lincoln City. Net almost broke it was so powerful.
Never had a moments time for Brighton since, all ignored as media loved Brighton. Remember Lawrenson discussing poor old Brighton plight on football focus, and finishing it off with thank heaven for Donny. Still hope he only shits pineapples stalk first since that day
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I would not want Moor or Appleton, but I will be right behind who ever gets the job
Who do you want? Mourinho? Benitez?
there is always one that goes over the top, but I don't suppose you can help it. And NOi wouldn't mind Flitcroft as some barnsley and Mansfield fans say he would do a good job and should not have been outed
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I want Moore not Flitcroft
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Of course it doesn't but you should talk to some of the players who were there at the time.
Jones was all over Richardson and used to moan about Mike Jeffrey not passing the ball to him.
I can’t recall them playing together all that many times. Surely not long after Jones arrived that Jeffrey transferred to Newcastle?
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I would not want Moor or Appleton, but I will be right behind who ever gets the job
Who do you want? Mourinho? Benitez?
there is always one that goes over the top, but I don't suppose you can help it. And NOi wouldn't mind Flitcroft as some barnsley and Mansfield fans say he would do a good job and should not have been outed
Better ousted than outed? 😉
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I only see Moore getting the job now, I think it’s a done deal. There is a lot of pressure on the board now to appoint him from the fans. Would be brave of them to appoint someone else.
No it's not and no they aren't lol, interviews start Monday!
I’m not saying it’s an actual done deal. I’m saying I think it’s essentially his job because of the pressure from fans.
To quote you - "I think it’s a done deal." - make your mind up!
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I want Moore not Flitcroft
well that's fine for you but not for me, that's what makes us all different int it lol
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Of course it doesn't but you should talk to some of the players who were there at the time.
Jones was all over Richardson and used to moan about Mike Jeffrey not passing the ball to him.
I can’t recall them playing together all that many times. Surely not long after Jones arrived that Jeffrey transferred to Newcastle?
Exactly, because Jones didn't like playing with him and Uncle Ken liked to keep him happy.
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I want Moore not Flitcroft
I wanted McCall last season and we ended up with McCann. Happy to say the board got it right last year.... who ever they chose I’m hopeful I’m pleasantly surprised again next season.
My preference would be Moore but who ever they go with..... he will have my backing for the season ahead
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Who ever is appointed as manager I will trust in our responsible owners to make the right choice. I was very doubtful that they had got it right with McCann last time around but what a superb season that was!! It’s their decision and money at the end of the day. Just hoping for another great season watching our club 😀⚽️👍