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Title: Richie Promoted
Post by: steve@dcfd on April 18, 2023, 09:52:23 pm
Richie as taken Orient into league 1
While McSheffrey, Schofield and Coppinger along with the Chairman and Owner turns our club into a laughing stock.
Title: Re: Richie Promoted
Post by: dickos1 on April 18, 2023, 09:54:01 pm
Richie as taken Orient into league 1
While McSheffrey, Schofield and Coppinger along with the Chairman and Owner turns our club into a laughing stock.

He was getting almost as much stick 18 months ago from people on here as schofield is now
Title: Re: Richie Promoted
Post by: Chris Black come back on April 18, 2023, 09:55:32 pm
He made terrible signings and delivered terrible football with terrible results for us.
Title: Re: Richie Promoted
Post by: keith79 on April 18, 2023, 09:56:41 pm
It's all to do with the budget.
Title: Re: Richie Promoted
Post by: steve@dcfd on April 18, 2023, 10:01:32 pm
He made terrible signings and delivered terrible football with terrible results for us.
He took Orient from relegation to 14th last season and with the right resources and backing they’ve achieved promotion and  probably Champions
Title: Re: Richie Promoted
Post by: Chris Black come back on April 18, 2023, 10:02:31 pm
I'm not justifying or comparing here, it's just a fact that he made terrible signings, delivered terrible football and terrible results for us. Overall, he was a terrible manager for us.
Title: Re: Richie Promoted
Post by: dickos1 on April 18, 2023, 10:06:53 pm
He made terrible signings and delivered terrible football with terrible results for us.
He took Orient from relegation to 14th last season and with the right resources and backing they’ve achieved promotion and  probably Champions


Not sure their budget is the reason, they only signed 3 players, all free transfers I believe too.
Title: Re: Richie Promoted
Post by: karldew on April 18, 2023, 10:18:46 pm
He made terrible signings and delivered terrible football with terrible results for us.
He took Orient from relegation to 14th last season and with the right resources and backing they’ve achieved promotion and  probably Champions


Not sure their budget is the reason, they only signed 3 players, all free transfers I believe too.

Wasn’t a fair bit of money thrown at it last season? And this season it’s paid off.
Title: Re: Richie Promoted
Post by: Red wizard on April 18, 2023, 10:23:45 pm
He's done very well there's no doubting that. The fact is as Doncaster manager he was very poor. Was that due to him not able to get the right players? We will never know. Be interesting to see how they do next year.
Title: Re: Richie Promoted
Post by: sedwardsdrfc on April 18, 2023, 10:24:55 pm
He was bad for us but we’ve managed to get worse. He’s at least proved he’s a good manager at this level it was just poor signings, did he make them or Younger?, and bad timing fir him.

DS and McSheffery without success before they entered the circus probably won’t get another chance of a top job.
Title: Re: Richie Promoted
Post by: dickos1 on April 18, 2023, 10:35:13 pm
Wellens didn’t use his budget effectively, that was his problem
Close, knoyle, Williams, Rowe were expensive and left not much cash for everywhere else
Title: Re: Richie Promoted
Post by: German Rover on April 18, 2023, 10:36:47 pm
Good for him. He's still an arsehole mind
Title: Re: Richie Promoted
Post by: Bentley Bullet on April 18, 2023, 10:51:43 pm
Good for him. He's still an arsehole mind
Being nice isn't a job.
Title: Re: Richie Promoted
Post by: Draytonian III on April 19, 2023, 12:41:01 am
Someone here quoted some figures the other week about how much certain teams very loosing each week, I seem to think Wrexham,Salford and Orient were mentioned and the figures were around the £50k mark, can anyone else remember the quote
Title: Re: Richie Promoted
Post by: Campsall rover on April 19, 2023, 01:38:34 am
He made terrible signings and delivered terrible football with terrible results for us.
He took Orient from relegation to 14th last season and with the right resources and backing they’ve achieved promotion and  probably Champions


Not sure their budget is the reason, they only signed 3 players, all free transfers I believe too.
Exactly. So what is DS’s excuse then dickos. 
No he doesn’t have one.
Title: Re: Richie Promoted
Post by: dickos1 on April 19, 2023, 06:20:29 am
He made terrible signings and delivered terrible football with terrible results for us.
He took Orient from relegation to 14th last season and with the right resources and backing they’ve achieved promotion and  probably Champions


Not sure their budget is the reason, they only signed 3 players, all free transfers I believe too.
Exactly. So what is DS’s excuse then dickos. 
No he doesn’t have one.

He’s had a full summer signing his own players and getting them to play the way he wants them to.
It’s not difficult really to fathom
Title: Re: Richie Promoted
Post by: wilts rover on April 19, 2023, 06:27:36 am
If you look at Wellens managerial career, success at Swindon & Orient, sacked by Oldham, Salford & us, the further away from Manchester he has been, the better his record.

Something for him to ponder maybe.
Title: Re: Richie Promoted
Post by: pib on April 19, 2023, 10:10:49 am
Well done to him. Rovers legend as a player. Took over at a very difficult time as a manager and it was sad that it didn't work. Glad to see he's bounced back and is proving again that he is a decent manager.
Title: Re: Richie Promoted
Post by: Draytonian III on April 19, 2023, 12:48:29 pm
“ Rovers legend as a player “ , he was a very good player for us but legend is a bit strong
Title: Re: Richie Promoted
Post by: pib on April 19, 2023, 12:55:26 pm
“ Rovers legend as a player “ , he was a very good player for us but legend is a bit strong

You're entitled to your opinion. For me, not many better midfielders have played for the club in my time. Huge part of the 2007/08 promotion team, and he was excellent in two Championship seasons for us.
Title: Re: Richie Promoted
Post by: Campsall rover on April 19, 2023, 02:07:33 pm
Congratulations to him.
He has proved he is able to man manage players

What happened at Rovers who knows. The Bogle situation was farcical.
The non signing of a decent striker was also farcical.
Title: Re: Richie Promoted
Post by: Drover on April 19, 2023, 02:24:46 pm
He made terrible signings and delivered terrible football with terrible results for us.
He took Orient from relegation to 14th last season and with the right resources and backing they’ve achieved promotion and  probably Champions


Not sure their budget is the reason, they only signed 3 players, all free transfers I believe too.

Well they have spent almost twice as much as us on Agents fees https://www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/sport/football/how-much-every-league-two-club-has-paid-on-agents-fees-according-to-latest-football-association-figures-and-where-doncaster-rovers-stevenage-walsall-tranmere-rovers-and-crawley-town-rank-4099730
Title: Re: Richie Promoted
Post by: Draytonian III on April 19, 2023, 03:09:35 pm
“ Rovers legend as a player “ , he was a very good player for us but legend is a bit strong

You're entitled to your opinion. For me, not many better midfielders have played for the club in my time. Huge part of the 2007/08 promotion team, and he was excellent in two Championship seasons for us.








The term Legend doesn’t apply to good players, Colin Douglas wasn’t a brilliant player but he’s a legend . Rufus Brevitt was a very good player but not a legend
Title: Re: Richie Promoted
Post by: steve@dcfd on April 19, 2023, 04:22:50 pm
Along with Stock they were the best two midfield players I’ve watched. Snodins were good Mcindoe was good and of late Whiteman but Stock and Richie did their work in the Championship as well as league one.
Title: Re: Richie Promoted
Post by: Bentley Bullet on April 20, 2023, 07:41:59 am
He made terrible signings and delivered terrible football with terrible results for us.
He took Orient from relegation to 14th last season and with the right resources and backing they’ve achieved promotion and  probably Champions


Not sure their budget is the reason, they only signed 3 players, all free transfers I believe too.

Well they have spent almost twice as much as us on Agents fees https://www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/sport/football/how-much-every-league-two-club-has-paid-on-agents-fees-according-to-latest-football-association-figures-and-where-doncaster-rovers-stevenage-walsall-tranmere-rovers-and-crawley-town-rank-4099730
I wish we had a side like Leyton Orient for just over £50 grand extra!
Title: Re: Richie Promoted
Post by: drfchound on April 20, 2023, 08:15:25 am
He made terrible signings and delivered terrible football with terrible results for us.
He took Orient from relegation to 14th last season and with the right resources and backing they’ve achieved promotion and  probably Champions


Not sure their budget is the reason, they only signed 3 players, all free transfers I believe too.

Well they have spent almost twice as much as us on Agents fees https://www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/sport/football/how-much-every-league-two-club-has-paid-on-agents-fees-according-to-latest-football-association-figures-and-where-doncaster-rovers-stevenage-walsall-tranmere-rovers-and-crawley-town-rank-4099730
I wish we had a side like Leyton Orient for just over £50 grand extra!

…….and I think we would get that fifty grand back, and more, if we were top of the league.
Title: Re: Richie Promoted
Post by: Drover on April 20, 2023, 06:55:08 pm
He made terrible signings and delivered terrible football with terrible results for us.
He took Orient from relegation to 14th last season and with the right resources and backing they’ve achieved promotion and  probably Champions


Not sure their budget is the reason, they only signed 3 players, all free transfers I believe too.

Well they have spent almost twice as much as us on Agents fees https://www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/sport/football/how-much-every-league-two-club-has-paid-on-agents-fees-according-to-latest-football-association-figures-and-where-doncaster-rovers-stevenage-walsall-tranmere-rovers-and-crawley-town-rank-4099730
I wish we had a side like Leyton Orient for just over £50 grand extra!

…….and I think we would get that fifty grand back, and more, if we were top of the league.

Point is,not in every case but often,the amount spent on agents fees should be a good indicator of how much the budget/wage bills will be in comparison with each club.IF they only signed 3 players,they must be well regarded players on a good wage,or also extended contracts of existing players that they wanted to eagerly keep or risk losing like we lost Knoyle.Although Richie's success this season,maybe nothing to do with having a bigger budget,it may just be he is a good manager at League two level,but he struggles at league one standard,upto now anyway. 
Title: Re: Richie Promoted
Post by: Branton Rover on April 20, 2023, 06:57:58 pm
My only problem with Richie was how he held grudges against people like Omar Bogle who could’ve made a big difference to us - Wellens chose to play without a striker altogether for 5-6 games rather than swallow his pride and bring Omar back from the table tennis table. Now as we all know Omar wasn’t a great centre forward but he was at least a striker by trade - this is what cost Wellens his job imo.
Title: Re: Richie Promoted
Post by: Branton Rover on April 20, 2023, 06:59:24 pm
Ps had he played Bogle I reckon we wouldn’t have gotten relegated.
Title: Re: Richie Promoted
Post by: Campsall rover on April 20, 2023, 07:39:17 pm
Ps had he played Bogle I reckon we wouldn’t have gotten relegated.
We will never know.
What we do know is Bogle was a better option than Dodoo or Curkur.

He has scored 9/10 for Newport this season hasn’t he.
Yes it’s a league lower and I would suggest league 2 is probably his level.
How many will he score against us on Saturday?   ;)
Title: Re: Richie Promoted
Post by: Barmby Rover on April 20, 2023, 08:01:17 pm
My only problem with Richie was how he held grudges against people like Omar Bogle who could’ve made a big difference to us - Wellens chose to play without a striker altogether for 5-6 games rather than swallow his pride and bring Omar back from the table tennis table. Now as we all know Omar wasn’t a great centre forward but he was at least a striker by trade - this is what cost Wellens his job imo.

If Bogle was that good how come Newport are not top of the league, with Bogle getting the golden boot? They aren't, he isn't and he was useless. Couldn't even get a shot on target from the penalty spot.
Title: Re: Richie Promoted
Post by: drfchound on April 21, 2023, 10:30:32 pm
My only problem with Richie was how he held grudges against people like Omar Bogle who could’ve made a big difference to us - Wellens chose to play without a striker altogether for 5-6 games rather than swallow his pride and bring Omar back from the table tennis table. Now as we all know Omar wasn’t a great centre forward but he was at least a striker by trade - this is what cost Wellens his job imo.

If Bogle was that good how come Newport are not top of the league, with Bogle getting the golden boot? They aren't, he isn't and he was useless. Couldn't even get a shot on target from the penalty spot.

It would be nice if we could get into a position where we might get a penalty these days.
Title: Re: Richie Promoted
Post by: normal rules on April 22, 2023, 05:05:24 pm
Orient now champions.
And their supporters didn’t get the memo.
Full pitch invasion complete with red flares.
Title: Re: Richie Promoted
Post by: foxbat on April 22, 2023, 05:23:02 pm
Well done Richie
Title: Re: Richie Promoted
Post by: Reg of the Rovers on April 23, 2023, 02:32:22 pm
He was a guest on Football League highlights show last night, and when asked about preparing for League 1 he said he'd been there before but had probably the lowest budget in the League - especially at Doncaster where it was really really tough, and now he's looking forward to being there with a competitive budget.

A couple of reflections on that, firstly it seems contrary to the impression we get from the club in terms of available finance, and secondly (and most importantly) if we only pump investment on a period basis why on earth would we let Schofield be the one to bust the bank and shape the next few years of the club? I'm genuinely worried that we're on a course now which can only end in disaster. This might be the owners last hurrah in terms of investment and we're wasting it on desperate Danny. 
Title: Re: Richie Promoted
Post by: Prez on April 23, 2023, 02:52:08 pm
He was a guest on Football League highlights show last night, and when asked about preparing for League 1 he said he'd been there before but had probably the lowest budget in the League - especially at Doncaster where it was really really tough, and now he's looking forward to being there with a competitive budget.

A couple of reflections on that, firstly it seems contrary to the impression we get from the club in terms of available finance, and secondly (and most importantly) if we only pump investment on a period basis why on earth would we let Schofield be the one to bust the bank and shape the next few years of the club? I'm genuinely worried that we're on a course now which can only end in disaster. This might be the owners last hurrah in terms of investment and we're wasting it on desperate Danny. 

I dont buy into this from RW that we had one of the lowest budgets in the league. If that was the case why take the job in the first place? Fair play to him for winning the league with Leyton Orient, fully deserved, but he was a disaster for us, as proved with the signings he made for us have not been any good even in League 2.
Title: Re: Richie Promoted
Post by: Reg of the Rovers on April 23, 2023, 03:10:55 pm
He was a guest on Football League highlights show last night, and when asked about preparing for League 1 he said he'd been there before but had probably the lowest budget in the League - especially at Doncaster where it was really really tough, and now he's looking forward to being there with a competitive budget.

A couple of reflections on that, firstly it seems contrary to the impression we get from the club in terms of available finance, and secondly (and most importantly) if we only pump investment on a period basis why on earth would we let Schofield be the one to bust the bank and shape the next few years of the club? I'm genuinely worried that we're on a course now which can only end in disaster. This might be the owners last hurrah in terms of investment and we're wasting it on desperate Danny. 

I dont buy into this from RW that we had one of the lowest budgets in the league. If that was the case why take the job in the first place? Fair play to him for winning the league with Leyton Orient, fully deserved, but he was a disaster for us, as proved with the signings he made for us have not been any good even in League 2.
He wasn't my cup of tea, he was an awful bully and his presence racing too and from the touchline was a distracting pantomime. That being said, both appointments since have been much much worse, culminating the current clown-show.
Title: Re: Richie Promoted
Post by: steve@dcfd on April 23, 2023, 03:12:54 pm
Well Copps did say inadvertently yesterday that DS didn’t have money to spend. How RW can blow all the budget on four player this has been said then the budget must have been small. The agreements for players and contracts will have been been agreed by the the CEO sand Chairman so they would have said something. The budgets have been small for along time this was seen by the players we have signed.
Title: Re: Richie Promoted
Post by: normal rules on April 23, 2023, 05:11:23 pm
Richie’s video on Facebook makes interesting listening . He makes special mention of players and rovers .
Title: Re: Richie Promoted
Post by: Bentley Bullet on April 23, 2023, 05:45:03 pm
I could be wrong but I'm almost sure he said he had the lowest budget in the league at Doncaster, on The EFL programme last night.
Title: Re: Richie Promoted
Post by: Campsall rover on April 23, 2023, 05:50:47 pm
I could be wrong but I'm almost sure he said he had the lowest budget in the league at Doncaster, on The EFL programme last night.
We were told it was mid table. So someone is lying aren’t they.  ;)
Title: Re: Richie Promoted
Post by: adamtherover on April 23, 2023, 06:21:29 pm
I could be wrong but I'm almost sure he said he had the lowest budget in the league at Doncaster, on The EFL programme last night.
that could just be BS to cover up for doing such a poor job?
Title: Re: Richie Promoted
Post by: Chris Black come back on April 23, 2023, 06:24:42 pm
If he did, he must have spent every penny of it on Rowe and Close, who both would have been on very healthy wages.
Title: Re: Richie Promoted
Post by: sedwardsdrfc on April 23, 2023, 06:41:09 pm
It’s a hard one to judge. The end result of that season suggests he’s right but he does have a vested interest in making it sound like it wasn’t his fault.

I just don’t see how we could be spending less than Accrington, Burton, Cheltenham, Morecambe, Cambridge, Crewe, Gillingham and Wimbledon.

Only way I can level it in my head without saying he’s lying is that he means the budget was already allocated to contracted players I.e. he didn’t have a lot of spare money to sign new players.

Even that is a stretch I’m sure we had barely any contracted players after Moore.

Title: Re: Richie Promoted
Post by: silent majority on April 23, 2023, 06:47:32 pm
He didn’t complain when he was here, he even commented that the playing budget was bigger than he was expecting.
Title: Re: Richie Promoted
Post by: Ryaldinhio on April 23, 2023, 06:50:22 pm
Richie’s video on Facebook makes interesting listening . He makes special mention of players and rovers .

Can you share that please? Im not on FB.
Title: Re: Richie Promoted
Post by: Chris Black come back on April 23, 2023, 06:52:34 pm
Tiago Çukur and Rodrigo Vilca.

Çukur is on loan at F.C.V. Dender E.H. in the Belgian second tier, and has managed 4 goals this season.
Title: Re: Richie Promoted
Post by: normal rules on April 23, 2023, 07:52:55 pm
Orient going up as champions  is not news of course. But I’ve just been reading and seen the footage of the end of the game at their game at gillingham.
Utterly bizarre scenes.
With about 10 mins left there is a power cut so play stopped.
During this power cut the orient team realise they are going up and start to celebrate .when play re starts, neither team seems interested in playing and the ref ends the game on the grounds that it is no longer competitive.
I wonder how those who had placed bets on the game felt about this. ?
There is no way you would see this in the prem, there would be a massive enquiry.
Title: Re: Richie Promoted
Post by: Bentley Bullet on April 23, 2023, 07:56:24 pm
Richie’s video on Facebook makes interesting listening . He makes special mention of players and rovers .

Can you share that please? Im not on FB.
https://www.facebook.com/ainsley.cooper.1994/videos/910643510261525?idorvanity=499991353505572
Title: Re: Richie Promoted
Post by: Chris Black come back on August 29, 2023, 02:10:04 am
Tiago Çukur and Rodrigo Vilca.

Çukur is on loan at F.C.V. Dender E.H. in the Belgian second tier, and has managed 4 goals this season.

Çukur ended last season with 5 goals in 25 appearances in the Belgian second tier.

Fenerbahce has sent him on loan again for the season, this time to Sportkring Beveren, in the Belgium second tier.
Title: Re: Richie Promoted
Post by: graingrover on August 30, 2023, 12:12:02 pm
He was once a caterpillar but now …
Title: Re: Richie Promoted
Post by: Chris Black come back on July 23, 2024, 10:04:57 pm
Tiago Çukur and Rodrigo Vilca.

Çukur is on loan at F.C.V. Dender E.H. in the Belgian second tier, and has managed 4 goals this season.

Çukur ended last season with 5 goals in 25 appearances in the Belgian second tier.

Fenerbahce has sent him on loan again for the season, this time to Sportkring Beveren, in the Belgium second tier.


Fenerbahçe have moved him on permanently, after not making much of an impression either there or any of his several loan moves. Amazingly though, he has landed an ok gig, with a three year deal at Roda JC Kerkrade in the Eerste Divisie (Dutch second tier). They only just missed out last season on promotion to the Eredivisie.

Title: Re: Richie Promoted
Post by: drfchound on July 23, 2024, 10:08:38 pm
Based on what I saw of him at Rovers I am astonished that he gets any kind of pro footballer deal.
Title: Re: Richie Promoted
Post by: BobG on July 24, 2024, 02:12:35 pm
And at Roda Kerkrade too. Always had a soft spot for them after Dutch Uncle drove me past their ground some decades ago. Decent town. Decent middlingly small club. They've dropped one here though.

BobG
Title: Re: Richie Promoted
Post by: foxbat on July 25, 2024, 12:37:46 pm
just like we did