Copps interview

[knockers]

DS was never ever getting sacked!

[Alan Southstand]

IF we’ve “one of the best squads in the division” then why do we (collectively) look so inept? Either it’s the manager/coach or the players or both those things to some degree. You can’t have it both ways, Copps. It’s bloody frightening, this.

Our very future is at stake, here!

[normal rules]

I’ve watched the interview again this morning over a coffee.
Still incredulous.
Perhaps JC should go into acting.

[Chris Black come back]

It’s not a great team let alone a squad. They have struggled against entirely unimpressive sides in the lowest tier of the professional game. As a team they have failed and as individuals, too many have made unforced errors. This as it currently stands is 100pc not a group of players with the ability, application or mentality to get promoted from this very sorry level of the game.

[normal rules]

Does anyone have a direct email for coppinger ? Perhaps we should fill his inbox with our thoughts and concerns.

[Campsall rover]

When Copps was appointed DOF there were a small handful of us who dared to view it with cynicism. We were shouted down and told it was shameful to even think that a club legend like him would contemplate taking the money and towing the line.

I said it then and I'll repeat it again. He was appointed exactly with this situation in mind. To lend credibility to a board running desperately short of ideas and pursuing the cheap option once more. The hope of course was that when the shit inevitably hits the fan (as it will continue to do whilst these jokers remain owners), the fanbase would be more tolerant to appointments that had the stamp of approval of the club legend that is JC. Useful distance created between Baldwin, Blunt etc and the footballing decisions. It stinks and quite rightly the fans are beginning to see it for the sham it is. If Copps had a shred of self respect or ambition to further his career in management, then he should get as far away from this shower of shit as possible. The longer he remains as a stooge for this inept board, the more his legacy is being tarnished. I'd hate to see him as the face of our inevitable decline into non-league that is surely coming if we remain on this path.

Copps mentioned it at the meet the owners and he’s mentioned it again about our resources. We all know what he means and he has started going public with it.

I can see him resigning in the summer if/when things don’t change.

I was wonder if it was just me that heard that.  It seems obvious to me that hes making those comments for a reason.

I think nearly all of what he said was fair. We do have a young team, almost a development team and it isn't ever going to get promotion in the short term.

But the aggregation of the young players, young coach and low resources just does not work.

I have spoken to Lincoln Rover who is on the Supporters Board.
Noises have been made I am told. I would like to think that Copps would be asked to read posts on this forum so he can get a true picture of our opinion on DS and the absolute dross his team are turning out week after week.
If he is seriously not concerned on how we are playing under his tenure as Head Coach then he needs to open his eyes to reality. The fans are going to vote with their feet next season & that includes me.
I have missed only about 7 home games in the last 21 seasons and they were ALL due to being away on holiday when we have had a home game. I have also averaged 19 away league games a season in that same number of years.
There is a limit to what even the most die hard supporters will put up with.
I go to watch football to see my team play entertaining football and hopefully I will see them win more than they lose. Winning games this league that should not be questionable.
I have a 10 yr old Grandson who is bored to tears watching this season. He doesn’t want to go any more.
He is one of te next generation of supporters.  We could lose these kids as fans forever.

We had more entertainment when Wellens & GmS were Managers and the team under both was absolutely dire. We had no strikers of any ilk whatsoever.
Many of the players we had last season were not as good as the new ones we have brought in this season. 

DS has managed to turn a potentially exciting attacking  line up into a slow, boring safety 1st outfit and he has destroyed the flair and confidence of Hurst & Molyneux. Playing Miller up front on his own has been nothing short of criminal in footballing terms.

COPPS WAKE UP TO WHAT THE FAN BASE CAN SEE.

[Cramby10]

He sits in the same box in the east stand with Baldwin every match. Get yourselves in there and make your voices heard.

[normal rules]

He sits in the same box in the east stand with Baldwin every match. Get yourselves in there and make your voices heard.

I seek a means to engage in constructive comment. Not a face to face gobbing off session. That achieves nothing. 

[The Dav]

He’s on LinkedIn chaps ! Maybe message him direct and see if he responds.

[oggycompton]

Gaslighting. Our media department is like Comical Alli during the gulf war. Clueless and full of shit

[Cramby10]

He sits in the same box in the east stand with Baldwin every match. Get yourselves in there and make your voices heard.

I seek a means to engage in constructive comment. Not a face to face gobbing off session. That achieves nothing. 

there’s no one there and the stadium is very quiet. It’s more than easy to have a civilised conversation.

[ravenrover]

You can fool part of the people some of the time, you can fool some of the people all of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time,”Abraham Lincoln.

I'll let you be in my dream if I can be in yours, I said that
Bob Dylan - Talkin WW111 blues

[GazLaz]

He sits in the same box in the east stand with Baldwin every match. Get yourselves in there and make your voices heard.

There’s an argument to say, if he’s heading up recruitment, he should be out watching players live on a Saturday.

[jamesrover17]

He sits in the same box in the east stand with Baldwin every match. Get yourselves in there and make your voices heard.

There’s an argument to say, if he’s heading up recruitment, he should be out watching players live on a Saturday.

Well...

[mpc123]

Thus is not a set of kids now shouting board out, this is now fans of 40 years plus not coming, the board have to do something. SM any comments at all, are the club in total denial?

[i_ateallthepies]

I haven't seen the interview but perhaps Copps' comments are an elaborate version of the dreaded vote of confidence in the Head Coach?

[silent majority]

Thus is not a set of kids now shouting board out, this is now fans of 40 years plus not coming, the board have to do something. SM any comments at all, are the club in total denial?

You should read my response in the post the Bigger Picture. But in short yes, they are aware of the predicament.

[adamtherover]

Did the interviewer really say it must be rewarding to see the effect DS has had in the team and players? WTF

[sedwardsdrfc]

Think they need to step back from posting anything like these interviews. I know they can’t win as people moan that they are silent but if this is what they’ve got to say better to be quiet.

The questions are so leading from the interviewer that he’s already answered them.

[Cramby10]

I wonder, on reflection, if DS has been told his neck is on the block as suggested by the “changes in the summer” by SM. I wonder if Copps set this interview up in solidarity for DS to save face if DS is sacked over his head? Or maybe Copps head is on the block also? Unless he plans to walk away in principle if the inevitable happens?
This could be an opportunity for the board to win a few people over if they take decisive, positive action.
Maybe I think too much, but it’s all unfathomable nonsense going on at the moment.

[sedwardsdrfc]

Hope so. Think it would be fair to say to DS “come on we had a good chance of playoffs when you joined so show us something worth backing or we’ll have to make a hard decision come seasons end”

Other than his 1st few games there’s been nothing. Genuinely the players could have just got on with it without a manager and we’d not be any worse.

[Filo]

Hope so. Think it would be fair to say to DS “come on we had a good chance of playoffs when you joined so show us something worth backing or we’ll have to make a hard decision come seasons end”

Other than his 1st few games there’s been nothing. Genuinely the players could have just got on with it without a manager and we’d not be any worse.

We’d probably be better as they wouldn’t be shackled

[drfchound]

You can fool part of the people some of the time, you can fool some of the people all of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time,”Abraham Lincoln.

Sammy, it was actually:

Quote

Abraham Lincoln
“You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time.”

[adamtherover]

Think they need to step back from posting anything like these interviews. I know they can’t win as people moan that they are silent but if this is what they’ve got to say better to be quiet.

The questions are so leading from the interviewer that he’s already answered them.

we need the BBC Humberside reporter asking the questions, the one who ripped mccan a new one every satdi tea time after hull had lost!!!

[RugbyRover]

Think they need to step back from posting anything like these interviews. I know they can’t win as people moan that they are silent but if this is what they’ve got to say better to be quiet.

The questions are so leading from the interviewer that he’s already answered them.

we need the BBC Humberside reporter asking the questions, the one who ripped mccan a new one every satdi tea time after hull had lost!!!

I remember when Wellens was manager he gave an interview to 18Dapper.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQXo97ZCiXY
 
I wonder if Copps would be as generous with his time?

[mushRTID]

Think they need to step back from posting anything like these interviews. I know they can’t win as people moan that they are silent but if this is what they’ve got to say better to be quiet.

The questions are so leading from the interviewer that he’s already answered them.

we need the BBC Humberside reporter asking the questions, the one who ripped mccan a new one every satdi tea time after hull had lost!!!

I remember when Wellens was manager he gave an interview to 18Dapper.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQXo97ZCiXY
 
I wonder if Copps would be as generous with his time?

Just watched the first couple of minutes.

Wellens talks about understanding players strengths and weaknesses then setting realistic demands based on those.

If only we had a manager now who understood what our current players can and cannot do!

(Yes I know he made plenty of mistakes here but the point still stands)

[Bentley Bullet]

Not unlike the Alfie May story, Wellens was deemed not good enough for us and out of his depth in League One. Now he's on his way back there with league leaders Orient, and it is us who are not good enough for him!

It's enough to make one weep.

[Chris Black come back]

What is really startling is how across Wellens, McSheffrey and Schofield, all very different managers and managing in different leagues, there is remarkable consistency across them all - terrible quality of football, total absence of spine, appalling recruitment and disastrous results.

I honestly could be watching Wellens manage at any point this season and it would feel the same. It’s been a truly awful last few seasons and the unifying facet of the risible quality of football is most at odds with the stated desire of having a more exciting brand of football. All these managers have delivered on a consistent basis largely against sides ‘smaller’ than us, literally the worst quality football we have seen in 25 years. Game in, game out, terrible to watch.

[mpc123]

Thus is not a set of kids now shouting board out, this is now fans of 40 years plus not coming, the board have to do something. SM any comments at all, are the club in total denial?

You should read my response in the post the Bigger Picture. But in short yes, they are aware of the predicament.

Thank you for your time to respond SM, it helps with curbing the frustrations.

[ForsolongaRover]

Think they need to step back from posting anything like these interviews. I know they can’t win as people moan that they are silent but if this is what they’ve got to say better to be quiet.

The questions are so leading from the interviewer that he’s already answered them.

Robbie went down in my estimation. Any broadcasting professional in this situation should ask open questions irrespective of who employs them. He would have been justified in framing questions in terms that reflected the criticism of the team’s performances, but he did not. In effect, it was almost insulting to those who wanted to hear Copps defence of the Schofield regime. He was put under no pressure and effectively choose to talk about soft topics. Alongside these, Rovers performances on the pitch must always be more important. There would be no work in the wider locality without the football. When all is said and done he is Head of FOOTBALL Operations.

If it was intended to create a better understanding of the club’s position by presenting what was to them, the wider perspective, it just shows how out of touch they are, and of course it added a considerable measure of disrespect.

When those close the the club tell us they “understand”, putting out this kind of interview rather proves that they don’t.