Tranmere (A)

[bluessupporter]

I wonder if our Chairman spoke the the Chairman of FGR to find out the reason he 'left' with the club doing so well.
I hope so, as it shows due diligence.
No matter where we end up next season I doubt Cooper will be here.

[Adam29]

I wonder if our Chairman spoke the the Chairman of FGR to find out the reason he 'left' with the club doing so well.
I hope so, as it shows due diligence.
No matter where we end up next season I doubt Cooper will be here.

He didn’t leave FGR
They sacked him

[bluessupporter]

He didn’t leave FGR
They sacked him

Why did he get sacked?

In the absence of a reply I have done a bit of research online and found a quote from the FGR Chairman about why they sacked Cooper.

“Really it’s about the circumstances we find ourselves in with six games to go we’ve had a big slide in form – four back to back losses now,” said Dale on BBC Gloucestershire.

“The toughest job in coaching, in management, is to turn around a bad run of form.

"It’s the biggest test, the biggest challenge where perhaps the greatest value lies and to do that you’ve got to understand what’s wrong, where you’re going wrong, but sometimes you just have to start again.”

Interesting!

[russell_anderson]

Honest question....... Do you think Cooper really wants to be here?

It's a big change for him coming to a 'non league club' working it's way up re infrastructure and professionalism. He's seen better and maybe, just maybe he doesn't see his future long term at Barrow AFC.

IMO his overall persona, interviews and general excuses (training facilities etc) make me feel he's here as a stop gap. Only my opinion, but over the months my confidence in him staying is slowly eroding. Hope I'm wrong.

Much as I agree with what Cooper says you could be right, we are really struggling as a club with our infrastructure etc. 48 years is a massive gap to fill it will take around another 3 years to get somewhere near ( this is no one's fault) I just hope we stay up or all this effort from our club will have been wasted ! in defence of Cooper I can see where he's coming from and I was really surprised when he came here, hopefully it will all come right in the end!

Do Sutton and Harrogate have any better infrastructure? I doubt it very much and they seem to be managing pretty well.

[will3988]

Platt and Brough are both off in January

Starting a rumour?
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Platt isn’t going to sign a new contract so have to get a fee for him In January
A league one club have put a bid in for Brough

[andyg]

Much as I agree with what Cooper says you could be right, we are really struggling as a club with our infrastructure etc. 48 years is a massive gap to fill it will take around another 3 years to get somewhere near ( this is no one's fault) I just hope we stay up or all this effort from our club will have been wasted ! in defence of Cooper I can see where he's coming from and I was really surprised when he came here, hopefully it will all come right in the end!

Do Sutton and Harrogate have any better infrastructure? I doubt it very much and they seem to be managing pretty well.

Sutton & Harrogate have had managerial (think that's a word) stability

[McMark]

In a perfect world it would be ideal to have all the tools readily available to tackle our Everest. But remember we hit the perfect storm to get where we are. We then moved very quickly from base camp and we’re always bound to suffer a bit of altitude sickness at some stage. We simply need to stock up on the right provisions for the journey that lays ahead to sustain us for a tough winter. Hopefully push on early spring and then all being well we will make our Lhotse wall and stabilise then get airlifted off come the end as I think deathzone is beyond us now!

[Jonty]

Much as I agree with what Cooper says you could be right, we are really struggling as a club with our infrastructure etc. 48 years is a massive gap to fill it will take around another 3 years to get somewhere near ( this is no one's fault) I just hope we stay up or all this effort from our club will have been wasted ! in defence of Cooper I can see where he's coming from and I was really surprised when he came here, hopefully it will all come right in the end!

Do Sutton and Harrogate have any better infrastructure? I doubt it very much and they seem to be managing pretty well.

Please go and check the “Who’s Who” at Harrogate and Sutton and a side by side comparison of staff / roles / set up with us. Sutton have woman's teams and academy set up. Both these clubs would appear to be further on than us in terms of infrastructure. As you say 48 years is a massive gap to fill and we need more investment on board to help.

[prague bluebird]

Wonder if the team night out in Manchester had anything to do with the positive covid cases in the squad. Jamie devitt dancing on tables looking really injured

Well if this supposed night out happened, lets hope it was billed as the Devitt leaving party.

[Jeeby]

The club disbanded their under 15 performance team last month due to a lack of coaching availability, so some planning for the future

[Sea Dog Sam]

Wonder if the team night out in Manchester had anything to do with the positive covid cases in the squad. Jamie devitt dancing on tables looking really injured

Well if this supposed night out happened, lets hope it was billed as the Devitt leaving party.

Get Rid of him!

[Sea Dog Sam]

We looked a better team than Tranmere for most of the game. Passed the ball well and looked organised. Unfortunately, as usual, we showed little imagination or creativity in front of goal.

We haven't scored a goal from open play in the EFL since Saturday October 30th. That is one shocking statistic! And very worrying.

[Jeeby]

We looked a better team than Tranmere for most of the game. Passed the ball well and looked organised. Unfortunately, as usual, we showed little imagination or creativity in front of goal.

We haven't scored a goal from open play in the EFL since Saturday October 30th. That is one shocking statistic! And very worrying.

Completely agree, we looked the better team for big swathes of the game, passed the ball around well, but no end product, 2-0 certainly flattered them, but I dont think we would have scored if we were still playing now, they were pretty rock solid at the back, hence their low goals against tally. Everybody knows where the problem is, its finding that bit of the jigsaw to solve it.

[LewisBAFC1901]

Shite

[bluebird90]

The club disbanded their under 15 performance team last month due to a lack of coaching availability, so some planning for the future

Not the case.