An evening with DM & Matt Hancock - Thurs 2nd May

[JohnDoe]

1 minute ago, Spunk Trumpet said:

I always find these questions very very strange. 
 

I don’t want to know, in public, how he wants us to play. I want winning football. 
 

Crosby and Flitcroft told us how we were going to play and within 8 league games the entire league had sussed it out and didn’t need to do their homework on us. 
The average fan could tell you how to beat us this last 18 months. 

Why do fans want to know what formation we will play? What style? Keep the secrets under wraps and adapt. 

That answer would have been fine.

[Brian Johnson]

5 minutes ago, Spunk Trumpet said:

Or, playing devils advocate, he has come out and said there will be a new captain next season because Nathan Smith won’t be here?

Would Darren had told Smith on Monday that he won’t be captain next season? 
Unsure about that. 
 

He stopped himself with about what he was going to say about the new captain. My impression is that the captain will be in a shape of a new signing and he nearly let slip who that was. He had to stop himself

[mr.hobblesworth]

Just now, Spunk Trumpet said:

I think the point is that the bloke suggesting it is living in cuckoo land to put on a concert in a 3 week window!!

It was a ludicrous question. 

He clearly said that it was too soon for this year. Think it's a daft idea myself and we need to focus our energies on the club rather than letting that gurning fool and his prosecco-guzzling imbecilic fans trash the pitch again.

[Nippy Naylor]

37 minutes ago, Spunk Trumpet said:

Anyone who wants rid of Darren after that needs to wobble their head.

Things I got from that is that he’s not going to take any crap. He’s the boss of this football club.  He’s got a clear plan. Nobody to answer to other than the hierarchy. 
 

Yes, talk is cheap, but I’m 100% convinced we have the right man in charge to take us forward and fair play to Matt who fronted up the mistakes made. 
 

If we can offload the deadwood and get in who Darren wants, we will be in a great place moving forward. 

Yeah I said this months ago , DM inherited a shyte show of a squad hence that's why he struggled,but some fans were digging him out  i reckon we'll be top 4 next season 

[Powerline]

42 minutes ago, Vtid said:

I missed that bit! Have they revealed who it is? 

Not sure tbh but can’t be worse than Holland’s 

Edited May 2 by Powerline

[Nippy Naylor]

20 minutes ago, ollyandpatch said:

Does anybody else think that the new captain is not yet at our club?

Are you thinking Gibbo 🤔

[Brian Johnson]

10 minutes ago, JohnDoe said:

ive been very negative about Moore so far, but there was a lot to be positive about from that. I thought his answer about his coaching team was really good. Though Im still not sure about what his vision for how he wants us to play is. Maybe he should have answered that later, because he got better with his answers as it progressed. 

Again, my impression on his answers is basically that he can not decide just yet on how he wants to play because it rests entirely who he can get in & out of the building.

He kind of touched on that when he was asked if he was going to shorten the pitch or not. He mentioned then he will look at closer to the time because it all rest's on what players he will have at his disposal.

What I also get from the above is that he is not fixed on any formation. He just wants his teams to be aggressive, attack with intent and win loads of games.

[JoeB2]

I come away, all things considered, pretty grateful about things - which I accept isn’t a standard thing to say a week after relegation!

We’ll be rayt.

[Nippy Naylor]

15 minutes ago, JohnDoe said:

ive been very negative about Moore so far, but there was a lot to be positive about from that. I thought his answer about his coaching team was really good. Though Im still not sure about what his vision for how he wants us to play is. Maybe he should have answered that later, because he got better with his answers as it progressed. 

The vision is automatic promotion 👍

[Brian Johnson]

7 minutes ago, Spunk Trumpet said:

I think the point is that the bloke suggesting it is living in cuckoo land to put on a concert in a 3 week window!!

It was a ludicrous question. 

Oh right, I get it now.

I missed that question.

Robbie hat-trick next year then

[Nippy Naylor]

10 minutes ago, Nippy Naylor said:

 

Are you  erm sure this time , Vtd 🤔😆

 

[Brian Johnson]

7 minutes ago, mr.hobblesworth said:

He clearly said that it was too soon for this year. Think it's a daft idea myself and we need to focus our energies on the club rather than letting that gurning fool and his prosecco-guzzling imbecilic fans trash the pitch again.

I think having concerts is a great idea and bit of a money spinner if done right.

Matt played it down because he said it take's up numerous hours of staff time but the club would not have to organise it. 

The pitch was fooked anyway before the Robbie concert took place and they did not put the best protection on the pitch

[MBE]

Just aside from Darren Moore, one thing I think is significant, discussed by Matt is Carol's involvement moving forward.

I do think its a positive she will take a step away and not be at the forefront of communications.

Edited May 2 by MBE

[Spunk Trumpet]

3 minutes ago, Nippy Naylor said:

Yeah I said this months ago , DM inherited a shyte show of a squad hence that's why he struggled,but some fans were digging him out  i reckon we'll be top 4 next season 

Again, talk is cheap, but Matt acknowledged the separation between fans and the club. That was good to hear.

Nice to see Carol will be taking a backstep but still very much committed. 
Great to hear that Darren will be the football boss of everything. 
Let’s not forget, we have a former premier league player and manager, who this time last season had amassed almost 100 points in league 1.

He had no pre season at Huddersfield and walked into an absolute shower here. 
 

We go into next season with a manager who has a proven record and can now get his own players in. We also have a hierarchy who acknowledge they’ve become too nice and mistakes were made. 
 

There were no negatives at all from Matt or Darren tonight. It wasn’t cliche crap. It was all about the hard work starts here and we know what we are doing. Especially Darren. 
 

To those 17 in contract……. 
Look at Ben, Chizzy and Ripley. 
 

If we can keep those three and get rid of a minimum 8 of those deadwood, I’d be over the moon. 
 

[Spunk Trumpet]

6 minutes ago, Brian Johnson said:

Oh right, I get it now.

I missed that question.

Robbie hat-trick next year then

To be fair I just want him to keep a low profile. 
The whole “El Presidente” thing was cringeworthy at best.