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General Category => Altrincham FC First Team => Topic started by: John Edwards on March 08, 2017, 01:05:02 PM
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Matt Doughty and Robbie Lawton are inviting supporters to quiz them on all aspects of first-team affairs at the Community Sports Hall next Tuesday evening. Full details on the club website.
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John, any chance of live-streaming this on Facebook as with the last one? I'm working.
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John, any chance of live-streaming this on Facebook as with the last one? I'm working.
Good idea
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Whatever people's thoughts about him, fair play to the man for doing this. He didn't have to and it won't be rigged like that bloody review was the other week.
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Fair play to both for this but I can't help feel that they shouldn't be the people answerable to our frustrations, It seems wrong to let Doughty and Lawton face the difficult questions about the clubs position when they have arrived with the damage done long before and in an almost impossible position. Surely there are others at the club more accountable for the current league position.
I get from the website that it was their own idea and fair enough but shouldn't these questions have been what the public meeting the other week with the clubs hierarchy should've been about rather than the fairly tame affair it was?
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Fair play indeed, the simple questions for me is where does he believe he has failed so far in terms of getting us scoring goals and being a threat? Is it down to recruitment, tactics, training, man management, all of these and more?
Or maybe he believes he's done the best you could hope to do with our group of players and whats available on the market?
Its honestly hard to say whether he's done a good job or not, we're so sh1t and have been for so long.
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We're looking into providing live Facebook coverage, as happened at the strategic review presentation. More details as and when.
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I don't mean to sound negative, but what could there possibly be worth discussing with a temporary manager at this stage of the season? Nothing wrong with a manager answering questions from supporters, but the timing seems strange to me.
The manager has (apparently) not yet been decided for next season, and the rest of this season is surely just a case of playing out the remaining games anyway.
I'd be surprised if many turned up.
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Well I think that confirms that Matt and Robbie will be in charge next season. It would be poor form (as well as a total waste of time) for G Rowley to allow them to do a fans forum and then tell them they aren't in charge later the same month.
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Well I think that confirms that Matt and Robbie will be in charge next season. It would be poor form (as well as a total waste of time) for G Rowley to allow them to do a fans forum and then tell them they aren't in charge later the same month.
Decision to be taken at the March board meeting. Stinks of a done deal.
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Well I think that confirms that Matt and Robbie will be in charge next season. It would be poor form (as well as a total waste of time) for G Rowley to allow them to do a fans forum and then tell them they aren't in charge later the same month.
Decision to be taken at the March board meeting. Stinks of a done deal.
Do we know when the march board meeting was/is? I reckon Doughty is going to announce he has the job on the night.
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Well I think that confirms that Matt and Robbie will be in charge next season. It would be poor form (as well as a total waste of time) for G Rowley to allow them to do a fans forum and then tell them they aren't in charge later the same month.
Decision to be taken at the March board meeting. Stinks of a done deal.
Do we know when the march board meeting was/is? I reckon Doughty is going to announce he has the job on the night.
well that would be announcement that I don't think the club would ever recover from and that most fans would never accept
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I think this is completely out of order and totally unprofessionally by Matt Doughty. Its clear he is trying to force the Board's hand and I'm surprised Rowley has allowed this to go ahead. If he is being given the job then its an unmitigated disaster which will do nothing to bring the fans and club together and if he isn't, then he's out of a job in 6 weeks so why do we need to know his views.
Either the way the ball is firmly in the Board's court to front up and tell us what's going on. I wasn't planning on walking out next week but I am now considering it. If Doughty gets the job though I'm finished with the Club anyway.
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Is it just me or does anyone else cringe every time they read or listen to a Matt Doughty interview?
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It's not just you.
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I think this is completely out of order and totally unprofessionally by Matt Doughty. Its clear he is trying to force the Board's hand and I'm surprised Rowley has allowed this to go ahead. If he is being given the job then its an unmitigated disaster which will do nothing to bring the fans and club together and if he isn't, then he's out of a job in 6 weeks so why do we need to know his views.
Either the way the ball is firmly in the Board's court to front up and tell us what's going on. I wasn't planning on walking out next week but I am now considering it. If Doughty gets the job though I'm finished with the Club anyway.
Bizarre - what option did they have.
"Board refuse to let manager talk to fans" how much stick would they have got for that? Fans generally calling for more info and contact and building bridges between those that run the club and the fans and then moan when they set up a opportunity to talk. Utterly unbelievable the things people will take offence at on here
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Communication has been sadly lacking at the club of late
If Matt wants to do this fair play
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I think this is completely out of order and totally unprofessionally by Matt Doughty. Its clear he is trying to force the Board's hand and I'm surprised Rowley has allowed this to go ahead. If he is being given the job then its an unmitigated disaster which will do nothing to bring the fans and club together and if he isn't, then he's out of a job in 6 weeks so why do we need to know his views.
Either the way the ball is firmly in the Board's court to front up and tell us what's going on. I wasn't planning on walking out next week but I am now considering it. If Doughty gets the job though I'm finished with the Club anyway.
Bizarre - what option did they have.
"Board refuse to let manager talk to fans" how much stick would they have got for that? Fans generally calling for more info and contact and building bridges between those that run the club and the fans and then moan when they set up a opportunity to talk. Utterly unbelievable the things people will take offence at on here
I'm all for greater communication, but question Doughty's motives. I don't think it will build bridges, but put more pressure on the Board. Not sure how we would have found out , if "Board refuse to let manager talk to fans" its quite reasonable for the Board to say this isn't the right time.
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You can look at this from lots of angles.
Chairman feels it's a way of softening the fans up for a decision already made
Chairman sticking head in sand rather than making decision
Chairman unwilling to risk rocking the boat further by saying the meeting can't happen
Matt trying to influence chairman's decision
Matt trying to get fans to influence chairman's decision
Matt just wanting to reach out to fans before he is fired
There's lots there for the conspiracy theorists to have a go at.
Why not just pitch up and take it at face value?
Personally I would have a lot of sympathy if he said I can't stop the ship from sinking because the squad can't be beefed up enough with what is out there.
I would like to give him a chance next season but I realise we would run the risk of being in exactly the same position if after ten games Matt proved not to be up to it and we had to go recruiting again.
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Whilst its good for the manager to hold these things, i do find it strange the stressing from Buzz that its him organizing the forum.
It would have made sense for the forum to take place after being arranged by a board member, but hey.
After all the criticism given against the chairman for lacking communication, is this just another example that he's lost confidence from more than just a few fans??
This could easily have been a PR plus for the chairman, which clearly it is not now.
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Despite the fact I am generally becoming resigned to relegation I will still go this meeting. I rarely post on here now and certainly don't read the sites so often. I am sorry to say I am losing interest in the club, which is very sad after 42 years supporting them.
Perhaps the meeting will give a better idea from the players/management point of view. I hope so because I am beginning to take more interest in what MUFC are doing as opposed to Alty at present.
This forum no longer makes good reading, and I am at a loss as to what the various factions are going to do about the future of our club. I hope what Graham said about the dressing room is correct, if the team started winning on a more regular basis then I may get my belief back.
Maybe the meeting may help us all understand, someone somewhere put the brakes on our decline!!
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Despite the fact I am generally becoming resigned to relegation I will still go this meeting. I rarely post on here now and certainly don't read the sites so often. I am sorry to say I am losing interest in the club, which is very sad after 42 years supporting them.
Perhaps the meeting will give a better idea from the players/management point of view. I hope so because I am beginning to take more interest in what MUFC are doing as opposed to Alty at present.
This forum no longer makes good reading, and I am at a loss as to what the various factions are going to do about the future of our club. I hope what Graham said about the dressing room is correct, if the team started winning on a more regular basis then I may get my belief back.
Maybe the meeting may help us all understand, someone somewhere put the brakes on our decline!!
You're a touch late to the party.