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Post by Ginger Ninja on Feb 23, 2024 7:31:29 GMT
Stoke if rumours are to be believed. Which would be a very silly move by them imo.
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Post by Hitman34 on Feb 23, 2024 7:32:44 GMT
Be interesting to see where he crops up next. Can only think he done himself a lot of damage with his performance as QPR manager. The performances were woeful, but not as bad as his interviews. They will go down in history. “We are going to have a great season” “That one’s on me” “Just watch us go, after the international break” And on and on and on. The minute Dave from Chelmsford (Haka man) was brought in, he should have been sacked on the spot. He was happy to destroy this club by staying in the job and not admitting that he was not good enough. He is no rangers legend of mine. In one word……… hopeless. |
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Post by James1979 on Feb 23, 2024 8:41:44 GMT
Be interesting to see where he crops up next. Can only think he done himself a lot of damage with his performance as QPR manager. The performances were woeful, but not as bad as his interviews. They will go down in history. “We are going to have a great season” “That one’s on me” “Just watch us go, after the international break” And on and on and on. The minute Dave from Chelmsford (Haka man) was brought in, he should have been sacked on the spot. He was happy to destroy this club by staying in the job and not admitting that he was not good enough. He is no rangers legend of mine. In one word……… hopeless. Agree with that. And I never wanted him. But still amazes me that he got Wycombe promoted and to playoff final vs Sunderland. He obviously was able to manage….just at a lower level. |
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Post by Stanley75 on Feb 23, 2024 9:03:51 GMT
The performances were woeful, but not as bad as his interviews. They will go down in history. “We are going to have a great season” “That one’s on me” “Just watch us go, after the international break” And on and on and on. "Dykes and Armstrong will both score at least 10 goals this season - guaranteed" |
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Post by stainrodisalegend on Feb 23, 2024 10:28:51 GMT
My favourite was "we are building something very special here"
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Post by Corbray on Feb 23, 2024 11:06:41 GMT
My favourite was "we are building something very special here" he was right though, we were a special kind of shit |
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Post by 1973ranger on Feb 23, 2024 20:59:53 GMT
One word Shambles
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Post by acricketer on Feb 24, 2024 0:00:50 GMT
Not Chair
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Post by gtleighsr3 on Apr 2, 2024 12:02:42 GMT
The damage that giving noddy the job and then retaining the fraud has caused. Not saying we would have got the waiter in then , but the difference is truly amazing. Football bloggers on YouTube raving over him.
Noddy shouldn’t work in management ever again the clueless cant. If sangria was in charge beginning of season I think we fighting for playoffs genuinely.
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Post by alanwycombe on Apr 2, 2024 13:59:04 GMT
Form under Marti suggests that. Would have been interesting. Lack of a striker would have caught up with us though.
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Post by BrightonR on Apr 2, 2024 14:14:24 GMT
I was expecting to be reading a thread about Peter Ramage!
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Post by stainrodisalegend on Apr 2, 2024 14:54:16 GMT
Hard to find someone less of a fan of Ainsworth than me but in the pantheon of shit managers - defined as someone who has done lasting damage to the club - he doesn't come close to Hughes or Redknapp for me. Helped massively by the fact we have had Marti pick up the pieces admittedly, but now that has happened perhaps we can afford to be a little more generous? He kept us up the first season with two massively improbable victories (albeit his shit tactics had contributed to us being in such a mess in the first place). His signing of the fitness guy probably a lasting positive legacy. And his signings (Bergovic aside) were not disastrous. I mean, I'm not for one minute saying he was a decent or even competent manager. He was always an absolutely terrible fit. But his shitness for me was out there for the Board to see, so for me his failure was above all their failure. If I met him in the street I'd shake his hand and wish him well. Can't say the same of Redknapp, Hughes or Beale.
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Post by West Acton on Apr 3, 2024 17:45:15 GMT
I honestly think if he had stayed we would have struggled to win another game
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Post by alanwycombe on Apr 3, 2024 17:46:16 GMT
Rotherham would be above us
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Post by Rangers77 on Apr 3, 2024 19:33:46 GMT
I honestly think if he had stayed we would have struggled to win another game Yep. It was just so shit. So, so shit. |
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Post by stainrodisalegend on Apr 3, 2024 20:54:28 GMT
I honestly think if he had stayed we would have struggled to win another game Agreed. But think you and me were among the few on here who predicted how that particular shit show would end. It was a board level fuck up - he performed precisely to your and my expectation. He was obvs a shit manager for us. But Hughes was positively corrupt. Harry let’s just say there are questions. Beale not remotely in that league but vermin of a human being. Ainsworth was basically a moron but a well intentioned one who tried his best but it was like putting someone with learning difficulties in charge of an AI project. |
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Post by 1qprdk on Apr 3, 2024 23:54:03 GMT
I honestly think if he had stayed we would have struggled to win another game Agreed. But think you and me were among the few on here who predicted how that particular shit show would end. It was a board level fuck up - he performed precisely to your and my expectation. He was obvs a shit manager for us. But Hughes was positively corrupt. Harry let’s just say there are questions. Beale not remotely in that league but vermin of a human being. Ainsworth was basically a moron but a well intentioned one who tried his best but it was like putting someone with learning difficulties in charge of an AI project. Seems to be the model for every public nationwide IT-project here in DK. Except they have several people with learning difficulties working together. Always works a charm, and they end up spending 10 to 20 times the budget for a useless system. Lovely. |
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Post by itsonlyagame on Apr 4, 2024 4:52:30 GMT
Out of his depth, massively. A good fit for some teams in the lower leagues though.
I took my son for a Loftus Rd stadium tour yesterday. While we were in the home dressing room I stood in front of the tactics board and jokingly said to him my team talk would be as follows “That’s the opposition goal, we stick the ball in there, that’s our goal at the other end, we stop the ball going in there”
It did make me think again though, about the huge gulf in tactical nous between different managers, and between GA and MC.
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Post by Timmy Doc on Apr 4, 2024 17:52:27 GMT
Out of his depth, massively. A good fit for some teams in the lower leagues though. I took my son for a Loftus Rd stadium tour yesterday. While we were in the home dressing room I stood in front of the tactics board and jokingly said to him my team talk would be as follows “That’s the opposition goal, we stick the ball in there, that’s our goal at the other end, we stop the ball going in there” It did make me think again though, about the huge gulf in tactical nous between different managers, and between GA and MC. Sounds pretty similar as Steve McClaren in this video: |
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Post by jfrabbit on Apr 4, 2024 18:07:56 GMT
We've seen some shit down the years but, I can honestly say, I don't think I've ever witnessed as poor and as boring, tactically clueless football as we did under Ainsworth in 40 odd years of watching Queens Park Rangers.
A complete one trick pony as a motivator of certain level players which he lost on day 1 with that stupid fucking haka geezer.
Can't hate the guy but thank fuck he's gone.
He'll never ever manage above league one again unless he takes a team up.
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Post by MattyRangers on Apr 4, 2024 18:11:05 GMT
We've seen some shit down the years but, I can honestly say, I don't think I've ever witnessed as poor and as boring, tactically clueless football as we did under Ainsworth in 40 odd years of watching Queens Park Rangers. A complete one trick pony as a motivator of certain level players which he lost on day 1 with that stupid fucking haka geezer. Can't hate the guy but thank fuck he's gone. He'll never ever manage above league one again unless he takes a team up. 100% was as bad as I can ever recall seeing. Only time I have genuinely debated bothering to go to home games even without a clash with the social calendar lol Like you say I can't hate him tbh & I do wish him well but fuck me am I glad he is gone. Will have to take a right pony job at a struggling League 2 side next I think, might do well at that kind of level creating a mentality like he done at Wycombe. Unfortunately at this level you need a bit more savvy. |
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Post by jfrabbit on Apr 4, 2024 18:15:39 GMT
We've seen some shit down the years but, I can honestly say, I don't think I've ever witnessed as poor and as boring, tactically clueless football as we did under Ainsworth in 40 odd years of watching Queens Park Rangers. A complete one trick pony as a motivator of certain level players which he lost on day 1 with that stupid fucking haka geezer. Can't hate the guy but thank fuck he's gone. He'll never ever manage above league one again unless he takes a team up. 100% was as bad as I can ever recall seeing. Only time I have genuinely debated bothering to go to home games even without a clash with the social calendar lolLike you say I can't hate him tbh & I do wish him well but fuck me am I glad he is gone. Will have to take a right pony job at a struggling League 2 side next I think, might do well at that kind of level creating a mentality like he done at Wycombe. Unfortunately at this level you need a bit more savvy. Exactly the same Matty. I remember sitting there on my phone thinking I really can't be arsed with this. My son wants to go to every game home & away so I persevered for him but without that I'd be enjoying myself away from the place. It was fucking atrocious! |
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Post by Corbray on Apr 4, 2024 21:07:50 GMT
love gaz me, but not as our manager. love his passion for the club and on the occasion i met him he was a genuinely good guy. i had hoped it would work out for him here as him becoming our manager was always on the cards given his ties to the club and overachievement at wycombe.
i'll even admit that i thought it would work out but alas it didn't.
fully agree that he's very likely the worst manager we've ever had or at least in the past 20 years. critchley was bad but he was more a case of right manager wrong time so i can't hold that against him despite his abysmal record.
gaz was just all round bad. i used to think JFH was the worst football i'd seen at QPR until gaz showed his "we tried our best" brand of football as my god it was soul destroying and embarrassing to witness.
but hey, he leaves somewhat of a legacy with signings like potential POTY steve cook and his improvements to our medical and fitness team so hey ho it is what it is.
hopefully gaz can bounce back at a lower level club and rebuild his career.
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Post by James1979 on Apr 5, 2024 6:11:38 GMT
Well I never wanted him. I dreaded every time a manager left and his name would crop up. Far too many fans supported his appointment. One thing that gets missed is we all knew his football would be rubbish but we thought that he would build a team that would all fight and be together. Ainsworth and Holloway make a big deal about that. However what I’ve realised is that’s fine if your squad consists of players like Cook, Dunne and Field. But you could have me as manager and these types of players would give 100%. What makes a good manager is not only the tactics (clearly Marti is million times better) but also being able to manage different characters in the team. Willock for example. Doing that takes manager to a different level.
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Post by West Acton on Apr 5, 2024 6:40:53 GMT
What got me was the view from so many fans that as he played for us he had earned the opportunity to manage us and I’m still shocked the owners bought into that opinion.
Wildly unsuitable for the role in every measure and once he got Haka Dave in if I was owners at that point I would have thought this is not going to work and started looking for replacement.
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Post by gtleighsr3 on Apr 5, 2024 8:12:05 GMT
The bloke had no tactical nonce, one trick donkey. Dressed like a tramp in a managerial role. When lost resorted to gimmicks, not again professional was it. There’s probably managers at youth level who could do better and have a more modern take on game.
Bloke whole life is stuck in past. Should be allowed no where near a professional side ever again.
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Post by stainrodisalegend on Apr 5, 2024 8:49:54 GMT
The bloke had no tactical nonce, one trick donkey. Dressed like a tramp in a managerial role. When lost resorted to gimmicks, not again professional was it. There’s probably managers at youth level who could do better and have a more modern take on game. Bloke whole life is stuck in past. Should be allowed no where near a professional side ever again. A tactical nonce is a new one on me |
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Post by The General on Apr 5, 2024 9:20:34 GMT
Welcome back GT missed your bants
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Post by 2Loftus on Apr 5, 2024 9:24:41 GMT
We've seen some shit down the years but, I can honestly say, I don't think I've ever witnessed as poor and as boring, tactically clueless football as we did under Ainsworth in 40 odd years of watching Queens Park Rangers. A complete one trick pony as a motivator of certain level players which he lost on day 1 with that stupid fucking haka geezer. Can't hate the guy but thank fuck he's gone.He'll never ever manage above league one again unless he takes a team up. Yup, pretty much how I feel about Gaz. Relied on one motivation - 'empty the tank'. Clearly passionate about QPR, and expected players to feel the same. They didn't. Once he brought in that pot-bellied, middle-aged plumber from Ealing to perform the Haka in the conference room, well, that did it for me, I knew he'd lost the plot. If he'd hired the All Blacks to do it on the pitch, it might have been different... To blame the players for not buying into that was just nuts. They, and the entire fanbase, just found it cringingly embarrassing. Hope he gets back into management (if he even wants to), but suspect it will be League 2 level if he does. |
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Post by spongeparr on Apr 5, 2024 9:29:57 GMT
What got me was the view from so many fans that as he played for us he had earned the opportunity to manage us and I’m still shocked the owners bought into that opinion. Wildly unsuitable for the role in every measure and once he got Haka Dave in if I was owners at that point I would have thought this is not going to work and started looking for replacement. We all know that the board panicked. We were on a huge losing run, fans not happy with signings etc. Critchley didn't work so they went against their own football ideas to bring in a fans favourite, to buy them some time. Backfired spectacularly though and since then the board has changed, football operations changed and obviously the manager. |
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