The Deadner
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I have to admit that I thought howe would've been a good appointment. He played a good brand of football plus I think he would've revolutionised the club from top to bottom.Everyone an their dug knows I was very sceptical about the appointment of AP. I even put a poll up to get everyone's views on the matter.
I left the poll open for people to change their mind and reverse their vote.
That's exactly what happened. At the beginning it was mostly votes against the appointment but as the days passed more and more changed their minds as we began to find out more about the guy.
It ended up a very close thing with the sceptics just shaving it (I'll have to check).
For myself I can only say I am now fully on board, especially after the pressers last week. Dom McKay impressed me also.
I was never keen on Eddie Howe as I thought the move away from his beloved South coast and the pressures of life in the mean streets of Glasgow would prove too much for him.
This proved to be correct as the events of the past few months scared the shite out of him and he backed out of any verbal agreements he had previously made before a ball had been kicked.
His stock has taken a tumble in footballing management circles as a result and I think many now look on him as a bit of a bottler who's flight instinct is far stronger than his fight.
JF posted the other day he is also on board the Ange and Dom bandwagon
and the way things developed may well be a blessing in disguise. I agree and feel the appointment of Ange has Doms fingerprints all over it, with the added bonus of its nothing to do with PL.
They say everything happens for a reason an as ma granny used to say, what's for you won't go past you.
It remains to be seen, but there certainly is more of a feel good factor in the air these days. HH.
Update: Just went back to my poll and changed my own vote, so it finished,
49.3% for
50.7% against.
However, in hindsight, I think we may have dodged a bullet. He hadn't the stones for the job.
Ange on the other hand seems to be the type of lad you'd want standing beside ye in the middle of a scrap. A no nonsense fuck you I don't give a fuck sort of a lad.
One thing that stood out to me in his and doms interview was when dom said he phoned him first to see would he be interested in the job and he didn't hesitate. He said yes straight away. That to me sums the man up. He was ruthless.
That's the type of manager we need right now.