Merged threads: Appointment of Felix Magath

[Matt Inglis]

If we had gotten relegated under Meulensteen, people would have cursed that we didn't get someone more experienced.
If we get relegated now, people will curse that we didn't stick with Rene.
Lose-lose for Khan, if you ask me.

[KP_FFC]

very dumb to sack rene when we were just getting on our feet again

at least our new manager is actually very good

[Blanco]

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/26200035

[Herbie]

Is it April 1st?

The timing seems very strange to me. We put in two decent, fighting performances against top teams and then come out with a statement like this?

Why not make it clear what is happening to Rene?

If Rene goes, my reaction will be one of disappointment as he never really had a chance, yet he seemed to be doing the right things.

Keep the faith, I suppose...more clarity would be nice though.

[Mac]

Absolutely gutted by this. Meulensteen was the right man to lead the club long term. This is a depressing knee jerk reaction from a chairman and chief exec who had previously spoken about the need for solidity. It is 11 days since few they gave the manager the tools to get us out of this situation. A situation that had not been entirely of his own making. He simply has not been given enough time.

We may well go down. That is the reality of the situation we are in. What we had the opportunity to do with Meulensteen was rebuild, improve and establish a team that wanted to play for each other, this club and for him.

The only thing to do now is get behind the team and the new man. Let's hope this episode will not become emblematic of a new short term-ism around the club which would do nothing but worsen our situation.

COYW

[westcliff white]

its a joke, i feel like emailing the club complaining

Woahhh, lets not do anything rash

Just the way i feel, it wont make any difference as they never listen to fans. the last 2 games gave us pride back, people stopped laughing and took notice. we were moving forward. TUnni and Cole def came because of Rene, probably Hettinga too. the rest maybe not but he had them working. What happens if Magath brings back the players out of form. the same ole crap we had before

[bigalffc]

Pity we couldn't keep Rene as head coach, i suppose the new man will want his own team of advisors/coaches

[Herbie]

Just read the bbc article with quote from Rene...I'm shocked

[rusty shackleford]

If you take a step back and look at this.....

We had 2 good games against Pool and United. What would of happened if we went to WBA and got hammered 3-0? It would have been Rene out all over the place.

Remember Sheff United, Southampton, Sunderland, Swansea.

When was the last clean sheet in the league? December 8th.

I really liked Rene, but he needed to start picking up points sooner

[grandad]

I suppose that is was quite an easy job coaching Man U with their squad & cash availability. It is a lot harder with a club like ours. Perhaps the club felt that Rene was out of his depth.

[Putney]

Glad he's gone, terrible manager.

Scraping a draw at Old Trafford was not an indication that we were going to get out of it. We didn't deserve anything against Liverpool either. 34 goals conceded in 13 games, which 3 of those were wins, 1 a draw and 9 losses is unacceptable.

Cheerio Rene. Worse than Sanchez.

[PokerMatt]

It makes the decision to appoint Rene in the first place all the more baffling.

It was either a coach for the long-term, bringing through the youth and building from the ground up, or someone for the short-term. If Rene was meant to change things immediately with his inexperience then that's ludicrous in itself, just as is not letting him see through the project.

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[bigalffc]

The news page on the offal has crashed

[Mooch]

Shocked but at this stage of the season good performances count for nothing unless they result in points. When Rene took over we had a couple of good games but the form quickly nosedived again and I feel that is what would have happened again, he showed no consistency and Khan obviously thinks he had enough time to turns things around which he very blatantly did not.

[grandad]

Rene really sounds pi$$ed off. Can´t really blame him but as he has been quoted "Hey,Ho that´s football".

[epsomraver]

It's all about MONEY, Khan sees the club as an investment and is not going to let #80 million tv money go, very short sighted I feel, and very Blackburn

[KP_FFC]

not sure if true but just read on twitter that magath has already recalled bryan ruiz

[Herbie]

Glad he's gone, terrible manager.

Scraping a draw at Old Trafford was not an indication that we were going to get out of it. We didn't deserve anything against Liverpool either. 34 goals conceded in 13 games, which 3 of those were wins, 1 a draw and 9 losses is unacceptable.

Cheerio Rene. Worse than Sanchez.

I'm sorry but Sanchez will never be beaten for the title of worst manager in FFC's recent history.

[jmh]

It's all about MONEY, Khan sees the club as an investment and is not going to let #80 million tv money go, very short sighted I feel, and very Blackburn

Who cares?  His interests in not letting his investment go to waste are entirely aligned with our interests in seeing the club not be relegated.

[callumc513]

Glad he's gone, terrible manager.

Scraping a draw at Old Trafford was not an indication that we were going to get out of it. We didn't deserve anything against Liverpool either. 34 goals conceded in 13 games, which 3 of those were wins, 1 a draw and 9 losses is unacceptable.

Cheerio Rene. Worse than Sanchez.

WUM