Merged threads: Appointment of Felix Magath

[OdecaMynoT]

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As a manager, Magath quickly gained respect and became notorious for his hard, grinding training methods, laying heavy emphasis on discipline, fitness and conditioning. Players gave him nicknames like "Saddam" (Saddam Hussein) or "Quälix", a rhyming mash of his first name Felix and the German verb "quälen" (to torture).[7] He was once described by former Eintracht Frankfurt player Bachirou Salou as the "last dictator in Europe".[8]

Sounds like just the kind of guy who would fit in here. Jack boots and luger in the locker no doubt.

What a prize  up.

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[Count Berbatov]

We would gladly take Rene back to OT.

[Swiss72]

Great Move. Fulham is on the path to relegation. So after a tie to Man U.and a loss to Liverpool, he gives his club 4 DAYS OFF to rest. Thats right folks... 4 days off. The team is to report back on Monday.

Good riddance Rene.

Are you serious?? Rewarding failure....

[KP_FFC]

at least he can talk some sense to reither in german

[Berserker]

Well it is probably better than Curbishly as our manager, which was the rumour just over a week

[theotherdembele]

What a joke of a club and chairman. Rene was for me beginning to do all the right things that we have asked for years, bringing youth to the team the likes of burn, tunnicliffe and tankovic also getting rid of ruiz, senderos and berbatov. Where now back to square one, even if we had been relegated with Rene which will most likely will be regardless of any manager he seemed to have a long term vision for the club.

Absolute disgrace!

[Fernhurst]

This is a huge shock for all of us as Rene appeared to be turning us around slowly. Obviously not fast enough for some.
We have all agreed Rene has appeared naive at times and I believe his management of his upline has obviously been lacking.
Ali Mac has watched him operate at close quarters and decided he just ain't got what we need.
Good coach who would have been good for us in the long term, however, where we are operating has no space or time for "on the job training"
This can go two ways lets hope Felix can fix it.

[Primate]

Very unconvinced by this, even aside from getting rid of Rene. Apparantly he's hated by his players, and we've got three first teamers that have played under him before (Reither, Holtby, Dejagah), there's the two united kids who must be fuming, and with the age of our team and his ridiculous training methods, no way we don't get an injury soon, and we're not exactly stacked with quality.

We'll see I guess.

[Fullofham]

Does this change not remind anyone about Di Canio and Sunderland last year? Brought in late, saved Sunderland from relegation, has a reputation as a tough disciplinarian and emphasis on fitness and training. Started off this season very poorly of course, and the squad rebelled.

Will he be our Di Canio?

[DukeTyrion]

Like when Hodgson came in, it took a while to get things right, but I felt Rene was just about there.

With the new manager needing to experiment and find his best team, I feel we are now doomed.

[RaySmith]

Gutted for, and about, Rene, but this shows Khan is determined to save his investment-he doesn't want to go down.

Magath is known as 'the fireman' apparently, for saving teams in the Bundesliga from relegation, and also called Saadam and the 'dictator' for his tough training methods by players.

He was an Ali Mac recommendation apparently.

This is the last, desperate throw of the dice - perhaps it will work, who knows. My worry is that he has little time to adapt to Fulham and the players, and is inexperienced in the Prem.

Good luck to him anyway, and condolences to Rene - such a top bloke.

COYW

[grandad]

Not heard anything about Wilkins & Curbishly.

[Berserker]

Not heard anything about Wilkins & Curbishly.

I was just thinking that

[Count Berbatov]

Does this change not remind anyone about Di Canio and Sunderland last year? Brought in late, saved Sunderland from relegation, has a reputation as a tough disciplinarian and emphasis on fitness and training. Started off this season very poorly of course, and the squad rebelled.

Will he be our Di Canio?

Absolutely! Honestly, better yet invite Di Canio himself. At least he did it once, he'll save you too. Then dispose of him

[Count Berbatov]

Khan isn't the one to blame though. This is Ali's last chance or it will be him next

[jmh]

Does this change not remind anyone about Di Canio and Sunderland last year? Brought in late, saved Sunderland from relegation, has a reputation as a tough disciplinarian and emphasis on fitness and training. Started off this season very poorly of course, and the squad rebelled.

Will he be our Di Canio?

Absolutely! Honestly, better yet invite Di Canio himself. At least he did it once, he'll save you too. Then dispose of him

Di Canio is a fascist asshole.  I'll take Magath instead.

[Berserker]

If Di Canio was here I wouldn't go to matches

[Count Berbatov]

Does this change not remind anyone about Di Canio and Sunderland last year? Brought in late, saved Sunderland from relegation, has a reputation as a tough disciplinarian and emphasis on fitness and training. Started off this season very poorly of course, and the squad rebelled.

Will he be our Di Canio?

Absolutely! Honestly, better yet invite Di Canio himself. At least he did it once, he'll save you too. Then dispose of him

Di Canio is a fascist asshole.  I'll take Magath instead.

That's a different matter

[Twig]

How many managers have we had in the past 5 years now?  Losing count. Never a good thing to suffer so much instability.

[Count Berbatov]

How many managers have we had in the past 5 years now?  Losing count. Never a good thing to suffer so much instability.

At least you've been lucky with owners