Cannings replacement

[accies1874]

Our performances have been embarrassing since the Aberdeen game, and we haven't looked like winning a match since then. We have gradually got worse over the season. Changing the manager is a massive risk, but to change someone who has won two games all season may not be.
Who do we bring in? Hughes would never work with our board, as he has history of walking out on clubs for just that reason. The journeymen like Gus MacPherson, Jimmy Calderwood and that don't exactly fill me with confidence. It would probably be Imrie to replace him, but he's hardly experienced either.

[Bomber Harris]

Are you honestly expecting us to believe that you can spell Beuzelin and Donati's names correctly but Imrie and Murray is beyond you?

Don't worry he more than made up for it on PnB.

' Boslan'

prick coward bully.

[Bomber Harris]

What is it about getting Breslin in at right back I don't get it the lad Reilly has played there for about 3 seasons and looks more than capable would also have liked to see him even step forward one as his pace and work rate would certainly offered us something different

totally agree. if he was any good would a central midfielder be playing right back? Think folk see oh he's from Celtic he must be good but obviously not.

[Bomber Harris]

Really? Donati??? He is starting to get dropped off, we don't even know if he holds an A licence that is what you need to take care of a team in the spl.
And we would go from a no experience manager to a no experience manager that cannot even speak proper English. He may help us stay up as a player but really does anyone think that he would be a good manager?

A licence? only licence Canning has is a driving licence and I'm not kidding. JGT has more coaching badges than canning fact

[Bomber Harris]

Utterly bizarre. What are you basing this Donati appointment on?! Absolutely no hint of any managerial ability so far, exactly the thing that's aimed at Canning every day on here. I thought it was surprising enough we offered him a contract with a view to stepping into coaching with us, let alone people now suggesting him as a manager. There must be literally dozens of folk better suited (i.e. actually a manager) before you jump to Donati.

What is bizarre about Donati? 1. he has a football brain, 2 played top league in Europe 3 champions league experience 4. 15 years experience playing and picking up football knowledge at the top level 5 Is doing his badges just now 6 Martin Canning, Gretna, hibs, Accies.

[Bomber Harris]

The idea that when things go wrong the manager is to blame - and the solution is to sack him - is as prevalent in football as it is facile. It costs money, and there's no evidence it works.

Replacing Canning could perhaps raise us to the giddy heights of 6th/7th. Or condemn us to 12th and relegation. Or it may make no difference whatsoever.

Fans are fickle, and if we win 2 or 3 of the games coming up, those calling for Canning to go will fall silent.

This ^^^ or as the longest serving manager in England described it excessive reaction - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38428142

I've no doubt that Canning got lucky after the Annan and Celtic debacles, some other clubs may not of been so patient but ultimately the Accies BoD were proven correct as Accies stayed up while the teams around about them who sacked managers ended up in the play offs / got relegated. As a rule in any walk of life if you achieve your job objective you don't get sacked.

This season up until recently we were sitting 8th and until the run of 4 fixtures against the stand out teams in the division had only been beaten once in 10 games (aren't stats wonderful). Every other team (all with substantially greater budgets) in that bottom 7 have been in similar positions in that they have had difficult runs of fixtures and have dropped into the bottom 2. To date none of these teams have sacked managers so the argument often repeated that any other team would of parted company with their manager simply holds no water.

I get that some fans don't rate Canning and I don't argue that a couple of performances recently have been poor but leave me out of the pitchfork and torches witch hunt of the Accies fans social media.

think you'll find out twitter tonight a non accies social media poll was put up by a so called happy clapper. results so far are pleasing seeing said poster has blocked many accies fans from his twitter account.

[Bomber Harris]

Just to add that list of potential replacements is frightening, it would be nice to see Donati approach anywhere near average as a player before being considered for the manager's role.

Also where is Richard Roy on that list (perhaps the most written about player on this forum)? Now that would almost be as hilarious as "Clownzo".

hilarious. accies player that's played highest level in European football getting compared to a guy who played for the Trinidad army team. what a fanny you are fanny fur.

[redandwhite1874]

Looks like Bomber's head's well and truly gone now. And from the pattern of posting you have go to ask if its Bomber a.k.a. H9 CRX - the rage filled posts, multiple threads and posts to say the same thing, casual abuse etc the evidence is mounting.

[TheThirdProclaimer]

What is bizarre about Donati? 1. he has a football brain, 2 played top league in Europe 3 champions league experience 4. 15 years experience playing and picking up football knowledge at the top level 5 Is doing his badges just now 6 Martin Canning, Gretna, hibs, Accies.

Those are great qualities to have as a player. You would think such a player would be able to walk into Accies and drag us up the league with some standout performances? As it is, he's not even able to keep a starting place in a pretty average Accies team ahead of players well short of confidence and out of form. But he's to be our next manager?! Silly season right enough.

[Stevie Clarke]

Just to add that list of potential replacements is frightening, it would be nice to see Donati approach anywhere near average as a player before being considered for the manager's role.

Also where is Richard Roy on that list (perhaps the most written about player on this forum)? Now that would almost be as hilarious as "Clownzo".

hilarious. accies player that's played highest level in European football getting compared to a guy who played for the Trinidad army team. what a fanny you are fanny fur.[/quote]

Bully!

[glasgow accie]

[beckfordlodge]

What is it about getting Breslin in at right back I don't get it the lad Reilly has played there for about 3 seasons and looks more than capable would also have liked to see him even step forward one as his pace and work rate would certainly offered us something different

totally agree. if he was any good would a central midfielder be playing right back? Think folk see oh he's from Celtic he must be good but obviously not.

You obviously know him quite well then!

[accies123]

European football playing in higher leagues...for that reason gattuso could be not the special one, he would be the "only" one. Being a good player doesn't make you a good manager, playing at a high level doesn't mean that you are going to be a great manager. If not Romario Maradona Ronaldinho... they would have been amazing coaches

[Yummy Fur]

A certain irony that a really poor piece of decision making from the player leading the poll to replace Canning cost us the 3 points yesterday.

[Weeman]

Imrie is going /away to Inverness and donati will sign a 3 year deal as manager in may

[judgeflash]

Imrie is going /away to Inverness and donati will sign a 3 year deal as manager in may

Source?
Donati signed a 3 year deal only last month, I figured this would lead to maybe being one of the coaching team, as I don't know how competitive he will be at 38.

[southoftheborder]

6 votes says it all!

[Bomber Harris]

6 votes says it all!

6 votes says what? that 6 folk have voted sake. Thinks it's 6 folk that use acciesworld

[southoftheborder]

6 votes says everyone is fed us of the same topic being rerun every few days!

[Chase Outlaw]

The poll ended i was going to vote for Billy reid even with the memory of his team prior to his demise,Probably tne worst time i have experienced watching Accies but that would be a forward step to what we have now (to be honest i have thrown the towel in after Mwell)