posted Apr 13, 2007

Lawro has you down for a 1-1 at Reading, so clearly he thinks you'll stay up. Bocanegra is better than Pearce, although in terms of commitment Pearce deserves a mention for his battling display agianst Portsmouth - that point could be vital come the run-in.

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posted Apr 13, 2007

I don't think I'll ever forgive Fulham for this, sure Coleman had to sell some star players but it was only due to holdouts and dressing room unrest. Coleman didn't have the Chelsea like funds to deal with and as a result, players of the world don't exactly see Fulham as the place to go. If they did, they saw it as a stepping-stone to a better team.

Coleman basically did the best he could with the limited talent already at the club, the limited appeal Fulham has to bringing players in, and of course the funds available.

Jimmy Bullard is another Dean Ashton case, a last roll of a dice, the the big name signing that would turn the club around, unfortunately injury cut his one man crusade for a better club around him, and so who's the blame... the manager for the rest of the team losing hope and faith.

I know the Premiership is a great spectacle to watch, but with it comes the money and prestige that comes with being in the league. Because of this, chairmen and board members are rushed into making hasty decisions such as sacking managers that are personally only doing the best THEY can with what the chairmen and board memeber can offer them, so in fact it's a vicious circle.

Judging on this case, the board were wrong to sack Coleman and if they REALLY were going to do it, 5 games is nothingness, I think the end of February is the last chance any team has in a relegation battle to turn things around as with a new manager comes a new order, a new system, a person that has to learn all of the ins-and-outs of their new surroundings.

If Fulham DO survive this season, my soft-spot for them as the team that battled against adversity dies. From the days of Keegan, to Tigana, to Coleman, I'm just not happy with what direction this club is going, it used to have a glimmer of togetherness about it, now it's simply "me, myself, and I".

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posted Apr 13, 2007

Somebody earlier said:
"Yes he had to sell his best players, but he proved he was incapable of gettin in quality replacements"
Well if you sold off Ronaldo, Rooney, Scholes, Giggs and Carrager from Man U and told Sir Alex Fergusson to win a trophy with £5 million to spend, I very much doubt he'll do it, especailly within one or two seasons. Fulham have given Coleman barely any time whatsoever to get quality replacements and to rebuild his team and has hardly been given any cash. I as an Arsenal fan am appalled at how so many Fulham fans are targeting Coleman for their recent premiership troubles and should think about just what he managed to achieve with what resources he had. If there's someone to blame then it is the Fulham board, the sacking of such a quality manager is disgraceful.

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posted Apr 13, 2007

greatgunnersrule

Coleman got about 27million to spend, having earnt 30million from sales (saha 12, malbranque 3, van der sar 2, finnan 3, boa morte 5, davis 3 and a few kids). Not eaxactly the 5million you suggest Fergusson would struggle with.

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posted Apr 13, 2007

totaly outrageous how can they sack a perfectly good manager

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posted Apr 15, 2007

Nobody can actually point to anything good coleman ever achieved. All anyone can do in his defence is make excuses as to why he hasnt succeeded. Chris coleman may well be a very good manager. But he certainly hasnt proved it yet, and those who say he is a good manager are entitled to their opinion. Its just that theyre wrong!!

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posted Apr 15, 2007

The only reason people don't point to anything good coleman ever achieved is beacuse it's blatently obvoius. Coleman saved Fulham from relegation as well as doing a fantastic job with the resources he had. Many pundits had put Fulham as favourites for relegation this season. However, Coleman had made sure Fulham have a fighting chance are are most likely to be safe. He has constantly lead Fulham to finish mid-table, something few managers would have achieved with the players he had. Ok, this season was not Coleman's greatest but I think had he stayed, he would have definately steered Fulham out of this relegation melee. I think that Coleman achieved quite a lot, don't you?

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posted Apr 15, 2007

Not really no. The reason they were candidates for relegation is because of the useless team he has assembled. Yes he 'saved' them from relegation, but who is to say that another manager with the same resources wouldnt have done considerably better. Fulham are a really poor team to watch, the football isnt great, the defending is cringeworthy at times, and your best players wouldnt make a lot of other prem teams 11. Ive got no grudge against fulham, and i honestly felt bad for fulham for having a manager who is so underskilled. His defensive coaching is poor, he buys poor players, he moans and complains about referees so much it is pathetic.

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posted Apr 16, 2007

The real reason Fulham are where they are now is because we didn't sign a centre-half or a real goalscoring forward. Am I the only person here who thinks some of Coleman's signings were actually good? Everybody forgets that Coleman was the guy who signed Niemi, a top quality goalkeeper. He brought in Volz, a player really coming into his own at the moment in any position. The loan signings of Routledge and Montella were good choices, with Routledge performing well on the wing and Montella always looking a threat when fit. I even believe that Davies, whilst overpriced, was another good signing; he has looked very dangerous for Fulham since arriving and is far better than, say, Radzinski.

That's not to say Coleman's signings were all great - Jensen, Radzinski, John, Helguson, etc. but all clubs have good and bad signings. Oh, and someone mentioned Bullard being average earlier.

Average?! He was Wigan's star player a couple of seasons ago and shone for Fulham in the mere four games that he played, scoring 3 goals in the process. To call such a player average is just shortsighted. On the whole, with two new players, Fulham wouldn't be where they are now and Coleman certainly wouldn't have been sacked.

Not that he should've been anyway...

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posted Apr 16, 2007

comment by dobson89
posted 3 Days Ago

jolshopsatoxfam,

The one thing Coleman never did was complain and make excuses,
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not sure about this

hes well up there with wenger, mourinho, warnock and jewell for complaining about referees

though i see your point, i don't recall him moaning about being forced to sell all his players and replace them with lesser ones

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