| Cooper to Fulham 23:01 - Jun 19 with 40514 views | 34dfgdf54 |
According to Nixon.
Definite possibility this one with it being Championship. Realistic. |  | | |  |
| Cooper to Fulham on 18:41 - Jun 28 with 1686 views | jasper_T |
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| Cooper to Fulham on 18:43 - Jun 28 with 1664 views | guthrieintherain |
| Cooper to Fulham on 18:33 - Jun 28 by Dr_Winston |
People keep giving Alan Pardew, Mark Hughes and Tony Pulis jobs.
Football club owners are weird. |
He has done himself no favours applying for every job going with no assurances he would get it.
Burnt his bridges with our fan base [Post edited 28 Jun 2021 18:53]
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| Cooper to Fulham on 18:45 - Jun 28 with 1642 views | 34dfgdf54 |
Here we go | | | |
| Cooper to Fulham on 18:46 - Jun 28 with 1633 views | Dr_Winston |
| Cooper to Fulham on 18:43 - Jun 28 by guthrieintherain |
He has done himself no favours applying for every job going with no assurances he would get it.
Burnt his bridges with our fan base [Post edited 28 Jun 2021 18:53]
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He could do it this way, or he could do it by continuing to serve up tedious crap on the pitch when the season starts. Same end position, just this way is quicker. |  |
| Pain or damage don't end the world. Or despair, or f*cking beatings. The world ends when you're dead. Until then, you got more punishment in store. Stand it like a man... and give some back. |
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| Cooper to Fulham on 18:47 - Jun 28 with 1606 views | onehunglow |
| Cooper to Fulham on 18:43 - Jun 28 by guthrieintherain |
He has done himself no favours applying for every job going with no assurances he would get it.
Burnt his bridges with our fan base [Post edited 28 Jun 2021 18:53]
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Look,all his press conferences were bland media steak drivel.
He has shown no real commitment put to the club. He goes through the motions.
No more no less
He needs sacking if he ain’t gonna go | |
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| Cooper to Fulham on 18:53 - Jun 28 with 1587 views | 34dfgdf54 |
Fulham Chairman, Shahid Khan, said: “Through promotion and relegation alike, Scott has always enjoyed my support as our Head Coach. Scott’s departure does nothing to shake my confidence, however. We will hire a new Head Coach who is capable of achieving our goal of promotion and will be committed to Fulham and its supporters. And we will field a squad that will respond, compete and win. Onward.”
Come on Shahid. You know what needs to happen…. | | | |
| Cooper to Fulham on 18:54 - Jun 28 with 1582 views | jasper_T |
Parker's taken his goalkeeping coach and fitness coach with him, which leaves plenty of space for Cooper's England crew (Margetson & Tivey). [Post edited 28 Jun 2021 18:54]
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| Cooper to Fulham on 18:54 - Jun 28 with 1556 views | onehunglow |
| Cooper to Fulham on 18:53 - Jun 28 by 34dfgdf54 |
Fulham Chairman, Shahid Khan, said: “Through promotion and relegation alike, Scott has always enjoyed my support as our Head Coach. Scott’s departure does nothing to shake my confidence, however. We will hire a new Head Coach who is capable of achieving our goal of promotion and will be committed to Fulham and its supporters. And we will field a squad that will respond, compete and win. Onward.”
Come on Shahid. You know what needs to happen…. |
Shahid the Jack
Do it. Sha | |
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| Cooper to Fulham on 19:02 - Jun 28 with 1539 views | Catullus |
| Cooper to Fulham on 18:46 - Jun 28 by Dr_Winston |
He could do it this way, or he could do it by continuing to serve up tedious crap on the pitch when the season starts. Same end position, just this way is quicker. |
Not since "Boring, boring Arsenal" have most fans been willing to stomach the tedious, negative crap we endured for the second half of last season. Most fans at every club want more these days.
We see a couple of exceptions on here but most people want to be entertained. One of the problems I believe is, if we continue to play the negative, tedious nonsense we will have trouble attracting decent players here. What decent attacking player wants to go to a club where he sees so little of the ball up front and spends a lot of time defending?
All in all it's better he goes. Maybe he'll be a revelation at another club! | |
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| Cooper to Fulham on 19:07 - Jun 28 with 1504 views | onehunglow |
| Cooper to Fulham on 19:02 - Jun 28 by Catullus |
Not since "Boring, boring Arsenal" have most fans been willing to stomach the tedious, negative crap we endured for the second half of last season. Most fans at every club want more these days.
We see a couple of exceptions on here but most people want to be entertained. One of the problems I believe is, if we continue to play the negative, tedious nonsense we will have trouble attracting decent players here. What decent attacking player wants to go to a club where he sees so little of the ball up front and spends a lot of time defending?
All in all it's better he goes. Maybe he'll be a revelation at another club! |
Not so much tedious but ineffective and it was. We were very very lucky too and we know it .
Deep down.
I do settle for boring if it meant success .
With Steveo, we had neither | |
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| Cooper to Fulham on 20:03 - Jun 28 with 1393 views | Rock |
https://theathletic.com/2640993/2021/06/28/scott-parkers-fulham-exit-tension-wit
Scott Parker’s Fulham exit: Tension with the board, wanting more power - but some players won’t miss him
Peter Rutzler and Oliver Kay
Fulham expected Scott Parker to lead them back into the Premier League after relegation – but five weeks on from the end of the season, he has jumped ship.
Not only has Parker opted for the exit door, but he will join a Championship promotion rival who are arguably less well-equipped to earn a return to the top flight for 2022-23. After agreeing compensation with Fulham, Bournemouth are set to appoint Parker on a three-year deal as Jonathan Woodgate’s replacement.
For Fulham, his shock departure seven weeks after they were relegated – the club’s second of his 27-month reign – poses more questions than answers.
Bournemouth, after playing a long waiting game, have finally got their man.
Chief executive Neill Blake and technical director Richard Hughes have long been admirers of Parker. As far back as 2017-18, when he was still coaching Tottenham Hotspur Under-18s, they identified the former England midfielder as a serious candidate to take over from then-manager Eddie Howe whenever that day came.
When Howe stood down last August, after Bournemouth’s relegation, Parker was top of their wish-list – but only briefly.
Three days later, Fulham beat Brentford 2-1 in the Championship play-off final to secure an instant return to the Premier League – and Parker had no intention of walking away from a newly-promoted team.
With the clock ticking towards the start of pre-season training, Bournemouth owner Maxim Demin opted to promote Howe’s long-time assistant Jason Tindall in the hope of a smooth transition. Six months later, Demin concluded he had made a mistake and fired Tindall.
That interest in Parker has never dissipated and Bournemouth briefly explored the possibility of an approach for him when Tindall was dismissed. Pulling Parker out of Fulham’s Premier League fight was a non-starter, but Bournemouth always hoped that at the end of the season – even if, as transpired, they missed out on promotion – they might be able to make it third time lucky.
Parker’s tenure had appeared to be fraying around the edges as Fulham struggled in vain to stay in the top flight.
On the field, their survival hopes collapsed with a whimper, failing to win any of their last eight matches. Parker, meanwhile, became more vocal with his concerns about Fulham’s long-term planning, with public comments referring to how the west London club needed to get “off the rollercoaster” that has seen two promotions via the play-offs and two relegations in a four-year period.
Those comments to the media indicated an underlying frustration; he voiced concerns about Fulham’s structure, as well as about leaning so heavily on the loan market and what that would mean regarding squad turnover again this coming summer.
Tensions rose further when Parker denied he’d had conversations with the club’s American ownership following relegation.
The Athletic highlighted that those remarks caused deep discontent among the top brass, who felt they had reached out to their coach. It highlighted the unhappiness about Fulham’s unexpected and, to an extent, inexplicable late-season drop-off, particularly from the high of beating champions Liverpool at Anfield on March 7, when survival briefly appeared to be on the cards as they pulled level on points with fourth-bottom Brighton & Hove Albion.
Despite all of this, though, there was initially a strong determination that Parker should remain in his job and maintain some stability.
This was evidently not a feeling shared by the head coach. And Bournemouth, it appears, have been able to exploit that unrest.
With Tindall’s replacement Woodgate only on a short-term contract that was due to expire at the end of this month, an opening presented itself for Parker to switch to the Vitality Stadium.
If the move was going to happen, the wheels needed to be in motion over the past week.
Noises began to emerge from the Bournemouth camp three weeks ago indicating growing confidence that they would be able to get their man. Fulham, meanwhile, were never likely to sack Parker with two years left on his contract and were likely to demand compensation in order for Bournemouth to secure him. Resignation presented a complicated way out but after nearly two weeks of talks between Fulham and Parker, the impasse was broken when the two clubs entered negotiations on June 18. Bournemouth agreed to pay a compensation fee, paving the way for the move to the south coast.
Parker will be taking some of his backroom team with him, including assistant manager Matt Wells, first-team analyst Jonathan Hill, head of performance Alastair Harris, Charlie Moore, the lead physical performance coach, and goalkeeping coach Rob Burch. It was finalising their departures from Fulham last week that further delayed the process. Parker is known to be close to his support team, a bond built at Tottenham that sees the group often spend more time with each other than with their families, as The Athletic has outlined.
Scott Parker Fulham
Parker is close to his staff, who he has worked with at Spurs and Fulham, and some will join him on the south coast (Photo: Mike Egerton/PA Images via Getty Images)
At Bournemouth, the question will be what happens to the likes of first-team coaches Stephen Purches and Simon Weatherstone, who have remained in post since the exits of Howe and then Tindall. They are thought to be looking to what happens next regarding Howe’s future. He recently pulled out of the running for the Celtic job, since given to Ange Postecoglou.
Bournemouth can start planning with a new manager soon to be at the controls.
Fulham, in contrast, have lost four precious weeks since the end of the season and it looks like they are back to square one in preparing for their return to the Championship.
They hope for a swift appointment but while discussions with candidates continue, first team coach Stuart Gray is overseeing the start of pre-season. A large part of the Fulham squad returned today.
Fulham feel they are still in a good position for next season and there is a strong belief they have the players capable of mounting an immediate promotion challenge, with the right additions. Parker’s departure is not deemed a wholly negative outcome as a rebuilding job with the core of that 2019-20 promotion-winning side still at its heart, and the 40-year-old in charge, would not necessarily have been straightforward.
During last season, Parker had pushed members of that team to one side, including the 2019-20 Championship top goalscorer Aleksandar Mitrovic, with last season’s seven loan signings taking their places. It is understood there was discontent among those players about the way they have been sidelined, with some suggesting they had only limited contact with the manager over the season.
This is a factor that is likely to have persuaded Parker to seek an end to his time at Craven Cottage. With the squad now containing 13 players aged 28 or over, it is thought Parker and the Fulham hierarchy did not see eye to eye regarding its promotion potential. Sources suggest Parker’s view was that serious squad surgery would be needed for him to succeed longer term, but with that deemed unlikely to happen, a departure at this juncture appeared mutually beneficial.
Fulham will hope though that a new manager can encourage a renewed buy-in from previously-excluded players, which could help rekindle some positivity after a difficult few weeks. A section of supporters have voiced quiet disgruntlement about Parker, particularly regarding his style of play. His exit in itself is unlikely to be met with any backlash from supporters when games begin again in August.
But what will be concerning is the fact that the coach Fulham wanted to stay in charge – and indeed had two years left on his contract – has opted to leave them for a club which can be considered direct promotion rivals. That does not reflect well, as Fulham are a club well backed by proactive ownership and post-relegation parachute payments will put them in a strong position next season.
Bournemouth, by contrast, are likely to lose key players such as David Brooks having been beaten by eventually promoted Brentford in the play-off semi-finals. Last season’s star Arnaut Danjuma is attracting significant interest. With the size of their parachute payments dropping during season two out of the top flight, there may be a need to sell players. That Parker wanted to depart in such circumstances and join Bournemouth instead should be concerning for Fulham.
What is thought to have appealed about Bournemouth – besides positive references from his brother-in-law Harry Arter, a midfielder at the Dorset club for a decade until last September – is that they are likely to point to a long-term vision and offer Parker more influence on matters regarding recruitment.
Aleksandar Mitrovic, Fulham
Mitrovic played a leading role in helping Parker’s Fulham win promotion but was overlooked for much of the Premier League campaign (Photo: Julian Finney/Getty Images)
At Fulham, transfers are the domain of vice-chairman and director of football operations Tony Khan – son of owner and chairman Shahid Khan – who splits his time between Fulham duties and prominent roles with the NFL’s Jacksonville Jaguars and All-Elite Wrestling events in the US.
Parker had publicly rebuked Tony Khan at times last season, notably regarding his social media posts about player transfers and team performances, including after a 3-0 home loss to Aston Villa in September. Bournemouth’s owner Demin, by contrast, is a secretive figure and rarely gets involved in day-to-day operations, while Blake and Hughes similarly keep a low profile.
Fulham now have two key roles to fill.
The new director of scouting position – a role that will see a full-time recruitment chief on the ground in the UK – remains vacant. They also find themselves looking for a manager at a time when fellow relegated side Sheffield United have appointed former Fulham boss Slavisa Jokanovic and Bournemouth have all but landed their top target. West Bromwich Albion have made their own appointment in Valerien Ismael, the former Barnsley coach.
Fulham will take comfort from the fact there are some high-profile managers available, including Chris Wilder, who led Sheffield United to two promotions in three seasons to reach the Premier League. It is understood that Howe, who took Bournemouth from the fourth division to the first in just over five years, is not interested in the position, while Swansea City’s Steve Cooper is known to have been under serious consideration.
Their package of a strong squad, financial strength and the tag as favourites to secure a Premier League ticket makes them an attractive option.
Bournemouth, meanwhile, will hope Parker can overcome the disappointment of last season when, in the eyes of their hierarchy, they had a squad strong enough to join Norwich City and Watford in bouncing straight back to the Premier League.
Finding their long-term replacement for Howe has taken a year longer than they anticipated. Better late than never, they hope.
What can be said with certainty, however, is that the events of this past week pose a truly intriguing dynamic for the new Championship season, and the true beneficiaries of which we may only know come May 2022. |  | | |
| Cooper to Fulham on 20:18 - Jun 28 with 1333 views | 34dfgdf54 |
| Cooper to Fulham on 20:03 - Jun 28 by Rock |
https://theathletic.com/2640993/2021/06/28/scott-parkers-fulham-exit-tension-wit
Scott Parker’s Fulham exit: Tension with the board, wanting more power - but some players won’t miss him
Peter Rutzler and Oliver Kay
Fulham expected Scott Parker to lead them back into the Premier League after relegation – but five weeks on from the end of the season, he has jumped ship.
Not only has Parker opted for the exit door, but he will join a Championship promotion rival who are arguably less well-equipped to earn a return to the top flight for 2022-23. After agreeing compensation with Fulham, Bournemouth are set to appoint Parker on a three-year deal as Jonathan Woodgate’s replacement.
For Fulham, his shock departure seven weeks after they were relegated – the club’s second of his 27-month reign – poses more questions than answers.
Bournemouth, after playing a long waiting game, have finally got their man.
Chief executive Neill Blake and technical director Richard Hughes have long been admirers of Parker. As far back as 2017-18, when he was still coaching Tottenham Hotspur Under-18s, they identified the former England midfielder as a serious candidate to take over from then-manager Eddie Howe whenever that day came.
When Howe stood down last August, after Bournemouth’s relegation, Parker was top of their wish-list – but only briefly.
Three days later, Fulham beat Brentford 2-1 in the Championship play-off final to secure an instant return to the Premier League – and Parker had no intention of walking away from a newly-promoted team.
With the clock ticking towards the start of pre-season training, Bournemouth owner Maxim Demin opted to promote Howe’s long-time assistant Jason Tindall in the hope of a smooth transition. Six months later, Demin concluded he had made a mistake and fired Tindall.
That interest in Parker has never dissipated and Bournemouth briefly explored the possibility of an approach for him when Tindall was dismissed. Pulling Parker out of Fulham’s Premier League fight was a non-starter, but Bournemouth always hoped that at the end of the season – even if, as transpired, they missed out on promotion – they might be able to make it third time lucky.
Parker’s tenure had appeared to be fraying around the edges as Fulham struggled in vain to stay in the top flight.
On the field, their survival hopes collapsed with a whimper, failing to win any of their last eight matches. Parker, meanwhile, became more vocal with his concerns about Fulham’s long-term planning, with public comments referring to how the west London club needed to get “off the rollercoaster” that has seen two promotions via the play-offs and two relegations in a four-year period.
Those comments to the media indicated an underlying frustration; he voiced concerns about Fulham’s structure, as well as about leaning so heavily on the loan market and what that would mean regarding squad turnover again this coming summer.
Tensions rose further when Parker denied he’d had conversations with the club’s American ownership following relegation.
The Athletic highlighted that those remarks caused deep discontent among the top brass, who felt they had reached out to their coach. It highlighted the unhappiness about Fulham’s unexpected and, to an extent, inexplicable late-season drop-off, particularly from the high of beating champions Liverpool at Anfield on March 7, when survival briefly appeared to be on the cards as they pulled level on points with fourth-bottom Brighton & Hove Albion.
Despite all of this, though, there was initially a strong determination that Parker should remain in his job and maintain some stability.
This was evidently not a feeling shared by the head coach. And Bournemouth, it appears, have been able to exploit that unrest.
With Tindall’s replacement Woodgate only on a short-term contract that was due to expire at the end of this month, an opening presented itself for Parker to switch to the Vitality Stadium.
If the move was going to happen, the wheels needed to be in motion over the past week.
Noises began to emerge from the Bournemouth camp three weeks ago indicating growing confidence that they would be able to get their man. Fulham, meanwhile, were never likely to sack Parker with two years left on his contract and were likely to demand compensation in order for Bournemouth to secure him. Resignation presented a complicated way out but after nearly two weeks of talks between Fulham and Parker, the impasse was broken when the two clubs entered negotiations on June 18. Bournemouth agreed to pay a compensation fee, paving the way for the move to the south coast.
Parker will be taking some of his backroom team with him, including assistant manager Matt Wells, first-team analyst Jonathan Hill, head of performance Alastair Harris, Charlie Moore, the lead physical performance coach, and goalkeeping coach Rob Burch. It was finalising their departures from Fulham last week that further delayed the process. Parker is known to be close to his support team, a bond built at Tottenham that sees the group often spend more time with each other than with their families, as The Athletic has outlined.
Scott Parker Fulham
Parker is close to his staff, who he has worked with at Spurs and Fulham, and some will join him on the south coast (Photo: Mike Egerton/PA Images via Getty Images)
At Bournemouth, the question will be what happens to the likes of first-team coaches Stephen Purches and Simon Weatherstone, who have remained in post since the exits of Howe and then Tindall. They are thought to be looking to what happens next regarding Howe’s future. He recently pulled out of the running for the Celtic job, since given to Ange Postecoglou.
Bournemouth can start planning with a new manager soon to be at the controls.
Fulham, in contrast, have lost four precious weeks since the end of the season and it looks like they are back to square one in preparing for their return to the Championship.
They hope for a swift appointment but while discussions with candidates continue, first team coach Stuart Gray is overseeing the start of pre-season. A large part of the Fulham squad returned today.
Fulham feel they are still in a good position for next season and there is a strong belief they have the players capable of mounting an immediate promotion challenge, with the right additions. Parker’s departure is not deemed a wholly negative outcome as a rebuilding job with the core of that 2019-20 promotion-winning side still at its heart, and the 40-year-old in charge, would not necessarily have been straightforward.
During last season, Parker had pushed members of that team to one side, including the 2019-20 Championship top goalscorer Aleksandar Mitrovic, with last season’s seven loan signings taking their places. It is understood there was discontent among those players about the way they have been sidelined, with some suggesting they had only limited contact with the manager over the season.
This is a factor that is likely to have persuaded Parker to seek an end to his time at Craven Cottage. With the squad now containing 13 players aged 28 or over, it is thought Parker and the Fulham hierarchy did not see eye to eye regarding its promotion potential. Sources suggest Parker’s view was that serious squad surgery would be needed for him to succeed longer term, but with that deemed unlikely to happen, a departure at this juncture appeared mutually beneficial.
Fulham will hope though that a new manager can encourage a renewed buy-in from previously-excluded players, which could help rekindle some positivity after a difficult few weeks. A section of supporters have voiced quiet disgruntlement about Parker, particularly regarding his style of play. His exit in itself is unlikely to be met with any backlash from supporters when games begin again in August.
But what will be concerning is the fact that the coach Fulham wanted to stay in charge – and indeed had two years left on his contract – has opted to leave them for a club which can be considered direct promotion rivals. That does not reflect well, as Fulham are a club well backed by proactive ownership and post-relegation parachute payments will put them in a strong position next season.
Bournemouth, by contrast, are likely to lose key players such as David Brooks having been beaten by eventually promoted Brentford in the play-off semi-finals. Last season’s star Arnaut Danjuma is attracting significant interest. With the size of their parachute payments dropping during season two out of the top flight, there may be a need to sell players. That Parker wanted to depart in such circumstances and join Bournemouth instead should be concerning for Fulham.
What is thought to have appealed about Bournemouth – besides positive references from his brother-in-law Harry Arter, a midfielder at the Dorset club for a decade until last September – is that they are likely to point to a long-term vision and offer Parker more influence on matters regarding recruitment.
Aleksandar Mitrovic, Fulham
Mitrovic played a leading role in helping Parker’s Fulham win promotion but was overlooked for much of the Premier League campaign (Photo: Julian Finney/Getty Images)
At Fulham, transfers are the domain of vice-chairman and director of football operations Tony Khan – son of owner and chairman Shahid Khan – who splits his time between Fulham duties and prominent roles with the NFL’s Jacksonville Jaguars and All-Elite Wrestling events in the US.
Parker had publicly rebuked Tony Khan at times last season, notably regarding his social media posts about player transfers and team performances, including after a 3-0 home loss to Aston Villa in September. Bournemouth’s owner Demin, by contrast, is a secretive figure and rarely gets involved in day-to-day operations, while Blake and Hughes similarly keep a low profile.
Fulham now have two key roles to fill.
The new director of scouting position – a role that will see a full-time recruitment chief on the ground in the UK – remains vacant. They also find themselves looking for a manager at a time when fellow relegated side Sheffield United have appointed former Fulham boss Slavisa Jokanovic and Bournemouth have all but landed their top target. West Bromwich Albion have made their own appointment in Valerien Ismael, the former Barnsley coach.
Fulham will take comfort from the fact there are some high-profile managers available, including Chris Wilder, who led Sheffield United to two promotions in three seasons to reach the Premier League. It is understood that Howe, who took Bournemouth from the fourth division to the first in just over five years, is not interested in the position, while Swansea City’s Steve Cooper is known to have been under serious consideration.
Their package of a strong squad, financial strength and the tag as favourites to secure a Premier League ticket makes them an attractive option.
Bournemouth, meanwhile, will hope Parker can overcome the disappointment of last season when, in the eyes of their hierarchy, they had a squad strong enough to join Norwich City and Watford in bouncing straight back to the Premier League.
Finding their long-term replacement for Howe has taken a year longer than they anticipated. Better late than never, they hope.
What can be said with certainty, however, is that the events of this past week pose a truly intriguing dynamic for the new Championship season, and the true beneficiaries of which we may only know come May 2022. |
Well well well.
Three holes in the ground as they say. | | | |
| Cooper to Fulham on 21:22 - Jun 28 with 1224 views | AndyCole |
| Cooper to Fulham on 18:05 - Jun 28 by Dr_Parnassus |
He will be gone to one of the big two clubs that are wanting him no doubt.
Within the next week would be my guess. |
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There are a number of big club suitors. We seem unable to match his ambitions unfortunately and he is understandably assessing his options. Let's see whether he will accept these offers or whether our owners step up.
Btw, it's worth noting - the way in which you continue to call out some of the shouty irrational sheeple, with a calm, collected dignity is massively commendable - and long may it continue. This forum wouldn't be the best forum without posters like you, DYSS, OHL, and a few notable others.
Imagine a forum packed full of sheeple where everybody is unable to think for themselves. A monotone diatribe of back tapping nothingness. They do exist.
The shouty, emotional thinkers dominate forums, as you pointed out recently. It's a pity some of them just can't muster the strength of character to break out and speak for themselves.
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| Pro free speech and alternative opinions -
Anti gang-bullying and poor modding thereof -
Will always make a stand against those who consistently choose to turn a blind eye |
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| Cooper to Fulham on 21:24 - Jun 28 with 1222 views | 34dfgdf54 |
| Cooper to Fulham on 21:22 - Jun 28 by AndyCole |
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There are a number of big club suitors. We seem unable to match his ambitions unfortunately and he is understandably assessing his options. Let's see whether he will accept these offers or whether our owners step up.
Btw, it's worth noting - the way in which you continue to call out some of the shouty irrational sheeple, with a calm, collected dignity is massively commendable - and long may it continue. This forum wouldn't be the best forum without posters like you, DYSS, OHL, and a few notable others.
Imagine a forum packed full of sheeple where everybody is unable to think for themselves. A monotone diatribe of back tapping nothingness. They do exist.
The shouty, emotional thinkers dominate forums, as you pointed out recently. It's a pity some of them just can't muster the strength of character to break out and speak for themselves.
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Can anyone translate that? | | | |
| Cooper to Fulham on 21:32 - Jun 28 with 1193 views | PatchesOHoulihan |
| Cooper to Fulham on 21:22 - Jun 28 by AndyCole |
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There are a number of big club suitors. We seem unable to match his ambitions unfortunately and he is understandably assessing his options. Let's see whether he will accept these offers or whether our owners step up.
Btw, it's worth noting - the way in which you continue to call out some of the shouty irrational sheeple, with a calm, collected dignity is massively commendable - and long may it continue. This forum wouldn't be the best forum without posters like you, DYSS, OHL, and a few notable others.
Imagine a forum packed full of sheeple where everybody is unable to think for themselves. A monotone diatribe of back tapping nothingness. They do exist.
The shouty, emotional thinkers dominate forums, as you pointed out recently. It's a pity some of them just can't muster the strength of character to break out and speak for themselves.
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Just because you 2 have the same opinion on Cooper doesn’t make anyone else a sheep.
I havent come to my conclusion by reading this board and listening to people on the street I’ve come to it as an overall view of my team after performances last season. I’m sure others are the same
If you 2 want to keep patting yourselves on the back because you agree then that’s fine as we all have opinions, but please remember just because you agree it doesn’t make anyone else wrong despite how highly you value your own opinions |  |
| This is Patches O'Houlihan saying "Take care of your balls, and they'll take care of you." |
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| Cooper to Fulham on 21:33 - Jun 28 with 1192 views | Catullus |
| Cooper to Fulham on 21:22 - Jun 28 by AndyCole |
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There are a number of big club suitors. We seem unable to match his ambitions unfortunately and he is understandably assessing his options. Let's see whether he will accept these offers or whether our owners step up.
Btw, it's worth noting - the way in which you continue to call out some of the shouty irrational sheeple, with a calm, collected dignity is massively commendable - and long may it continue. This forum wouldn't be the best forum without posters like you, DYSS, OHL, and a few notable others.
Imagine a forum packed full of sheeple where everybody is unable to think for themselves. A monotone diatribe of back tapping nothingness. They do exist.
The shouty, emotional thinkers dominate forums, as you pointed out recently. It's a pity some of them just can't muster the strength of character to break out and speak for themselves.
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You and Dr P pushing the exact same line and dismissing other peoples opinions, that is exactly...."packed full of sheeple where everybody is unable to think for themselves. A monotone diatribe of back tapping nothingness. They do exist"
Think about it, as a club we need to draw in young fans, keep them wanting to come back. Young fans want excitement, they want good football that gets them off their seats. It was Curtis and James down the wings, beating players, putting good crosses in for forwardswho challenged, it was goals that tied me to the Swans.
My son is 12, last season he got up and walked away from the tv because it was so boring. You might be happy to put up with it, if your threshold is so low then good for you. By the way, you are the shouty one on here, you are the dismissive one who calls people names for thinking football should be fun.
Football is all about emotion, have you been watching the Euros? Have you not noticed the joy felt, the tears at bad results, the smiles at a fantastic goal scored. Have you also not noticed how drab the atmosphere is when the football is poor?
other people hope for and want better, that you will happily accept rubbish as the norm says a lot about you. | |
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| Cooper to Fulham on 21:34 - Jun 28 with 1187 views | Whiterockin |
| Cooper to Fulham on 21:24 - Jun 28 by 34dfgdf54 |
Can anyone translate that? |
If you agree with the facts as presented you are a sheep. If you post unsubstantiated opinion you are considered to be intelligent. |  | | |
| Cooper to Fulham on 21:36 - Jun 28 with 1179 views | 34dfgdf54 |
| Cooper to Fulham on 21:34 - Jun 28 by Whiterockin |
If you agree with the facts as presented you are a sheep. If you post unsubstantiated opinion you are considered to be intelligent. |
Thankyou, much appreciated. | | | |
| Cooper to Fulham on 21:38 - Jun 28 with 1168 views | PatchesOHoulihan |
| Cooper to Fulham on 21:33 - Jun 28 by Catullus |
You and Dr P pushing the exact same line and dismissing other peoples opinions, that is exactly...."packed full of sheeple where everybody is unable to think for themselves. A monotone diatribe of back tapping nothingness. They do exist"
Think about it, as a club we need to draw in young fans, keep them wanting to come back. Young fans want excitement, they want good football that gets them off their seats. It was Curtis and James down the wings, beating players, putting good crosses in for forwardswho challenged, it was goals that tied me to the Swans.
My son is 12, last season he got up and walked away from the tv because it was so boring. You might be happy to put up with it, if your threshold is so low then good for you. By the way, you are the shouty one on here, you are the dismissive one who calls people names for thinking football should be fun.
Football is all about emotion, have you been watching the Euros? Have you not noticed the joy felt, the tears at bad results, the smiles at a fantastic goal scored. Have you also not noticed how drab the atmosphere is when the football is poor?
other people hope for and want better, that you will happily accept rubbish as the norm says a lot about you. |
That sums up my feelings exactly | |
| This is Patches O'Houlihan saying "Take care of your balls, and they'll take care of you." |
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| Cooper to Fulham on 21:49 - Jun 28 with 1122 views | AndyCole |
| Cooper to Fulham on 21:34 - Jun 28 by Whiterockin |
If you agree with the facts as presented you are a sheep. If you post unsubstantiated opinion you are considered to be intelligent. |
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Unfortunately you've got the wrong end of the stick.
The facts clearly (to some) speak for themselves. The subjective opinions of many of the types that post on forums are bizarrely skewed to the negative. The sheeple trek aimlessly down this path, out of choice, which is mind boggling to the rational thinker.
There are some posting right now that have posted: 'I come on here for a moan'. It's the way of the disgruntled. It's a loser mentality which is anathema to the intelligent.
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| Cooper to Fulham on 21:51 - Jun 28 with 1122 views | Boundy |
| Cooper to Fulham on 18:33 - Jun 28 by Dr_Winston |
People keep giving Alan Pardew, Mark Hughes and Tony Pulis jobs.
Football club owners are weird. |
Seldom do they look at the detail just inaccurate media reports, buzz words and the use of their limited football knowledge. | |
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| Cooper to Fulham on 21:58 - Jun 28 with 1088 views | AndyCole |
| Cooper to Fulham on 18:54 - Jun 28 by jasper_T |
Parker's taken his goalkeeping coach and fitness coach with him, which leaves plenty of space for Cooper's England crew (Margetson & Tivey). [Post edited 28 Jun 2021 18:54]
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This would now be doubly massively disappointing should Cooper deservedly move on to a bigger club.
At least when he's assessing his options with his top team he can draw upon the overwhelming support (75%) of proper fans who wanted him to stay ahead of the playoffs. The same fans who will now be desperate to see him stay given the level of interest from top clubs, confirming his worth, and the lack of better alternatives as his replacement.
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| Cooper to Fulham on 22:02 - Jun 28 with 1072 views | 34dfgdf54 |
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| Cooper to Fulham on 22:14 - Jun 28 with 1024 views | Whiterockin |
| Cooper to Fulham on 21:58 - Jun 28 by AndyCole |
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This would now be doubly massively disappointing should Cooper deservedly move on to a bigger club.
At least when he's assessing his options with his top team he can draw upon the overwhelming support (75%) of proper fans who wanted him to stay ahead of the playoffs. The same fans who will now be desperate to see him stay given the level of interest from top clubs, confirming his worth, and the lack of better alternatives as his replacement.
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You are assuming that the 75% he had support of prior to the play offs still support him. This was not the felling I had around Wembley after the final, where we did not have one shot on target. Many like myself put up with the dire football and lack of excitement because "the end justifies the means". This did not happen we did not go up. I do not want to watch another season like the last he must move on. This is my opinion and I don't really care who agrees and who doesn't. It seems I disagree with you but to call people like me who disagree with you as sheep is idiotic. | | | |
| Cooper to Fulham on 22:22 - Jun 28 with 986 views | AndyCole |
| Cooper to Fulham on 21:33 - Jun 28 by Catullus |
You and Dr P pushing the exact same line and dismissing other peoples opinions, that is exactly...."packed full of sheeple where everybody is unable to think for themselves. A monotone diatribe of back tapping nothingness. They do exist"
Think about it, as a club we need to draw in young fans, keep them wanting to come back. Young fans want excitement, they want good football that gets them off their seats. It was Curtis and James down the wings, beating players, putting good crosses in for forwardswho challenged, it was goals that tied me to the Swans.
My son is 12, last season he got up and walked away from the tv because it was so boring. You might be happy to put up with it, if your threshold is so low then good for you. By the way, you are the shouty one on here, you are the dismissive one who calls people names for thinking football should be fun.
Football is all about emotion, have you been watching the Euros? Have you not noticed the joy felt, the tears at bad results, the smiles at a fantastic goal scored. Have you also not noticed how drab the atmosphere is when the football is poor?
other people hope for and want better, that you will happily accept rubbish as the norm says a lot about you. |
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You are clearly a decent poster with your heart in the right place, and rarely descend into the depths of the shouty, abusive, bullying sheeple and the entire flock.
Top, insightful posters like Dr_P must be exasperated with the intolerable level of noise and cheap shot digs at our club, players and most recently (when we're not getting promoted !?) our young, dynamic, clever, hard working manager who has worked miracles with a mid-table squad on a mid-table budget.
Many decent posters don't bother posting anymore given the volume levels of irrational noise from the sheeple. It can be depressing even to the best of us.
You say 'Think about it....young fans.' The irony is lost on you. It's the shouty, moaning, miserable doom merchants that are pushing young guns away from forums. Fortunately, the 75% of fans and fans in the stadium that actively support us - they are the future, not the miserable moaners, thank heck. | |
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