SoutheySWFC
Well-Known Member
Letting Saint John of Sheridan go to be replaced by that c*** Joey Barton, I wish you nothing but pain.
Why will he do well? He has zero experience and he’s an utter c*ntHe’ll do well I reckon. Good decision getting rid of Sheridan. Probably saw Oldham this season and realised he’s not the man for a long term deal.
Got a smashing French accent though.
As good as McClaren's Dutch?
I have no insider knowledge, so this is only what I have heard and summised.
John Sheridan was appointed following Rosler's departure UNTIL the end of the season, his task was to keep the Cods in the division, and has done this to great effect. The Cods have a 'directer of football' who along with the Chairman and the coach decide on players incoming and outgoing. The important part is that the person is classed as the coach and not the manager. John may or may not have been offered a longer term position but it would have been on this basis, a role that he may of felt did not suit his style.
Joey Barton is a good friend of the Chairman, other than that I don't know of any other rationale for his appointment. Like others have stated Joey, as a footballer, seemed to operate on a razors edge between brilliance and lunacy, it will be certainly interesting to see how this translates to team management.
Fairly certain that there will not have been many Cods fans who saw this coming and it is not a 'sit on the fence' appointment for them, it will be either love it or hate it. For me I have an open mind, but leaning to it ending in tears sooner rather than later.