Bignot sacked

Quoted from gtfc98

That was a load of balderdash too then! Thought he had "fallen in love with this town"?.

He couldn't find a house with the right shape.  

Quoted from headingly_mariner

He completely should have been made aware of expectations by the board. But it's also massively naive of him to expect to be able to start pre season in January. If the rumours are true about the training sessions then the club have done the right thing.

I might of missed it, what was these rumours regarding the training sessions?

If McKeown was involved after his terrible form, embarrassing reaction to being out of the team for the first time in four years and actions after Doncaster then I hope he leaves in the Summer. Toxic fellow.

Was still living at The Humber Royal AFAIK.

If there are genuine concerns and reasons to sack the management team then I'm kind of ok about that (aside from the whole situation making the club look a bit stupid).

What concerns me is if the board have acted based on the opinions of players who are out of favour. If the players that have complained about the regime are (for example) McKeown, Disley, Gowling, Davies then of course they won't be happy as they're either out of the team or not highly rated (Macca).

I think too many fans have too much of an emotional attachment to players from last season to the point where it clouds people's views of them. Don't get me wrong I'm grateful for their service and can see how Dizza especially loves the club. But at some point we have to let go, and it's only natural for a manager to come into a club and want to bring his own players in.

Even if Collins as an experienced pro was consulted, he's got no connection to the club beyond next month so what objective view could he give. I suspect we're never going to find out the real truth of what's gone on but I'd hope there's more to it than listening to players that clearly aren't in the manager's long term plans.

And when the new Manager comes in, is he really going to want to keep these mystery players in his squad going forward, knowing they've influenced the sacking of his predecessor? I'd imagine he'll want to ship them out the first chance he gets.

Is someone, with the regular use of the words allegedly and supposedly gonna fill us in on what actually went on... if you start "i heard that.." you ll prob be ok...

Opta stats. Check it out. MB obsessed with stats and classroom analysis, not popular with some players. A source close to the club.

Spot on Tommy--sense as usual

Quoted from Tommy

If there are genuine concerns and reasons to sack the management team then I'm kind of ok about that (aside from the whole situation making the club look a bit stupid).

What concerns me is if the board have acted based on the opinions of players who are out of favour. If the players that have complained about the regime are (for example) McKeown, Disley, Gowling, Davies then of course they won't be happy as they're either out of the team or not highly rated (Macca).

I think too many fans have too much of an emotional attachment to players from last season to the point where it clouds people's views of them. Don't get me wrong I'm grateful for their service and can see how Dizza especially loves the club. But at some point we have to let go, and it's only natural for a manager to come into a club and want to bring his own players in.

Even if Collins as an experienced pro was consulted, he's got no connection to the club beyond next month so what objective view could he give. I suspect we're never going to find out the real truth of what's gone on but I'd hope there's more to it than listening to players that clearly aren't in the manager's long term plans.

And when the new Manager comes in, is he really going to want to keep these mystery players in his squad going forward, knowing they've influenced the sacking of his predecessor? I'd imagine he'll want to ship them out the first chance he gets.

DO we know that any of the above is actually true though???

McKeown's form has dipped as a result of the obviously uneasy relationship that he had with Bignot. I'm absolutely certain there was concerted effort to clear out the previous regime in January with Macca, Dis and Gowling made available and very "Hurst-style" players like Chambers and Summerfield being shipped out. I think the rubbish that MB talked was accepted initially but wore thin as a result of the inconsistent results, baffling team selections and the bizarre way that Macca and Dis have been dealt with. MB got hammered for his team selection against Donny in particular and it has been a regular theme of his premiership. Gunning, what is the point? Maxwell and Yussuf have barely played so why sign them? Is Clements better than Summerfield? Is Yussuf better than Jackson? Is Gunning better than Gowling? The answer to all of those is probably not and definitely not in Gunning's case.