Strachen on his way out at Boro?

[Beach Hut]

Credit to wee Gordon, it appears this one really was mutual consent, as Gibson has said of Gordon "he ripped up his contract". Sounds like he has accepted he did a bad job and agreed to walk away, with no compensation.

Great credit to Strachen for doing that, gone right up in my opinion of him.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Poyets getting some mentions on their messageboards. And get this:
Lets have a vote for the new manager......who would you have??





Christ, word certainly spreads from our small minority of moaning bastards down here dunnit.

Well done to the moaning lifelong losers for that one. It would be interesting to know how that chap got his information on us hating Poyet.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Great credit to Strachen for doing that, gone right up in my opinion of him.

'tis nice to hear that. Similar to when Tarricco ripped up his contract after suffering a nasty injury on his West Ham debut. An act of sportsmanship was the descruption by his then manager, Mr Pardew

 

[Kalimantan Gull]

Well done to the moaning lifelong losers for that one. It would be interesting to know how that chap got his information on us hating Poyet.

Radio 5 interview on Saturday between Eleanor Oldroyd and Gus Poyet

 

[Austrian Gull]

Went with honour but is a perfect example of why passion will neve be enough as a manager.

Bit harsh on Strachan - he took Celtic through to the knockout stages of the Champions League TWICE.

That can't be achieved on passion alone.

 

[Twinkle Toes]

Fair play to GS for walking away without a hefty pay-off. I think he'll probably do well at his next club. Sometimes things just don't work out: just look at Ian Holloway & his disasterous spell at Leicester. I can see things getting a lot worse at The Smoggies before they reach rock bottom tbh. Maybe a season or two in L1 will do 'em some good in the grand scheme of things? Well, maybe not then, eh... ?

 

[ILIKECANDLES]

Bit harsh on Strachan - he took Celtic through to the knockout stages of the Champions League TWICE.

That can't be achieved on passion alone.

Fair point but I think he is now spent either way.

 

[Pavilionaire]

One man who's stock has risen because of this is Gareth Southgate. He was sacked exactly one year ago tomorrow with Boro in 4th spot one point off the top having just beaten Derby 2-0.

Maybe Strachan's honorable departure was brought about, in part, by personal guilt over Southgate's sacking. Strachan was, after all, installed with almost undue haste.

The home stadium is an issue because of the shite atmosphere. It always feels like there's no one there, even when there's 20,000-odd thousand.