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Topic Originator: 2004Par
Date: Sat 21 Dec 20:10
Does anything think that James mcpake has given up at all?. I reckon he knows or had a sniff he will be gone when new investors eventually come in. Could this lead to his poor approach to team selections and such because he actual doesn’t really have much to mange for at the moment for pars.
Rory Adair
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Topic Originator: k76
Date: Sat 21 Dec 20:11
The players have.
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Topic Originator: Alter Ego
Date: Sat 21 Dec 20:15
Have you seen his interviews over the past 2 months? Same old crap.
The players are probably sick of his defensive style football. Training must be brutal week in/out.
Mon the Pars!
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Topic Originator: Berkey
Date: Sat 21 Dec 20:34
He’s absolutely given up. No one with half a brain would keep him and let him sign more dross in Jan.
It’s a toxic mix when it comes to the players, they are clearly not good enough and quite a few will be thinking about what jobs they will have to do next season a new manager won’t change that.
Very few of these players have ever cut it at this level, it shouldn’t be a surprise they are not cutting it now.
The new manager will effectively be chief turd polisher until the summer.
Mcpake and Dave knew a lot of these players when they signed them or kept them, it’s those same players who have sunk his managerial career.
The post below replying to me is by one of .nets finest champions of mediocrity!
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Topic Originator: pars no1
Date: Sat 21 Dec 20:47
Just listen to the interviews after each game. We never done this. We now they are strong at that and never defended. It’s the same excuses every week. If he knows what we are not doing well then as a manager it’s his responsibility to tell the coaches what to work on.
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Topic Originator: NMCmassive
Date: Sat 21 Dec 20:59
James McPake has been giving for some time. We are just at the point where it’s past laughable.
COYP
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Topic Originator: DrumRoad
Date: Sat 21 Dec 21:05
Has McPake given up? I don’t think so as if he gets the team winning games his job would likely be safe with any new owner………….. at least for a while
I don’t know the criteria used to engage our managers but it seems to be way off the mark or at least the support (by the board) that is given to them
The rot that has been a constant feature of most years since 2013 has firmly set in again
The club has had so many year end mass clear outs (I’ve actually lost count) only to see good starting line-ups eventually fighting at the bottom of the league trying to avoid relegation by the end of the same season
2022/23 League one Winners
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Topic Originator: Dandy Warhol
Date: Sat 21 Dec 21:16
He didn`t even start the season.l remotely present.
I don`t wanna go down like disco.
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Topic Originator: Pars11
Date: Sat 21 Dec 22:37
James McPake does not need to give up, the players have downed tools. We have a better squad than most yet get pumped all but every game. Is there disruptive elements in the dressing room making the situation even worse? Wothespoon getting sent off today smacks of on purpose as he had just been yellow carded. Troubled times and a new broom required, let`s get rid of Trigger McPake and his dumdass excuses.
Bluebell Polka
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Topic Originator: Berkey
Date: Sat 21 Dec 23:06
Wotherspoon the only player in midfield or attack today who has played consistently to at least championship level.
Some of these players haven’t downed tools, they just ain’t good enough not every league 1 player will make it in the championship.
Today we started 5 players out of 6 (not including the back 4) who have failed to
Produce at this level previously or this is the highest level they have ever played at. They can’t cut it.
The post below replying to me is by one of .nets finest champions of mediocrity!
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Topic Originator: OzPar
Date: Sat 21 Dec 23:16
Berkey is often criticised here, quite unjustifiably, in my view. He is frequently spot-on in his observations, and what he has to say now similarly rings true. There are management failings for sure, and he has to go, but the painful reality is that far too many of our players are not up to the task at hand.
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Topic Originator: NMCmassive
Date: Sat 21 Dec 23:21
2 terrible summers having a real effect now imo.
Pars fans really are short changed for the amount we put into the club.
COYP
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Topic Originator: Buster_Brown
Date: Sat 21 Dec 23:26
I don’t think McPake has given up, if he had done then I think he wouldn’t have changed the starting 11 from last week, plus he was never away from the touchline today.
I think there’s a mix of players giving up or as Berkley quite rightly said, just not being good enough
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Topic Originator: The Boss
Date: Sat 21 Dec 23:28
I was just wanting to know if he cupped his ears to his own fans again? What a diddy!
I like black and white (dreaming of black and white)
You like black and white
Run run away
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Topic Originator: General Zod
Date: Sun 22 Dec 05:30
You know when you hand in your notice at a job and you kind of just mentally quit at that point. You know you won’t be pulled up for mucking about. That’s what McPake sounds like now.
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Topic Originator: Buster_Brown
Date: Sun 22 Dec 07:41
Quote:
General Zod, Sun 22 Dec 05:30
You know when you hand in your notice at a job and you kind of just mentally quit at that point. You know you won’t be pulled up for mucking about. That’s what McPake sounds like now.
I’m giggling away to myself because I’ve just finished doing just this. Good analogy General Zod
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Topic Originator: RossDAFC88
Date: Sun 22 Dec 15:47
He has undoubtedly given up. Just observe Bene`s interview and Chris Kane`s demeanor. You can tell from their body language the extent of their embarrassment. McPake appears to be finished and merely coasting along. I came across a post on Twitter indicating that he has secured victory in only 8 championship matches out of a possible 29 since the transfer window closed in February. I frequently hear that he cannot be dismissed until the new owners are in place. What, then, is the role of the remaining board members? What influence do they have over the club`s management? The reason I ask is that I genuinely do not know.
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Topic Originator: NMCmassive
Date: Sun 22 Dec 16:13
I’ve said a few times he wouldn’t get replaced until it got drastic and to me it’s drastic. I also said I thought Falkirk at home would be the last straw and I still think it could be. Either an empty stadium against your rivals or just a toxic atmosphere. I will be surprised if he is still the manager by Saturday morning 🤷🏻♂️
COYP
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Topic Originator: CrossPar
Date: Sun 22 Dec 20:05
Chris Kane sounds like he should be phoning the Samaritans. We are a very deflated bunch and it is Mcpake`s job to lift and motivate them and he can`t do it. Nothing will change till he goes.
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Topic Originator: Berkey
Date: Sun 22 Dec 20:31
It makes sense to get Friday done then sack him more than sacking him now. No point the new guy getting a pumping on his first game.
With this squad I don’t see us getting much of a new manager bounce either, we’ll need a new player bounce more.
The post below replying to me is by one of .nets finest champions of mediocrity!
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Topic Originator: DBA
Date: Sun 22 Dec 23:05
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Berkey, Sun 22 Dec 20:31
It makes sense to get Friday done then sack him more than sacking him now. No point the new guy getting a pumping on his first game.
With this squad I don’t see us getting much of a new manager bounce either, we’ll need a new player bounce more.
He should be gone now. Whoever is in interim charge then has a free hit on Friday, expected to get humped so anything else is a bonus. Plus gets the fans a bit back onside, at least short term.
If he`s not gone tomorrow, he`ll be in charge until the takeover is complete. Which will be too late.
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Topic Originator: msgribbin
Date: Sun 22 Dec 23:47
As much as he does have to take responsibility for the negative anti-football, I still feel a bit sorry for the fella.
Seen this a few times in life. Managers in jobs where it`s all gone south, where it can`t and won`t work out.....but no-one can afford to make the change and it only grows more toxic as respect ebbs away.
It`s a death cycle really - things have gone too far adrift to turn this around, anything he tries now will be too little, too late. There`s no magic bullet here. Whether he still believes or is just putting a front up I don`t know - but it`s a kindness for him to be taken out of the firing line now
Mark G
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Topic Originator: thebear
Date: Mon 23 Dec 01:02
Sadly and very horrible to say, I agree, his post match interviews are awful, no criticism, no enthusiasm and this has affected the team. A team that I think has poor players, but should have enough to be top half, but are not. Keep hearing rumours about new investors, but no facts at all, mcpake could be here for the long haul.
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