Ex Royals

[Hound]

Good luck to the chap in his new role. For half a season he created something outstanding, it’s a shame Dai had run out of money at that time, and then VP got found out a bit. But some of those teams he had to field second year….bloody hell. That team we lost 7-0 to Fulham with was as poor a side ever put out in that division

Always like him as a person so hope he goes on to do well

[Clyde1998]

Good luck to the chap in his new role. For half a season he created something outstanding, it’s a shame Dai had run out of money at that time, and then VP got found out a bit. But some of those teams he had to field second year….bloody hell. That team we lost 7-0 to Fulham with was as poor a side ever put out in that division

Always like him as a person so hope he goes on to do well

Had a look at the sides we played against Kidderminster and Fulham:

Rafael (31)
Tetek (19) - Holmes (21) - Holzman (18) - Bristow (20)
Drinkwater (31) - Osorio (19)
Camara (18) - Dele-Bashiru (22) - Halilovic (25)
Puscas (25)

Subs on: Stickland (18); Araruna (25); Rinomhota (24); Laurent (26); Azeez (20)

Fairly certain Laurent played centre-back when he came on; Araruna lasted about five minutes before getting injured after coming off the bench; Halilovic lasted forty minutes.

Southwood (24)
Tetek (19) - Holmes (21) - Dann (34) - Bristow (20)
Drinkwater (31) - Laurent (26)
Dele-Bashiru (22) - Swift (26) - Hoilett (31)
Carroll (33)

Subs on: Rinomhota (24); Camara (18); Puscas (25)

Scott Dann got injured after seven minutes, with Camara replacing him - so Laurent went centre-back again (IIRC). The other centre-back option was eighteen year-old Michael Stickland. Rinomhota came on at right-back.

Two awful teams in hindsight. Seems we were missing (from the regulars that season): Yiadom; Morrison; Rahman; Ejaria; Joao; McIntyre; Moore and Meite. No wonder it all fell apart around then.

[Snowflake Royal]

Good luck to the chap in his new role. For half a season he created something outstanding, it’s a shame Dai had run out of money at that time, and then VP got found out a bit. But some of those teams he had to field second year….bloody hell. That team we lost 7-0 to Fulham with was as poor a side ever put out in that division

Always like him as a person so hope he goes on to do well

Had a look at the sides we played against Kidderminster and Fulham:

Rafael (31)
Tetek (19) - Holmes (21) - Holzman (18) - Bristow (20)
Drinkwater (31) - Osorio (19)
Camara (18) - Dele-Bashiru (22) - Halilovic (25)
Puscas (25)

Subs on: Stickland (18); Araruna (25); Rinomhota (24); Laurent (26); Azeez (20)

Fairly certain Laurent played centre-back when he came on; Araruna lasted about five minutes before getting injured after coming off the bench; Halilovic lasted forty minutes.

Southwood (24)
Tetek (19) - Holmes (21) - Dann (34) - Bristow (20)
Drinkwater (31) - Laurent (26)
Dele-Bashiru (22) - Swift (26) - Hoilett (31)
Carroll (33)

Subs on: Rinomhota (24); Camara (18); Puscas (25)

Scott Dann got injured after seven minutes, with Camara replacing him - so Laurent went centre-back again (IIRC). The other centre-back option was eighteen year-old Michael Stickland. Rinomhota came on at right-back.

Two awful teams in hindsight. Seems we were missing (from the regulars that season): Yiadom; Morrison; Rahman; Ejaria; Joao; McIntyre; Moore and Meite. No wonder it all fell apart around then.

Oh look. Shitwater in both sides.

Whoever decided to extend Dann's contract and release Morrison should be shot.

[AthleticoSpizz]

Good luck to the chap in his new role. For half a season he created something outstanding, it’s a shame Dai had run out of money at that time, and then VP got found out a bit. But some of those teams he had to field second year….bloody hell. That team we lost 7-0 to Fulham with was as poor a side ever put out in that division

Always like him as a person so hope he goes on to do well

yep, this.

‘Left us’ quietly, dignified, and with a win.

He’s doing better than us right now

[Snowflake Royal]

Good luck to the chap in his new role. For half a season he created something outstanding, it’s a shame Dai had run out of money at that time, and then VP got found out a bit. But some of those teams he had to field second year….bloody hell. That team we lost 7-0 to Fulham with was as poor a side ever put out in that division

Always like him as a person so hope he goes on to do well

yep, this.

‘Left us’ quietly, dignified, and with a win.

He’s doing better than us right now

I lose track of the order of clueless wasters we've had... but didn’t he get booted and we had to have Ince's dad come in and save us from a relegation we were sleep walking into under him?

And wasn't his success almost entirely down to Joao playing like a PL star for six months before missing two penalties break his hip and becoming a clogger?

[AthleticoSpizz]

Good luck to the chap in his new role. For half a season he created something outstanding, it’s a shame Dai had run out of money at that time, and then VP got found out a bit. But some of those teams he had to field second year….bloody hell. That team we lost 7-0 to Fulham with was as poor a side ever put out in that division

Always like him as a person so hope he goes on to do well

yep, this.

‘Left us’ quietly, dignified, and with a win.

He’s doing better than us right now

I lose track of the order of clueless wasters we've had... but didn’t he get booted and we had to have Ince's dad come in and save us from a relegation we were sleep walking into under him?

And wasn't his success almost entirely down to Joao playing like a PL star for six months before missing two penalties break his hip and becoming a clogger?

yes, he got ‘booted’ four points from his last two games iirc.

Dealt a hand like a foot in his last days and maybe having the last laugh now?

[Hound]

Good luck to the chap in his new role. For half a season he created something outstanding, it’s a shame Dai had run out of money at that time, and then VP got found out a bit. But some of those teams he had to field second year….bloody hell. That team we lost 7-0 to Fulham with was as poor a side ever put out in that division

Always like him as a person so hope he goes on to do well

yep, this.

‘Left us’ quietly, dignified, and with a win.

He’s doing better than us right now

I lose track of the order of clueless wasters we've had... but didn’t he get booted and we had to have Ince's dad come in and save us from a relegation we were sleep walking into under him?

And wasn't his success almost entirely down to Joao playing like a PL star for six months before missing two penalties break his hip and becoming a clogger?

Bit harsh. Trying to remember the dates but he had Richards playing the best football of his career, that Rino/Laurent pivot, Ejaria playing well. Didn’t have a lot of Swift when he was good I don’t think. Even got Aluko contributing. Meite playing well

(May be wrong on some of these, was a while ago…)

He did lose the plot - but as mentioned - those teams he had to field…awful.

[Snowflake Royal]

yep, this.

‘Left us’ quietly, dignified, and with a win.

He’s doing better than us right now

I lose track of the order of clueless wasters we've had... but didn’t he get booted and we had to have Ince's dad come in and save us from a relegation we were sleep walking into under him?

And wasn't his success almost entirely down to Joao playing like a PL star for six months before missing two penalties break his hip and becoming a clogger?

yes, he got ‘booted’ four points from his last two games iirc.

Dealt a hand like a foot in his last days and maybe having the last laugh now?

He had lost the previous 8 (EIGHT) games in a row though, having gone 12 (TWELVE) games without a win prior to his last game.

Losing 20 out of 34 games is stupendously bad, even dealt a rough hand.

[AthleticoSpizz]

Hasn’t done him too much harm, evidently.
Lessons learnt, no doubt.

[stealthpapes]

He says as much in the interview.

I liked him but something clearly went wrong in that second season. The first points deduction hit in November, form dropped off a cliff about a month prior.

RIP Jahmari Clarke Sweet Prince

[Hendo]

He says as much in the interview.

I liked him but something clearly went wrong in that second season. The first points deduction hit in November, form dropped off a cliff about a month prior.

RIP Jahmari Clarke Sweet Prince

They may well have known, or maybe heard rumours, internally about the points deduction before it was made public.

[stealthpapes]

He says as much in the interview.

I liked him but something clearly went wrong in that second season. The first points deduction hit in November, form dropped off a cliff about a month prior.

RIP Jahmari Clarke Sweet Prince

They may well have known, or maybe heard rumours, internally about the points deduction before it was made public.

yeah, I am 100% certain that happened the following season.

[JedMaxwell]

They would definitely have been told or at least had an idea what was coming when the points deductions happened. Must be hard to motivate a squad that's already got their heads down, knowing a win wouldn't get them any further.

I always thought Pauno was a decent bloke doing his best and was very classy throughout his time here. I hope he does well with Serbia.