Omer Riza calls the Cardiff City fans "clueless"

He's right
You lot think Warnock would come in and save you hahahaha, even if he did come for a massive pay day he wouldn't save you
I've seen some claim Steve Cooper for manager , he'd rather quit football than come there
Ramsey and Ralls you say, yeah brilliant , replace a manager who barely had any experience with two who have none - genius
I remember it like it were yesterday you lot claiming your squad were a promotion pushing nailed on cert and how excited you all were
People who said they were well past their best and legs have gone were laughed away and ridiculed

I won't say I told you so but yeah

I read this forum regularly and I've never seen a more delusional bunch of people in my life
The reason the club can't sign a good manager is not because they don't try , it's because nobody wants to come there

can tell its the school holidays as you have time to come on here and not stalk the perimeters

What a load of bollocks! And the fool doesn't hide fact he's talking bollocks either not one word reality .....modric gone to there heads delusional if think he's going to make them a Wrexham?

Pot calling the kettle black



“I read all the comments from (Cardiff) fans and unfortunately a lot of them are clueless.”







Omer Riza:



"I know how important it is. It's a failure on my part if we go down. I have standards, goals, ideas about where I feel I can take this club.

"I have always been taught that what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. It's only going to make me better, stronger. I read all the comments from fans and unfortunately a lot of them are clueless. That's what I've got to learn. To come away from that side of it, so I can stay focused.

"There are lot of good people out there and around the club and within the club. We've got to do this together."

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To be fair he's got a point some was talking about top six and a good season which even I called clueless that's before he become a cheap option with zero experience of it at this level. He's not helping himself really but we all know it's above who are making this club rotten or he wouldn't be in the position he's in that's for sure.

To be fair he's got a point some was talking about top six and a good season which even I called clueless that's before he become a cheap option with zero experience of it at this level. He's not helping himself really but we all know it's above who are making this club rotten or he wouldn't be in the position he's in that's for sure.

It’s different with fans calling other fans clueless. A manager shouldn’t be calling fans clueless under any circumstances

He looked like a coked up hooligan ready to fk us all up was unbelievable scenes yesterday, no doubt he won’t be so hard after Oxford beat us after he puts a cdm up front and other mind boggling subs, he will be down that tunnel faster than a rat up a drain pipe on Monday.

To be fair he's got a point some was talking about top six and a good season which even I called clueless that's before he become a cheap option with zero experience of it at this level. He's not helping himself really but we all know it's above who are making this club rotten or he wouldn't be in the position he's in that's for sure.

It’s different with fans calling other fans clueless. A manager shouldn’t be calling fans clueless under any circumstances

Yeah, I would agree with that.

I've got no issue with other fans saying I'm clueless - I have said some stupid things this season

But for Riza to call us clueless is uncalled for. Especially as he's more clueless than us all.

He didn't even say it was only a few fans - he said "a lot of the fans are clueless".

Riza is clearly feeling the pressure and it’s getting to him, you can see that.

I liked Riza to begin with, a good start and seemed to have the players onside but it’s gone downhill from there.

Us fans do say some very silly things now and again, but we aren’t paid an extortionate amount of money to make the right decisions, and no manager should be making comments like that, regardless of where we sit in the league.

Hasn’t done himself any favours at all.

When I saw the title of this post, my 1st reaction was it's been taken out of context. So I watched the full presser to see what was said.

Within 3-4 minutes all I could feel was empathy and sympathy. I hate seeing any person struggle with life, Omer is unfortunately in a bad place. He's lost his father, he's probably lost the dressing room, and then we'll probably go down and he'll lose his job.

Whoever you are, that is a sad state of affairs to be in.

To call us fans "clueless" was a bad mistake, but in the context of the above not surprising.

He's a decent guy who probably gives his all.......but a Championship Manager, on and off the field, he is not. Bless him.

When I saw the title of this post, my 1st reaction was it's been taken out of context. So I watched the full presser to see what was said.

Within 3-4 minutes all I could feel was empathy and sympathy. I hate seeing any person struggle with life, Omer is unfortunately in a bad place. He's lost his father, he's probably lost the dressing room, and then we'll probably go down and he'll lose his job.

Whoever you are, that is a sad state of affairs to be in.

To call us fans "clueless" was a bad mistake, but in the context of the above not surprising.

He's a decent guy who probably gives his all.......but a Championship Manager, on and off the field, he is not. Bless him.

Well said.

I am really uncomfortable with some of the treatment he is getting on a human level.

The board should have sacked him to save all the insults months ago but they haven’t , he’s taken us into the bottom 3 , clear to see he’s not doing the job . In the stoke programme he said us and stoke are in good form. Come on we went into the bottom 3 ffs. He should say to Tan he’s not up to it but it’s the money stopping that from happening. He will tell Tan he can get us back up next season and I can see him staying longer.

When I saw the title of this post, my 1st reaction was it's been taken out of context. So I watched the full presser to see what was said.

Within 3-4 minutes all I could feel was empathy and sympathy. I hate seeing any person struggle with life, Omer is unfortunately in a bad place. He's lost his father, he's probably lost the dressing room, and then we'll probably go down and he'll lose his job.

Whoever you are, that is a sad state of affairs to be in.

To call us fans "clueless" was a bad mistake, but in the context of the above not surprising.

He's a decent guy who probably gives his all.......but a Championship Manager, on and off the field, he is not. Bless him.

Well said.

I am really uncomfortable with some of the treatment he is getting on a human level.

He has also said he is ready for next season and has had a chat with tan even if we are in league 1 and has earmarked players etc
Does' nt sound like he has lost the plot or crying in his coffee judging by what he said a while back.
If you think he needs a hugg fair enough but he could always leave and he is doing me no favours staying at the helm and no medals from me either.

He does look like a broken man and it’s sad that a total meltdown is playing out in the public eye.

Tan has left him out to dry to deflect from him and his cronies shortcomings.

When I saw the title of this post, my 1st reaction was it's been taken out of context. So I watched the full presser to see what was said.

Within 3-4 minutes all I could feel was empathy and sympathy. I hate seeing any person struggle with life, Omer is unfortunately in a bad place. He's lost his father, he's probably lost the dressing room, and then we'll probably go down and he'll lose his job.

Whoever you are, that is a sad state of affairs to be in.

To call us fans "clueless" was a bad mistake, but in the context of the above not surprising.

He's a decent guy who probably gives his all.......but a Championship Manager, on and off the field, he is not. Bless him.

Well said.

I am really uncomfortable with some of the treatment he is getting on a human level.

He has also said he is ready for next season and has had a chat with tan even if we are in league 1 and has earmarked players etc
Does' nt sound like he has lost the plot or crying in his coffee judging by what he said a while back.
If you think he needs a hugg fair enough but he could always leave and he is doing me no favours staying at the helm and no medals from me either.

Monty he's got so little contract left its certainly not stopping him saying sorry folks I can't get any more out players to give you a chance to stay up I'll go? But he's got no insight that he's the problem only got to see what he says to see that... in fact he thinks he's doing good job and he can keep us up? Sad part is everyone knows we are going down under him but he and Tan cannot see it so it appears...

He does look like a broken man and it’s sad that a total meltdown is playing out in the public eye.

Tan has left him out to dry to deflect from him and his cronies shortcomings.

There are going to be a few broken fans if we get relegated there are also lifelong fans who pop up on the screen at half time who have passed away there families maybe in the ground having to cope with sh.t I applaud them at half time and empathise with lots of people who have lost someone before I get accused of been hard faced.

He does look like a broken man and it’s sad that a total meltdown is playing out in the public eye.

Tan has left him out to dry to deflect from him and his cronies shortcomings.

There are going to be a few broken fans if we get relegated there are also lifelong fans who pop up on the screen at half time who have passed away there families maybe in the ground having to cope with sh.t I applaud them at half time and empathise with lots of people who have lost someone before I get accused of been hard faced.

I know mate, but we’re not having to face the press etc, he’s painfully out of his depth.

When I saw the title of this post, my 1st reaction was it's been taken out of context. So I watched the full presser to see what was said.

Within 3-4 minutes all I could feel was empathy and sympathy. I hate seeing any person struggle with life, Omer is unfortunately in a bad place. He's lost his father, he's probably lost the dressing room, and then we'll probably go down and he'll lose his job.

Whoever you are, that is a sad state of affairs to be in.

To call us fans "clueless" was a bad mistake, but in the context of the above not surprising.

He's a decent guy who probably gives his all.......but a Championship Manager, on and off the field, he is not. Bless him.

Jim, nothing but respect for you, so I have to hold my hands up and say I agree!

It’s far too easy to comment without considering the underlying issues and Omer Riza has been through a tough time personally. And being thrust into such a tough gig with an owner who is constantly interfering and micro-managing cannot be good for anyone’s health

‘Doing his best’ is probably right; but as you rightly say, the step up to Championship manager was simply not for him!

When I saw the title of this post, my 1st reaction was it's been taken out of context. So I watched the full presser to see what was said.

Within 3-4 minutes all I could feel was empathy and sympathy. I hate seeing any person struggle with life, Omer is unfortunately in a bad place. He's lost his father, he's probably lost the dressing room, and then we'll probably go down and he'll lose his job.

Whoever you are, that is a sad state of affairs to be in.

To call us fans "clueless" was a bad mistake, but in the context of the above not surprising.

He's a decent guy who probably gives his all.......but a Championship Manager, on and off the field, he is not. Bless him.

Jim, nothing but respect for you, so I have to hold my hands up and say I agree!

It’s far too easy to comment without considering the underlying issues and Omer Riza has been through a tough time personally. And being thrust into such a tough gig with an owner who is constantly interfering and micro-managing cannot be good for anyone’s health

‘Doing his best’ is probably right; but as you rightly say, the step up to Championship manager was simply not for him!

Chris if things got to much for him why didn't he step down? No excuses not much left on contract that was worth arguing over? The only person who thinks ge can save us from relegation is him as he says if anyone else can do better let them try? Yes gone through a lot but nobody's forced him to stay and that his decision as been depremental to the team...
And he doesn't seem to care given his statements overall.

I have sympathy with anyone that has lost someone, but this is a completely different subject.

It doesn’t excuse him calling us clueless, especially after we spent a season paying to watch that clown in charge and taking us down! To run down the tunnel like a gutless rat, just shows what type of person he is. He’s supposed to be leading the players, not running away!

If only he spent some of his spare time trying to get us out of this mess, rather than scrolling message boards and private messaging fans like some weirdo.

I have sympathy with anyone that has lost someone, but this is a completely different subject.

It doesn’t excuse him calling us clueless, especially after we spent a season paying to watch that clown in charge and taking us down! To run down the tunnel like a gutless rat, just shows what type of person he is. He’s supposed to be leading the players, not running away!

If only he spent some of his spare time trying to get us out of this mess, rather than scrolling message boards and private messaging fans like some weirdo.

I feel the same ,sorry for his loss but this is our club we needed a professional manager months ago, we ain’t been in League one since 03 it’s a big deal to us fans but the board and Riza don’t care. If he cared he would of said enoughs enough I don’t know what I’m doing and he should of let someone else come in. It’s frustrating I do believe we could have pulled away with an experienced manager. I cannot see us getting a win out the 4 cup finals left maybe one draw. It’s affected me way too much I wish I could walk away and not care but I can’t.

When I saw the title of this post, my 1st reaction was it's been taken out of context. So I watched the full presser to see what was said.

Within 3-4 minutes all I could feel was empathy and sympathy. I hate seeing any person struggle with life, Omer is unfortunately in a bad place. He's lost his father, he's probably lost the dressing room, and then we'll probably go down and he'll lose his job.

Whoever you are, that is a sad state of affairs to be in.

To call us fans "clueless" was a bad mistake, but in the context of the above not surprising.

He's a decent guy who probably gives his all.......but a Championship Manager, on and off the field, he is not. Bless him.

Jim, nothing but respect for you, so I have to hold my hands up and say I agree!

It’s far too easy to comment without considering the underlying issues and Omer Riza has been through a tough time personally. And being thrust into such a tough gig with an owner who is constantly interfering and micro-managing cannot be good for anyone’s health

‘Doing his best’ is probably right; but as you rightly say, the step up to Championship manager was simply not for him!

Chris if things got to much for him why didn't he step down? No excuses not much left on contract that was worth arguing over? The only person who thinks ge can save us from relegation is him as he says if anyone else can do better let them try? Yes gone through a lot but nobody's forced him to stay and that his decision as been depremental to the team...
And he doesn't seem to care given his statements overall.

Well said Allan.

When I saw the title of this post, my 1st reaction was it's been taken out of context. So I watched the full presser to see what was said.

Within 3-4 minutes all I could feel was empathy and sympathy. I hate seeing any person struggle with life, Omer is unfortunately in a bad place. He's lost his father, he's probably lost the dressing room, and then we'll probably go down and he'll lose his job.

Whoever you are, that is a sad state of affairs to be in.

To call us fans "clueless" was a bad mistake, but in the context of the above not surprising.

He's a decent guy who probably gives his all.......but a Championship Manager, on and off the field, he is not. Bless him.

Jim, nothing but respect for you, so I have to hold my hands up and say I agree!

It’s far too easy to comment without considering the underlying issues and Omer Riza has been through a tough time personally. And being thrust into such a tough gig with an owner who is constantly interfering and micro-managing cannot be good for anyone’s health

‘Doing his best’ is probably right; but as you rightly say, the step up to Championship manager was simply not for him!

Chris if things got to much for him why didn't he step down? No excuses not much left on contract that was worth arguing over? The only person who thinks ge can save us from relegation is him as he says if anyone else can do better let them try? Yes gone through a lot but nobody's forced him to stay and that his decision as been depremental to the team...
And he doesn't seem to care given his statements overall.

Allan, I think I agreed he shouldn’t be in the job; but I have some sympathy for where he might be in his personal life. However, he should have stood down before now rather than make it worse for himself, the club and its supporters

I do feel for him, but he has led the life most of us would love, albeit at the game's lower levels.

I am not sure if he had to supplement his football salary with a real job, then out of the blue, in true Rocky fashion, he has his chance at the majors and fails so badly that no one is going to touch him with a bargepole outside the lower levels again.

The original "caretaker" role initially after Bulut would probably have caught the eye of L2 outfits, and he could have built a reputation, but he knows its back to the likes of Histon, probably youth team coaching.

It must be humbling to see your ambition go up in smoke.

Lets be clear, this is absolute cowdice from Tan, Dalman and Choo. If you want an unsullied "talent" plucked from obscurity, then you need to put a structure around them, not let them flounder, take all the heat, and visibly crack under the stress.

When I saw the title of this post, my 1st reaction was it's been taken out of context. So I watched the full presser to see what was said.

Within 3-4 minutes all I could feel was empathy and sympathy. I hate seeing any person struggle with life, Omer is unfortunately in a bad place. He's lost his father, he's probably lost the dressing room, and then we'll probably go down and he'll lose his job.

Whoever you are, that is a sad state of affairs to be in.

To call us fans "clueless" was a bad mistake, but in the context of the above not surprising.

He's a decent guy who probably gives his all.......but a Championship Manager, on and off the field, he is not. Bless him.

Jim, nothing but respect for you, so I have to hold my hands up and say I agree!

It’s far too easy to comment without considering the underlying issues and Omer Riza has been through a tough time personally. And being thrust into such a tough gig with an owner who is constantly interfering and micro-managing cannot be good for anyone’s health

‘Doing his best’ is probably right; but as you rightly say, the step up to Championship manager was simply not for him!

Chris if things got to much for him why didn't he step down? No excuses not much left on contract that was worth arguing over? The only person who thinks ge can save us from relegation is him as he says if anyone else can do better let them try? Yes gone through a lot but nobody's forced him to stay and that his decision as been depremental to the team...
And he doesn't seem to care given his statements overall.

Allan, I think I agreed he shouldn’t be in the job; but I have some sympathy for where he might be in his personal life. However, he should have stood down before now rather than make it worse for himself, the club and its supporters

Chris have all the sympathy in world for his personal life but there's lots of managers who have stepped down because they fail to inspire players with lot longer contract than his.... to me this is more about his ego as he comes across as very arrogant last couple statements indicates this... you put team 1st not yourself like he's done? Now it's probably to late and that arrogance/ego will take us down.....
Is there any reason why he shouldn't have stepped down?
And Any reason why should stay?

When I saw the title of this post, my 1st reaction was it's been taken out of context. So I watched the full presser to see what was said.

Within 3-4 minutes, all I could feel was empathy and sympathy. I hate seeing any person struggle with life, Omer is unfortunately in a bad place. He's lost his father, he's probably lost the dressing room, and then we'll probably go down, and he'll lose his job.

Whoever you are, that is a sad state of affairs to be in.

To call us fans "clueless" was a bad mistake, but in the context of the above not surprising.

He's a decent guy who probably gives his all.......but a Championship Manager, on and off the field, he is not. Bless him.

Jim, nothing but respect for you, so I have to hold my hands up and say I agree!

It’s far too easy to comment without considering the underlying issues and Omer Riza has been through a tough time personally. And being thrust into such a tough gig with an owner who is constantly interfering and micro-managing cannot be good for anyone’s health

‘Doing his best’ is probably right; but as you rightly say, the step up to Championship manager was simply not for him!

Chris if things got to much for him why didn't he step down? No excuses not much left on contract that was worth arguing over? The only person who thinks ge can save us from relegation is him as he says if anyone else can do better let them try? Yes gone through a lot but nobody's forced him to stay and that his decision as been depremental to the team...
And he doesn't seem to care given his statements overall.

Allan, I think I agreed he shouldn’t be in the job; but I have some sympathy for where he might be in his personal life. However, he should have stood down before now rather than make it worse for himself, the club and its supporters

Chris have all the sympathy in world for his personal life but there's lots of managers who have stepped down because they fail to inspire players with lot longer contract than his.... to me this is more about his ego as he comes across as very arrogant last couple statements indicates this... you put team 1st not yourself like he's done? Now it's probably to late and that arrogance/ego will take us down.....
Is there any reason why he shouldn't have stepped down?
And Any reason why should stay?

Allan, he is 45 years old, isolated, untrained, and unprepared for the role he is employed for.

He must believe he is up to the job on a technical level, he has been in enough boot rooms and analyst suites to know the game, but he is not a youth team coach now; he is the leader and that was the great unknown. Leading kids eager to learn and most importantly make it in the pro game must be easy, the hard bit must be breaking hearts.

Leading a group of babies on big contracts is a different kettle of fish. Unless your footballing reputation is different gravy they must be taking the pizz out of him.

Reality bites hard and he doesn't know what to do. I doubt many have here have ever resigned without another job, he can't be a quitter as well as failure.

When I saw the title of this post, my 1st reaction was it's been taken out of context. So I watched the full presser to see what was said.

Within 3-4 minutes, all I could feel was empathy and sympathy. I hate seeing any person struggle with life, Omer is unfortunately in a bad place. He's lost his father, he's probably lost the dressing room, and then we'll probably go down, and he'll lose his job.

Whoever you are, that is a sad state of affairs to be in.

To call us fans "clueless" was a bad mistake, but in the context of the above not surprising.

He's a decent guy who probably gives his all.......but a Championship Manager, on and off the field, he is not. Bless him.

Jim, nothing but respect for you, so I have to hold my hands up and say I agree!

It’s far too easy to comment without considering the underlying issues and Omer Riza has been through a tough time personally. And being thrust into such a tough gig with an owner who is constantly interfering and micro-managing cannot be good for anyone’s health

‘Doing his best’ is probably right; but as you rightly say, the step up to Championship manager was simply not for him!

Chris if things got to much for him why didn't he step down? No excuses not much left on contract that was worth arguing over? The only person who thinks ge can save us from relegation is him as he says if anyone else can do better let them try? Yes gone through a lot but nobody's forced him to stay and that his decision as been depremental to the team...
And he doesn't seem to care given his statements overall.

Allan, I think I agreed he shouldn’t be in the job; but I have some sympathy for where he might be in his personal life. However, he should have stood down before now rather than make it worse for himself, the club and its supporters

Chris have all the sympathy in world for his personal life but there's lots of managers who have stepped down because they fail to inspire players with lot longer contract than his.... to me this is more about his ego as he comes across as very arrogant last couple statements indicates this... you put team 1st not yourself like he's done? Now it's probably to late and that arrogance/ego will take us down.....
Is there any reason why he shouldn't have stepped down?
And Any reason why should stay?

Allan, he is 45 years old, isolated, untrained, and unprepared for the role he is employed for.

He must believe he is up to the job on a technical level, he has been in enough boot rooms and analyst suites to know the game, but he is not a youth team coach now; he is the leader and that was the great unknown. Leading kids eager to learn and most importantly make it in the pro game must be easy, the hard bit must be breaking hearts.

Leading a group of babies on big contracts is a different kettle of fish. Unless your footballing reputation is different gravy they must be taking the pizz out of him.

Reality bites hard and he doesn't know what to do. I doubt many have here have ever resigned without another job, he can't be a quitter as well as failure.

You have s point but surely HD as someone to convide in for advice been in football long enough? I grant you it's extremely hard for him but what comes first team or him? Because he's put himself first all the way... still make point if went Saturday he wouldn't lose much unless of course he's been promised he's in charge next season? Which if case is ludicrous decision by a ludicrous owner.

When I saw the title of this post, my 1st reaction was it's been taken out of context. So I watched the full presser to see what was said.

Within 3-4 minutes, all I could feel was empathy and sympathy. I hate seeing any person struggle with life, Omer is unfortunately in a bad place. He's lost his father, he's probably lost the dressing room, and then we'll probably go down, and he'll lose his job.

Whoever you are, that is a sad state of affairs to be in.

To call us fans "clueless" was a bad mistake, but in the context of the above not surprising.

He's a decent guy who probably gives his all.......but a Championship Manager, on and off the field, he is not. Bless him.

Jim, nothing but respect for you, so I have to hold my hands up and say I agree!

It’s far too easy to comment without considering the underlying issues and Omer Riza has been through a tough time personally. And being thrust into such a tough gig with an owner who is constantly interfering and micro-managing cannot be good for anyone’s health

‘Doing his best’ is probably right; but as you rightly say, the step up to Championship manager was simply not for him!

Chris if things got to much for him why didn't he step down? No excuses not much left on contract that was worth arguing over? The only person who thinks ge can save us from relegation is him as he says if anyone else can do better let them try? Yes gone through a lot but nobody's forced him to stay and that his decision as been depremental to the team...
And he doesn't seem to care given his statements overall.

Allan, I think I agreed he shouldn’t be in the job; but I have some sympathy for where he might be in his personal life. However, he should have stood down before now rather than make it worse for himself, the club and its supporters

Chris have all the sympathy in world for his personal life but there's lots of managers who have stepped down because they fail to inspire players with lot longer contract than his.... to me this is more about his ego as he comes across as very arrogant last couple statements indicates this... you put team 1st not yourself like he's done? Now it's probably to late and that arrogance/ego will take us down.....
Is there any reason why he shouldn't have stepped down?
And Any reason why should stay?

Allan, he is 45 years old, isolated, untrained, and unprepared for the role he is employed for.

He must believe he is up to the job on a technical level, he has been in enough boot rooms and analyst suites to know the game, but he is not a youth team coach now; he is the leader and that was the great unknown. Leading kids eager to learn and most importantly make it in the pro game must be easy, the hard bit must be breaking hearts.

Leading a group of babies on big contracts is a different kettle of fish. Unless your footballing reputation is different gravy they must be taking the pizz out of him.

Reality bites hard and he doesn't know what to do. I doubt many have here have ever resigned without another job, he can't be a quitter as well as failure.

You have s point but surely HD as someone to convide in for advice been in football long enough? I grant you it's extremely hard for him but what comes first team or him? Because he's put himself first all the way... still make point if went Saturday he wouldn't lose much unless of course he's been promised he's in charge next season? Which if case is ludicrous decision by a ludicrous owner.

Wouldn’t lose much? He’d lose at least 20k

When I saw the title of this post, my 1st reaction was it's been taken out of context. So I watched the full presser to see what was said.

Within 3-4 minutes, all I could feel was empathy and sympathy. I hate seeing any person struggle with life, Omer is unfortunately in a bad place. He's lost his father, he's probably lost the dressing room, and then we'll probably go down, and he'll lose his job.

Whoever you are, that is a sad state of affairs to be in.

To call us fans "clueless" was a bad mistake, but in the context of the above not surprising.

He's a decent guy who probably gives his all.......but a Championship Manager, on and off the field, he is not. Bless him.

Jim, nothing but respect for you, so I have to hold my hands up and say I agree!

It’s far too easy to comment without considering the underlying issues and Omer Riza has been through a tough time personally. And being thrust into such a tough gig with an owner who is constantly interfering and micro-managing cannot be good for anyone’s health

‘Doing his best’ is probably right; but as you rightly say, the step up to Championship manager was simply not for him!

Chris if things got to much for him why didn't he step down? No excuses not much left on contract that was worth arguing over? The only person who thinks ge can save us from relegation is him as he says if anyone else can do better let them try? Yes gone through a lot but nobody's forced him to stay and that his decision as been depremental to the team...
And he doesn't seem to care given his statements overall.

Allan, I think I agreed he shouldn’t be in the job; but I have some sympathy for where he might be in his personal life. However, he should have stood down before now rather than make it worse for himself, the club and its supporters

Chris have all the sympathy in world for his personal life but there's lots of managers who have stepped down because they fail to inspire players with lot longer contract than his.... to me this is more about his ego as he comes across as very arrogant last couple statements indicates this... you put team 1st not yourself like he's done? Now it's probably to late and that arrogance/ego will take us down.....
Is there any reason why he shouldn't have stepped down?
And Any reason why should stay?

Allan, he is 45 years old, isolated, untrained, and unprepared for the role he is employed for.

He must believe he is up to the job on a technical level, he has been in enough boot rooms and analyst suites to know the game, but he is not a youth team coach now; he is the leader and that was the great unknown. Leading kids eager to learn and most importantly make it in the pro game must be easy, the hard bit must be breaking hearts.

Leading a group of babies on big contracts is a different kettle of fish. Unless your footballing reputation is different gravy they must be taking the pizz out of him.

Reality bites hard and he doesn't know what to do. I doubt many have here have ever resigned without another job, he can't be a quitter as well as failure.

You have s point but surely HD as someone to convide in for advice been in football long enough? I grant you it's extremely hard for him but what comes first team or him? Because he's put himself first all the way... still make point if went Saturday he wouldn't lose much unless of course he's been promised he's in charge next season? Which if case is ludicrous decision by a ludicrous owner.

Wouldn’t lose much? He’d lose at least 20k

In grande scheme of things that's not a lot compared to the £15m+ club losses being relegated! And why not ask to go back to his normal job he was only promoted seeing as he's pals with tan or simply for his contract
be paid up so he can leave there was options open to him.... Just listened to eustace at Derby on why had good run ? He simply said he changed things got players to pull together ... you tell me where as riza done any of this? Like I've said it's about the team not him but he's made it all about himself...

If true it’s a bad comment to make.

I take most quotes these days with a pinch of salt. Even video interviews are sometimes manipulated to make it appear worse.

I don’t disagree that some are clueless, we are merely voicing our opinion and that comment suggests we aren’t entitled to it if it isn’t deemed informed.

Some managers have it, Arteta, Eddie Howe. Some need to step back and learn the trade, Kompany, Lampard, even Ole to a degree. Then there are some who just can’t do high level football, and at this moment Omer needs to drop down the league and establish himself as a manager before assuming a championship team. Unfortunately it looks like we are going to give him that chance

My daughter's boyfriend just came back from walking my dog and said Riza just repeated it on Talksport today.

My daughter's boyfriend just came back from walking my dog and said Riza just repeated it on Talksport today.

He apologised today, not sure if what your daughters boyfriend heard was a repeat of Wednesdays press conference