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Re: I’ve just been told : Good News for many

Thu Jun 05, 2025 10:37 am

Pistol Pete wrote:I don't get this love in with Ramsey.

If he wasn't a Cardiff lad would anyone be calling for him to be manager? Doubt it very much



He's a great bloke and one day might make a decent Manager, but not now for God's sake!

We need an experienced Manager, make him an assistant or something fine, but we need a Manager, not a player who fancies giving the job a go.

Re: I’ve just been told : Good News for many

Thu Jun 05, 2025 11:14 am

Pistol Pete wrote:True to a point however Jones has got experience as a manger and just taken Charlton put of league1


I don't think that the players we've seen at this club last season will be suitable for his type of football anyway

Re: I’ve just been told : Good News for many

Thu Jun 05, 2025 11:20 am

I love Rambo and would get behind him fully if he’s appointed. However I have to say the board have hired an agency to search the best candidates, said they will look across Europe as well as candidates who have been promoted before and appointed a football committee who will start a lengthy interview process based on their football knowledge. We have then ended up with someone who was already here who has never won a football match as a manager just feels all too similar to most of the appointments over the last few years. Same old rubbish and same outcomes.

Re: I’ve just been told : Good News for many

Thu Jun 05, 2025 11:22 am

Exactly. Same thing over and over again

Re: I’ve just been told : Good News for many

Thu Jun 05, 2025 12:12 pm

piledriver64 wrote:
Floppsy wrote:
Jonesy-valleyboy27 wrote:
montyblue wrote:
Jonesy-valleyboy27 wrote:
montyblue wrote:Ffs tan again picks the most inexperienced guy with 3 matches under his belt to get us out of league 1 absolutely mad the thought process is he is already on the payroll same as riza.
and he will not be bringing any mates from arsenal tan wants Billy Williams from Barry town who as a goalkeeper has scored 2 goals


Birmingham had a manager last year who was inexperienced and hadn’t even played professional football and he did alright.



They also had provably the biggest budget ever in that division and a giant squad of quality they were .bless ahead of anyone else is tan going to pump in 20 million this season.?


Ah. So the goal posts have moved now that’s the point has been proved wrong. All I’ve heard was it’s just inexperience but it’s actually not that it’s the squad fault now and budget. That hasn’t been mention before. Last season 87.5% of league 1 managers didn’t achieve the goal of promotion for their club, the numbers higher if you include the number of managers changed. So the odds for success are very low from the get go.
The most inexperienced manager in the football league won the division at Birmingham. Experience doesn’t mean success.
Rambo is by far the best choice for us in my opinion.


'By far'?
What would he bring to the job that others, with much more experience, wouldn't?


Why is there this obsession with experience ?

Bulut and McCarthy had experience at a much higher level and look what happened there !

The Jacks have frequently appointed inexperienced managers and, to be fair, most of them worked out.

Many of us are gutted that we didn’t appoint Bellamy, he had no managerial experience but doing a great job for Wales.

If we don’t take the opportunity to appoint Ramsey I just hope we don’t have similar regrets further down the line.

For me Ramsey is definitely worth a gamble, he’s intelligent, has good connections and will know how he wants to play. I just don’t understand why people have such strong reservations ??


I think the club is in such a mess that now isn't the right time for another gamble. If he wasn't local, Welsh and played less than 50 games for us, what is his appeal for the role? Last season, I don't think any of the games he was involved with, either as a player or manager, were victories. I think he'd be best suited at this time of his managerial career, to a role as an assistant or with the under 21s.
Ill back him if he gets the job, but I don't think it's right for him or the club at this time.

Re: I’ve just been told : Good News for many

Thu Jun 05, 2025 3:26 pm

Pistol Pete wrote:True to a point however Jones has got experience as a manger and just taken Charlton put of league 1


Also failed dismally at Southampton and Stoke and left them in a much worse position than when he started.

Jones is not the silver bullet. He also plays awful football so if the results don’t come you end up with nothing !!

I can understand people wanting other candidates but Jones worries me and I think is a huge gamble !!

If he comes I hope I’m wrong……….

Re: I’ve just been told : Good News for many

Thu Jun 05, 2025 6:08 pm

piledriver64 wrote:
Pistol Pete wrote:True to a point however Jones has got experience as a manger and just taken Charlton put of league 1


Also failed dismally at Southampton and Stoke and left them in a much worse position than when he started.

Jones is not the silver bullet. He also plays awful football so if the results don’t come you end up with nothing !!

I can understand people wanting other candidates but Jones worries me and I think is a huge gamble !!

If he comes I hope I’m wrong……….



Jones win rate was 37% at Southampton, that is 37% more than Ramsey

Re: I’ve just been told : Good News for many

Thu Jun 05, 2025 6:48 pm

llan bluebird wrote:
piledriver64 wrote:
Pistol Pete wrote:True to a point however Jones has got experience as a manger and just taken Charlton put of league 1


Also failed dismally at Southampton and Stoke and left them in a much worse position than when he started.

Jones is not the silver bullet. He also plays awful football so if the results don’t come you end up with nothing !!

I can understand people wanting other candidates but Jones worries me and I think is a huge gamble !!

If he comes I hope I’m wrong……….



Jones win rate was 37% at Southampton, that is 37% more than Ramsey


Nathan Jones' record as Southampton manager:

◉ Matches: 8
◉ Losses: 7
◉ Draws: 0
◉ Wins: 1
◉ Goals scored: 6
◉ Goals conceded: 16

That is six more losses than Ramsey

Re: I’ve just been told : Good News for many

Thu Jun 05, 2025 6:49 pm

llan bluebird wrote:
piledriver64 wrote:
Pistol Pete wrote:True to a point however Jones has got experience as a manger and just taken Charlton put of league 1


Also failed dismally at Southampton and Stoke and left them in a much worse position than when he started.

Jones is not the silver bullet. He also plays awful football so if the results don’t come you end up with nothing !!

I can understand people wanting other candidates but Jones worries me and I think is a huge gamble !!

If he comes I hope I’m wrong……….



Jones win rate was 37% at Southampton, that is 37% more than Ramsey


Nathan Jones' record as Southampton manager:

◉ Matches: 8
◉ Losses: 7
◉ Draws: 0
◉ Wins: 1
◉ Goals scored: 6
◉ Goals conceded: 16

That is six more losses than Ramsey

Re: I’ve just been told : Good News for many

Thu Jun 05, 2025 7:39 pm

I just don’t get the support for Rambo to be manager. If this was a guy who wasn’t from Cardiff we wouldn’t even be entertaining the thought of a guy with zero managing or coaching experience. I always think too much sentimentality is at play with former players that somehow having played 40 odd games for this club that this somehow completely negates all the other credentials we are looking for in a candidate.
I get the argument ‘he understands the club, he’s a fan himself’ etc but for me any manager worth their salt would take the time to do the same..

Re: I’ve just been told : Good News for many

Thu Jun 05, 2025 8:12 pm

rontom wrote:
llan bluebird wrote:
piledriver64 wrote:
Pistol Pete wrote:True to a point however Jones has got experience as a manger and just taken Charlton put of league 1


Also failed dismally at Southampton and Stoke and left them in a much worse position than when he started.

Jones is not the silver bullet. He also plays awful football so if the results don’t come you end up with nothing !!

I can understand people wanting other candidates but Jones worries me and I think is a huge gamble !!

If he comes I hope I’m wrong……….



Jones win rate was 37% at Southampton, that is 37% more than Ramsey


Nathan Jones' record as Southampton manager:

◉ Matches: 8
◉ Losses: 7
◉ Draws: 0
◉ Wins: 1
◉ Goals scored: 6
◉ Goals conceded: 16

That is six more losses than Ramsey


5 Wins
9 Losses
0 darwsa

1.07 Points per games in the Premier League with a squad who don't want him against 0.66 points per game. Unless Osian Roberts is on his way as DoF its madness.

Re: I’ve just been told : Good News for many

Thu Jun 05, 2025 8:23 pm

llan bluebird wrote:
piledriver64 wrote:
Pistol Pete wrote:True to a point however Jones has got experience as a manger and just taken Charlton put of league 1


Also failed dismally at Southampton and Stoke and left them in a much worse position than when he started.

Jones is not the silver bullet. He also plays awful football so if the results don’t come you end up with nothing !!

I can understand people wanting other candidates but Jones worries me and I think is a huge gamble !!

If he comes I hope I’m wrong……….



Jones win rate was 37% at Southampton, that is 37% more than Ramsey


You’re really clutching at straws if you think it’s fair to compare Ramsey’s 3/4 games managing a team that was, virtually, already down.

By all means disagree but that comparison is plain stupid.

Re: I’ve just been told : Good News for many

Thu Jun 05, 2025 8:29 pm

piledriver64 wrote:
llan bluebird wrote:
piledriver64 wrote:
Pistol Pete wrote:True to a point however Jones has got experience as a manger and just taken Charlton put of league 1


Also failed dismally at Southampton and Stoke and left them in a much worse position than when he started.

Jones is not the silver bullet. He also plays awful football so if the results don’t come you end up with nothing !!

I can understand people wanting other candidates but Jones worries me and I think is a huge gamble !!

If he comes I hope I’m wrong……….



Jones win rate was 37% at Southampton, that is 37% more than Ramsey


You’re really clutching at straws if you think it’s fair to compare Ramsey’s 3/4 games managing a team that was, virtually, already down.

By all means disagree but that comparison is plain stupid.


Great point. With a couple of days notice. The improvement in that time was clear for all to see except people with an agenda that do t want to see it.

Ramsey. He’s one of us.

Re: I’ve just been told : Good News for many

Thu Jun 05, 2025 8:30 pm

llan bluebird wrote:
rontom wrote:
llan bluebird wrote:
piledriver64 wrote:
Pistol Pete wrote:True to a point however Jones has got experience as a manger and just taken Charlton put of league 1


Also failed dismally at Southampton and Stoke and left them in a much worse position than when he started.

Jones is not the silver bullet. He also plays awful football so if the results don’t come you end up with nothing !!

I can understand people wanting other candidates but Jones worries me and I think is a huge gamble !!

If he comes I hope I’m wrong……….



Jones win rate was 37% at Southampton, that is 37% more than Ramsey


Nathan Jones' record as Southampton manager:

◉ Matches: 8
◉ Losses: 7
◉ Draws: 0
◉ Wins: 1
◉ Goals scored: 6
◉ Goals conceded: 16

That is six more losses than Ramsey


5 Wins
9 Losses
0 darwsa

1.07 Points per games in the Premier League with a squad who don't want him against 0.66 points per game. Unless Osian Roberts is on his way as DoF its madness.


https://footballleagueworld.co.uk/stoke ... er-ranked/

Re: I’ve just been told : Good News for many

Thu Jun 05, 2025 8:49 pm

Jonesy-valleyboy27 wrote:
piledriver64 wrote:
llan bluebird wrote:
piledriver64 wrote:
Pistol Pete wrote:True to a point however Jones has got experience as a manger and just taken Charlton put of league 1


Also failed dismally at Southampton and Stoke and left them in a much worse position than when he started.

Jones is not the silver bullet. He also plays awful football so if the results don’t come you end up with nothing !!

I can understand people wanting other candidates but Jones worries me and I think is a huge gamble !!

If he comes I hope I’m wrong……….



Jones win rate was 37% at Southampton, that is 37% more than Ramsey


You’re really clutching at straws if you think it’s fair to compare Ramsey’s 3/4 games managing a team that was, virtually, already down.

By all means disagree but that comparison is plain stupid.


Great point. With a couple of days notice. The improvement in that time was clear for all to see except people with an agenda that do t want to see it.

Ramsey. He’s one of us.


With all due respect, it doesn’t take a lot to have improvement from what we had been playing like.

I feel like we really do need some experience going into this season.

Re: I’ve just been told : Good News for many

Thu Jun 05, 2025 8:51 pm

I like him ,what a player.
But he has no experience, less than our last guy .what a joke they have played on us again ,if that happens don't worry it will.

Re: I’ve just been told : Good News for many

Thu Jun 05, 2025 11:26 pm

Ramsey is highly rated by the Welsh FA and blew them away when he did his coaching badges. He is definitely in the same mould as Craig Bellamy and he is a Bluebird through and though loves the club and most importantly wants a proper structure put in place. If he gets Osain Roberts his preferred choice has assistant coach or DOF it could be a dream ticket and might just mean better times ahead. Hopefully this will be announced tomorrow and if so we should all fully support him and most of all have patience while he settles and stamps his blueprint on the role :old: :bluebird:

Re: I’ve just been told : Good News for many

Fri Jun 06, 2025 7:54 am

blueheaven wrote:Ramsey is highly rated by the Welsh FA and blew them away when he did his coaching badges. He is definitely in the same mould as Craig Bellamy and he is a Bluebird through and though loves the club and most importantly wants a proper structure put in place. If he gets Osain Roberts his preferred choice has assistant coach or DOF it could be a dream ticket and might just mean better times ahead. Hopefully this will be announced tomorrow and if so we should all fully support him and most of all have patience while he settles and stamps his blueprint on the role :old: :bluebird:


Yes he’s very well regarded within the Welsh FA and coaching setups. He’s an intelligent guy who has his own ideas on how football should be played.

I’m not sure Osian coming here is hopeful thinking, I can’t see that happening. However, if it did happen that really would be a setup to get excited about.