Stubbins = He's Out (pg 47)

[MFKS]

Funny I am not 100% certain on this but I can clearly tell you when my faith in GVE departed. I was actually pretty much late to the party on him and gave him far too much latitude.

The first season we had Heskey late on in the season was sitting at Sydney Airport waiting for my flight to Adelaide. Checked the Newy Herald website whilst waiting at the gate and there was an announcement that Michael Bridges had been resigned by the club. To me it showed me a complete lack of ambition from the club. We had Taggz and Kale as attackers on the books we also had a pile of young talent about to blossom in Chapman Beard Hoole Goodwin etc. Bright days looked like coming and our coach goes and wastes a VISA spot on this bloke 6 months before the next season starts. Basically saying lack of ambition to me to go out and find us our own Broich Hernandez Finkler Berisha etc and we will stick with a bloke who is achieving little and is not a defo starter

That was where I joined the GVE out mob

The Roar game was probably where it started for me with the Muppet. The performance was disgraceful and so flat it was not funny and his treatment of Birraz after that showed us all his man management skills.
Does say a lot that Birraz is happy to sit on the bench for a Serie B side getting relegated than sit on our bench

[lil_masi]

Funny I am not 100% certain on this but I can clearly tell you when my faith in GVE departed. I was actually pretty much late to the party on him and gave him far too much latitude.

The first season we had Heskey late on in the season was sitting at Sydney Airport waiting for my flight to Adelaide. Checked the Newy Herald website whilst waiting at the gate and there was an announcement that Michael Bridges had been resigned by the club. To me it showed me a complete lack of ambition from the club. We had Taggz and Kale as attackers on the books we also had a pile of young talent about to blossom in Chapman Beard Hoole Goodwin etc. Bright days looked like coming and our coach goes and wastes a VISA spot on this bloke 6 months before the next season starts. Basically saying lack of ambition to me to go out and find us our own Broich Hernandez Finkler Berisha etc and we will stick with a bloke who is achieving little and is not a defo starter

That was where I joined the GVE out mob

The Roar game was probably where it started for me with the Muppet. The performance was disgraceful and so flat it was not funny and his treatment of Birraz after that showed us all his man management skills.
Does say a lot that Birraz is happy to sit on the bench for a Serie B side getting relegated than sit on our bench

That roar game was disgraceful!! Painful to sit through

[GazFish35]

What body said.

[lquiquer]

3-0 down after 20 minutes V Heart at home and the Muppet did nothing but sit on his Bunnings chair till 1/2 time.... that was it for me

[WolfMan]

IIRC my thoughts on Stubbins went like this:

- gave him a lot of credit for Adelaide's ACL success, mostly because Adelaide fans raved about him so much.
- didn't take a heap of notice of him in Thailand, but was happy enough with his appointment and chose to be content, but fence-sit, on how I judged him at the Jerks.
- quite liked the squad list that was put together at the start of the season, even had optimism on Montano and particularly Steele.
- didn't mind we lost the FFA Cup game. Thought it'd take time for his team to gel, I think from memory Montano wasn't there yet, Flores was still injured and I think he was playing Jeronimo out wide too. Figured things would sort out over time.
- talked to Craig Goodwin's uncle (or maybe it was second cousin, can't remember) about Craig leaving, and I started to have doubts over Stubbins and his methods.
- was bored to death in the Coast away game. Had no faith whatsoever in Stubbins that he'd start Taylor Regan in centre mid.
- typical Jerks for the Wellington and Perth away games, I refuse to even get slightly optimistic about those games in any context.
- the game that I completely, without doubt, lost faith in Stubbins was the Brisbane 4-0 loss at home. That was (at the time) the most boring, deflating home game I've witnessed from the club.
- it's all been downhill for Stubbins since then.
- the player sackings only furthered my discontent (and hatred) for him.
- Every game hurt to watch, the one that hurt the most was the home game v City when Koren ran riot. That game was to me as bad as the Roar game.
- I still to this day haven't watched the 7-0 loss, I can't bring myself to.

Love Newy, Hate Stubbins.

Saved me from typing it up. +1

[Grimario]

- I still to this day haven't watched the 7-0 loss, I can't bring myself to.

You know that pic of the Brazilian guy at the WC holding onto his version of it crying? That was me during that game.

Mrs Grim bought me an Adelaide cap after the game, the bitch.

[Grimario]

The left field signing of Stubbins, his first presser and his comments about how Newcastle is a fine footballing region, needs a team to be proud of and wanting to play attacking football... optimism.

Then about 30,000,000 naysayers from Adelaide told me he is shit, loves to scream at players in training, is clueless, plays favourites, loses the dressing room... shattered.


So about 10 minutes after he signed.

[380]

That roar game was disgraceful!! Painful to sit through

Same game confirmed my doubts. Looked totally out of control and bereft of ideas.

Can't help but think this bloke is another Rado of sorts, capable asst but not head coach material.

[MFKS]

Same game confirmed my doubts. Looked totally out of control and bereft of ideas.

Can't help but think this bloke is another Rado of sorts, capable asst but not head coach material.

I have doubts he is even a capable assistant

[stopper2]

Funny I am not 100% certain on this but I can clearly tell you when my faith in GVE departed. I was actually pretty much late to the party on him and gave him far too much latitude.

The first season we had Heskey late on in the season was sitting at Sydney Airport waiting for my flight to Adelaide. Checked the Newy Herald website whilst waiting at the gate and there was an announcement that Michael Bridges had been resigned by the club. To me it showed me a complete lack of ambition from the club. We had Taggz and Kale as attackers on the books we also had a pile of young talent about to blossom in Chapman Beard Hoole Goodwin etc. Bright days looked like coming and our coach goes and wastes a VISA spot on this bloke 6 months before the next season starts. Basically saying lack of ambition to me to go out and find us our own Broich Hernandez Finkler Berisha etc and we will stick with a bloke who is achieving little and is not a defo starter

That was where I joined the GVE out mob

The Roar game was probably where it started for me with the Muppet. The performance was disgraceful and so flat it was not funny and his treatment of Birraz after that showed us all his man management skills.
Does say a lot that Birraz is happy to sit on the bench for a Serie B side getting relegated than sit on our bench

Wasn't the Roar game when he put Kew at RB with Welsh at CB and everyone was like WTF!!!
Half-time comes and he puts Kew in his rightful position but by then yes it was already 3-0 down. I clearly remember people leaving at half-time, was the worst most uninspiring A League game I've ever seen live.

[Thomas477]

Same game confirmed my doubts. Looked totally out of control and bereft of ideas.

Can't help but think this bloke is another Rado of sorts, capable asst but not head coach material.

I said all this when we first signed him.

Hell, I created this thread

But I think Cobra wins things with this gem from when we first signed him:

He better not be a STUBBIN prick

[pv4]

Wasn't the Roar game when he put Kew at RB with Welsh at CB and everyone was like WTF!!!
Half-time comes and he puts Kew in his rightful position but by then yes it was already 3-0 down. I clearly remember people leaving at half-time, was the worst most uninspiring A League game I've ever seen live.

Yep it was the worst game I saw Kew play for us, he looked so out of position at RB. Which I remember thinking was odd, in the sense that he basically only played RB in the Netherlands, according to Patrick Zwaansvijk.

I left around 10 minutes early in that game, there was the QOTSA/NIN gig on that night. Parksey will confirm.

[parksey]

Yeah great gig

[Grimario]

Member, I am going to have something for you to work with over the weekend. Can take it to PM if you prefer to not spoil the surprise...

[MFKS]

Send it by PM then.

At this stage have nothing in the works for next weekend

[stopper2]

What sort of a coach at this level notifies players via SMS that they are/are not in the playing squad on match day!!!
Yep this has happened this season....oh but there are some that will say that Griffo, Kew and co. were sacked because they were troublemakers, trying to undermine the coach. As the days turn into weeks and the weeks turn into months since the sackings it is becoming more and more apparent that Griffo, Kew and co. were frustrated along with the rest of the players at the total lack of, how would you put it....coaching nous on all aspects.....from a rookie who was well out of his depth at this level. It's apparent that he likes "yes men", once you question his methods or ways....you are gone!!! This is his plan for "moving forward", the way he is "planting the seeds for the future" so that he wants players to not question him or his methods because that undermines and exposes his failings as a coach. From the players who are still left if I could ask them two questions it would be....1) Under coach Stubbins this season how would you rate your development as a footballer? 2)Do you feel he has aided your development so that you feel that you have progressed to the next level?
After all isn't that, apart from getting results, isn't that what a coach is about? It is obvious he has failed in the "results" department and I am willing to bet my house on it that not one player has benefited from his coaching in terms of development either.

[MFKS]

That's interesting have heard the exact same thing where the Muppet was texting players the night before a match and telling them they were in out or whatever.

Seems like the type of thing to install a low morale in the squad as 23 blokes nervously await an SMS on match eve whether they are playing or in the stands

Not so bad if your Sam Gallagher as he probably got lots of good news texts

[Thomas477]

Didn't Tarek complain about GvE doing the same, or similar thing?

[Jetmaster]

Nuh - he had this convo..



Then was promptly given the flick.

[pv4]

Nuh - he had this convo..



Then was promptly given the flick.

Tarek needs to get to a charger sooner rather than later.