Knill gone?

[Nick Jansky]

Getting rid of Knill and replacing him with Jones is change for changes sake.

I’m not Wilders biggest fan but surely it’s up to him to choose his team not the owners.

There literally is no reason to make this change, Knill has a proven track record working with Wilder and has gained promotion to the Premier League as part of that team, Jones is very much an unknown quantity.

This change makes no sense at all.

This post is 100% conjecture.

 

[bertieblade]

Getting rid of Knill and replacing him with Jones is change for changes sake.

I’m not Wilders biggest fan but surely it’s up to him to choose his team not the owners.

There literally is no reason to make this change, Knill has a proven track record working with Wilder and has gained promotion to the Premier League as part of that team, Jones is very much an unknown quantity.

This change makes no sense at all.

The tactics employed last season were terrible
Predictive
Slow
Etc .
He was hardly involved in any pitch side discussions to change things

Knill was the coach and has been held responsible

 

[Upton_Blade]

Getting rid of Knill and replacing him with Jones is change for changes sake.

I’m not Wilders biggest fan but surely it’s up to him to choose his team not the owners.

There literally is no reason to make this change, Knill has a proven track record working with Wilder and has gained promotion to the Premier League as part of that team, Jones is very much an unknown quantity.

This change makes no sense at all.

What a ridiculous post.

There is literally no evidence whatsoever that replacing Knill with Jones is "change for changes sake".

It could be a poor change, if indeed it's happening, but there is not a single person on this forum that could say with any certainty what Jones is like as a coach.

"Knill has a proven track record working with Wilder". Yeah and how has that partnership faired for the last couple of seasons? Are you happy with the football on show?

I'm not saying Jones will be a success but saying the change "makes no sense" before a) it's been confirmed and b) we've seen the results on the pitch is quite frankly premature, negative horse shit!

 

[Mario1889]

The tactics employed last season were terrible
Predictive
Slow
Etc .
He was hardly involved in any pitch side discussions to change things

Knill was the coach and has been held responsible

So the answer is bringing in a relative novice to replace him? Not for me.

Also if you are going to trust Wilder with the top job, then surely you have to trust his judgement in who he surrounds himself with on his coaching staff.

I’m not Wilders biggest fan but when you get owners making the types of decisions at a club that should really be the managers decision, it doesn’t often end well.

 

[bertieblade]

So the answer is bringing in a relative novice to replace him? Not for me.

Also if you are going to trust Wilder with the top job, then surely you have to trust his judgement in who he surrounds himself with on his coaching staff.

I’m not Wilders biggest fan but when you get owners making the types of decisions at a club that should really be the managers decision, it doesn’t often end well.

How do you know Wilder has not moved him on?

 

[Mario1889]

How do you know Wilder has not moved him on?

Literally 2 pages back you’ve got Alan Biggs saying he could say with certainty the decision to move Knill on wasn’t Wilders decision.

 

[Upton_Blade]

So the answer is bringing in a relative novice to replace him? Not for me.

Also if you are going to trust Wilder with the top job, then surely you have to trust his judgement in who he surrounds himself with on his coaching staff.

I’m not Wilders biggest fan but when you get owners making the types of decisions at a club that should really be the managers decision, it doesn’t often end well.

Genuine question but if you don't employ novices at some point then where do successful managers/coaches start out?

I'm not saying Jones will be a success but Wilder has 1 year left. If the board are looking at this from a succession point of view then it'll be the 1st sign of forward planning I've seen from the club in a very long time, if ever.

I also remember back to the last time we employed an assistant that then took over from the previous manager and those 6/7 months were up with the best times I've seen watching The Blades. Until Charles Green decided to sell Deane and Fjortoft on the same day obvs.

 

[Upton_Blade]

Literally 2 pages back you’ve got Alan Biggs saying he could say with certainty the decision to move Knill on wasn’t Wilders decision.

 

[Mario1889]

You’re better connected than Alan Biggs then?

 

[Upton_Blade]

You’re better connected than Alan Biggs then?

I know absolutely nothing. So probably the same as Biggs!

 

[bertieblade]

You’re better connected than Alan Biggs then?

I do find you to be very entertaining

Is your house full of Jehovah’s Witness that you invite in as you believe what they tell you on the doorstep

 

[Davalon]

I'm not advocating Knill's departure, I don't even know the facts around it. Find it a bit sad the way it's come out with local journos giving differing opinions. Also find it a bit odd how they can confirm some aspects with all certainty, but claim to know nothing about others.

However, for balance, I was convinced Brentford would bomb last season under Andrews.

 

[Sean Thornton]

This lying stuff is desperate. I've used the formum quote function I haven't misquoted anyone. I've gone from your conversation. You must see the point where I've taken it as from January to the dip. At absolute worst I've taken it slightly differently to it was meant.

Your maths is wrong its over 1.8 ppg. If I made that mistake you'd call me a liar now. I'm actually trying to argue the points though so have no need to do that.

Deperate? But factually correct.

Yet you can’t post the actual posts you claim have been made. Odd that. It should be so easy to prove me wrong. Maybe they’re hidden along with all the hate posts.

Maybe you did take things in a different way, the jury may be out though. Maybe shocking on my part was a push too far, the dire football and over half a point per game difference resulted in a play off place rather than automatic though.

Yes, l incorrectly used 39 points, 23 games, not 41. See how easy it is to fess up?

 

[Sean Thornton]

I know absolutely nothing. So probably the same as Biggs!

Someone, probably Mrs Biggseh, referred to him as a respected football journalist.

 

[Mario1889]

I know absolutely nothing. So probably the same as Biggs!

So you’re saying Alan Biggs has just decided to make all that up and post it online. Right.

 

[TJ blade]

Literally 2 pages back you’ve got Alan Biggs saying he could say with certainty the decision to move Knill on wasn’t Wilders decision.

If Biggs told me it was Monday tomorrow, I'd still check the calendar, he talks utter bolloxs!

 

[I should coco]

Not entirely true, especially in long term outright markets.

If someone had £100K on Pompey to win the league tomorrow, their odds wouldn't shift. Traders at bookies aint daft.

Sorry, but you are wrong.

If there's only been a few hundred thousand bet on the whole division and someone lumps £100k on one team, the bookie that takes it HAS to lay off the risk. This will in turn reduce Pompey's odds.
If you aren't convinced, go to the races and watch it unfold in front of you.

 

[Captain Obvious]

I’d welcome Jones, a central defender who’s played at the highest level. He might be able to organise our back line, they were all over the place last season.

 

[Upton_Blade]

So you’re saying Alan Biggs has just decided to make all that up and post it online. Right.

Yes Mario you're right. No journalist has ever written anything untrue. I stand corrected

 

[Paisley Blade]

Sorry, but you are wrong.

If there's only been a few hundred thousand bet on the whole division and someone lumps £100k on one team, the bookie that takes it HAS to lay off the risk. This will in turn reduce Pompey's odds.
If you aren't convinced, go to the races and watch it unfold in front of you.

Sorry, but I'm not. You're a wise old head on here so I won't patronise you.

I've grown up with bookies, independent and corporate. One of my mates retired at 45 laying bets, a few didn't. There's not much I don't get about punting.

Of course, if someone lumps on Pompey ,Traders will sit up, but they'll soon sit down. Markets will react and then calm down. They'll ease Pompey out and book holidays in Monaco.

My initial reaction (wasn't you) was the poster who said ' bookies know nothing they just react to bets' .

Where's the biggest LOL thingy?

 

[Upton_Blade]

Sorry, but I'm not. You're a wise old head on here so I won't patronise you.

I've grown up with bookies, independent and corporate. One of my mates retired at 45 laying bets, a few didn't. There's not much I don't get about punting.

Of course, if someone lumps on Pompey ,Traders will sit up, but they'll soon sit down. Markets will react and then calm down. They'll ease Pompey out and book holidays in Monaco.

My initial reaction (wasn't you) was the poster who said ' bookies know nothing they just react to bets' .

Where's the biggest LOL thingy?

One's of the biggest LOL's out there is that bookies don't know anything.

Yeah of course. That's why they're all fucking minted!

I mean Denise Coates obviously doesn't know anything hence why she earns about a billion a year.

 

[SE1Blade]

We are currently 14/1 6th favourite with Bet365 along with Southampton, and above Wrexham.

 

[Kenworthy’s Tash]

All this is just typical of how this club is run..leaving everyone to speculate..rather than making a statement thanking knill and explaining what's happening moving forward..shambolic.

You’re right but I think we all now know who is responsible for AK to be surprisingly sacked. Looks like his old mate has done the dirty on him, never known Wilder keep his head down so much, his silence is deafening.

Appalling.

 

[itsinyerblood]

You’re right but I think we all now know who is responsible for AK to be surprisingly sacked. Looks like his old mate has done the dirty on him, never known Wilder keep his head down so much, his silence is deafening.

Appalling.

Of course you're entitled to an opinion, even one so completely without any basis in fact.

Maybe Wilder is keeping quiet because it might cause further ructions within the club. Unless you can verifiably
state that CW is responsible for Knill's sacking then it's best to keep shtum.

 

[Kenworthy’s Tash]

Of course you're entitled to an opinion, even one so completely without any basis in fact.

Maybe Wilder is keeping quiet because it might cause further ructions within the club. Unless you can verifiably
state that CW is responsible for Knill's sacking then it's best to keep shtum.

Well you f the owners have confirmed it wasn’t their decision, who’s was it?

 

[itsinyerblood]

Well you f the owners have confirmed it wasn’t their decision, who’s was it?

Like yourself, I've no idea.

 

[Silky Sabella]

The bottom line of all of this from top to bottom is to start the process of getting rid of Wilder !!!

 

[Kenworthy’s Tash]

Like yourself, I've no idea.

Well I’m not being funny but if it has nothing to do with the owners, I think it’s a fair assumption it was the manager who’s decided to sack AK off?

 

[itsinyerblood]

Well I’m not being funny but if it has nothing to do with the owners, I think it’s a fair assumption it was the manager who’s decided to sack AK off?

Assumption it may be, but it's a speculative assumption not one based in anything vaguely factual.

 

[Kenworthy’s Tash]

Assumption it may be, but it's a speculative assumption not one based in anything vaguely factual.

FFS! Who else could it be?!!!?