Carrick announced.

[weemoby]

Well I would advise against watching this tonight at 10 on Channel 4

My massive .........................

There's a risk link I'm not clicking .

God only knows what pop up adverts it would lead to on here.

 

[starplayer]

The best player to manage us since Robbo. I think he will do an excellent job for us. Its gonna take a bit of time but I expect to see a much more positive forward passing midfield

 

[newyddion]

Don't know about Monk, but I'm pretty sure Pulis brought his own Assistant Manager in

Monk’s assistant Pep Clotet went on his own to Oxford.. rejoined him at Birmingham and is currently head coach at Brescia

 

[Steer]

I'm still struggling to come up with anything other than apathy at this appointment. I cant get excited, and a I cant get angry. I feel almost nothing for the 1st time that i can remember about a new manager appointment.

I will form an opinion at some point in time, no doubt. By this time next week, I will either be demanding a resignation or dreaming of champions league qualification.

 

[newyddion]

No way was there a 2 week hold up to get Woodgate in place. He's been unemployed.

Looks clear that he couldn't get the backroom team he wanted. So much for the contacts!

I don't really know how much involvement a manager needs from the coaches. I wouldn't trust Woodgate to be manager, or provide advice, but if he can follow Carrick's instructions to get the team doing whatever is needed in training then there's probably nothing to be worried about.

Just seems really underwhelming. Would probably have been better to have not mentioned Woodgate in the article and just said Carrick's backroom staff will be x, y & z as a single announcement when it was finalised. Just Woodgate's name makes it sound like he's a big part of things.

Leo's job doesn't really exist does it. Definitely jobs for the boys but at least I get the sentiment with that one.

The two week hold up? It took longer to get Karanka in place with Hignett as his assistant.

 

[newyddion]

I like the appointment, much better than the rumoured Alex Bruce...

...but Woodgate wasn't assistant under Monk (James Beattie was). Pulis brought Woody in as a U18 coach.
Pulis brought Dave Kemp and then Sam Ellis in as his assistants, although Woody might have been pitch side towards the end...
and Agnew's assistant was Joe Jordan.

Just from transfermerkt.. defo saw his a assistant to Pulis in his last season at least.

 

[BoroMart]

Probably Downing

Noooooooooooooooooooooo

 

[parmoboy]

Boro_Legend will be devastated. His daily pleas to Gibson's daughter to persuade Gibson to bring Karanka back surprisingly hasn't worked.

 

[h_m_boro]

Well ......let's see. Didn't do too bad at Bournemouth, he's not here as manager and a big #2 is still to be announced.

Carrick is the manager, it's his team. If everything goes to sh*t, he carries the can - not Woodgate.

Interesting to see how this goes

 

[Sheriff_John_Bunnell_ret]

Haven’t you realised by now this is Gibsons stock play - talk really big then deliver average.

Hang on a sec. People are criticizing gibson for not talking. Now we hear he is not only talking, but talking big. What's he said?

 

[changingman]

Well ......let's see. Didn't do too bad at Bournemouth, he's not here as manager and a big #2 is still to be announced.

Carrick is the manager, it's his team. If everything goes to sh*t, he carries the can - not Woodgate.

Interesting to see how this goes

Not so sure about that - Carrick announced as Head Coach, thus fitting in with the new structure at the club.

Where the responsibility for appointing (and dismissing) coaching staff sits is anyone's guess but it wouldn't surprise me if it sat with Scott.

 

[RavsDad]

Woodgate's re-employment might not have been predictable but this board's reaction to it certainly was. Woodgate seems to be less popular on here than the Tories, which is pretty stiff opposition. It does appear that Carrick couldn't persuade the friends he wanted to come with him.

 

[Oooo]

yeh I really don't get the reaction, happy to give Woodgate another chance

 

[Mayor Goldie Wilson]

I will go with carrick bringing in an assistant from man utd days. Someone he played with. One of the nevilles maybe?

Woody is a strange one. Not good for his mental health as im sure if it goes wrong he will be a scapegoat.

Gary Neville will never return to coaching. And I can’t imagine Phil giving his management job in Miami to move to Middlesbrough.

 

[Markmywords]

The best player to manage us since Robbo. I think he will do an excellent job for us. Its gonna take a bit of time but I expect to see a much more positive forward passing midfield

Really? All I remember of Carrick was him playing 5 yard passes sideways and backwards.

 

[Diego]

Really? All I remember of Carrick was him playing 5 yard passes sideways and backwards.

Oh dear

 

[parmoboy]

Really? All I remember of Carrick was him playing 5 yard passes sideways and backwards.

 

[Mayor Goldie Wilson]

Really? All I remember of Carrick was him playing 5 yard passes sideways and backwards.

That’s an outrageous thing to say. He would walk into pretty much any team around at the moment except possibly Man City where, ironically, the Premier League player closest to him in style currently plays in his position.

 

[starplayer]

Really? All I remember of Carrick was him playing 5 yard passes sideways and backwards.

So you aren’t Sir Alex then.

 

[Markmywords]

The best player to manage us since Robbo. I think he will do an excellent job for us. Its gonna take a bit of time but I expect to see a much more positive forward passing midfield

Really? All I remember of Carrick was him playing 5 yard passes sideways and backwards.

That’s an outrageous thing to say. He would walk into pretty much any team around at the moment except possibly Man City where, ironically, the Premier League player closest to him in style currently plays in his position.

Why is it outrageous? It's the memory I have of seeing him play that's all. I hope we do see less off the constant side, side, back and hoof.