Mickey Mellon

[shedka]

The Sheep sh@gger thread on McInnes ran to 619 pages mostly wanting him out but what do they know eh?.

To clarify I hope MM stays by the way, was just suggesting in the event he decides to go

There would have been threads wanting McLean out on here if it existed in 1978 after 7 years in charge

Fans just get fed up of the same person this day and age and get restless, Houston should never have been under pressure for example yet fans turned against him, he still would have got us top six that season Jackie took over from him for example on the back of 3rd 4th 4th. Scottish football fans and fans in general can be a pain in the backside for this, wanting change instead of letting a guy build an era while doing well for the most part, tbf Mcinnes lasted awhile and probably would have regrouped and bounced back from one disappointing season next year given the chance

I don't rate him overly high I've said that but for our needs he'd do us a turn for a 2-3 seasons as would Robinson, his record at well speaks for itself despite you trying to cast up off field stuff, they done well league wise, got two cup finals, developed good young talent in the first team

Either could help re establish us at the right end of we had to replace Micky

[LSArab]

I am 100% behind Micky.

Hope he stays and fancy he can do well with us next season.

Also don’t fancy any other options. But that’s not the point we should back and stay loyal to a decent manager

[Steve Finan]

I am 100% behind Micky.

Hope he stays and fancy he can do well with us next season.

Also don’t fancy any other options. But that’s not the point we should back and stay loyal to a decent manager

Agree.

[A. J]

Think most are all of same opinion

Like most I have been supportive of the manager and I admit in the moment of living game to game it has been a hard watch.
Do we blame him? The players? or the lack of funds and recruitment?*

I'd like to think covid and hearts put a halt on any plan A B or C for recruitment and we ended up with plan zzz
Mickey had to then start the season from a weaker than expected position.

No crowds allowed him to
a) to set the team up to play in a formation and style to get the points needed to survive and
b) get results thus inspire the players and somehow making them believe that the squad are better than what they actually are.*

Taking a step back, with the shenanigans he came into at the time, if we were told we would be safe from any relegation and in 7th with 4 to go we would have been well chuffed with that.

A good start had some of us setting higher expectations and with it ultimately a bit of frustration at not making top 6.
Truth is we have a team of players too good for the championship but not good enough for top 6 so we are where we probably should be which is safe but in bottom 6.

Personally I feel we could have still been in the fight but we have carried a bit of luck with Benji being brilliant and other teams not taking chances they should have,* though with the crap luck we had at the end of last season I think we deserved the bit of good we get.

My view is we need to put ourselves in the position where we don't need to be lucky and quality recruitment and a proper pre season is* needed. Do that and we can be optimistic whoever is in charge although I do think Mickey should stay and show us what he can do with a bit of recruitment and a good prep for season 21/22

Having said that if MM is thinking of leaving, my view is its a shame as he will never have witnessed Tannadice bouncing and singing his name and he deserves it for keeping us up.
But if he can't handle the heat with no crowds then he's better off going as whilst we are great craic during games, we are not shy in letting managers know when the performance on the pitch is not good enough

[Jim_Jam]

I am 100% behind Micky.

Hope he stays and fancy he can do well with us next season.

Also don’t fancy any other options. But that’s not the point we should back and stay loyal to a decent manager

This ^^^^^^

[ARAbCHNID]

I've just stuck this on Tek so here goes on Mad....
I can't believe we're even debating this. Some people are never happy. Think about what the last 12 months have been like. Things could have quite easily been an awful lot worse.

[ARAbCHNID]

I should have read the posts before I commented.
Virtually everyone on here is 100% behind him
Some of the posts on Tek were critical.
Apologies for not doing proper research!

[Arabknight]

I should have read the posts before I commented.
Virtually everyone on here is 100% behind him
Some of the posts on Tek were critical.
Apologies for not doing proper research!

Failing to prepare is preparing to fail 🤣

[Yeats 62]

Failing to prepare is preparing to fail 🤣

That's a classic...

To be fair, it is easy to dive in without reading back umpteeen posts. In saying that, when reading back it is great to see plenty level headed positive posts regarding our manager. Looks like the general opinion (thankfully) is to look forward to next season with MM, his own squad, his own ideas and try for top 6. (and a cup semi, and final) Nae pressure Mickey...

[stokearab]

Think most are all of same opinion

Like most I have been supportive of the manager and I admit in the moment of living game to game it has been a hard watch.
Do we blame him? The players? or the lack of funds and recruitment?*

I'd like to think covid and hearts put a halt on any plan A B or C for recruitment and we ended up with plan zzz
Mickey had to then start the season from a weaker than expected position.

No crowds allowed him to
a) to set the team up to play in a formation and style to get the points needed to survive and
b) get results thus inspire the players and somehow making them believe that the squad are better than what they actually are.*

Taking a step back, with the shenanigans he came into at the time, if we were told we would be safe from any relegation and in 7th with 4 to go we would have been well chuffed with that.

A good start had some of us setting higher expectations and with it ultimately a bit of frustration at not making top 6.
Truth is we have a team of players too good for the championship but not good enough for top 6 so we are where we probably should be which is safe but in bottom 6.

Personally I feel we could have still been in the fight but we have carried a bit of luck with Benji being brilliant and other teams not taking chances they should have,* though with the crap luck we had at the end of last season I think we deserved the bit of good we get.

My view is we need to put ourselves in the position where we don't need to be lucky and quality recruitment and a proper pre season is* needed. Do that and we can be optimistic whoever is in charge although I do think Mickey should stay and show us what he can do with a bit of recruitment and a good prep for season 21/22

Having said that if MM is thinking of leaving, my view is its a shame as he will never have witnessed Tannadice bouncing and singing his name and he deserves it for keeping us up.
But if he can't handle the heat with no crowds then he's better off going as whilst we are great craic during games, we are not shy in letting managers know when the performance on the pitch is not good enough

Agree with this ^^^^^

I'd be surprised if he went to Doncaster but I don't know whether his family is still down south or relocated up to Scotland with him.

It hasn't been great to watch but taking everything into account he deserves the chance to forge his own side.