Club Ownership

[JoyfulPenguin]

I don't think he appointed any of the coaches did he?

Has said on various pods about hiring at least Okon and Staj I think.

 

[Corsair]

Staj was the catalyst for our Renaissance

 

[Stuartmcateer]

Has said on various pods about hiring at least Okon and Staj I think.

Wasn't staj partly because FFA covered his wages (or most) as part of the settlement from the girls not wanting to get fit?

 

[priorpeter]

Has said on various pods about hiring at least Okon and Staj I think.

Yes - he was the one who interviewed Okon for the job. Also the one who fired him.

 

[turbo]

Okon was a half decent striker away from doing something with our rabble. I know there’s plenty of animosity towards him here but he wasn’t far off being a decent appointment.

 

[Wombat]

Has said on various pods about hiring at least Okon and Staj I think.

We got Okon because the A league paid half his wages, thats the only reason.

 

[LFCMariners]

He may need a plan B as the Wests and Balmain merger turns to shit.
Wests want to dump them and go it alone

Problem for Wests is they have the money and the political power, but about as many fans as Macarthur FC...

 

[sydmariner]

Problem for Wests is they have the money and the political power, but about as many fans as Macarthur FC...

Macarthur have fans?.

 

[shipwreck]

Staj was a great hire.

 

[marinermick]

Okon was a half decent striker away from doing something with our rabble. I know there’s plenty of animosity towards him here but he wasn’t far off being a decent appointment.

Actually he was three defenders, one keeper and a ball playing holding centre midfielder away from success, all of which we didn’t have the money for.

His insistence that we play out from the back slowly, with players who weren’t technically up to this style of play, was the reason we leaked so many goals. Teams that pressed us hammered us. It was a totally dogmatic and unpractical way playing style.

This is why I rate Okon as our worst coach because he was the one that had the best football pedigree, and the biggest football brain, yet his stubbornness and lack of tactical flexibility clouds his ability to be an incredible football coach.

 

[turbo]

Actually he was three defenders, one keeper and a ball playing holding centre midfielder away from success, all of which we didn’t have the money for.

We had a lot of tight low scoring results in 17-18, having a more clinical striker could have turned a few of those into more points and that would have had us at least close to finals. But we didn’t and as you say we didn’t have the cash either.

 

[Ozhammer]

Actually he was three defenders, one keeper and a ball playing holding centre midfielder away from success, all of which we didn’t have the money for.

His insistence that we play out from the back slowly, with players who weren’t technically up to this style of play, was the reason we leaked so many goals. Teams that pressed us hammered us. It was a totally dogmatic and unpractical way playing style.

This is why I rate Okon as our worst coach because he was the one that had the best football pedigree, and the biggest football brain, yet his stubbornness and lack of tactical flexibility clouds his ability to be an incredible football coach.

From what I heard he and Jolic had very low interpersonal skills, so you can be as tactically astute as you like but if you can’t communicate effectively and encourage buy in from your playing group, the reality is that you won’t get very far.

 

[Corsair]

We lost to the scum 5-1 in our opening game of that season in front of the biggest crowd of the season at 12,000. Lost the last game of the season to the scum 8-2, I couldn't wait to see the back of him, tedious, boring tactics that didn't work and no clue how to change them.

Our squad actually wasn't that bad that season although having a shithouse keeper certainly didn't help.

 

[Tim]

We lost to the scum 5-1 in our opening game of that season in front of the biggest crowd of the season at 12,000. Lost the last game of the season to the scum 8-2, I couldn't wait to see the back of him, tedious, boring tactics that didn't work and no clue how to change them.

Our squad actually wasn't that bad that season although having a shithouse keeper certainly didn't help.

To be fair, I don’t think Okon was coach for the Jets calamity, didn’t he quit a few games before that clusterf@ck of a ‘contest’…

 

[FFC Mariner]

From what I heard he and Jolic had very low interpersonal skills, so you can be as tactically astute as you like but if you can’t communicate effectively and encourage buy in from your playing group, the reality is that you won’t get very far.

Nicely put everyone else has another word for Jolic