| Tonda 12:14 - Feb 24 with 1161 views | Tonyfromdk | What do we do, next season ?? We finish outside the playoffs or we get to the playoffs and lose. A 3rd option, we go up. Should he be our manager next season, no matter what happens ?? [Post edited 24 Feb 12:27]
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| Tonda on 12:20 - Feb 24 with 1140 views | washington_saint | Absolutely he should be our manager next season come what may. 35 points from 20 games, not afraid to play the youngsters, seems to have rebuilt the cohesiveness of the club and seems to genuinely care about the club. We can't keep chopping and changing managers - we've seen we end up with bloated squads, mediocre managers and a very dysfunctional club. While he's still learning it was clear from the moment he took interim charge that he had something about him. |  | |  |
| Tonda on 13:12 - Feb 24 with 1060 views | Ninja9 | No , not for me im afraid. He has done ok but nothing spectacular . I have said it right from the off that we need an experienced manager who knows the Prem and or the Championship. imho it will end in tears if Tonda stays long term . |  | |  |
| Tonda on 13:35 - Feb 24 with 1026 views | SaintNick |
| Tonda on 13:12 - Feb 24 by Ninja9 | No , not for me im afraid. He has done ok but nothing spectacular . I have said it right from the off that we need an experienced manager who knows the Prem and or the Championship. imho it will end in tears if Tonda stays long term . |
How can you say he has done just ok, he has been in charge for 20 League games, he has gained 35 points , that is 1.75 points per game, if you equate that ratio over a season that is a total 80.5 points, which is just about in or on the fringes of the play offs in any given season. Yes it's not spectacular, but it is more than just OK, there is this view that he is some foreign coach with no experience in England, but Eckert was assistant manager at Barnsley when they were in the Championship, so I would say he knows the Championship, He was assistant at Genoa for 3 years as they got promoted from Serie B to Serie A, so he does have top flight experience, anyway we don't need him to know the Premier League until we are back there. If Tonda stays long term then there is a good chance he will have been successful |  |
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| Tonda on 16:44 - Feb 24 with 892 views | Ninja9 |
| Tonda on 13:35 - Feb 24 by SaintNick | How can you say he has done just ok, he has been in charge for 20 League games, he has gained 35 points , that is 1.75 points per game, if you equate that ratio over a season that is a total 80.5 points, which is just about in or on the fringes of the play offs in any given season. Yes it's not spectacular, but it is more than just OK, there is this view that he is some foreign coach with no experience in England, but Eckert was assistant manager at Barnsley when they were in the Championship, so I would say he knows the Championship, He was assistant at Genoa for 3 years as they got promoted from Serie B to Serie A, so he does have top flight experience, anyway we don't need him to know the Premier League until we are back there. If Tonda stays long term then there is a good chance he will have been successful |
Statistics mean FA . He is 32 and at that age you dont have experience .as a Manager . We all have our opinions . You rate BAZ , i dont Time will see who is correct . |  | |  |
| Tonda on 16:51 - Feb 24 with 884 views | PatfromPoole | I quite like that Eckert isn’t one of these attention-seeking coonts on the touchline like that idiot Jones. He’s a thinker, and he talks a lot of sense. Has also been adaptable; I think he was too slow to ditch 3 CB’s, but he did it just in time for the Fratton game. I think he’ll have a good career in the game. I didn’t see myself saying this at Christmas, but I think he deserves a good crack at this job. |  |
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| Tonda on 16:53 - Feb 24 with 876 views | SaintNick |
| Tonda on 16:44 - Feb 24 by Ninja9 | Statistics mean FA . He is 32 and at that age you dont have experience .as a Manager . We all have our opinions . You rate BAZ , i dont Time will see who is correct . |
This isn't based on opinion though, its based on fact, you say stats mean FA, but one stat that does actually matter is League points, that is the only standard by which you can judge a manager over a season. So Tonda has a 1.75 average, that is a good average for any manager, but we wont get in the play offs unless he improves it.. Plenty of managers won things in their early 30's without experience, but it is also about the task that that manager has to be judged by and the tolls he has to do the job. If you fall into the Sport Republic are bad owners and need to get out of the club camp, then Tonda Eckert has done a brilliant job to even have a short at the play offs after Will Still's disastrous spell and poor player recruitment |  |
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| Tonda on 17:35 - Feb 24 with 839 views | Southamptonfan | Absolutely he should stay. The only thing that would change things is if we had a disastrous end to the season and finished in the lower half of the table. The benefits of keeping him next season in the championship: - He knows the club, including the players coming from the youth team. - Next season, he will have had Championship experience. - The summer will be a period of stability with the same manager, hopefully not too much player changes, rather than the chaos of a new manager settling in. - The players are playing for this guy. - I don't trust SR to get anyone better - He is inexperienced but he has done an impressive job, so full credit to him. - I like the performances on the pitch now. - He wasn't too stubborn, too arrogant to go 4 4 2. Whether he has what it takes to get us promotion, only time will tell. Yes, there is a question mark about his experience to achieve this definitely, but he has done well.in a calm and impressive style. I would welcome a calm summer with a settled manager and squad knowing who their boss will be. [Post edited 24 Feb 17:39]
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| Tonda on 20:30 - Feb 24 with 732 views | kernow | We don’t know the extent of his capabilities but so far he’s done very well, better than ok. A decent manager with Premier League and Championship experience will cost and this ownership will not recruit anyone like that. A decent manager that ticks all the right boxes will be working already. If they’re not, then we already know their limitations. Stick with what we have, I for one am sick of all the chopping and changing. |  | |  | Login to get fewer ads
| Tonda on 22:13 - Feb 24 with 672 views | BuenosSaint |
| Tonda on 16:51 - Feb 24 by PatfromPoole | I quite like that Eckert isn’t one of these attention-seeking coonts on the touchline like that idiot Jones. He’s a thinker, and he talks a lot of sense. Has also been adaptable; I think he was too slow to ditch 3 CB’s, but he did it just in time for the Fratton game. I think he’ll have a good career in the game. I didn’t see myself saying this at Christmas, but I think he deserves a good crack at this job. |
I totally agree with this. He's quietly and methodically getting on with the job. In one of Adam and Jo podcasts , in the early days during the first winning run , one of them said the only concern is when things go wrong, (which it will, and it did) can Tonda learn and adapt? He's ticked that box now. Let him keep getting the experience, let's not have manager merry go round and take some regular chancer who just love getting sacked and paid off. Onwards and upwards. |  |
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| Tonda on 22:31 - Feb 24 with 639 views | Heisenberg | I don’t know how much input Tonda has had with the changes but bringing Bree back, getting in a better keeper and bringing Larin in have been excellent business and getting rid of Bazunu and Armstrong now looks like we have so many more options. I rate Tonda and if we had started the season with him instead of Still we would be looking at the top two or three. |  |
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| Tonda on 22:49 - Feb 24 with 607 views | PatfromPoole | Looks like he’s been the best manager in the League since he took over, judging by SKY’s stats after the game (wins, shots etc….). |  |
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| Tonda on 23:07 - Feb 24 with 574 views | felly1 | He's done really well, clearly an up and coming manager and bigger clubs will be taking notice of him. Coming from Genoa where Spors was too , they must have a close working relationship . All the things the fans could see that were wrong have been corrected. 1. Better keeper. 2. Best two CBs put together. 3. Proper fullbacks who are primarily there to defend. 4. Flynn Downes now knows his role and is playing accordingly. 5. Two big striker options to aim at. |  | |  |
| Tonda on 09:22 - Feb 25 with 331 views | mushinexile | I saw his success with the U21s as a pointer to his ability. I said at the time that the only thing that mattered was the ability to do the job. He has that. We were all considering being relegated and now we are considering the remote hope of promotion. Tonda Eckert is still growing as a manager. Sooner that than a has been who knows it all and won't adapt because "We've always done it this way." I think he will grow with the team and WHEN he eventually takes us up, he will be both ready for the new challenge and able to handle it. He must stay. |  |
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| Tonda on 10:24 - Feb 25 with 290 views | DorsetIan |
| Tonda on 09:22 - Feb 25 by mushinexile | I saw his success with the U21s as a pointer to his ability. I said at the time that the only thing that mattered was the ability to do the job. He has that. We were all considering being relegated and now we are considering the remote hope of promotion. Tonda Eckert is still growing as a manager. Sooner that than a has been who knows it all and won't adapt because "We've always done it this way." I think he will grow with the team and WHEN he eventually takes us up, he will be both ready for the new challenge and able to handle it. He must stay. |
I completely agree. And your 'has been who knows it all' comment made me thing of Juric's time at the club. Am I being unfair, but did he improve anything while he was here? Compare his impact to Tonda's - absolutely chalk and cheese. |  |
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| Tonda on 10:33 - Feb 25 with 276 views | dirk_doone |
| Tonda on 22:49 - Feb 24 by PatfromPoole | Looks like he’s been the best manager in the League since he took over, judging by SKY’s stats after the game (wins, shots etc….). |
Over the period he has been our manager we are top of the league. Just a shame he wasn't in charge from the beginning of the season, but it's easy to say that with hindsight. |  |
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| Tonda on 10:48 - Feb 25 with 254 views | DorsetIan |
| Tonda on 10:33 - Feb 25 by dirk_doone | Over the period he has been our manager we are top of the league. Just a shame he wasn't in charge from the beginning of the season, but it's easy to say that with hindsight. |
Hindsight about the past is one thing. What I don't understand is those who still seem to doubt him in terms of the future. That makes no sense to me at all - especially after run of absolute no-hopers we have had in charge in recent years. |  |
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| Tonda on 10:49 - Feb 25 with 251 views | Bridders2 |
| Tonda on 09:22 - Feb 25 by mushinexile | I saw his success with the U21s as a pointer to his ability. I said at the time that the only thing that mattered was the ability to do the job. He has that. We were all considering being relegated and now we are considering the remote hope of promotion. Tonda Eckert is still growing as a manager. Sooner that than a has been who knows it all and won't adapt because "We've always done it this way." I think he will grow with the team and WHEN he eventually takes us up, he will be both ready for the new challenge and able to handle it. He must stay. |
He's virtually stopped our tippy tippy in our own box, which has taken a while, but we're so much better going forward. A joy to watch. |  | |  |
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