McPake ………. just asking.

[Yorkiepar]

McPake comes in for some abuse on this and other forums; not unsurprisingly. But since the German consortium is still nominally in charge might it be that Thomas Meggle is still dictating the tactics and that McPake is just following orders? Does anyone actually know? I’m just asking.
Whatever, the sooner we have some stability regarding ownership the better: we’re a sinking ship adrift in a storm at the moment.

[parsforlife]

If my boss told me he was leaving the company and continued to try and enforce things I disagreed with I'd tell him to **** off and that I'll do what's best.

[Grant]

11 minutes ago, Yorkiepar said:

McPake comes in for some abuse on this and other forums; not unsurprisingly. But since the German consortium is still nominally in charge might it be that Thomas Meggle is still dictating the tactics and that McPake is just following orders? Does anyone actually know? I’m just asking.
Whatever, the sooner we have some stability regarding ownership the better: we’re a sinking ship adrift in a storm at the moment.

Hi there James, it's a bit early to be posting on here, the games still going on. 

[kelty_par]

14 minutes ago, Yorkiepar said:

McPake comes in for some abuse on this and other forums; not unsurprisingly. But since the German consortium is still nominally in charge might it be that Thomas Meggle is still dictating the tactics and that McPake is just following orders? Does anyone actually know? I’m just asking.
Whatever, the sooner we have some stability regarding ownership the better: we’re a sinking ship adrift in a storm at the moment.

Doubt it highly considering the amount of ****ing around mcpake does chopping and changing formation. Even if he was, it’s clear as day the players just aren’t playing for him 

[Deutsch Par]

Meggle doesn't give enough of a **** to interfere in the team.

[the saline hill puma]

1 minute ago, Deutsch Par said:

Meggle doesn't give enough of a **** to interfere in the team.

Neither does mcpake. He does **** all to change the way we play.

[Al k]

1 hour ago, Yorkiepar said:

McPake comes in for some abuse on this and other forums; not unsurprisingly. But since the German consortium is still nominally in charge might it be that Thomas Meggle is still dictating the tactics and that McPake is just following orders? Does anyone actually know? I’m just asking.
Whatever, the sooner we have some stability regarding ownership the better: we’re a sinking ship adrift in a storm at the moment.

Meggle came in to "Help" Grant when he should have been sacked. We weren't subjected to this absolute pish.

I'd though Meggle has enough intelligence to realise O'Halloran and KRH aren't wingbacks either.

[Deutsch Par]

3 minutes ago, the saline hill puma said:

Neither does mcpake. He does **** all to change the way we play.

Granted.  He is purely waiting for a payoff, he's just being an ****hole now.

[parsforlife]

2 minutes ago, Deutsch Par said:

Granted.  He is purely waiting for a payoff, he's just being an ****hole now.

He has zero reason to care about us, He'll want us to win cos that's good for him, he probably realises he's not the man to achieve that but if we won't pay him off he's never going to walk.

[Kdy Par]

6 minutes ago, Deutsch Par said:

Granted.  He is purely waiting for a payoff, he's just being an ****hole now.

Why should he walk away without a pay off?

[SanguinePar]

2 minutes ago, Deutsch Par said:

He is purely waiting for a payoff,

Oh come on, there's no way you can know that. There's plenty to criticise without just saying stuff that's unfounded at best.

And maybe he believes he can turn it around. I don't think anyone else does, but we can't realistically expect him to just fall on his sword, that doesn't happen nowadays.

"Man in 'not wanting to lose his job' shocker."

The reality is, he'll be in post until he's sacked. And he won't be sacked until there are new owners. Possibly not even then.

Until the ownership is resolved, nothing is going to change in terms of his position.

[Paradox]

And as frustrating as it is, this is the reality of the matter.

Nobody is gonna quit their job at this time of year, unless they are loaded or have something else lined up.

If McPake left EEP today, he's unlikely to be in the running for any managerial vacancies anywhere else any time soon, so why leave voluntarily?  If anything, he has probably been exposed as being a fairly one-dimensional manager, which won't make him a particularly attractive proposition.  And there's not many exciting alternatives out there just now.

No manager is perfect - surely the miserable run of form for Pep Guardiola's previously almost invincible side highlights this.  They've gone from being arguably the best side in Europe/the world, to being form-wise the worst side in the EPL over the past couple of months, but at least Pep has plenty credit in the bank in terms of his track record.

McPake has clearly run out of ideas though - in any other situation, his time would be up, and he's probably have been moved on long before now.  There's probably not gonna be any more news in terms of a takeover in 2024, but we just need to get on with it.

As a Club and a fanbase, we've had to endure a decade of instability, coupled with some horrendous decision making both on and off the pitch, so we need a complete rebuild.  Just how much of a rebuild that will be depends (in my opinion) on how much influence the new owner(s) has in the Boardroom.

I just can't see why buying into DAFC would be motivating for anyone business-wise - I never understood why the Germans got involved, and can't imagine why any other investor without some sort of existing local interest would want to get involved either