Austin MacPhee

[exigo]

David Squires nailing MacPhee perfectly in this week's cartoon.
Guardian linky.

[Brazilian Villain]

David Squires nailing MacPhee perfectly in this week's cartoon.
Guardian linky.

Michail Antonio's 'David'.

[KRS]

Any mention of this guy or others on the coaching staff being culled too?

[Risso]

It would seem not. I really, really hope we appoint somebody before we have to give him the caretaker job.

[Ian.]

It would seem not. I really, really hope we appoint somebody before we have to give him the caretaker job.

How has he remained and Smith and Shakespeare gone? I can’t believe for one minute the shit long ball and emphasis on set-pieces is anything other than this fellas doing.

[PeterWithe]

It would seem not. I really, really hope we appoint somebody before we have to give him the caretaker job.

How has he remained and Smith and Shakespeare gone? I can’t believe for one minute the shit long ball and emphasis on set-pieces is anything other than this fellas doing.

Im not entirely sure that’s fair, he was bought in to improve our set pieces and has had mixed results, but surely he wasn’t important enough to have the team playing to get those set pieces above anything else in the first place?

[Ian.]

It would seem not. I really, really hope we appoint somebody before we have to give him the caretaker job.

How has he remained and Smith and Shakespeare gone? I can’t believe for one minute the shit long ball and emphasis on set-pieces is anything other than this fellas doing.

Im not entirely sure that’s fair, he was bought in to improve our set pieces and has had mixed results, but surely he wasn’t important enough to have the team playing to get those set pieces above anything else in the first place?

Maybe presumptuous of me but since the start of the season we’ve had a very big change of style. Maybe it’s Shakespeare, but I don’t remember Leicester playing the ball down the channels like we’ve tried after tapping it around the back line a few times.

Our whole game plan is just so different to what it was or what Smith did at Brentford. The influence has come from somewhere.

I’m just surprised any of them have survived.

[aj2k77]

If he gets a single game in charge as a caretaker then we'll be a laughing stock against Brighton. He's so in over his capability I'm amazed he was appointed in the first place. Track record you could scribble on the back of a stamp.

[john e]

He did get his 15 minutes of fame when we scored that goal from one of the long throws

He can dine out on

[cdbearsfan]

The win at Man U wasn't bad.

[SoccerHQ]

Ditching Shakespeare even though he was caretaker at Leicester for three months suggests it's certain we'll have someone in place for Brighton, I expect new manager in place by middle of the week.

McPhee is very lucky to be here given some of the rubbish tactics he's inflicted on us so far. I expect new manager to call him out and him to depart very quickly.

Don't know enough about what the other guy does to state if he should remain.

[Ger Regan]

I find it a bit weird that he's seemingly getting the blame for how we've performed.  He is hardly responsible for how we have played in open play this year. Yes, everyone should take some responsibility,  but it does seems a bit ott to me

[SoccerHQ]

I find it a bit weird that he's seemingly getting the blame for how we've performed.  He is hardly responsible for how we have played in open play this year. Yes, everyone should take some responsibility,  but it does seems a bit ott to me

Making Leon Bailey take long throws v West Ham was comical, was barely making the box and not like Cash ones go near six yard box if he's chucking them in from 30 yards out.

And after a couple of games in September when we looked dangerous from corners we've reverted to type and hardly every look like scoring so given that's a big part of his remit we're not doing too well currently in that area.

Look at the carnage West Ham caused from set pieces today v one of best teams in europe.

[Nev]

I find it a bit weird that he's seemingly getting the blame for how we've performed.  He is hardly responsible for how we have played in open play this year. Yes, everyone should take some responsibility,  but it does seems a bit ott to me

It might not be him, could be Danks but something fundamental has changed in our approach in the last few weeks. It could be Smith suddenly decided to ditch what had served him so well in the last 10 years of management but this seems fanciful I would suggest.

Of course, we're looking at the whole year in terms of results in which those two weren't always involved but it was obvious that our style changed recently. We became more aggressive, more direct, every throw in the oponents half became a long throw and the variation went out of the window. I've not seen us boot the ball into touch from the KO since Sir Graham was in charge first time around.
McPhee appeared far more prominent in the technical area than you would think necessary.
Ultimately Smith was in charge and paid the price but there is more to the story I'm sure.

[Mister E]

It would seem not. I really, really hope we appoint somebody before we have to give him the caretaker job.

How has he remained and Smith and Shakespeare gone? I can’t believe for one minute the shit long ball and emphasis on set-pieces is anything other than this fellas doing.

Presumably he and Danks are still in post to run training sessions during the International break.
Shaky has gone - presumably - because Purslow is confident of bringing in a new coach who will then decide whether to keep MacPhee and Danks.