All round bad decision making from start of the week, team selection, tactics and substitutions.

3 hours ago, RMH said:

2 shots on target against Burnley and as many total shots as Burnley. Everyone at the Bridge knew it was a sh*t performance.

Who takes those shots?

Bringing on Tosin, Delap and three 19/20 year old defenders to try and see out the game was a whole series of management mistakes.

Hopefully he won't do that again.

Is he our manager come the start of next season?

3 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

Is he our manager come the start of next season?

Who will replace him?

He comes across as a little bit of a hot head. Not sure if its good or bad yet... But he's already dug them out over defending. So he has to coach them better

15 minutes ago, bluelightening said:

Who will replace him?

He comes across as a little bit of a hot head. Not sure if its good or bad yet... But he's already dug them out over defending. So he has to coach them better

No idea.

Just genuinely curious if he’s the scapegoat instead of the sporting directors.

6 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

No idea.

Just genuinely curious if he’s the scapegoat instead of the sporting directors.

He got it wrong. After getting things pretty right for a bit. Ultimately he's stuck with what the SDs give him.

9 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

No idea.

Just genuinely curious if he’s the scapegoat instead of the sporting directors.

More than likely.

I think he's a raw pick for manager, possibly a bit too much heart on sleeve, shows inexperience, but his task is top 4, finish outside of that, dont think he will remain.

But you never know, might win us the FA cup and champions league.

36 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

Is he our manager come the start of next season?

NO CHANCE UNLESS HE SCRAPES CL (HE WONT)

I WANT IRAOLA (I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE DONT), BUT AS I POINTED OUT WHEN PEOPLE WERE SAYING HES NOT FOR US, THEY WERE IN THE RACE FOR EUROPE LAST SEASON AND ONLY BLEW UP IN THE LAST TWO GAMES, THIS SEASON BOURNEMOUTH SOLD 3 OF THEIR BACK 4, AND THEN ONLY HAD 11 FIRST TEAMERS FIT AT ONE STAGE, SINCE THEY GOT ALL THEIR PLAYERS BACK THEY HAVE CLIMBED UP THE TABLE, SINCE 30TH DEC

CHELSEA 2-2 (AWAY), ARSENAL 2-3 (HOME), TOTTENHAM 3-2 (HOME), NEWCASTLE 3-3 (AWAY FA CUP), BRIGHTON 1-1 (AWAY), LIVERPOOL 3-2 (HOME), WOLVES 2-0 (AWAY), VILLA 1-1 (HOME), EVERTON 2-1 (AWAY), WEST HAM 0-0 (AWAY)

SO IN 10 GAMES THEY LOST TO ARSENAL AND TO NEWCASTLE ON PENALTIES,

THE BOURNEMOUTH SQUAD IS NO WHERE NEAR AS STRONG AS OURS, 8 POINTS BEHIND US AS IT STANDS, THAT COULD BE DOWN TO 2 IN THE NEXT 2 GAMES, HOME TO SUNDERLAND AND BRENTFORD, WHILE WE GO TO ARSENAL AND VILLA, THEY COULD GO ABOVE US AS THEY PLAY BURNLEY BEFORE WE PLAY NEWCASTLE

Don't think he will survive past this season if he makes the same stupid mistakes of falling asleep on the bench as soon as the matches start. Leeds and Burnely at home we lose 4 points from leading positions just because he is afraid to react sooner and change something when it is clearly for every fan to see some things do not work or some players are completely switched off from the game.

I'd have Fabregas in a blink come this summer. He was my prefered choice in case Maresca were to leave at the end of the season.

Interested to see whether Resenoirs new manager bounce has worn off or if it’s a couple of bad performances.

1 hour ago, petre ispirescu said:

Don't think he will survive past this season if he makes the same stupid mistakes of falling asleep on the bench as soon as the matches start. Leeds and Burnely at home we lose 4 points from leading positions just because he is afraid to react sooner and change something when it is clearly for every fan to see some things do not work or some players are completely switched off from the game.

I'd have Fabregas in a blink come this summer. He was my prefered choice in case Maresca were to leave at the end of the season.

He is 100% under the instruction to rotate and put in certain players over others. His pressers and recent club reports revealed as much.

If they’re upset with how the games are managed, take a look in the mirror then.

6 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

He is 100% under the instruction to rotate and put in certain players over others. His pressers and recent club reports revealed as much.

If they’re upset with how the games are managed, take a look in the mirror then.

I dont get this, why bother having a manager when you could just employ coaches and let snr management in the boardroom select the side through commitee 24 hours before any match... Would save on yearly payouts of compensation.

2 hours ago, petre ispirescu said:

Don't think he will survive past this season if he makes the same stupid mistakes of falling asleep on the bench as soon as the matches start. Leeds and Burnely at home we lose 4 points from leading positions just because he is afraid to react sooner and change something when it is clearly for every fan to see some things do not work or some players are completely switched off from the game.

I'd have Fabregas in a blink come this summer. He was my prefered choice in case Maresca were to leave at the end of the season.

"Rosenior isn't experienced enough so my preference is to bring in a manager with even less experience"

West Ham and Napoli he got both of the line ups wrong and changed it up before half time to secure the win. There's examples throughout his short tenure that he's more than happy changing it up early when its needed. The two games you listed are player errors.

Waffle.

19 minutes ago, bluelightening said:

I dont get this, why bother having a manager when you could just employ coaches and let snr management in the boardroom select the side through commitee 24 hours before any match... Would save on yearly payouts of compensation.

That's exactly the case.

Poch, Maresca, and Rosenior weren't and aren't employed as managers here. They're simply coaches who coach the team. The medical team and sporting directors seem to control virtually every aspect of this club.

Any manager that brings on toisin to see the game out and and partnering him with trev need to go to a sanitarium

Edited February 23Feb 23 by Andy2461
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42 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

He is 100% under the instruction to rotate and put in certain players over others. His pressers and recent club reports revealed as much.

If they’re upset with how the games are managed, take a look in the mirror then.

For the starting line-ups, I agree. But in game management should be his job 100%. Against Leeds, Acheampong looked lost from minute 1 and leading 2-0 the team was under more pressure and Rosenior did not react at all. Against Burnley, Gusto was a complete mess, Enzo was nowhere to be seen, Neto was trash, tactics was all wrong especially among the three behind the striker. Add to that Fofana on a yellow card in a match that we were not in control at all and a silly little error like that is bound to happen at any time. These things you can see with the amateur eye. It is simple as that. Good managers react, I am sure Rosenior would not get the sack if he takes certain players off, but ends winning that match

Edited February 23Feb 23 by petre ispirescu

38 minutes ago, petre ispirescu said:

For the starting line-ups, I agree. But in game management should be his job 100%. Against Leeds, Acheampong looked lost from minute 1 and leading 2-0 the team was under more pressure and Rosenior did not react at all. Against Burnley, Gusto was a complete mess, Enzo was nowhere to be seen, Neto was trash, tactics was all wrong especially among the three behind the striker. Add to that Fofana on a yellow card in a match that we were not in control at all and a silly little error like that is bound to happen at any time. These things you can see with the amateur eye. It is simple as that. Good managers react, I am sure Rosenior would not get the sack if he takes certain players off, but ends winning that match

He literally said after the match both Palmer and Neto needed to be taken off because of fitness.

Again, he has little control. The medical team and sporting directors call the shots.

6 hours ago, Sconnie Blue said:

That's exactly the case.

Poch, Maresca, and Rosenior weren't and aren't employed as managers here. They're simply coaches who coach the team. The medical team and sporting directors seem to control virtually every aspect of this club.

It seems like it still hasn't dawned on many that we don't hire a coach to be a manager in the tradition sense. Under the new ownership, they go out of their way to avoid using the word manager because a managers position in business puts them in a position of power. It's head coach.

This is worse than last season's final stretch of games. Genuinely need 7 wins of 11 to secure Champions League football and from the remaining fixtures I don't see it.

• Arsenal

• Aston Villa

• Newcastle

• Everton

• Man City

• Man United

• Brighton

• Forest

• Liverpool

• Spurs

• Sunderland

Edited February 24Feb 24 by Sconnie Blue

I don't think LR will be penalised if we miss out on CL football as a lot of that will be down to Maresca.

Having given him a long contract I really can't see him going anywhere UNLESS we lost just about every game from now until the end of the season, and although there are a lot of tough games to come, there are some winnable ones.

And he will probably have told the hierarchy that he needed the rest of this season to judge the squad and then with a pre-season under his belt and hopefully a fit Colwill available next season, things WILL be better.

I am happy for him to be given a decent chance, although I would like to see Gusto and Enzo play a lot less minutes and Acheampong play more.

2 hours ago, Sconnie Blue said:

This is worse than last season's final stretch of games. Genuinely need 7 wins of 11 to secure Champions League football and from the remaining fixtures I don't see it.

• Arsenal

• Aston Villa

• Newcastle

• Everton

• Man City

• Man United

• Brighton

• Forest

• Liverpool

• Spurs

• Sunderland

Arsenal and City, those are two games I think we definitely lose.

Man United and Brighton have become our bogey teams.

Liverpool away. They are chasing the same thing as us, I can't see a win there.

Newcastle at home could go either way. Depends which Newcastle shows up and if we can actually not bottle it at home.

Everton is tough, but one of those games I could see us grabbing a tight win.

Forest, Spuds, Sunderland are the ones I think we will win.

So I can see 5 wins AT BEST. The Leeds and Burnley draws will be costly I think.

Edited February 24Feb 24 by Scott Harris

3 hours ago, Nibs said:

I don't think LR will be penalised if we miss out on CL football as a lot of that will be down to Maresca.

Having given him a long contract I really can't see him going anywhere UNLESS we lost just about every game from now until the end of the season, and although there are a lot of tough games to come, there are some winnable ones.

And he will probably have told the hierarchy that he needed the rest of this season to judge the squad and then with a pre-season under his belt and hopefully a fit Colwill available next season, things WILL be better.

I am happy for him to be given a decent chance, although I would like to see Gusto and Enzo play a lot less minutes and Acheampong play more.

They gave Potter a 5-year contract and he was done in 7 months. Heck, Rosenior might give up in the next few months and phoning it in for a sizeable severance package

It's pretty clear Rosenior is out of his depth and we're not even in the 3 games per week part of the season yet

On 23/02/2026 at 07:36, bluelightening said:

Who will replace him?

9 minutes ago, yaz said:

Almost certainly. He is currently completing his Clearlake coaching certificates.