KopTalk.com Forums Football Liverpool FC Forum Wolves appoint new boss - Terry Connor - article

Fair play to him but he doesnt have many games left this season to turn things around. Very popular choice among the players apparently

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17153404

another black manager in charge, things r looking up, if u shout long n hard anuff, some one will hear u .

i wonder if this appointment of connor, will keep the so-called black players, x players, x managers happy now.or shall i say silent for a few months/years.

they r always moaning about ie bring in the rooney rule, give black managers a chance, we have been ignored, for far too long etc etc etc.

connor shud of never of taken this job, he is their to be shot at.

don't think the rooney rule would work in the uk to be honest,
besides if you are talking about hte premiership most managers are imported from the continent so what do you do choose a third division manager to fill up the quoto and say sorry to a top European manager cant have you cos of our quota system.

Its a very complex subject in relation to football management. The fact that there 'arent enough' doesnt mean the system is inherently closed to certain groups. But anyway arguement for a nother day perhaps

Armitage,
if u have been involved in football,,as long as i have, ie from grassroots level to all the way up to the top of the pyramid... EPL, then u will no and understand, that their R massive racists, prejudice barriers their for managers, players of (certain) colour.

best man for the job is all...bllx

in a ideal world, the best talented player or players at a footy trial will/shud get a pro contract, ahead of the average/poor players.

the right man, with the right xperience, qualifications, fresh ideals etc etc, shud be given the managers, coaching, scouting role etc etc within the club.

But we are not living in a ideal world and its all about keeping certain type of coloured people from the Pro game.

and [oops] the FA,FIFA,UEFA, KICK-It out, scouts, mangers, certain players and certain groups of fans etc etc, [oops] THEM ALL

But what's your point?
We know the FA and Fifa are hypocrites.
But is it there fault that they are not say 20 percent black managers in the premiership. I think the population of the uk that is "black" is about what only 5 - 8 percent I cant remember now.

Why are thre no indian players. A lot of it is cultural, why certain groups are under represented . I 'm not saying this is the case with terry connor as it is strange that most teams have 3 - 4 black players yet when they leave the game they don't often get the same offers. Its hard for all players when they quit the game.

I don't think its as bad as u make out. It is at institutional level but u show me one institution in any walk of life that doesnt end up becoming conservative and up its own ar5e the more power it gets.

Been thinking about this myself today. It can be a popular decision with the players for all they care, it's whether it works or not that matters. Popular does not equal results. Managers were turning the job down, left, right and center. Mick should never have been sacked, I feel Wolves will definitely be going down now. It was a slim chance under Mick, but there was a chance he would turn it around. The fans have such short memories they really have. Down here he was the messiah, until a few results went the other way. It turned into Mick out, because of fickle football fans.

He was one if not the lowest paid manager in the league, so I hear on £500, 000 a year. That's still a lot to me and you, of course, but in terms of Premier League Modern Day Football, it is nothing and this is why Wolves failed to bring in any of the 4 or 5 managers interviewed. They wanted somebody in on the cheap, on the same packet as Mick.

Appointing the assistant just makes the owner look so so so stupid. They bit of more than they could chew and deserve to be relegated now. They was f*cking lucky last season, loosing on the last day and still stopping up.

As for another black manager, why should it be focused on? Isn't that what everybody wants? Equality? I don't see the big deal, but the media will make a big deal out of it. The fact is, it's not actually equality we are seeing, its favoritism. Just the other night on talkSPORT they had a journalist on talking about how youth coaches are only looking at black kids because they are "stronger" and "faster" and that this is a good thing for football.....

Racism seems to only exist when anything said towards and against the ethnic minority. I share the same opinion as John Barnes on the subject, that there is no race.

However racism does exist and not just towards Black people either, I myself, white, have seen racial abuse to my own color.

It's whether or not you give a sh*t or not. Words don't mean f*ck all, to me personally. Racism only exists when people let it exist. It's only a problem, when people make it a problem.

A black manager of Wolverhampton Wanderers, so f*cking what!

I really can't see the fuss with this. He's black but they obviously think he's the right man for now. We can't get into a society where we have quota's.

Why are there not more top flight English managers? Should we not have a certain percentage of EPL managers that are English? We are in England after all.

That should be the most important thing mate, not the color of somebody's skin. English managers are few and far between, much like players, in the ENGLISH Premier League.

The focus shouldn't be on "because he is black" but the fact, that he isn't even a football MANAGER. He is a coach, an assistant to a manager in charge of a team, for 13 games in a relegation scrap.

Steve Bull would have been a far better appointment.

......and no, that's not because he is white!

he's a skinhead too!

Of course, it MUST be a racist statement to prefer a club legend, who happens to be the clubs highest ever goalscorer. A legend in and outside of the club. A motivator. Passionate. The club is in his heart.....over a black assistant coach already at the club.

The intention from day 1 should have been to have made an appointment to keep Wolves up, this should have been the vital part. Who gives a f*ck if he is black or white, you get the best man in, to keep Wolves up.