Rivvo 257 Posted March 10, 2023 (edited) Official club announcement the Russell has had his contract mutually terminated to allow him to pursue other opportunities. Edited March 10, 2023 by Rivvo Typo Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Capt. Pants 4,227 Posted March 10, 2023 Ah yes, the old "mutual consent'.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
A Load of Squit 5,161 Posted March 10, 2023 18 minutes ago, Rivvo said: Official club announcement the Russell has had his contract mutually terminated to allow him to pursue other opportunities. There must be a new Christina Aguilera tour coming soon. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Barham Blitz 652 Posted March 10, 2023 (edited) The other opportunity possibly being Nashville resident and American Country Singer Jana Kramer according to some outlets ... Judging by Russell's mildly eccentric couple of games in charge you could sense that he might not perfectly dovetail with Wagner. But given that Andy Hughes appears to have smashed his success stats for attacking set pieces in one game maybe not that great a loss. Have Nashville got an MLS team.. ? 🤔 Edited March 10, 2023 by Barham Blitz Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
canarydan23 4,060 Posted March 10, 2023 3 minutes ago, Barham Blitz said: But given that Andy Hughes appears to have smashed his success stats for attacking set pieces in one game maybe not that great a loss. Yes, but he's also obliterated the decent defensive set piece stats we had! Maybe we should have had Hughes for attacking set plays and Russell for defence. 4 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Barham Blitz 652 Posted March 10, 2023 (edited) 26 minutes ago, canarydan23 said: Yes, but he's also obliterated the decent defensive set piece stats we had! Maybe we should have had Hughes for attacking set plays and Russell for defence. True enough - stats eh ? Although you'd hope the players might have remembered their instructions for more than a game ! Considering Russell is supposed to be a specialist forwards coach you'd think it might be the other way around though ... Perhaps his mind has been on other things as suggested by this article in the Daily Mail which amusingly descends into some weirdly salacious parody of Mills and Boon... "Russell, 42, donned a blue sweater over a white shirt and a pair of gray pants. He wrapped one powerful arm around the upper part of her chest while the other rested on the back of a large dog." https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-11725353/Jana-Kramer-flashes-big-smile-cuddles-beau-Allan-Russell-large-dog-kisses-cheek.html Edited March 10, 2023 by Barham Blitz Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
king canary 7,605 Posted March 10, 2023 12 minutes ago, canarydan23 said: Yes, but he's also obliterated the decent defensive set piece stats we had! Maybe we should have had Hughes for attacking set plays and Russell for defence. Yeah it is worth noting that I don't have a heart attack every time the opposition wins a corner as I did with Farke. Clearly it didn't work out for Russell here but his time wasn't without merit. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Branston Pickle 3,657 Posted March 10, 2023 23 minutes ago, canarydan23 said: Yes, but he's also obliterated the decent defensive set piece stats we had! Maybe we should have had Hughes for attacking set plays and Russell for defence. Russell was still here when we let Burnley score two, wasn’t he? Maybe that helped the decision?! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mello Yello 2,289 Posted March 10, 2023 A 'Butler in the Buff' business probably beckons..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Worthy Nigelton 1,044 Posted March 10, 2023 Quite odd that the first game he's not around for we score two very well worked corners! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Capt. Pants 4,227 Posted March 10, 2023 4 minutes ago, Worthy Nigelton said: Quite odd that the first game he's not around for we score two very well worked corners! And when we score the players rush over to celebrate with the coaching team. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Branston Pickle 3,657 Posted March 10, 2023 18 minutes ago, Capt. Pants said: And when we score the players rush over to celebrate with the coaching team. Let’s hope that continues to happen quite a bit between now and the end of the season! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cambridgeshire canary 6,715 Posted March 10, 2023 Strange how the one match we didn't have him we scored from two set pieces.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KeiranShikari 1,410 Posted March 10, 2023 partridgeshrug.gif 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Capt. Pants 4,227 Posted March 10, 2023 49 minutes ago, cambridgeshire canary said: Strange how the one match we didn't have him we scored from two set pieces.. and conceded Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Canary Wundaboy 1,359 Posted March 10, 2023 Wasn't he a major coup at the time, ex-England coaching staff or something. Strange how things don't work out in football. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alex_ncfc 662 Posted March 10, 2023 2 hours ago, Canary Wundaboy said: Wasn't he a major coup at the time, ex-England coaching staff or something. Strange how things don't work out in football. Reminds me of when Martin Hunter joined to much fanfare, had the caretaker manager job for a game or two and then left soon after. I think when coaches have the caretaker job they have their nose put out of joint a bit when they don't get the full time gig. Similar with Alan Irvine too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mason 47 1,379 Posted March 10, 2023 I think the rhetoric that it didn't work out here is a bit much. Set piece coaches are a very 'marginal gain' thing, the better things are going as a whole the more of an impact they'll be seen to have. For example, Liverpool have a throw-in coach but it isn't like they suddenly started scoring from every throw-in. We've near enough been best defensively and (it seems to me at least) we looked more likely to do something attacking-wise than at any time since Farke mk l. I imagine having had a taste of management, the man himself might be looking to move in that direction but we went with Wagner. Wish him well wherever he ends up Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Newtopia 517 Posted March 10, 2023 He did seem to improve the way our defense deal with set pieces. I always feel for the guys who are brave enough to volunteer to take on the head coach / managers role on an interim basis - they normally leave fairly promptly once a permanent appointment is made. Good luck to him, and thanks for whra he did achieve. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pete 319 Posted March 10, 2023 Was this a Webber appointment,, has all the hallmarks Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
essex canary 496 Posted March 10, 2023 What is Webber's role in this one? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Capt. Pants 4,227 Posted March 10, 2023 Russell arrived during Smith's tenure but I don't know what influence the latter had on that appointment. It's rather churlish to criticise Webber for what on the most part was a successful appointment. We were definitely much tighter at defending corners/set pieces - we could have done with Russell when Farke was here, as we were truly chronic! I suspect there may have been a clash of personalities after Wagner arrived and added Hughes to his coaching team. Good luck to AR in his next role. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Christoph Stiepermann 1,135 Posted March 10, 2023 Probably another Phelan situation where he came here with his eye on maybe getting the managers job if things didn't work out then got the hump when he was passed over. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man 3,820 Posted March 10, 2023 1 hour ago, Christoph Stiepermann said: Probably another Phelan situation where he came here with his eye on maybe getting the managers job if things didn't work out then got the hump when he was passed over. Couldn't really complain though; we were pretty poor in both of the two games he had. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
repman 635 Posted March 10, 2023 I think the appointment was clearly a good one, we went from being a shambolic set piece side to at the least a very decent one. The 2 goals vs Millwall feel similar to Wagner's first 2 games in charge. We haven't magically become the best set piece team in the game overnight, obviously if we continue scoring 2 set pieces a game I'll hold my hands up and say I was wrong. I see Wagner has said that we won't make an appointment between now and the end of the season which is fair enough but I do hope it's something we look into at the end of the year, or if Hughes is really good at the role then hand that remit over to him and bring in additional coaches. I think it's sensible to have some members of the coaching staff not be the head coach's picks. I also think coaches should have more specific roles like set pieces, in an american football style way, it would make it much easier to hold them accountable if so. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Graham Paddons Beard 2,431 Posted March 11, 2023 (edited) Can’t fully explain this but whenever he was in the dugout I felt an urge to shin up a drainpipe , leap over the City Stand and go and get some chocolates from Morrisons for Mrs Beard Edited March 11, 2023 by Graham Paddons Beard Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Parma Ham's gone mouldy 2,219 Posted March 11, 2023 Caretaker manager an opportunity and a poisoned chalice. You cannot go back to bibs and cones. Parma Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wcorkcanary 4,334 Posted March 11, 2023 21 hours ago, essex canary said: What is Webber's role in this one? Laughing, at your histrionics. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Real Buh 3,432 Posted March 11, 2023 I thought this thread was going to be about Darel Russell somehow still being on the books and the club just finding out Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
