Paul Tisdale - Ex-Bristol Rovers Manager to Col Utd now Stevenage

[Grecian Max]

The latest take from Bristol Live, I have read a few of their articles and they never seem reluctant to air some pretty blunt views. Tisdale got used to a very tame approach from the likes of Express and Echo, Western Morning News etc who were very weak at times during his tenure.

The inside story of Paul Tisdale's sacking and his final moments as Bristol Rovers manager - Bristol Live (bristolpost.co.uk)

Wow, yes spot on.

 

[paperclip]

Yep. He got a very soft ride while with us.

In some ways he was lucky that fans weren't permitted at the Mem during his failed tenure as manager. He might think he got some nasty abuse from our fans when here, but that would have been nothing compared to the stick he would have received from Gas fans had they been allowed to attend matches.

 

[GhostofAlanGow]

I wonder if Tisdale is even that interested in football any longer.

It was especially apparent in the last few years that his football horizons had shrunk - his reliance on the same old faces for back room staff, his signing and re-signing of the same players, same tactics, same interview responses. All this smacked of someone a bit disengaged.

Football management is a lot of hard slog. I cant imagine Tisdale travelling to watch and study Newport v Oldham on a Tuesday night (as Matt Taylor mentioned he had done recently).

While still enjoying a dwindling reputation as one of 'football's 'thinkers', it increasingly looked like he was out of touch. Fans seemed to realise this first, followed by some of his footballers and eventually by football club board rooms.

 

[John William]

I wonder if Tisdale is even that interested in football any longer.

It was especially apparent in the last few years that his football horizons had shrunk - his reliance on the same old faces for back room staff, his signing and re-signing of the same players, same tactics, same interview responses. All this smacked of someone a bit disengaged.

Football management is a lot of hard slog. I cant imagine Tisdale travelling to watch and study Newport v Oldham on a Tuesday night (as Matt Taylor mentioned he had done recently).

While still enjoying a dwindling reputation as one of 'football's 'thinkers', it increasingly looked like he was out of touch. Fans seemed to realise this first, followed by some of his footballers and eventually by football club board rooms.

Someone who is ahead of the curve in Year X will not necessarily remain so 15 years later...

As so often, Lewis Carroll called it right:

" A slow sort of country!” said the Queen. “Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!”

 

[Egg]

Shocked that the striker he wanted was a former player and had didn't have a clue who to sign after that.

You're not wrong. Although, TBF, Stockley would have been a great signing if he'd got him.

Before I read the article I couldn't help wondering if he'd been on the phone to Jamie Cureton. Then again, maybe Curo was next on his list...

 

[citytillidie72]

Yep. He got a very soft ride while with us.

Yet some of our fans think he got dogs abuse whilst he was here. The poor delicate little flowers.

 

[AndyR]

Apart from Teflon Tisdale's reluctance to accept that pretty much anything was ever his fault, the big turn off for fans- which got worse as the years went on- was that you would listen to one of his post-match interviews and wonder WTF he was on about.

Whereas you listen to Matt Taylor and he describes with no BS almost exactly the match you have just watched, highs, lows, warts and all.

 

[Alistair20000]

Apart from Teflon Tisdale's reluctance to accept that pretty much anything was ever his fault, the big turn off for fans- which got worse as the years went on- was that you would listen to one of his post-match interviews and wonder WTF he was on about.

Whereas you listen to Matt Taylor and he describes with no BS almost exactly the match you have just watched, highs, lows, warts and all.

One got to the end of his pressers and wondered what the fook he had been on about.

 

[The Proper Chap]

Tisdale interview post our 3 - 0 defeat to Argyle, anyone missing these ??

Paul Tisdale post Plymouth Argyle | Exeter City Football Club - YouTube

 

[richard_portland]

Oh crikey, a trip down memory lane.

His sacking certainly upset a few of his fans on social media. That interview shows a big difference between Tisdale and Matt Taylor. What is difficult to comprehend is the lazy idea that if you don’t like Tisdale you want a one dimensional shouting manager, when of course in Matt Taylor we have someone who doesn’t match that stereotype but is still able to give an honest and informative interview.