Confirmed - It IS Tom Cleverley.

[Green gino]

Cleverley certainly comes across well and I really hope that along with his backroom staff we can have a period of stability. It is not going to be as easy as some are making out but if we can attract some quality players who knows

Quality being the major factor, hopefully that will be the case no more gambles , think we have recently signed a few , bench warmers , maybe players, let’s hit the ground running with good signings it’s not going to be easy this season as some may think imo ,

 

[SurreyJanner]

Quite true it is far from a given we can bounce back immediately and it won't be easy.

But compared to the last time we were in L1, I'd argue it was a stronger league then and with a budget that was apparently barely the average that 101 point season was quite astonishing. In fact, the more I think about it, it was perhaps the most impressive league season we've EVER had - certainly it must be right up there. As a reminder, these were the teams we finished above - when the likes of Derby & Pompey can't even make the top six you know it's a bleddy strong League 1 (or third division in old money).

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Could well have been a once in a lifetime season that one, will be very very hard to top.
I'd argue that we finished that season with a stronger team than the one we've just finished the Championship with.

 

[Centurion]

I don’t think enough credit has been given to the club’s speech therapy department

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Maybe he just didn't have anything interesting to talk about until he got to HP.

We can all associate with that.

 

[GU7Green]

Could well have been a once in a lifetime season that one, will be very very hard to top.
I'd argue that we finished that season with a stronger team than the one we've just finished the Championship with.

oh easily. the team that won league one would easily beat the team we had last season.

In fact I reckon

Plymouth Argyle (22/23) 4 v 1 Plymouth Argyle (24/25)
Scarr '15
Hardie '22
Mumba '48
Ennis '84

Bundu scoring in the 66th minute for the 24/25 team

MOM: Mumba

 

[Martyn Hughes]

Unfortunately, the team that won the championship werent built well from the back.

All the issues that got us relegated were issues you could identify with before.

If you go as far back as the season before we got promoted and looked at our away results the pattern was we would never play well against the top 6.

The year we won the championship our away results were better against that top 6. Bolton 0--0. Ipswich 1-1. The difference was our home form was outstanding and we had four decent, different style of forwards that Schumacher could rotate around the 60min mark.

However. the side didn't have a strong backbone. 3-0 Barnsley. 4-0 to Bolton in EFL trophy final along with many iffy away performances where we were crap but won eg Shrewsbury and Exeter.

Those crap, but winning away results showed the team having signs of character which maybe had been slowly ebbed away as results declined over the past two seasons.

We saw many great individual and team goals but the ability to pass and keep possession well was often lacking from that Championship winning team.

The reason we got relegated, in my opinion, is we tried to play out from the back in a much tougher league. We also tried to play possession football with a midfield not good enough to consistently keep the ball.

That Championship winning side had many of the players that were our downfall to relegation. Mumba for example constantly gave the ball away whilst playing wing back/full back in bad areas.

We neglected our areas of weaknesses and compounded them by playing a style of football we couldn't pull off in a higher league.

 

[Ave IT]

I don’t think enough credit has been given to the club’s speech therapy department

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I'll admit it took me a good .... 10 seconds? for the penny to drop, but it was worth the wait

 

[Cobi Budge]

I don’t know about anybody else and I’m aware that a ball hasn’t been kicked yet… but I’m really liking Tom Cleverley’s calm and understated demeanour. After the toxicity of Foster, the circus of Rooney and the pompousness of Muslic, it’s refreshing to have a gaffer who is just going about his job quietly and efficiently.

 

[Accidental]

I don’t know about anybody else and I’m aware that a ball hasn’t been kicked yet… but I’m really liking Tom Cleverley’s calm and understated demeanour. After the toxicity of Foster, the circus of Rooney and the pompousness of Muslic, it’s refreshing to have a gaffer who is just going about his job quietly and efficiently.

He must be backed though.

 

[Sun Stonehouse]

I don’t know about anybody else and I’m aware that a ball hasn’t been kicked yet… but I’m really liking Tom Cleverley’s calm and understated demeanour. After the toxicity of Foster, the circus of Rooney and the pompousness of Muslic, it’s refreshing to have a gaffer who is just going about his job quietly and efficiently.

Let's hope that you still feel that way at the end of the season!!!.

 

[Cobi Budge]

Let's hope that you still feel that way at the end of the season!!!.

I think we’ll have a good season, regardless of whether we go up or not. We’ll see some good football and a good togetherness. It won’t be easy and I think we may start slow, but the pieces will come together.

 

[Clare Spencer]

He seems calm, workmanlike & calls it how he sees it - no frills really is Tom

 

[Argyle1969]

Too early to judge. Really hope it works as I don't know who we turn to next. I have my concerns butit all goes well for him.

 

[Rich Buley]

He is calm, thoughtful and articulate. So, off the pitch and in the media, 9 out of 10. On the pitch, none of us have any idea, really.
Recruitment has been mixed, I think, and obviously Tom Cleverley can only work with the tools he has been given. I too think we may start slowly, I am convinced we'll lose the first 2 or 3 in fact, but I believe we have enough about us to be top half- Amaechi, Mumba, Watts and Paterson will be a handful for any League 1 defence, surely? And that will do for me this season. Give Tom Cleverley this season and 2 more transfer windows and we will see whether he sticks around, and whether he is capable of building a squad that will mount a serious promotion challenge next season.

 

[Lesley Somerville]

He is calm, thoughtful and articulate. So, off the pitch and in the media, 9 out of 10. On the pitch, none of us have any idea, really.
Recruitment has been mixed, I think, and obviously Tom Cleverley can only work with the tools he has been given. I too think we may start slowly, I am convinced we'll lose the first 2 or 3 in fact, but I believe we have enough about us to be top half- Amaechi, Mumba, Watts and Paterson will be a handful for any League 1 defence, surely? And that will do for me this season. Give Tom Cleverley this season and 2 more transfer windows and we will see whether he sticks around, and whether he is capable of building a squad that will mount a serious promotion challenge next season.

So wait - on the pitch 'none of us has any idea really'. Really? He managed a championship club that finished 14th, and everyone has been saying we MUST have a manager with championship experience - but now we don't have 'any idea' how he'll do? Make it make sense!

On another note, I'm still following MM on Insta and my oh my, there's a cult feel to it all. Like it or not, that's how he rolls and it will be fascinating to see how it develops over the season. If he gets success on the pitch he will be the legend he already believes himself to be! Could not be further away from the Cleverley persona

 

[Steve Evans]

I think we’ll have a good season, regardless of whether we go up or not. We’ll see some good football and a good togetherness. It won’t be easy and I think we may start slow, but the pieces will come together.

i hope you're correct.we were truly dismal on saturday.