Tony

[Shepherds Mush]

I agree, they should be doing a lot better and the players and managers/coaches should shoulder the brunt of the blame for their poor performances but the Chairman has to take action on those under achieving and in this case should have sacked Redknapp and not appointed a rookie in Terry Connor mark II.

Fair point.

Only thing I would say is that he obviously trusted Harry's experience to turn it around but should really have looked at Harry's record in the PL the last time we were there.

Ultimately whoever is in charge of the first team should bear the responsibility of the performances on the pitch though.

[surrey_hoop]

Because he is directly responsible for the tactics, team selection, substitutions and everything else on the pitch right?

No, but he is responsible for appointing the people who are. At a football club, the buck stops with the owner. Always has, always will.

[Harryboy]

I think Tony should stop backing the managers, he should buy the players he wants or even better ask fans in a poll.

Tony must off known who the fans wanted, I am positive they let him know though Twitter

[Nick]

No, but he is responsible for appointing the people who are. At a football club, the buck stops with the owner. Always has, always will.

In terms of managers under Tony he's not done that bad.... 'at the time' MH was a good appointment, like he's proving at Stoke he's not a bad manager.... 'at the time' Harry was the fans favourite for the England job and was the Rangers fans favourite to take over from MH.

BUT where Tony's gone wrong imo is putting to much trust/money in his managers. Had MH been given a sensible amount to spend on players I reckon he'd still be here..... (in the Premiership)

[Kirill]

BUT where Tony's gone wrong imo is putting to much trust/money in his managers. Had MH been given a sensible amount to spend on players I reckon he'd still be here..... (in the Premiership)

Eh?!?!?

[Nick]

Eh?!?!?

He was given an open cheque book and went mad, that was his (and Tony's) weakness..... should've been given a sensible/realistic budget.

[Rangersw12]

In terms of managers under Tony he's not done that bad.... 'at the time' MH was a good appointment, like he's proving at Stoke he's not a bad manager.... 'at the time' Harry was the fans favourite for the England job and was the Rangers fans favourite to take over from MH.

BUT where Tony's gone wrong imo is putting to much trust/money in his managers. Had MH been given a sensible amount to spend on players I reckon he'd still be here..... (in the Premiership)

Which says a lot more about how the club is being run than anything else

TF wanted big names and big signings and Hughes did exactly that

[Shepherds Mush]

No, but he is responsible for appointing the people who are. At a football club, the buck stops with the owner. Always has, always will.

In that case, he was responsible for our promotion too. Well done Tony Fernandes!

[Rangersw12]

Tony must off known who the fans wanted, I am positive they let him know though Twitter

Which's probably why we will be appointing Clement in the summer

[West London is Rss]

I've backed Tony for months and months but i must say even i am starting to turn. How many good coaches have we had at the club now and seemingly none of them can succeed. How long do we keep blaming it on managers for?

I like TF, he seems like a top man but im not sure how much longer i can go on defending him.

We need a total fresh. All these players need to leave bar a couple.

[dogsrrs]

Tony's fault ! has a manager listens to him then listens to somebody else , gets a new manager ( hughs) listens to him , listens somebody else , gets a new manager ( Redknapp) listens to him , listens to Les , gets a coach and here we are in shlt street

[Nick]

Which says a lot more about how the club is being run than anything else

TF wanted big names and big signings and Hughes did exactly that

At the time Hughes ticked all the right boxes as to why he'd be a good manager here, I dont/wont hold his appointment against TF!.... the problem was the money that was spent under him. Agree TF shouldve pulled the rains in, but that was just putting his trust/faith in a decent manager.

[dsqpr]

Exactly right Foxy, unfortunately, some fans blame the chairman for team selections, tactics and subs.

They think Briatore is still in charge!

[dsqpr]

He was given an open cheque book and went mad, that was his (and Tony's) weakness..... should've been given a sensible/realistic budget.

Absolutely right Nick!

[surrey_hoop]

In that case, he was responsible for our promotion too. Well done Tony Fernandes!

In that case, he'll be responsible for 2 relegations in 3 seasons. Not so well done Tony Fernandes.