https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/sport/footb ... n=sharebar

Makes interesting reading

As much as I am disappointed with Philipps going, having read this article I can understand why he has been appointed. The best teams play with pace, intensity and ruthlessness, qualities this team has shown very little off. Further, sounds like he takes no prisoners and has high standards. His signings are going to be very interesting as most of this current squad can’t play in this way. Let’s see?

https://www.thewoodworkuk.com/post/the- ... -woking-fc

Further insights

Everything else aside …..he talks a lot of sense in his tactical outlook and I’m spending my time getting any information about him I can access and to be blunt I like the cut of his jib.
I’m not gonna dismiss the bloke on the basis he was appointed by Raj as I suspect he stood back on it and this is the appointment by others….I suspect it could be a good appointment. It’s apparent he’s been a long term target that finally became available and they went for it…you win nothing by missing opportunities like this.
Rajaphobia doesn’t come into matters on the playing side in my world I judge people on their performance in their role., I like Phillips but I don’t think he had the nous to ever get us promoted.
It’s all about opinions.
I could be wrong, but I think he’s worth the opportunity

I must admit am in agreement with you the more I read up about this bloke. Sounds like the board been following him for a long time . Based on what I have read Sarll is very clear in the way he wants his teams to play and has high demands on what he expects. The more I read the more I get excited. Was thinking of ditching my national league tv subscription but feeling more optimistic.

He ain’t gonna be Raj’s puppet that’s for sure.

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/35501265

And from the BBC

They all talk a good game don't they before the 1st game.
Will be judged on results.
All we can do is wait n hope.
UTP.

It's great that the new manager has such a clearly articulated winning philosophy -makes you wonder why Woking ever parted company with him.
A run of 8 defeats in 10 games? Surely not

We'd never be able to appoint anyone but a new kid out of school if we insisted on signing managers who've had a bad run of form or been sacked though? DC had been sacked by the mighty Fylde hasn't he? Sir Cyril had been sacked a couple of times I believe before coming to us.

To me it feels like yet another false dawn after the dust settles on the most recent bout of buffoonery at HUFC. Different manager, same old restraints and clownery for him to deal with. I admire those who can put this hurricane of incompetence to the back of their minds and let hopefulness shine through. I used to mistake it for stupidity but they are the ones getting more sleep and with lower blood pressures.

He'll soon learn very fast he can only sign players, either who are always injured (glass ankles), no one else wants, over the hill looking for a contract, looking to end there career or just simply not good enough.
Good luck to him.

you can have every philosophy you like in how you want the game to be played. for me there is no right or wrong ones but a case of having to adapt to the players you have at the club. he,s going to be lumbered with some still under contract and seriously doubt he,ll be able to bring his own type of player into the club. if he does turn the club around next season all well and good but it could be a longer term job for him that many fans plus the owner will have no patiance for. seen it before with managers who say want to play the long ball game with players more suited to posession football. know most will want the play offs as a minimum for next season, but after seeing barnets result yesterday i,d guess they,ll feel worse than we do about last season.

Then again, you might have mentioned John Askey, Keith Curle, Paul Hartley, Richard Money. Chally is the exception, not the rule.

being sacked nowadays is just part of all managers CV and sackings are not for incompetance like with hartley but a string of bad results that all teams get.

Exactly all managers have bad runs at certain clubs, all end up getting sacked so how could we ever be the exception?

I agree he could be a very good manager at this level only time will tell. It was a shock that KP was released but it's old news now and time to move on. We simply have to believe Sarll is the man to get us out of this swap once and forall. He will 100% get my backing because that's what we have to do to give him a real chance of success. Raj has now employed 9,999 managers in just a few years so going by the " law of averages " one will eventually be good.

Nah, it is only 9837.

It won't be time to move on until the master puppeteer moves on. Until then its rinse and repeat over and over again. If Raj supported his managers as much as poolies do then there would be no problems.

that last sentance is spot on. we have all had gripes with every single manager we have ever had during their times at pools but the only decision in the raj era i have ever been in agreement with was getting rid of a problem that was still around last season was hartley. even then he was only undoing the mistake he made initially.

Self inflicted pressure, learn to ride the waves, life is a concrete trampoline.

Talk is cheap.
I’ve forgotten how many managers here have said I want to build a winning mentality/philosophy etc.
I’m not writing him off,but yes he’s been sacked previously like Sir Cyril & DC,the difference is they had won plenty of promotions,Sarll hasn’t.

What do you want him to say…‘hey I’m shite, I don’t give a toss’…or even give a prematch lecture on locomotive gear box options.

Or he could say wheres me sausage sandwich.

Or he might say " I would love a cheap kebab & chips " .

Personally in that situation I’d say “Hoy, I’m the manager, my choice, now Fukc right off!!”:and then I’d have a warm glow of smugness.

True, but I will laugh like drain (whatever that sounds like) if Sarrl's first act is to dish out new contracts to last season's midfield and he follows that up by signing a load of injury prone forwards and Woking reserves. I may also conclude that Billy, Kev and Imp are the only people who've been talking sense these last few seasons

I note your wink Sir but I think you do yourself an injustice by your unselfish exclusion from that illustrious trio.

I like this bit...

" if you cant tackle or run, you cant play for me" ... thats the full midfield off then

Dont be saying that, we dont talk no sense we just have a chairman that backs us with ludicrous decisions that make it look like we do.

Featherstone first signing then.

Oy Kev, pay attention I agree with you more often than you remember