Julien Stèphan

[Sleeping Giants]

Never heard of him.
Had a 17 game losing streak mind.
Im not singing his name or eating ####in croissants .
He's gonna have to prove his worth to me.

The new manager had a 17 game losing streak? Is that true? He seems to have had success as well mind you.

[shaggy24]

I live in France.

To sum up the French;

Very competent at many things, when they get it right, they really get it right, bread for example. But arrogance can bleed into things, prides come before a fall, they don't like to admit they are wrong, Citroens for example.

Sport is life. name nearly any sport and you'll find a Frenchie near the top. They are excellent at bringing on youth, the clubs and support given from local and national government is insane, i would suggest world leading. They are excellent under pressure, it's a cultural thing, across all sports but especially football, rugby, tennis and alpine sports like skiing. Not sure on the relevance here but it's pretty cool how much it's valued.

Never heard of this dude, i don't follow French football at all.

I’ll be honest topper we just done a med cruise with family all Spain bar Toulon and admittedly my French ain’t great but can get by and honestly they put signs up stating no British and the ones that will serve a coffee etc won’t get spoken too by very partisan restaurant owners odd attitude to refuse money but they do stick to principles

will he succeed at hq maybe I just hope he plays with some French flair and we don’t get another death by 1000 backwards sideways passes

[SheepRanger]

I’ll be honest topper we just done a med cruise with family all Spain bar Toulon and admittedly my French ain’t great but can get by and honestly they put signs up stating no British and the ones that will serve a coffee etc won’t get spoken too by very partisan restaurant owners odd attitude to refuse money but they do stick to principles

will he succeed at hq maybe I just hope he plays with some French flair and we don’t get another death by 1000 backwards sideways passes

I've recently been to Toulon and found the same. In one bar was asked why I wasn't ordering in French. So I had to get the headphones out and learn how to speak from Google translate. We had a good laugh about my accent and how I said things, but the message was loud and clear. Even if visiting France, you need to fit in with us!! I fully bought into it and gave it my best shot which they were happy with. It's only polite to make some sort of effort on the basics. I found waitresses extremely rude in Marseille if you werent fluent French. But fair play.....they have pride their culture. My mate lives over there in a rural area and gets quite frustrated when bar owners have made their money for the day and close up to spend time with families.

I read the summary of his footballing style, which I posted, with dread. Another cautious defensive european manager. I hope I dont get into a trance snd fall asleep during games.

[topperharley]

Yeah my comments were sport based.

Culturally there's a whole melting pot of national pride to wade into, but for another chat!

[Abseits]

Well at least folks seem to be being proportionate and reserving judgement.

He starts with a blank sheet of paper as far as I'm concerned. He's not a chump and he's not the messiah.... he's simply our gaffer.

I don't give a monkeys' about his track record, appearance, charsima, demeanour and "buzz" about him. I just want him to set us up positively on the front foot, play with energy and get after teams, particularly at LR, and win near 20 games next season.

If he does that then job's a good 'un BUT if he fails on any of those fronts he has to come under scrutiny and expect to face criticism. Let's see how he's going a dozen games in.

Note to Nourry: do NOT get seduced into extending his contract during his two year stay. Manager contracts aren't like player contracts and they can eff off and do the dirty on us even when supposedly contractually "tied" to us. The manager either wants to be here or doesn't want to be here.... you can't buy their loyalty.

[KLOS]

apologies if i should know this- how much is Marti's contract to buy out assuming we could not negotiate down?

[FurtiveFox]

As with most on here know nothing about him. Had one particularly bad spell prior to a sacking, 1-9-8. That aside though seems to have a pretty good record with an average over 40% win rate.

Of the various managers linked with us he is potentially one of the most interesting so would be happy enough. His profile might also be well received by players we already have and those we are looking to bring in.

Lets hope we will have an announcement soon and it is not media BS.

[SheepRanger]

apologies if i should know this- how much is Marti's contract to buy out assuming we could not negotiate down?

I think the paying them off the whole of their contract is very rare. If he sack him and he gets another job on £1,000 a week less than we paid him then we merely make up the difference. This is Marti we're talking about not Pep!!

[WeAreQPR12]

Hasn't he breached his contract by speaking to another club without permission. Surely he might not receive any payout?!

[eam1882]

Hasn't he breached his contract by speaking to another club without permission. Surely he might not receive any payout?!

Good point

[davieqpr]

The new manager had a 17 game losing streak? Is that true? He seems to have had success as well mind you.

Marti didn't start the season much better.

[Abseits]

Marti didn't start the season much better.

True that. At the point Ainsworth was sacked last season he actually had a better points tally than Marti had at same point this season. Nourry's reaction to that duff start was giving him a contract extension though. Blimey, I bet he badly regrets that dumb move now!

[Acton Stations]

Never heard of him .

Me neither, but I'd be willing to give Le Francais a go. Let's just hope he doesn't turn out to be another crepe manager.

[SheepRanger]

Me neither, but I'd be willing to give Le Francais a go. Let's just hope he doesn't turn out to be another crepe manager.

Fron his profile of "possession based football" we can guess it will slow with the ball going between the defence and midfield most of the time. Too scared to lose the ball by moving it to the forwards.

[Abseits]

What's happening? When I first saw this thread I was distracted and only skim read it and some posts gave me the inference it was a done deal... here we are days later and there's nowt announced.

I wonder what the stumbling block is?