Here's what you could have won!

[i3lade4life]

So were 7 weeks into the season and 3 months into Wilson's reign. So the question is Do you wish that Mark Robins had been offered the job? and how do you think the team would be doing if Mcabe had chosen him?

 

[alcoblade]

I wish we'd given it to Robins. A proven manager and top bloke, and more importantly, NOT A PIG.



UTB

 

[JohnDenver]

top bloke

Do you know him? His public persona is more grumpy arse than top bloke.

 

[sitwell]

What about O'Driscoll ,his lovechildren have gone very quiet.

 

[JohnDenver]

What about O'Driscoll ,his lovechildren have gone very quiet.

I doubt even Sir Alex could keep Donny up this season. SOD, if rumours are true, made a terrible career choice in turning us down.

 

[Foxy]

What about O'Driscoll ,his lovechildren have gone very quiet.

I bet they still play some lovely stuff between the back 4 though, when not picking the ball out of the net.

 

[blade too long]

I wish we'd given it to Robins. A proven manager and top bloke,



UTB

proven , heres the Mark Robins trophy cabinet

 

[alcoblade]

"wooooooosh"



UTB

 

[sitwell]

I doubt even Sir Alex could keep Donny up this season. SOD, if rumours are true, made a terrible career choice in turning us down.

I think we turned him down ,apparently they have one of the richest boards in the division so why can't he attract all these superstar ball players who are just dying to learn from him ?

 

[JohnDenver]

"wooooooosh"



UTB

Blimey, I thought you were gonna say he was your best man or he pulled your kids from a burning building... Cos he really is an offensive oik.

I think we turned him down ,apparently they have one of the richest boards in the division so why can't he attract all these superstar ball players who are just dying to learn from him ?

Didn't realise we turned him down. I don't know much about the Donny playing budget, but I bet much of it goes in Billy's pocket. That's not to say I'm SOD's number one fan - he's dull as a muddy puddle - but I do respect what he's done with Donny up to know.

 

[Conroy]

I bet they still play some lovely stuff between the back 4 though, when not picking the ball out of the net.

Conroy clicks on 'like' button :nod:

 

[Pinchy]

How odd that some if you delight in Donny's current plight and try to belittle their passing football. A cynic might suspect you :heart: Hoof!

 

[blade too long]

I never wanted SOD in my view he could SOD off, hes like an Aidy Boothroyd , works at a Watford or Donny , and to be honest Ive seen Donny 7/8 times, and not seen confirmation of anything special in terms of Wenger style football , thats good 6 years ago Wenger of course

 

[DuncDisorderly]

How odd that some if you delight in Donny's current plight and try to belittle their passing football. A cynic might suspect you :heart: Hoof!

SOD was widely touted and supported as being not just 'the solution', but 'the only solution', who should have been acquired at any cost and given an open chequebook to morph us into an elegant and successful passing side. When he wasn't, McCabe and the board took quite a bit of flak from certain quarters.

Perhaps making fun of their 'plight' is not about their passing game, but seeing that that they have now gone 19 league games without a win with the 'Messiah' at the helm, might just hint at what football supporters really know about football...



(BTW- Passing football = Good. 3pts = Much better!)

 

[bricktop]

I was against any appointment of SOD last season as I think his appointment would have ended up in much the same conclusion as Adams appointment did.

SOD would have needed time which we didn't have, and his brand of passing football would have looked shot whilst we was in a delegation battle and getting turned over every match.

SOD might play passing football but it's slow placed, bland passing football and his teams very rarely mix it up

 

[Revolution]

SOD was widely touted and supported as being not just 'the solution', but 'the only solution', who should have been acquired at any cost and given an open chequebook to morph us into an elegant and successful passing side. When he wasn't, McCabe and the board took quite a bit of flak from certain quarters.

Which was well deserved, given that the manager McCabe appointed instead was a complete disaster who gave us the worst run of results in a generation, lead us to relegation. This also caused you to disappear from this board for six months rather than be faced with defending the indefensible

 

[themaninblack]

Do you know him? His public persona is more grumpy arse than top bloke.

I dont know him JD but I have had a beer with him a few years ago and he was, then, a top chap.

 

[super_pig]

on donnys budget fergie would have a job keeping donny in the championship.. btw they are still higher than us
>This also caused you to disappear from this board for six months rather than be faced with defending the indefensible
amen

 

[Patrick Suffaux]

McCabe picked the right man, as the league table conclusively proves.

SOD has the same problem as Wenger, stubbornly sticks to his principles rather than adapting.

Unlike Wenger, he doesnt have world class players so Donny have become sussed and one dimensional.

Credit must go to him for a) getting Donny out of the third division and b) keeing them up.

A good manager does what SOD has done, a great manager adapts to their circumstances.

 

[Rattly Noise]

To be fair the loss of Sharp has to partly account for their demise.

I'm *reluctantly coming round to the fact that Wilson may have actually been the right choice after all. Don't think it was a genius decision by McCabe though, more down to luck in getting the right man.

*The reluctance isn't because I'm not happy with what we're doing, just that I was so sure it wouldn't happen and I don't want to admit I was wr.. wro... wr...No, can;' do it.

 

[alcoblade]

McCabe picked the right man, as the league table conclusively proves..

If it looks the same in 6 months, that's conclusive. Nothing's conclusive after a handful of games. Looking good, agreed.

UTB

 

[DuncDisorderly]

SOD was widely touted and supported as being not just 'the solution', but 'the only solution', who should have been acquired at any cost and given an open chequebook to morph us into an elegant and successful passing side. When he wasn't, McCabe and the board took quite a bit of flak from certain quarters.

Which was well deserved, given that the manager McCabe appointed instead was a complete disaster who gave us the worst run of results in a generation, lead us to relegation. This also caused you to disappear from this board for six months rather than be faced with defending the indefensible

The team was broken from manager downwardswhen we fired Blackie. It was a terrible error of judgement not to have either done it at the beginning of the summer, or having reached the new season, to stand behind him and front up the boo-boys. Either would have us in the CCC today, imo.

My reasons for taking a sabatical were not what you seem to suggest. I haven't made any decisions for SUFC and therefore I am not here to defend them. I simply have a taste for an alternative viewpoint, looking at problems from the other side as it were and posing questions from a different standpoint. I end up no more right or wrong than anyone elses view, as I think you know Rev.

 

[Pinchy]

I end up no more right or wrong than anyone elses view, as I think you know Rev.

Enough of this Democratic Egalitarianism.

I know best!

 

[Ollessendro]

Out come the we :heart: hoof brogade scoffing at O'Driscoll. Simply beyond belief.

The funny thing is that when O'Driscoll was linked with us a mate of mine said to me 'why on earth would he take the SUFC role on? He has a promising career and that would be a disasterous move for him. His next move will be to a Premiership club or a club with top flight prospects'. I tried to give him the sleeping giant, fanbase, potential argument and he was not buying it. Still the lager drinkers think it was the right choice to choose a pub manager over SOD. We did not learn from the ex semi pro goalkeeper and brough in ale house Micky. He took us on the the worst run for over a decade and became SUFC's worst ever manager. From near certain safety (sitting 5th from bottom and looking fine) to rock bottom in a matter of weeks. Looking lost, like a rabbit in the head lights, our favourite we :heart: hoof pub team manager put in some truly dire and soul destroying performances. Relegation pathetically, without even a whimper.

We scoff and joke about O'Driscoll who is only the 4th manager at Doncaster to take them into the 2nd division. Not only that, but he has kept them there. Doncaster a town around the fifth the size of Sheffield, that barely gets 10k turn up and has spent the majority of their existence in the third or fourth tier. 25 years ago in the conference. Now 'languishing' in the division above us, despite playing better football in the last few years than we have seen at Bramall Lane since the 70's.

 

[Patrick Suffaux]

If it ooks the same in 6 monhs, that's conclusive. Nothing's conclusive after a handful of games. Looking good, agreed.

UTB

Point taken, but he's already proved doubters wrong.

You're perhaps right to reserve conclusions at this stage.

Based on what he's done so far, massive success!

Whilst we are winning he's the right choice.

Just the way I look at it. Glass is half full

 

[DuncDisorderly]

Out come the we :heart: hoof brogade scoffing at O'Driscoll. Simply beyond belief, blah, blah, etc, etc, just keep ignoring facts and no-one will notice me spouting shite again...

Didn't we finally nail the whole style vs substance debate a few weeks ago in favour of substance..? Maybe you and Mic ought to get together for the Donny vs Pigs game at the Keepmoat. You can admire Doncaster's many and lasting achievements while Mic marvels at the loyalty of the travelling support. (They're very good, you know...)

From near certain safety (sitting 5th from bottom and looking fine) to rock bottom in a matter of weeks.

Oh Ollie! You are a card. Since when did fifth from bottom 'look fine' apart from after the last match of the season. The clubs season was fecked before Micky got here. No doubt he's ruining Port Vale again as we speak. Poor old Alehouse, eh? (P9 Pts 14, 8th, btw...).

Anyway, got to go. I fancy a lager...

 

[Bladesman]

Point taken, but he's already proved doubters wrong.

You're perhaps right to reserve conclusions at this stage.

Based on what he's done so far, massive success!

Whilst we are winning he's the right choice.

Just the way I look at it. Glass is half full

He will of really proved the doubters wrong come the end of the season.

He has proved so far that he isn't as crap as Adams or Speed which is a good start so far.

 

[Pinchy]

Didn't we finally nail the whole style vs substance debate a few weeks ago?

We certainly did. Stephen Quinn confirmed his commitment to substance with style yet again on Saturday:

“When I got subbed I’ve got to admit that even I was sat on the bench enjoying watching the lads knock the ball around,” Stephen Quinn, the United midfielder, said. “I’ve been waiting a long time for someone to give me the opportunity to play this way.

“With the number of chances we created I reckon we could have got six, seven or eight goals but you’ve got to be pleased with that.

“To be perfectly honest, the manager’s philosophy has been a breath of fresh air and it’s exactly what the lads want.

“Okay, I know results have got a big part to play.

“But because we’re getting the opportunity to express ourselves means we’re all really enjoying ourselves not on only on the pitch but even in training too.”

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(BTW- Passing football = Good. 3pts = Much better!)

But only the We :heart: Hoof Brigade cling to the absurd, discredited notion that the two are mutually exclusive, despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary. There's no debate about style in Brighton or Soton but in S2 the FreeHoofers continue to bare their chests.

 

[Highbury_Blade]

From near certain safety (sitting 5th from bottom and looking fine) to rock bottom in a matter of weeks.

There is nothing fine about being 5th from bottom (Unless the league you're in only has 10 teams). Adams was a shit manager, but we were in the shit before he even started.

 

[Bladesway]

Perhaps we would have a 100% unbeaten record under SOD? You can't help having a pop at little old Donny Rovers though can you Sitters. I'd still swap their division for ours currently as they managed not to get relegated last season. Amazes me what great insightful people are on this board, after the event. Heres betting their wage bill never touched ours and they still managed to get Billy Sharp to score goals for them. Something none of our hump it merchants could never quite manage to do unfortunately. They stayed in a division they never really expected to be in for a couple of seasons longer than they thought they would and then it seems they ran out of steam.

All that said, McCabe seems (so far) to have the right man in Wilson. But don't let that stop the gloatathon from those who clearly "know best".

100% agree with Ollies post above. Its like a different bloke has taken control of his computer since he realised that we didn't need to sign 48 players in 2 weeks.

Oh and Brownie, where were you on the DW appointment?

http://www.s24su.com/forum/showthread.php?23397-Glad-i-didn-t-renew-as-yet