NEXT !!

[PeteBlade]

you do know he played at Gillingham , how many assists did he provide, not many direct routes that day

and why then if as Adkins admits he had funds, did he not fill in the gap he left at all

didnt have to be same level but even 75 per cent as good would have been a start , even if the opposition only needed one to mark him

Is your entire opinion about Murphy based on that one game? Let me guess, it's one of the very few games you've attended?

 

[blade too long]

Is your entire opinion about Murphy based on that one game? Let me guess, it's one of the very few games you've attended?

its the same as some people thinking Murphy was the league one Messi all of a sudden isnt it

ok how about the play off semi final games , where was he , I didnt notice him

 

[PeteBlade]

its the same as some people thinking Murphy was the league one Messi all of a sudden isnt it

ok how about the play off semi final games , where was he , I didnt notice him

Rather than picking out games at random because you think they prove your latest silly claim, why not take a look back at his stats for the whole of last season?

Not a single person has made out he was better than he was, just that he was very good for league one, and our best and most creative player.

This is backed up by his season's stats, his player of the season award, and the fact that he's playing very well for a team challenging at the top end of the division above.

Now those are facts for you.

 

[BeatleBlade]

The majority of the board wanted Page rather than Adkins. You can see that Wilder might be attractive to them in light of this.

Seriously? They thought Robert Page was more qualified than Nigel Adkins?! No disrespect to Robert Page, he's doing a decent job at Port Vale.
Out of interest, why did he turn us down if you can divulge into that?

 

[Bladesman]

I didn't think Murphy could step up to Championship but he has gone and proved me wrong. Everytime I have seen Brighton play Murphy has usually had a decent game.

I never thought we would miss Murphy as much as we have done but I guess that is why I paid £2million a few years ago on FIFA to get him from Motherwell.

 

[FleaPitBlade]

Joe Royle is involved in the youth set up at Everton.

Guess where Walsall's young centre half was on loan from.

 

[nopigfansintown]

Seriously? They thought Robert Page was more qualified than Nigel Adkins?! No disrespect to Robert Page, he's doing a decent job at Port Vale.
Out of interest, why did he turn us down if you can divulge into that?

He didn't, the majority were overruled by the one with the veto - KM. United is still a benign dictatorship in truth. The worry is that the rest of the board are wholly unqualified to make footballing decisions, and in a position to sway KM's judgement. Not going to question Sun's post, but its no secret that the board have been split on Adkins' appointment from the beginning. He may have just spoken to one of his leading detractors, who doesn't hold the power to sack Adkins (crosses fingers). I should know more sometime over the weekend.

 

[BeatleBlade]

He didn't, the majority were overruled by the one with the veto - KM. United is still a benign dictatorship in truth. The worry is that the rest of the board are wholly unqualified to make footballing decisions, and in a position to sway KM's judgement. Not going to question Sun's post, but its no secret that the board have been split on Adkins' appointment from the beginning. He may have just spoken to one of his leading detractors, who doesn't hold the power to sack Adkins (crosses fingers). I should know more sometime over the weekend.

That's very worrying, no wonder we are where we are and no surprise the Prince is reluctant to keep investing when he doesn't have much power.
Unfortunately, it's looking increasingly likely given what other people are saying. A real shame, I know Adkins can grate on a few people with his interviews (which aren't actually that important in the grand scheme of things) but he's our best hope of turning things around and he seems like a pretty good guy too.
Let us know if you can over the weekend, your information is much appreciated. Thanks

 

[Jonboy60]

He didn't, the majority were overruled by the one with the veto - KM. United is still a benign dictatorship in truth. The worry is that the rest of the board are wholly unqualified to make footballing decisions, and in a position to sway KM's judgement. Not going to question Sun's post, but its no secret that the board have been split on Adkins' appointment from the beginning. He may have just spoken to one of his leading detractors, who doesn't hold the power to sack Adkins (crosses fingers). I should know more sometime over the weekend.

Along the lines of, ( board member ) " if it was up to me,Adkins would be gone at the end of the season, and I would bring Chris wilder in" unquote.

 

[Sean Thornton]

That's very worrying, no wonder we are where we are and no surprise the Prince is reluctant to keep investing when he doesn't have much power.
Unfortunately, it's looking increasingly likely given what other people are saying. A real shame, I know Adkins can grate on a few people with his interviews (which aren't actually that important in the grand scheme of things) but he's our best hope of turning things around and he seems like a pretty good guy too.
Let us know if you can over the weekend, your information is much appreciated. Thanks

I posted something about this some months ago. McCabe was being eased out of his I'm in sole charge idea when HRH bought in although it was taking time. The spun king of the Princes ten million with nothing to show for it led to KMc becoming once again the main decision maker.

 

[grafikhaus]

Joe Royle is involved in the youth set up at Everton.

Guess where Walsall's young centre half was on loan from.

So it's down to Parkinson or me?

 

[1danewhitehouse]

Rather than picking out games at random because you think they prove your latest silly claim, why not take a look back at his stats for the whole of last season?

Not a single person has made out he was better than he was, just that he was very good for league one, and our best and most creative player.

This is backed up by his season's stats, his player of the season award, and the fact that he's playing very well for a team challenging at the top end of the division above.

Now those are facts for you.

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I know I’m going to regret engaging with you again but here goes.


Caldwell was appointed Wigan Manager in April. He had been around the club for years and knew it inside out. He had control of the retained list and has been backed to sign 20 players this season 2 of whom cost around £1million.


Burton have been on an upward trajectory for years. No mess for incoming managers to sort out, just a case of trying to keep the momentum going.


O Driscoll was sacked after 16 games. Dean Smith built the team over a number of years.


Lee Johnson was close to getting the sack when they lost 8 in a row but they stuck with him. But again, he was there late last season, could assess the squad, release the dross at the end of the season and build his own team.




“He was given carte blanche to fire and hire,”- No he wasn’t. No manager every has. They all have some restrictions, some more than others. You’ve had this explained to you many times and your continued statement can no longer be error so must be lies.



“he let players stay who if hed done some research hed have known were crap
he only had to ask ,surely”- If he’d taken that approach he would have probably binned Lovren, Schneiderlein, Lambert and Lallana when he was at Southampton too as they had been poor til he took the reigns. He couldn’t know for sure til he got to manage them himself. And many were injured at the start of the season so he still couldn’t assess them.
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Seriously mate I wouldn't bother even attempting to answer something so utterly moronic.

My 3 year old can offer more logical and intelligent debate.

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Perhaps you should be taking your own advice Pete?

 

[1danewhitehouse]

And to be fair PeteBlade you're trying to reason with the man who thought hindsight was needed to see Robson was a bad appointment

http://www.s24su.com/forum/index.ph...irman-weve-ever-had.41813/page-10#post-825548


and who had this hilarious rant when pulled up on his nonsense

http://www.s24su.com/forum/index.ph...ased-with-our-former-best-player.42095/page-9

 

[pommpey]

you do know he played at Gillingham , how many assists did he provide, not many direct routes that day

You can't measure the first game of the season like that. The whole team were dogshit that day and Adkins got the whole strategy wrong

and why then if as Adkins admits he had funds, did he not fill in the gap he left at all

There's an unbelieveable fallacy in what you type here. You are alluding McCabe is purely 'hands off' and said 'buy what you want. fuck the cost'. Now, given we were assumed to get (cos we'll never know, like) £1.2m for Murphy ... and that can vary downwards to £500k ...

didnt have to be same level but even 75 per cent as good would have been a start , even if the opposition only needed one to mark him

Really?

pommpey

 

[SelbyBlade]

Nothing would surprise me anymore with our club. Wasn't cressy supposed to be there Saturday also. Is he going to be beattie assistant. All would be a cheap option for McCabe

I know Cressy is in for the U21's coach, I assumed Beattie was there for the same reason. i.e. both being interviewed.

 

[blade too long]

There's an unbelieveable fallacy in what you type here. You are alluding McCabe is purely 'hands off' and said 'buy what you want. fuck the cost'. Now, given we were assumed to get (cos we'll never know, like) £1.2m for Murphy ... and that can vary downwards to £500k ...


pommpey

its not what I typed , its what Adkins actually said
whats unbelievable is you choose to have a view on it that you arent prepared to alter even when Adkins comments are printed in the Star

If adkins says the money was on the table eiother it was , or hes covering for the board and is a yes man

which would be even worse

 

[PeteBlade]

its not what I typed , its what Adkins actually said
whats unbelievable is you choose to have a view on it that you arent prepared to alter even when Adkins comments are printed in the Star

If adkins says the money was on the table eiother it was , or hes covering for the board and is a yes man

which would be even worse

You've taken a tiny quote and blown into something it's not, as you usually do.

If the club wanted 600k, yet we offered 10k, there would still have been "money on the table" like that ridiculous bid we made of 50k fir a Scottish striker worth over a million.

Can you comprehend this?

 

[1danewhitehouse]

its not what I typed , its what Adkins actually said
whats unbelievable is you choose to have a view on it that you arent prepared to alter even when Adkins comments are printed in the Star

If adkins says the money was on the table eiother it was , or hes covering for the board and is a yes man

which would be even worse

Whatever money was on the table clearly wasn't enough money to land the targets identified. Making derisory offers is a safe way of putting money "on the table" without actually spending any,

 

[Finn Keane o' Balmaqueen]

We're a club that stupid, we'd sack Nigel Adkins and appoint Chris Morgan.

We're a club that stupid, we'd sack Nigel Adkins and appoint Nigel Clough.

 

[CopenhagenBlade]

It will be someone out of work and cheap, the usual money saving McCabe style managerial appointment.

So Clough and Adkins were cheap? Doubt if Weir was a cheap option either. If he was being cheap he wouldn't be firing these guys and having to replace them...

 

[Finn Keane o' Balmaqueen]

So it's down to Parkinson or me?

Have you got 50 years experience of tv interviewing too.

Who would your top three interviewees be?

 

[Bladesway]

or hes covering for the board and is a yes man

My guess is this is the case and also my guess is that is why Clough got sacked from a position where it looked like he was going to get another shot at it this season. It's a guess like any other but there is a real picture building that McCabe throws his toys out the pram with Blackwell, Wilson, Clough (perhaps Weir) when perhaps they said they weren't prepared to blow smoke up his arse any longer.

 

[s14blade]

whats unbelievable is you choose to have a view on it that you arent prepared to alter even when Adkins comments are printed in the Star

What is un believable is you believe everything that is printed in the star.

Now didnt McCabe say on many occasions that the murphy money was available and there to be spent?? And it wasnt till after the jan transfer window closed he said that the money had already been spent?? Hes just a bullshittig C U N T and this club will go no where while hes still got his grubby hands on it.

 

[PeteBlade]

What is un believable is you believe everything that is printed in the star.

Now didnt McCabe say on many occasions that the murphy money was available and there to be spent?? And it wasnt till after the jan transfer window closed he said that the money had already been spent?? Hes just a bullshittig C U N T and this club will go no where while hes still got his grubby hands on it.

He believes him when it suits. And he thinks it provides 'proof' of one of his points.
He'll be back to not believing him again tomorrow to suit.

 

[grafikhaus]

Have you got 50 years experience of tv interviewing too.

Who would your top three interviewees be?

If you mean '50 years of being a prize tosser and member of the Surrey Golfocracy' you'd be nearer the mark.

I'm always being asked what my top three interviews are. Tough question. (Oops. Wrong self-promoting advert).

Well, I'd say Elton John, Billy Connolly and David Beckham. Anybody who will appear at the drop of a hat who I can wind up and off they go. Hardly the Spanish Inquisition, is it? (Did I mention I came from Barnsley? The same as Dickie Bird?)

Never mind. I'll be dead soon and I'll be elevated to Interrogator-in-Chief and over-hyped like my other golfing buddies Wogan and Corbett. Fucking wage-thieves all.

Anyway, you get a fake Parker pen and a charming carriage clock just for responding.

 

[blade too long]

You've taken a tiny quote and blown into something it's not, as you usually do.

If the club wanted 600k, yet we offered 10k, there would still have been "money on the table" like that ridiculous bid we made of 50k fir a Scottish striker worth over a million.

Can you comprehend this?

Ive done absolutely nothing to it
why should I

its crystal clear

its you 2 thats questioning it varasity

I take it for exactly what it says , I read nothing into it at all

the money was there,,

are you saying Adkins is telling lies

 

[blade too long]

Whatever money was on the table clearly wasn't enough money to land the targets identified. Making derisory offers is a safe way of putting money "on the table" without actually spending any,

it wasnt a case of the money not being enough Fulham were loathe to release Burn due to needing cover in their quest to stay up
They refused to release him
your totally making assumptions it wasnt enough

have you proof for your theory
or its just what you imagine as usual

 

[blade too long]

My guess is this is the case and also my guess is that is why Clough got sacked from a position where it looked like he was going to get another shot at it this season. It's a guess like any other but there is a real picture building that McCabe throws his toys out the pram with Blackwell, Wilson, Clough (perhaps Weir) when perhaps they said they weren't prepared to blow smoke up his arse any longer.

well if he is just an apologist , the quicker he goes the better

 

[raul]

Joe Royle is involved in the youth set up at Everton.

Guess where Walsall's young centre half was on loan from.

If you're getting involved, Dronfield?

 

[blade too long]

What is un believable is you believe everything that is printed in the star.

Now didnt McCabe say on many occasions that the murphy money was available and there to be spent?? And it wasnt till after the jan transfer window closed he said that the money had already been spent?? Hes just a bullshittig C U N T and this club will go no where while hes still got his grubby hands on it.

I believe verbatum quotes out of peoples mouths
this was not a star reporter thinks

what do you believe in , any cock and bull rumour thats doing the rounds
these are quotes , that havent been retracted by Adkins ,,,,, end of

if its true its false wht he said then hes an apologist for the board and needs ousting pronto