mekkyblade
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Knowing our luck it'll be feckin Sven!
Kevin Blackwell has left the club
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Knowing our luck it'll be feckin Sven!
LouTheBlade
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He saved a lot of money letting the contract run a bit longer.
Wards
Well-Known Member
I know, what a terrible manager, his record is awful
We couldn't afford a weeks wages anyway
Worksop II
Defectum Heroicis
McCabe managed to sell the family silver without a peep from the Manager, thats why he was kept on.
Nowt left to sell, now we need a guy to build, not to stay quiet and shrug his shoulder, no other way now.
Blade58
Once a Blade, always a daft ****
Make of this what you want!
Interesting nevertheless!
http://boards.footymad.net/forum.php?tno=463&fid=221&sty=2&act=1&mid=2120545213
Interesting nevertheless!
http://boards.footymad.net/forum.php?tno=463&fid=221&sty=2&act=1&mid=2120545213
grafikhaus
Kraft durch Freude
Delighted Blackwell has gone as his 'brand' of football was draining all the life out of the club. Love him or not, Warnock left us with a legacy including very good crowds which Blackwell was destroying.
But who next? I personally think most managers are pretty crap and rely on the 'win some, lose some' formula to retain their jobs. Ever wonder why the 'new manager syndrome' works? It's not luck or coincidence. It's the fact that the manager has lost the one thing that all managers should possess - man management. When he's gone, the 'new manager syndrome' is the players saying/thinking 'Thank fuck for that. Now we'll start doing it the way we want to.'
In the Championship, it's not rocket science. The division has been poor for years now, and you'd have to be an awful team not to finish in the top half (like us last year). Throw in a bit of luck and whey hey! You're in the play-offs and anything is possible.
No, what you need at this level is not big-money prima donnas, but hard-working, skillful, fit guys (which I think United mostly have) and a manager who can harness that into an organised unit (Holloway, DiMatteo and several others). Blackwell and Ellis were simply not up to the job.
Yes, it makes you wonder why we wasted an entire close season, but yesterday was the final straw and action had to be taken. If I were Dave Whelan at Wigan, Martinez would be getting similar treatment.
We've all been here before and some of the names I heard being bandied about on P or G yesterday (isn't Bennett an utter cunt?) are laughable - not least Megson and Jewell! It will probably be Speed, and why not? He knows the players and it will be the path of least disruption, but will he be any good? If he isn't he'll be just like 80% of managers. Some get the breaks, some don't.
But who next? I personally think most managers are pretty crap and rely on the 'win some, lose some' formula to retain their jobs. Ever wonder why the 'new manager syndrome' works? It's not luck or coincidence. It's the fact that the manager has lost the one thing that all managers should possess - man management. When he's gone, the 'new manager syndrome' is the players saying/thinking 'Thank fuck for that. Now we'll start doing it the way we want to.'
In the Championship, it's not rocket science. The division has been poor for years now, and you'd have to be an awful team not to finish in the top half (like us last year). Throw in a bit of luck and whey hey! You're in the play-offs and anything is possible.
No, what you need at this level is not big-money prima donnas, but hard-working, skillful, fit guys (which I think United mostly have) and a manager who can harness that into an organised unit (Holloway, DiMatteo and several others). Blackwell and Ellis were simply not up to the job.
Yes, it makes you wonder why we wasted an entire close season, but yesterday was the final straw and action had to be taken. If I were Dave Whelan at Wigan, Martinez would be getting similar treatment.
We've all been here before and some of the names I heard being bandied about on P or G yesterday (isn't Bennett an utter cunt?) are laughable - not least Megson and Jewell! It will probably be Speed, and why not? He knows the players and it will be the path of least disruption, but will he be any good? If he isn't he'll be just like 80% of managers. Some get the breaks, some don't.
DuncDisorderly
Active Member
i'm not convinced that the failing atmnosphere at BDTBL was all about Blackwell and his style of play. I think that there is an undercurrent of discontent borne from the realisation and frustration that we are not quite the promotion candidates we have wanted to be, and that the club is not going to keep spending McCabes Building Society book to get us there. The manager is an easy target for that, even though I accept he didn't help himself at times.
My favourite quote about managers (which I will bore you all with again)...
"Football managers get too much praise when their team wins, and too much criticism when they lose" - Sir Alf Ramsey
I think I saw a post on here in the last couple of weeks about one of our bookmaking fraternity showing statistically that 'new manager syndrome' is a fallacy, but we'll see.
Can't find much to disagree with you about your view of Seth Bennett.
I'd be really surprised if the new one isn't Gary Speed. I think this has been written in pencil for some time and certainly the way that we held on to him instead of letting him talk to Swansea really suggested that they were waiting for the moment, (if we'd decided the guy isn't the one for the job, might as well move him out asap rather than setting traps and wait for him to trip up, but there you go).
Anyway its done now, and thats that...
My favourite quote about managers (which I will bore you all with again)...
"Football managers get too much praise when their team wins, and too much criticism when they lose" - Sir Alf Ramsey
I think I saw a post on here in the last couple of weeks about one of our bookmaking fraternity showing statistically that 'new manager syndrome' is a fallacy, but we'll see.
Can't find much to disagree with you about your view of Seth Bennett.
I'd be really surprised if the new one isn't Gary Speed. I think this has been written in pencil for some time and certainly the way that we held on to him instead of letting him talk to Swansea really suggested that they were waiting for the moment, (if we'd decided the guy isn't the one for the job, might as well move him out asap rather than setting traps and wait for him to trip up, but there you go).
Anyway its done now, and thats that...
LoughboroBlade
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I was at a mate's wedding yesterday, 1st time I've missed our home opener (non midweek) since Deano's first premier league goal. What a game to miss! As the news filtered through to me, the first reaction was shock (McCabe after all does not like to sack anyone) and the 2nd was relief. No doubt Speed will get the job, and I'll be happy to see him given a go.
Warnock must be bloody delighted!
Warnock must be bloody delighted!
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