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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2019 7:27:32 GMT
The facts that matter are 2 promotions and 10th in league one. You dont need to be "in the know" to realise dc made mistakes. Regarding the "Banned word" thing,you call lots on here "Banned word" and i think your a "Banned word" so thats what i call you. Forget the Banned word thing as you say, always was banter and as a lot who know me on here playing for the forum side against the sh**, in a winning side know I love the banter. Back to your points, promotions and 10th, I’m sure you your misses or boyfriend go back to the same place every year where you met. I make new memories and tell the truth, he has a crap contact book and it’s why he signed Gaffney today. He is not liked in the game by agents and players who rule the game and unless you are limited and made up to improve with shouting at you won’t work with him. Left us in mess and I will be proved right, proper non league motivator and I thank him for the memories, I will do forever. But unless he changes and gets rid of who Watford said they would never give us a player again unless he wasn’t employed he will always fail. Chelsea and Swansea were appalled as well with the treatment of their players. Boateng another, playing League 1 football over Sinclair. I post from yes opinion of my own and truth from the game, has anyone heard the off the record BBC Bristol and EP interview when they go off the record and he’s recorded still talking about how a player may never recover from his loss of confidence? I make drop it on this forum soon, that will bring the house down “we won’t can’t mention this, well he’s said it before” as he walks out Keep calling me a Banned word and proding me Frankly I'm glad we had a manager who picked his team based on his own opinions and not those of agents or other clubs. Anyway, your obsession with DC is ridiculous IMO. Two promotions states that he was a great manager for us but he's moved on now. Suggest you do too. I'm out.
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Post by paulpirate on Sept 1, 2019 8:16:30 GMT
All good pal, couldn’t give a toss you calling me a Banned word, same man decided on contracts and I’m the first to admit Wael and the board should never have let him be in charge of them. No manager bar a control freak should be in charge of contract lengths, ask Levy, any proper chairman this and we’ve learned from it. And how do I know this, I know one of the players agents. I ain’t no Banned word, landed the QPR and Brum contracts this week, send me your home address and you will get a match day programme every Saturday morning before the game. You pal are talking too a man stuck in football, 8 clubs now and many contacts like I predicted the 6ft 6 bald man. Once a Banned word always a Banned word you. And if you ever meet Bodin or DC, look them straight in the eye and asked why he left. I dont really care if your sleeping with one of the players agents or if you now have 8 clubs sucking up to you. I dont want a crappy match programme and couldnt give a toss about your contacts in football. Thing is i loved dc and came to feel like the team he built were my friends,i also had some quite long conversations with him at development matches where to his credit he told me all the players names and details about there career before rovers. I played over 400 western league games which is laughable compared to an experienced professional player and manager like dc but he talked football with me as if i were an equal. For me dc was a fans manager,always fronting up and willing to exchange views with all and sundry. So some Banned word who happens to know some crappy agent is hardly likely to change my opinion on one of the very small group of managers to have won promotion with bristol rovers. 💩house 😂
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Post by gasandelectricity on Sept 1, 2019 9:07:46 GMT
post from yes opinion of my own and truth from the game, has anyone heard the off the record BBC Bristol and EP interview when they go off the record and he’s recorded still talking about how a player may never recover from his loss of confidence? I make drop it on this forum soon, that will bring the house down “we won’t can’t mention this, well he’s said it before” as he walks out Keep calling me a Banned word and proding me No because ITKers hint about it but don’t share it. If he’s long gone I question how much damage something like this could do especially when said player is likely to be one who’s finally found form. I’m sure many managers would roast their players off the record. It’s what they do on the record that’s more important
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Post by gas11light on Sept 1, 2019 9:25:38 GMT
Ohh we’re still banging on about this bloke are we ? zzZzzz , he’s found his level.
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Post by Midsomer Murderer on Sept 1, 2019 9:35:13 GMT
What's a Banned word ? toilet ? poorly constructed dwelling ?
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Post by gashead1981 on Sept 1, 2019 13:06:48 GMT
Just my 10p worth.
DC assembled a good squad for the conference that really was probably the best for that league, all seasoned pros and then added L1 standard players in Easter and Lines.
That same squad obviously did well in L2 and we upgraded a couple of players in Montano and Gaffney and Bodin became amazing. But largely it was built on the same team spirit and fighting ability. DC budget only got you so much but he made the absolute best of it.
That only gets you so far, L1 is more technical, team spirit won’t always get you through and you need better players. Bodin and Taylor left inside a year and weren’t replaced, Ellis, went 6 months later again.
The philosophy of the football changed with it from being a free flowing footballing side, to one of defensive tactics, narrow formations with a more direct approach. The diagonal cross ball being the favourite.
The owners also changed, ones willing to increase the budget, give DC all the backroom staff he wanted, a development squad etc. He was also given a transfer kitty. £380k on Nichols, £100k on Mensah, £150k on Payne. Yes he sold Bodin and Ellis at a good fee and Taylor for a knock down fee, but he still spent good money that some clubs in this league don’t spent.
He constantly made mention of Trolls achievements but it has to be pointed out that he fell into exactly the same mistakes. He believed that the players would loyally stick to him, he had favourites that played when way off form, didn’t sub the players that needed subbing, and then started handing out long and expensive contracts and signing players that either didn’t improve us or kept players that were playing above their level and should have been released.
Of course DC paid the ultimate price when it unravelled and GC is still paying the price of DCs decisions. That’s not vilifying DC anymore than we have to or trying to discolour his achievements. Those are just the facts of the matter. We have 3 or 4 players that aren’t good enough/don’t suit the philosophy of football GC wants to play/GC perhaps wouldn’t want or normally sign, on big contracts which have made signing players inside SCMP difficult and we are somewhat hamstrung by that.
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Post by warehamgas on Sept 1, 2019 17:52:25 GMT
Wael promised dc and us supporters a new ground,a state of the art training ground and a cat 2 academy. Nobody made wael constantly blab on about it but he did anyway. Nowadays he knows he has no money at walsall and our club are back to normal in the same boat. You also need to take into account that he sold or lost taylor,harrison,bodin and brown because it turned out that wael was telling little fibs about his plans. If you cant see that your a Banned word of the highest order. A grand master Banned word. All good pal, couldn’t give a toss you calling me a Banned word, same man decided on contracts and I’m the first to admit Wael and the board should never have let him be in charge of them. No manager bar a control freak should be in charge of contract lengths, ask Levy, any proper chairman this and we’ve learned from it. And how do I know this, I know one of the players agents. I ain’t no Banned word, landed the QPR and Brum contracts this week, send me your home address and you will get a match day programme every Saturday morning before the game. You pal are talking too a man stuck in football, 8 clubs now and many contacts like I predicted the 6ft 6 bald man. Once a Banned word always a Banned word you. And if you ever meet Bodin or DC, look them straight in the eye and asked why he left. Roady, I like reading your stuff, it’s always entertaining. But come off it, because you know one of the players agents you seem to think you know. You will know the version the agent wants you to know and it may or may not be true. Blimey, if an agent told me today was Sunday I’d check the calendar first. And if I ever looked Bodin or DC straight in the eye (unlikely😉!) and asked them any question I would get an answer they wanted to give me, not necessarily the true one! Keep posting, great stuff but it’s a version and may or may not be true, like every other opinion on here from every poster.😀 UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Sept 1, 2019 18:17:32 GMT
But what is GC's philosophy, just a load of giants playing hoof football to our two strikers? I've watched every away game and apart from OC hitting the post at Blackpool I don't recall us ever really getting close to scoring a goal.Just the 1 goal in our last 5 away league games is a worrying stat. How long can GC keep on blaming the previous manager for his own failings? Like you Topper I don’t know but I think I can work out perhaps. He likes a solid defence with FBs who can get forward, a solid midfield and a strong No. 9. He plays a narrow formation with width from the FBs. He plays with patience and is prepared for a 0-0 and a point away from home and will be slightly more adventurous at home. Unfortunately at the moment he has little creativity in midfield so is hoping for a bit of magic from OC or a good cross from the FBs. I’ve no idea if that is his philosophy it just seems likely at the moment. And I agree that our scoring record in our recent away games is worrying but I guess if we scored two goals next time out it would be from a similar performance as they all seem very similar. Have I missed something? I was unaware that GC keeps blaming DC for his own failings. Has he said something? Serious question. UTG!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2019 18:39:41 GMT
But what is GC's philosophy, just a load of giants playing hoof football to our two strikers? I've watched every away game and apart from OC hitting the post at Blackpool I don't recall us ever really getting close to scoring a goal.Just the 1 goal in our last 5 away league games is a worrying stat. How long can GC keep on blaming the previous manager for his own failings? Like you Topper I don’t know but I think I can work out perhaps. He likes a solid defence with FBs who can get forward, a solid midfield and a strong No. 9. He plays a narrow formation with width from the FBs. He plays with patience and is prepared for a 0-0 and a point away from home and will be slightly more adventurous at home. Unfortunately at the moment he has little creativity in midfield so is hoping for a bit of magic from OC or a good cross from the FBs. I’ve no idea if that is his philosophy it just seems likely at the moment. And I agree that our scoring record in our recent away games is worrying but I guess if we scored two goals next time out it would be from a similar performance as they all seem very similar. Have I missed something? I was unaware that GC keeps blaming DC for his own failings. Has he said something? Serious question. UTG! So Blueballboy or whatever his name is thinks I suck up to club people and here is why I don’t and why I think our board got things wrong before Martyn Starnes joined. If you listen to the off the record recording as well with BBC BRISTOL and EP you will realise relations between DC and Hamer broke down totally because in Hamer’s defence he tried to take some control back from the manager. The board and Wael we scared of DC because they came in and he was a successful hero. The board started standing up to him but DC was in charge of player contract lengths and wages, he’s publicly just said at Walsall he doesn’t like players on long term deals. This is where DC was stuck in the dark ages and out of control why Oxford got £3 million for Roofe and Accy £2 million for their striker. The player is the clubs asset, not the managers, if the manager leaves he can raid his old club and thank god Starnes is now tying down our assets like Kilgour who might get us £3 million in the coming year or so. So Bodin wanted an improved deal, DC said to the board offer no more than £2,300 a week and guess what, the board wanted to offer more but they backed DC’s judgement. The Wasserman Media Group who represent Billy called our bluff and he moved, it was too late to go back with more and our board FAILED on this listening to a manager, he was their asset. DC was in charge of Taylor’s and Ellis’s contract length as well, the club have learnt from this. I’ve also had this confirmed to me by an ex board member before the Al Qadi’s took over that they battled with DC on this but Higgs was like a lower league Daniel Levy and secures our assets like Lambert weeks before he signed for Saints. You can make all your Banned word jokes, call me a lick arse, call me DC obsessed, I’m just telling you the truth, the bloke left us in a mess partly caused but the board being too lenient with him. His latest statement at Walsall re Bury is hilarious, he was manager of our £3.4 million loss and wanted more and more crying on the radio every week. Telling us we can’t keep selling goals but we sold goals for such cheap money because he was in control of the contracts. Swindon get higher average home attendances than us and still can’t afford Bennett, you wanted him Darrell and the board backed you and also on many more. He’s a non league Allardyce and like Big Sam, give him money he’s a disaster, make him motivate players on peanuts and he’s a world class manager. I know others have heard the off the record recording, he leaves the room and says “ask those fuckers upstairs why I can’t have more money” problem is all those rude interviews he gave caught up with him, someone leaked it and the clever managers play the media to get them on side, he treated some of them with no respect at all.
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Post by warehamgas on Sept 1, 2019 19:03:19 GMT
Like you Topper I don’t know but I think I can work out perhaps. He likes a solid defence with FBs who can get forward, a solid midfield and a strong No. 9. He plays a narrow formation with width from the FBs. He plays with patience and is prepared for a 0-0 and a point away from home and will be slightly more adventurous at home. Unfortunately at the moment he has little creativity in midfield so is hoping for a bit of magic from OC or a good cross from the FBs. I’ve no idea if that is his philosophy it just seems likely at the moment. And I agree that our scoring record in our recent away games is worrying but I guess if we scored two goals next time out it would be from a similar performance as they all seem very similar. Have I missed something? I was unaware that GC keeps blaming DC for his own failings. Has he said something? Serious question. UTG! So Blueballboy or whatever his name is thinks I suck up to club people and here is why I don’t and why I think our board got things wrong before Martyn Starnes joined. If you listen to the off the record recording as well with BBC BRISTOL and EP you will realise relations between DC and Hamer broke down totally because in Hamer’s defence he tried to take some control back from the manager. The board and Wael we scared of DC because they came in and he was a successful hero. The board started standing up to him but DC was in charge of player contract lengths and wages, he’s publicly just said at Walsall he doesn’t like players on long term deals. This is where DC was stuck in the dark ages and out of control why Oxford got £3 million for Roofe and Accy £2 million for their striker. The player is the clubs asset, not the managers, if the manager leaves he can raid his old club and thank god Starnes is now tying down our assets like Kilgour who might get us £3 million in the coming year or so. So Bodin wanted an improved deal, DC said to the board offer no more than £2,300 a week and guess what, the board wanted to offer more but they backed DC’s judgement. The Wasserman Media Group who represent Billy called our bluff and he moved, it was too late to go back with more and our board FAILED on this listening to a manager, he was their asset. DC was in charge of Taylor’s and Ellis’s contract length as well, the club have learnt from this. I’ve also had this confirmed to me by an ex board member before the Al Qadi’s took over that they battled with DC on this but Higgs was like a lower league Daniel Levy and secures our assets like Lambert weeks before he signed for Saints. You can make all your Banned word jokes, call me a lick arse, call me DC obsessed, I’m just telling you the truth, the bloke left us in a mess partly caused but the board being too lenient with him. His latest statement at Walsall re Bury is hilarious, he was manager of our £3.4 million loss and wanted more and more crying on the radio every week. Telling us we can’t keep selling goals but we sold goals for such cheap money because he was in control of the contracts. Swindon get higher average home attendances than us and still can’t afford Bennett, you wanted him Darrell and the board backed you and also on many more. He’s a non league Allardyce and like Big Sam, give him money he’s a disaster, make him motivate players on peanuts and he’s a world class manager. I know others have heard the off the record recording, he leaves the room and says “ask those fuckers upstairs why I can’t have more money” problem is all those rude interviews he gave caught up with him, someone leaked it and the clever managers play the media to get them on side, he treated some of them with no respect at all. Sorry roady but confused as to what this has to do with my reply to Topper. Is it meant to be a reply to my previous post about you and blue butterfly? If it was appreciate the time you took and as I said, always interesting stuff. Just a bit confused. UTG!
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Post by Henbury Gas on Sept 1, 2019 19:08:30 GMT
Like you Topper I don’t know but I think I can work out perhaps. He likes a solid defence with FBs who can get forward, a solid midfield and a strong No. 9. He plays a narrow formation with width from the FBs. He plays with patience and is prepared for a 0-0 and a point away from home and will be slightly more adventurous at home. Unfortunately at the moment he has little creativity in midfield so is hoping for a bit of magic from OC or a good cross from the FBs. I’ve no idea if that is his philosophy it just seems likely at the moment. And I agree that our scoring record in our recent away games is worrying but I guess if we scored two goals next time out it would be from a similar performance as they all seem very similar. Have I missed something? I was unaware that GC keeps blaming DC for his own failings. Has he said something? Serious question. UTG! So Blueballboy or whatever his name is thinks I suck up to club people and here is why I don’t and why I think our board got things wrong before Martyn Starnes joined. If you listen to the off the record recording as well with BBC BRISTOL and EP you will realise relations between DC and Hamer broke down totally because in Hamer’s defence he tried to take some control back from the manager. The board and Wael we scared of DC because they came in and he was a successful hero. The board started standing up to him but DC was in charge of player contract lengths and wages, he’s publicly just said at Walsall he doesn’t like players on long term deals. This is where DC was stuck in the dark ages and out of control why Oxford got £3 million for Roofe and Accy £2 million for their striker. The player is the clubs asset, not the managers, if the manager leaves he can raid his old club and thank god Starnes is now tying down our assets like Kilgour who might get us £3 million in the coming year or so. So Bodin wanted an improved deal, DC said to the board offer no more than £2,300 a week and guess what, the board wanted to offer more but they backed DC’s judgement. The Wasserman Media Group who represent Billy called our bluff and he moved, it was too late to go back with more and our board FAILED on this listening to a manager, he was their asset. DC was in charge of Taylor’s and Ellis’s contract length as well, the club have learnt from this. I’ve also had this confirmed to me by an ex board member before the Al Qadi’s took over that they battled with DC on this but Higgs was like a lower league Daniel Levy and secures our assets like Lambert weeks before he signed for Saints. You can make all your Banned word jokes, call me a lick arse, call me DC obsessed, I’m just telling you the truth, the bloke left us in a mess partly caused but the board being too lenient with him. His latest statement at Walsall re Bury is hilarious, he was manager of our £3.4 million loss and wanted more and more crying on the radio every week. Telling us we can’t keep selling goals but we sold goals for such cheap money because he was in control of the contracts. Swindon get higher average home attendances than us and still can’t afford Bennett, you wanted him Darrell and the board backed you and also on many more. He’s a non league Allardyce and like Big Sam, give him money he’s a disaster, make him motivate players on peanuts and he’s a world class manager. I know others have heard the off the record recording, he leaves the room and says “ask those fuckers upstairs why I can’t have more money” problem is all those rude interviews he gave caught up with him, someone leaked it and the clever managers play the media to get them on side, he treated some of them with no respect at all. Best post today
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Post by gashead1981 on Sept 1, 2019 19:17:19 GMT
Like you Topper I don’t know but I think I can work out perhaps. He likes a solid defence with FBs who can get forward, a solid midfield and a strong No. 9. He plays a narrow formation with width from the FBs. He plays with patience and is prepared for a 0-0 and a point away from home and will be slightly more adventurous at home. Unfortunately at the moment he has little creativity in midfield so is hoping for a bit of magic from OC or a good cross from the FBs. I’ve no idea if that is his philosophy it just seems likely at the moment. And I agree that our scoring record in our recent away games is worrying but I guess if we scored two goals next time out it would be from a similar performance as they all seem very similar. Have I missed something? I was unaware that GC keeps blaming DC for his own failings. Has he said something? Serious question. UTG! So Blueballboy or whatever his name is thinks I suck up to club people and here is why I don’t and why I think our board got things wrong before Martyn Starnes joined. If you listen to the off the record recording as well with BBC BRISTOL and EP you will realise relations between DC and Hamer broke down totally because in Hamer’s defence he tried to take some control back from the manager. The board and Wael we scared of DC because they came in and he was a successful hero. The board started standing up to him but DC was in charge of player contract lengths and wages, he’s publicly just said at Walsall he doesn’t like players on long term deals. This is where DC was stuck in the dark ages and out of control why Oxford got £3 million for Roofe and Accy £2 million for their striker. The player is the clubs asset, not the managers, if the manager leaves he can raid his old club and thank god Starnes is now tying down our assets like Kilgour who might get us £3 million in the coming year or so. So Bodin wanted an improved deal, DC said to the board offer no more than £2,300 a week and guess what, the board wanted to offer more but they backed DC’s judgement. The Wasserman Media Group who represent Billy called our bluff and he moved, it was too late to go back with more and our board FAILED on this listening to a manager, he was their asset. DC was in charge of Taylor’s and Ellis’s contract length as well, the club have learnt from this. I’ve also had this confirmed to me by an ex board member before the Al Qadi’s took over that they battled with DC on this but Higgs was like a lower league Daniel Levy and secures our assets like Lambert weeks before he signed for Saints. You can make all your Banned word jokes, call me a lick arse, call me DC obsessed, I’m just telling you the truth, the bloke left us in a mess partly caused but the board being too lenient with him. His latest statement at Walsall re Bury is hilarious, he was manager of our £3.4 million loss and wanted more and more crying on the radio every week. Telling us we can’t keep selling goals but we sold goals for such cheap money because he was in control of the contracts. Swindon get higher average home attendances than us and still can’t afford Bennett, you wanted him Darrell and the board backed you and also on many more. He’s a non league Allardyce and like Big Sam, give him money he’s a disaster, make him motivate players on peanuts and he’s a world class manager. I know others have heard the off the record recording, he leaves the room and says “ask those fuckers upstairs why I can’t have more money” problem is all those rude interviews he gave caught up with him, someone leaked it and the clever managers play the media to get them on side, he treated some of them with no respect at all. This is 100% accurate.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2019 20:15:10 GMT
Thank you Henbury and 81 for your support, I apologise to everyone for the Banned word comments, a lot of it was banter but maybe I over stepped the marked with it, sorry.
I have told the truth here, people can make fun I’m privileged to work with football clubs, know programme editors and agents whilst being good mates with Championship Manager.
Someone said it’s all about ego and let’s get a new section for it, I don’t have an ego, I just try to offer balance and DC left us in a mess and the board were not strong enough causing it.
This is my last post on this forum for the year, I wish everyone the best, GC, the board and us suffering fans.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2019 20:24:58 GMT
Thank you Henbury and 81 for your support, I apologise to everyone for the Banned word comments, a lot of it was banter but maybe I over stepped the marked with it, sorry. I have told the truth here, people can make fun I’m privileged to work with football clubs, know programme editors and agents whilst being good mates with Championship Manager. Someone said it’s all about ego and let’s get a new section for it, I don’t have an ego, I just try to offer balance and DC left us in a mess and the board were not strong enough causing it. This is my last post on this forum for the year, I wish everyone the best, GC, the board and us suffering fans. Roady keep posting the truth hurts DC lovers,DC thought he was bigger than the club,I liked him too a certain extent but got fed up of his sympathy cries. Lets dust ourselves down and go again 😂
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2019 20:27:42 GMT
Like you Topper I don’t know but I think I can work out perhaps. He likes a solid defence with FBs who can get forward, a solid midfield and a strong No. 9. He plays a narrow formation with width from the FBs. He plays with patience and is prepared for a 0-0 and a point away from home and will be slightly more adventurous at home. Unfortunately at the moment he has little creativity in midfield so is hoping for a bit of magic from OC or a good cross from the FBs. I’ve no idea if that is his philosophy it just seems likely at the moment. And I agree that our scoring record in our recent away games is worrying but I guess if we scored two goals next time out it would be from a similar performance as they all seem very similar. Have I missed something? I was unaware that GC keeps blaming DC for his own failings. Has he said something? Serious question. UTG! So Blueballboy or whatever his name is thinks I suck up to club people and here is why I don’t and why I think our board got things wrong before Martyn Starnes joined. If you listen to the off the record recording as well with BBC BRISTOL and EP you will realise relations between DC and Hamer broke down totally because in Hamer’s defence he tried to take some control back from the manager. The board and Wael we scared of DC because they came in and he was a successful hero. The board started standing up to him but DC was in charge of player contract lengths and wages, he’s publicly just said at Walsall he doesn’t like players on long term deals. This is where DC was stuck in the dark ages and out of control why Oxford got £3 million for Roofe and Accy £2 million for their striker. The player is the clubs asset, not the managers, if the manager leaves he can raid his old club and thank god Starnes is now tying down our assets like Kilgour who might get us £3 million in the coming year or so. So Bodin wanted an improved deal, DC said to the board offer no more than £2,300 a week and guess what, the board wanted to offer more but they backed DC’s judgement. The Wasserman Media Group who represent Billy called our bluff and he moved, it was too late to go back with more and our board FAILED on this listening to a manager, he was their asset. DC was in charge of Taylor’s and Ellis’s contract length as well, the club have learnt from this. I’ve also had this confirmed to me by an ex board member before the Al Qadi’s took over that they battled with DC on this but Higgs was like a lower league Daniel Levy and secures our assets like Lambert weeks before he signed for Saints. You can make all your Banned word jokes, call me a lick arse, call me DC obsessed, I’m just telling you the truth, the bloke left us in a mess partly caused but the board being too lenient with him. His latest statement at Walsall re Bury is hilarious, he was manager of our £3.4 million loss and wanted more and more crying on the radio every week. Telling us we can’t keep selling goals but we sold goals for such cheap money because he was in control of the contracts. Swindon get higher average home attendances than us and still can’t afford Bennett, you wanted him Darrell and the board backed you and also on many more. He’s a non league Allardyce and like Big Sam, give him money he’s a disaster, make him motivate players on peanuts and he’s a world class manager. I know others have heard the off the record recording, he leaves the room and says “ask those fuckers upstairs why I can’t have more money” problem is all those rude interviews he gave caught up with him, someone leaked it and the clever managers play the media to get them on side, he treated some of them with no respect at all. Excellent post
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Post by lpgas on Sept 1, 2019 21:35:46 GMT
We sold and lost Taylor, Harrison, Bodin and Brown because Wael tells fibs? Pure BS. What are you smoking over there? Not at all,they all went to modest clubs that we could easily compete with if wael was true to his word about ambition,new ground,state of the art training ground,cat 2 academy. Nobody made wael come out with that crap did they? Why would you join portsmouth,ipswich and preston or even charlton when it was clear we were going to at least match those clubs. Im not anti-owner but wael sadly painted a false picture which fooled the manager and most fans. It's called Cash
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2019 21:46:18 GMT
Thank you Henbury and 81 for your support, I apologise to everyone for the Banned word comments, a lot of it was banter but maybe I over stepped the marked with it, sorry. I have told the truth here, people can make fun I’m privileged to work with football clubs, know programme editors and agents whilst being good mates with Championship Manager. Someone said it’s all about ego and let’s get a new section for it, I don’t have an ego, I just try to offer balance and DC left us in a mess and the board were not strong enough causing it. This is my last post on this forum for the year, I wish everyone the best, GC, the board and us suffering fans. I have no idea whether any of this stuff is true or not. Quite frankly, I don't care but I am concerned that you are causing more damage by massaging your ego in this way than the successful manager you seem hell bent on destroying. You say DC left us in a mess. Really? He bought some good players, some bad players, but in addition to the small matter of rescuing us from our lowest point and delivering two promotions, he left us with a squad of players that are easily capable of a mid table finish in League 1, which is surely the maximum a club such as ours can expect to achieve. Yes, they underperformed for four months and he was sacked. GC steadied the ship and we are now back where we were...mid table League 1. Rather than leaving us in a mess, Darrell Clarke is almost solely responsible for the fact that actually, in the context of the last 20 years or so, these are good times to be a Rovers fan. So how about celebrating his achievements and getting behind our current manager as he tries to continue that good work? I do admire your decision to stop posting though (even if it is after the damaging posts you've made) and suspect that makes sense for me too. This forum has become far too poisonous and reflective of the worst aspects of our so called 'support' that has been demonstrated on the terraces of late.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2019 21:55:48 GMT
Not at all,they all went to modest clubs that we could easily compete with if wael was true to his word about ambition,new ground,state of the art training ground,cat 2 academy. Nobody made wael come out with that crap did they? Why would you join portsmouth,ipswich and preston or even charlton when it was clear we were going to at least match those clubs. Im not anti-owner but wael sadly painted a false picture which fooled the manager and most fans. It's called Cash Exactly,the cash wael clearly had because of new ground,new training ground and cat 2 academy he was providing for the club. You need to read posts before replying to them imo.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2019 22:18:50 GMT
Just my 10p worth. DC assembled a good squad for the conference that really was probably the best for that league, all seasoned pros and then added L1 standard players in Easter and Lines. That same squad obviously did well in L2 and we upgraded a couple of players in Montano and Gaffney and Bodin became amazing. But largely it was built on the same team spirit and fighting ability. DC budget only got you so much but he made the absolute best of it. That only gets you so far, L1 is more technical, team spirit won’t always get you through and you need better players. Bodin and Taylor left inside a year and weren’t replaced, Ellis, went 6 months later again. The philosophy of the football changed with it from being a free flowing footballing side, to one of defensive tactics, narrow formations with a more direct approach. The diagonal cross ball being the favourite. The owners also changed, ones willing to increase the budget, give DC all the backroom staff he wanted, a development squad etc. He was also given a transfer kitty. £380k on Nichols, £100k on Mensah, £150k on Payne. Yes he sold Bodin and Ellis at a good fee and Taylor for a knock down fee, but he still spent good money that some clubs in this league don’t spent. He constantly made mention of Trolls achievements but it has to be pointed out that he fell into exactly the same mistakes. He believed that the players would loyally stick to him, he had favourites that played when way off form, didn’t sub the players that needed subbing, and then started handing out long and expensive contracts and signing players that either didn’t improve us or kept players that were playing above their level and should have been released. Of course DC paid the ultimate price when it unravelled and GC is still paying the price of DCs decisions. That’s not vilifying DC anymore than we have to or trying to discolour his achievements. Those are just the facts of the matter. We have 3 or 4 players that aren’t good enough/don’t suit the philosophy of football GC wants to play/GC perhaps wouldn’t want or normally sign, on big contracts which have made signing players inside SCMP difficult and we are somewhat hamstrung by that. The post is good. But coughlan was in the same boat as virtually all managers at all clubs when taking over from a manager who has been sacked. There are always players you want to get out of the door but cannot because of their contracts and lousy form. He has brought 8 players in,some of them experienced and surely on a decent wage? His success or failure will be down to him and him alone in my view.
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Post by warehamgas on Sept 1, 2019 22:38:51 GMT
Thank you Henbury and 81 for your support, I apologise to everyone for the Banned word comments, a lot of it was banter but maybe I over stepped the marked with it, sorry. I have told the truth here, people can make fun I’m privileged to work with football clubs, know programme editors and agents whilst being good mates with Championship Manager. Someone said it’s all about ego and let’s get a new section for it, I don’t have an ego, I just try to offer balance and DC left us in a mess and the board were not strong enough causing it. This is my last post on this forum for the year, I wish everyone the best, GC, the board and us suffering fans. Fair enough but in the first sentence you show complete disrespect for another poster with his name and some think this is the best post today and then 100% accurate. Jeez!! Oh well....🤔 UTG!
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