| When you look at the squad Jim Magilton had 23:50 - Mar 9 with 8782 views | Cheltenham_Blue |
to pick from ahead of the Nodge game in 2009, immediately before he was canned. Its horribly clear the scale of downgrading that has happened at the club over that last 10 years.
1. Richard Wright
2. David Wright
4. Gareth McAuley
5. Alex Bruce
7. Owen Garvan
8. Tommy Miller
9. Pablo Counago
10. David Norris
11. Kevin Lisbie
12. Jamie Peters
14. Jon Stead
15. Pim Balkestein
16. Chris Casement
17. Dean Bowditch
18. Danny Haynes
19. Jon Walters
20. Giovani Dos Santos (Loan)
21. Ivan Campo
22. Moritz Voltz (Loan)
22. Alan Quinn
26. VeliÄe Å umulikoski
27. Shane Supple
28. Bartosz Białkowski (Loan)
30. Matt Richards
33. Ben Thatcher
35. Tommy Smith
36. Liam Trotter
38. Jordan Rhodes
40. Connor Wickham
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| When you look at the squad Jim Magilton had on 00:13 - Mar 10 with 7703 views | BlueBadger |
Yes, but We've Got Brexit Done now. |  |
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| When you look at the squad Jim Magilton had on 02:27 - Mar 10 with 7616 views | Illinoisblue |
Evans is killing us yet keeps us alive. Strange and ridiculous times at Portman Road. |  |
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| When you look at the squad Jim Magilton had on 05:45 - Mar 10 with 7502 views | bournemouthblue |
Evans gave it a crack under Magic, Keane and Jewell
After that he has retracted
His biggest mistake was not backing McCarthy when we were really in the mix for Promotion
The rest is history
I fear actually despite people disliking Lambert that not backing him in January is why we will be in League One next season now and probably without him in charge
It maybe a blessing though because I think we would come straight back down with this current squad. A season of learning from this seasons mistakes and developing the squad may put us in better stead for the Championship
That said, if we sell Wolfy, Downes and Jackson and then fail to invest properly
It will be another disappointing season
I fear things could get worse before they get better, Evans simply never seems to learn [Post edited 10 Mar 2020 5:58]
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| When you look at the squad Jim Magilton had on 06:20 - Mar 10 with 7434 views | WeWereZombies |
| When you look at the squad Jim Magilton had on 05:45 - Mar 10 by bournemouthblue |
Evans gave it a crack under Magic, Keane and Jewell
After that he has retracted
His biggest mistake was not backing McCarthy when we were really in the mix for Promotion
The rest is history
I fear actually despite people disliking Lambert that not backing him in January is why we will be in League One next season now and probably without him in charge
It maybe a blessing though because I think we would come straight back down with this current squad. A season of learning from this seasons mistakes and developing the squad may put us in better stead for the Championship
That said, if we sell Wolfy, Downes and Jackson and then fail to invest properly
It will be another disappointing season
I fear things could get worse before they get better, Evans simply never seems to learn [Post edited 10 Mar 2020 5:58]
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Seeing the squad in the OP and reflecting on what has happened since it does raise the suspicion that Marcus Evans came in with the primary aim of trimming the wage bill and success on the pitch as a secondary thing. I doubt this is his modus operandi for hospitality but that is the business where he is the one cleaning out other people's pockets and not having his cleaned out. |  |
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| When you look at the squad Jim Magilton had on 07:08 - Mar 10 with 7275 views | Churchman |
It is an extremely interesting comparison. I wonder what McCarthy would have done with it, given it looks stronger at first glance than his team five years ago. There were some decent championship players in that lot.
The club is dying in every way. It is clear is that Evans policy of sell your better players, replace with cheaper/cut costs means you need a miracle worker which PL most certainly isn’t or a magic wand. Add in facilities and stadia that have had little spent on them and the picture is clear where we are heading.
It doesn’t have to be like this in my view. Evans should be asking himself why so many clubs with so much less have done better in the past ten years, but I honestly don’t think he cares. It’s so sad. |  | | |
| When you look at the squad Jim Magilton had on 07:12 - Mar 10 with 7253 views | Fenland_Blue |
| When you look at the squad Jim Magilton had on 06:20 - Mar 10 by WeWereZombies |
Seeing the squad in the OP and reflecting on what has happened since it does raise the suspicion that Marcus Evans came in with the primary aim of trimming the wage bill and success on the pitch as a secondary thing. I doubt this is his modus operandi for hospitality but that is the business where he is the one cleaning out other people's pockets and not having his cleaned out. |
He was in it for a quick nice tidy profit slip Keane in, spend a bit of cash on transfers and promoted straight away, then sell and make a few quid.
But he is stuck with us and us with him, being in league 1 for a while won't bother him, he's slashed the wage bill in 12 months from £17 million to £5.5 million and he starts over again without having to put £5-6 million in every summer to keep us ticking over. |  |
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| When you look at the squad Jim Magilton had on 07:13 - Mar 10 with 7239 views | Bluefish |
I'm not sure you are factoring in the stage of those players careers |  |
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| When you look at the squad Jim Magilton had on 07:29 - Mar 10 with 7185 views | BloomBlue |
Was there FFP then? I forget when it was introduced |  | | |
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| When you look at the squad Jim Magilton had on 07:32 - Mar 10 with 7170 views | Herbivore |
| When you look at the squad Jim Magilton had on 05:45 - Mar 10 by bournemouthblue |
Evans gave it a crack under Magic, Keane and Jewell
After that he has retracted
His biggest mistake was not backing McCarthy when we were really in the mix for Promotion
The rest is history
I fear actually despite people disliking Lambert that not backing him in January is why we will be in League One next season now and probably without him in charge
It maybe a blessing though because I think we would come straight back down with this current squad. A season of learning from this seasons mistakes and developing the squad may put us in better stead for the Championship
That said, if we sell Wolfy, Downes and Jackson and then fail to invest properly
It will be another disappointing season
I fear things could get worse before they get better, Evans simply never seems to learn [Post edited 10 Mar 2020 5:58]
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There was evidently some funding available in January, just not enough to stretch to the likes of Connor Wickham. |  |
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| When you look at the squad Jim Magilton had on 07:33 - Mar 10 with 7168 views | No9 |
Isn't that the root cause of present day problems?
A list of under-performers ? |  | | |
| When you look at the squad Jim Magilton had on 07:41 - Mar 10 with 7123 views | Herbivore |
| When you look at the squad Jim Magilton had on 07:13 - Mar 10 by Bluefish |
I'm not sure you are factoring in the stage of those players careers |
Indeed. When you break it down it's really not that great a squad. Gio was class but he was only here for a few months and it was never going to be longer than that. There's some old timers in there and some yoots who weren't yet up to much. McAuley and Walters were decent as was David Wright but there's a good deal of mediocrity in that squad too. | |
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| When you look at the squad Jim Magilton had on 07:56 - Mar 10 with 7074 views | hampstead_blue |
Now that is a huge squad!
Very good squad. |  |
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Those who assume, insist, and deny the truth are plain stupid.
Those who assume, insist, deny the truth and tell YOU they know you (when they don't) have an IQ in the range of 35-49.
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| When you look at the squad Jim Magilton had on 07:57 - Mar 10 with 7058 views | Bluefish |
| When you look at the squad Jim Magilton had on 07:41 - Mar 10 by Herbivore |
Indeed. When you break it down it's really not that great a squad. Gio was class but he was only here for a few months and it was never going to be longer than that. There's some old timers in there and some yoots who weren't yet up to much. McAuley and Walters were decent as was David Wright but there's a good deal of mediocrity in that squad too. |
Perhaps they are desperate for the glory days of shumi and pim to return | |
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| When you look at the squad Jim Magilton had on 08:00 - Mar 10 with 7046 views | Herbivore |
| When you look at the squad Jim Magilton had on 07:57 - Mar 10 by Bluefish |
Perhaps they are desperate for the glory days of shumi and pim to return |
They wouldn't even get into this team. | |
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| When you look at the squad Jim Magilton had on 08:04 - Mar 10 with 7020 views | Bluefish |
| When you look at the squad Jim Magilton had on 08:00 - Mar 10 by Herbivore |
They wouldn't even get into this team. |
Ah yes but just think about Alex Bruce and Kevin Lisbie ripping it up | |
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| When you look at the squad Jim Magilton had on 08:49 - Mar 10 with 6895 views | TractorJack |
I think it shows that the overall quality of the Championship has increased. |  | | |
| When you look at the squad Jim Magilton had on 09:36 - Mar 10 with 6803 views | BlueBadger |
| When you look at the squad Jim Magilton had on 07:33 - Mar 10 by No9 |
Isn't that the root cause of present day problems?
A list of under-performers ? |
Starting with two terrible managerial appointments back-to-back. | |
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| When you look at the squad Jim Magilton had on 09:44 - Mar 10 with 6764 views | BlueBadger |
| When you look at the squad Jim Magilton had on 07:12 - Mar 10 by Fenland_Blue |
He was in it for a quick nice tidy profit slip Keane in, spend a bit of cash on transfers and promoted straight away, then sell and make a few quid.
But he is stuck with us and us with him, being in league 1 for a while won't bother him, he's slashed the wage bill in 12 months from £17 million to £5.5 million and he starts over again without having to put £5-6 million in every summer to keep us ticking over. |
He'll still end up putting more in than he saves by having us stay down. | |
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| When you look at the squad Jim Magilton had on 11:01 - Mar 10 with 6645 views | Ryorry |
| When you look at the squad Jim Magilton had on 09:44 - Mar 10 by BlueBadger |
He'll still end up putting more in than he saves by having us stay down. |
This is what I don't get with him - he's *supposed* to be an astute businessman  |  |
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| When you look at the squad Jim Magilton had on 11:08 - Mar 10 with 6625 views | Oxford_Blue |
But he, Keane and Jewell were all given millions. | | | |
| When you look at the squad Jim Magilton had on 11:09 - Mar 10 with 6619 views | JammyDodgerrr |
Think this is a fairly deceptive list when you just put it like that. Half of these were at the points in the career where either they were too young, past it or got better when they left us.
That's a fairly poor squad in my opinion. |  |
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| When you look at the squad Jim Magilton had on 11:16 - Mar 10 with 6592 views | ElephantintheRoom |
Hmmm - are you sure the current squad is much worse than that one? I think you are confusing a lot of them with the players they became or once were - not the pretty thin gruel that Jim was getting a pretty decent tune out of. | |
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| When you look at the squad Jim Magilton had on 11:27 - Mar 10 with 6554 views | Swansea_Blue |
| When you look at the squad Jim Magilton had on 00:13 - Mar 10 by BlueBadger |
Yes, but We've Got Brexit Done now. |
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| When you look at the squad Jim Magilton had on 12:21 - Mar 10 with 6488 views | BlueBadger |
| When you look at the squad Jim Magilton had on 11:01 - Mar 10 by Ryorry |
This is what I don't get with him - he's *supposed* to be an astute businessman |
The thing is, for a relatively low outlay, particularly in compared the Championship, he could have built in some 'insurance' against us staying down by actually investing the squad last summer.
Though, with the benefit of hindsight, being able to ffer Lambert even more opportunity to chop and change his squad might not have been the sharpest move to be made. | |
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| When you look at the squad Jim Magilton had on 12:53 - Mar 10 with 6382 views | nodge_blue |
Yes that squad looks pretty strong on paper. Light years better than what we have.
Most interesting thing - I didnt realise that Bart was on loan with us back then! |  |
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