Playford Road rumour 20:04 - Sep 3 with 3518 views | Darth_Koont | I have it on good authority that the players have no confidence in the fans who were complaining about being midtable in the Championship. Don't shoot the messenger. |  |
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Playford Road rumour on 20:05 - Sep 3 with 3461 views | Ewan_Oozami | We're just a bunch of cardboard fans anyway... |  |
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Playford Road rumour on 20:08 - Sep 3 with 3415 views | Ftnfwest | Playing good footy as well, Jim deserved better |  | |  |
Playford Road rumour on 20:10 - Sep 3 with 3380 views | Darth_Koont |
Playford Road rumour on 20:05 - Sep 3 by Ewan_Oozami | We're just a bunch of cardboard fans anyway... |
Indeed. Don't see us performing well on a cold, wet February night in Accrington. We need more plastic fans. |  |
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Playford Road rumour on 20:15 - Sep 3 with 3326 views | Darth_Koont |
Playford Road rumour on 20:08 - Sep 3 by Ftnfwest | Playing good footy as well, Jim deserved better |
Meh. I think Jim set us off on this track unfortunately. He's by no means responsible for where subsequent managers took us but that expensive midfield muddle took years to sort out. Maybe Jim knew what he was doing and needed more time but I certainly couldn't work it out. |  |
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Playford Road rumour on 21:10 - Sep 3 with 2921 views | Marshalls_Mullet | The rot started with that last season of Micks. Relegation form for the last few months of his reign. |  |
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Playford Road rumour on 21:14 - Sep 3 with 2864 views | longtimefan |
Playford Road rumour on 21:10 - Sep 3 by Marshalls_Mullet | The rot started with that last season of Micks. Relegation form for the last few months of his reign. |
.... and still finished above Norwich and Leeds that year who’ve both since got promoted. |  | |  |
Playford Road rumour on 21:14 - Sep 3 with 2853 views | Darth_Koont |
Playford Road rumour on 21:10 - Sep 3 by Marshalls_Mullet | The rot started with that last season of Micks. Relegation form for the last few months of his reign. |
The "rot" was a mediocre season with good young players emerging and a valuable squad that could at least hold its own in the Championship. Yeah, thank feck that's all behind us. |  |
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Playford Road rumour on 21:16 - Sep 3 with 2835 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
Playford Road rumour on 21:14 - Sep 3 by longtimefan | .... and still finished above Norwich and Leeds that year who’ve both since got promoted. |
Yes, I often wonder how Leeds managed to get promoted with their expensive squad and £6m a year manager. Thankfully Bryan Klug guided us to some stability. |  |
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Playford Road rumour on 21:18 - Sep 3 with 2816 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
Playford Road rumour on 21:14 - Sep 3 by Darth_Koont | The "rot" was a mediocre season with good young players emerging and a valuable squad that could at least hold its own in the Championship. Yeah, thank feck that's all behind us. |
Mr Hurst letting our Top 5 goal scorers go didn't help. Seem to recall the majority of Waghorns goals were scored in the first half of the season. Then our terrible form kicked in under Mick. |  |
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Playford Road rumour on 21:19 - Sep 3 with 2808 views | SitfcB |
Playford Road rumour on 21:10 - Sep 3 by Marshalls_Mullet | The rot started with that last season of Micks. Relegation form for the last few months of his reign. |
False. |  |
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Playford Road rumour on 21:24 - Sep 3 with 2765 views | PJH |
Playford Road rumour on 21:10 - Sep 3 by Marshalls_Mullet | The rot started with that last season of Micks. Relegation form for the last few months of his reign. |
If you discount the draw at Bolton, win at Sunderland, draw in Norfolk,win at Preston and win at Sheff W in five consecutive away games between late January and early March. Apart from those games you might be right. |  | |  |
Playford Road rumour on 21:24 - Sep 3 with 2760 views | patrickswell |
Playford Road rumour on 21:16 - Sep 3 by Marshalls_Mullet | Yes, I often wonder how Leeds managed to get promoted with their expensive squad and £6m a year manager. Thankfully Bryan Klug guided us to some stability. |
Klug took 4 points from a possible 12. Mick’s last 19 games yielded 21 points (W5, D6, L8) - Not spectacular form and rather skewed by 4 losses in his last 6 games, but I think Hull City would have killed for that run in the season just gone. I know that you and others had given up on Mick by the end and felt the club was dying, but that was your emotions talking, it wasn’t born out by the results to anywhere near the extent that you or others like to suggest. |  | |  |
Playford Road rumour on 21:33 - Sep 3 with 2671 views | Ftnfwest |
Playford Road rumour on 20:15 - Sep 3 by Darth_Koont | Meh. I think Jim set us off on this track unfortunately. He's by no means responsible for where subsequent managers took us but that expensive midfield muddle took years to sort out. Maybe Jim knew what he was doing and needed more time but I certainly couldn't work it out. |
Like most managers, good plan A |  | |  |
Playford Road rumour on 21:36 - Sep 3 with 2644 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
Playford Road rumour on 21:24 - Sep 3 by patrickswell | Klug took 4 points from a possible 12. Mick’s last 19 games yielded 21 points (W5, D6, L8) - Not spectacular form and rather skewed by 4 losses in his last 6 games, but I think Hull City would have killed for that run in the season just gone. I know that you and others had given up on Mick by the end and felt the club was dying, but that was your emotions talking, it wasn’t born out by the results to anywhere near the extent that you or others like to suggest. |
I was kidding a bit about Klug. I have nothing against Mick, but it did think it was time to go, he was clearly unhappy. We should also remember that we were in poor form when Mick left, and many other clubs would have taken the same action that we did. Anyways it's history, and when it comes to history we have far better managers to remember. |  |
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Playford Road rumour on 21:39 - Sep 3 with 2614 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
Playford Road rumour on 21:24 - Sep 3 by PJH | If you discount the draw at Bolton, win at Sunderland, draw in Norfolk,win at Preston and win at Sheff W in five consecutive away games between late January and early March. Apart from those games you might be right. |
He was yielding about a point a game, and latterly had 4 defeats and 2 draws in his last 6 matches. Not great. |  |
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Playford Road rumour on 21:41 - Sep 3 with 2595 views | PJH |
Playford Road rumour on 21:36 - Sep 3 by Marshalls_Mullet | I was kidding a bit about Klug. I have nothing against Mick, but it did think it was time to go, he was clearly unhappy. We should also remember that we were in poor form when Mick left, and many other clubs would have taken the same action that we did. Anyways it's history, and when it comes to history we have far better managers to remember. |
Certainly not in recent times we do not have better managers to remember but in history we do yes. The two that preceded him and the two that have followed only emphasise how good MM was. |  | |  |
Playford Road rumour on 21:57 - Sep 3 with 2453 views | PJH |
Playford Road rumour on 21:39 - Sep 3 by Marshalls_Mullet | He was yielding about a point a game, and latterly had 4 defeats and 2 draws in his last 6 matches. Not great. |
Not sure how you come to that conclusion because we WON his last game, despite the efforts of the North Stand. |  | |  |
Playford Road rumour on 22:15 - Sep 3 with 2341 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
Playford Road rumour on 21:57 - Sep 3 by PJH | Not sure how you come to that conclusion because we WON his last game, despite the efforts of the North Stand. |
Was thinking his last game was Brentford. Was it Barnsley? Fair enough, 4 defeats a draw and a win. |  |
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Playford Road rumour on 22:16 - Sep 3 with 2325 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
Playford Road rumour on 21:41 - Sep 3 by PJH | Certainly not in recent times we do not have better managers to remember but in history we do yes. The two that preceded him and the two that have followed only emphasise how good MM was. |
His legacy was teaching the club how not to play football. ...and so it continues. |  |
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Playford Road rumour on 22:17 - Sep 3 with 2325 views | Bluedandy | Fans complaing about a manager who took Town to their lowest league finish in more than half a century....shameful. |  | |  |
Playford Road rumour on 09:13 - Sep 4 with 1773 views | patrickswell |
Playford Road rumour on 22:15 - Sep 3 by Marshalls_Mullet | Was thinking his last game was Brentford. Was it Barnsley? Fair enough, 4 defeats a draw and a win. |
Interestingly the draw and the win came about in the 4 games he managed us after it was announced he was leaving. We need to hope Lambert has inherited the gift of winning matches when his own situation appears hopeless. |  | |  |
Playford Road rumour on 09:29 - Sep 4 with 1692 views | Wickets | Yer it's all the North Stands fault ! |  | |  |
Playford Road rumour on 09:51 - Sep 4 with 1589 views | Keaneish |
Playford Road rumour on 20:08 - Sep 3 by Ftnfwest | Playing good footy as well, Jim deserved better |
Those were the days. |  |
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Playford Road rumour on 11:29 - Sep 4 with 1407 views | TieDyedIn95 |
Playford Road rumour on 21:18 - Sep 3 by Marshalls_Mullet | Mr Hurst letting our Top 5 goal scorers go didn't help. Seem to recall the majority of Waghorns goals were scored in the first half of the season. Then our terrible form kicked in under Mick. |
Yeah "Hurst" .... who hadn't even arrived before the likes of Didz were already shown the door! I think you have to look further up the ladder to see where the real man behind those decisions is hiding.... |  |
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