5 hours ago, jmjhb said:

A little harsh. He was on a hiding to nothing and the team he had was shite

Maybe. Still fucking shite though

2 hours ago, DazBob said:

He's a fucking moron.

He was in a no-lose situation given our circumstances. All he had to do was not be a knob.

Then he blamed us fans for that horror show at Rochdale when we were all wetter than otters' pockets.

Biggest job he was ever going to get in his career by an absolute mile, and he fucked it up because he was a knob.

Aye. Thats how I remember it. He’d have been given loads of rope. Then he was just a David Brent bell in interviews. Fuck knows what it must have been like to play for a prick like that.

I've said it on here before.When I used to play against him many years ago he was a cunt,a proper 'I think I'm better than I actually am' cunt.So once a cunt always a cunt

22 minutes ago, mickbrown said:

Bolton lad who supports United. Wrong un, plain and simple

I saw a half and half Bolton/United scarf once, back in my official travel days.

17 minutes ago, 1969 said:

I've said it on here before.When I used to play against him many years ago he was a cunt,a proper 'I think I'm better than I actually am' cunt.So once a cunt always a cunt

I used to play against him at school and he never stood out, and would never have had him down as a future professional. Thrashed his under 16 school team 4-1 at Burnden. He probably still remembers it. Not 😂

25 minutes ago, Alf Hartigan said:

I used to play against him at school and he never stood out, and would never have had him down as a future professional. Thrashed his under 16 school team 4-1 at Burnden. He probably still remembers it. Not

If he was half as good as he thought he was he would have been the next Pele.But he was just another Sunday league player who played for a team that had connections in the professional game

Lennon & Hill were both terrible managers that get a fairly easy ride because of the difficult circumstances that they were working under, but Parky showed what a very good manager could achieve even at a club that was falling to bits.

Although I enjoyed watching Lennon and Hill teams, generally.

It was purgatory watching Parky's team much of the time.

ALF on the bench or the left wing, Armstrong on the right wing, neither entertaining or productive.

51 minutes ago, bolton va va said:

Lennon & Hill were both terrible managers that get a fairly easy ride because of the difficult circumstances that they were working under, but Parky showed what a very good manager could achieve even at a club that was falling to bits.

Nah, I think Lennon was half decent. Certainly doesn't deserve to be mentioned in the same breath as fucking Hill.

46 minutes ago, Johnnyrotten said:

Although I enjoyed watching Lennon and Hill teams, generally.

It was purgatory watching Parky's team much of the time.

ALF on the bench or the left wing, Armstrong on the right wing, neither entertaining or productive.

The club was disintegrating and he ultimately made the right calls

22 minutes ago, mickbrown said:

Nah, I think Lennon was half decent. Certainly doesn't deserve to be mentioned in the same breath as fucking Hill.

Lennon was more interested in shagging is bit on the side making the players stay over night in a hotel for home games so he could get is end away caused bad feeling with the players and cost the club money using a hotel away from the stadium

1 hour ago, Johnnyrotten said:

Although I enjoyed watching Lennon and Hill teams, generally.

It was purgatory watching Parky's team much of the time.

ALF on the bench or the left wing, Armstrong on the right wing, neither entertaining or productive.

Had to develop as a manager and it was early days for his managerial career.

He's had enough success since!

Big Sam - Good, actual legendary

Sammy Lee -not enough time to decide

Megson - cunt

Coyle - A very naughty boy - and found out

Freedman - another cunt

Lennon - OK

Paeky - Good manager, dinosaur

Keith Hill - Pink onions - bit of a twat but good on gmr

Evatt - Good, helped bring good times back

Schu - Good, has the chance to be great

saw Smalling in burger king

Edited August 7Aug 7 by TroySwoosh
Sam i is drunk

Big Sam - Good

Just now, TroySwoosh said:

Sammy Lee -not enough time to decide

Megson - cunt

Coyle - A very naughty boy - and found out

Freedman - another cunt

Lennon - OK

Paeky - Good manager, dinosaur

Keith Hill - Pink onions - bit of a twat but good on gmr

Evatt - Good, helped bring good times back

Schu - Good, has the chance to be great

saw Smalling in burger king

Sammy Lee was a disaster

6 minutes ago, Zico said:

Big Sam - Good

Sammy Lee was a disaster

I thought the Chelsea game showed signs of promise, expected to win the next game, then they sacked him

1 hour ago, TroySwoosh said:

I thought the Chelsea game showed signs of promise, expected to win the next game, then they sacked him

Thing with Sammy Lee was he tried to change the style of play too much too soon , and left Campo out of the Euro squad .

9 hours ago, Johnnyrotten said:

Massive exaggeration. Managed Barnsley in the championship, we can't claim managing BWFC in financial dire straits on minus 20 points or whatever is the best job he had. If got the job when SS got it, fair enough, but he got poisoned chalice.

We can.

Hill's issue was, when things started going pear shaped he hadnt reckoned with the size of the fanbase and the antagonistic edge he got away with at Rochdale wouldn't wash here.

He was combustible at Dale but was able to swat off fans who didn't like him because, until the last couple of months of his second spell, he'd been successful and could point to it

With water under the bridge and viewing us from a different angle he shows he's still got decent knowledge of the game and doesn't seem to bear us any ill will.

47 minutes ago, ianofcleveleys said:

Hill's issue was, when things started going pear shaped he hadnt reckoned with the size of the fanbase and the antagonistic edge he got away with at Rochdale wouldn't wash here.

He was combustible at Dale but was able to swat off fans who didn't like him because, until the last couple of months of his second spell, he'd been successful and could point to it

With water under the bridge and viewing us from a different angle he shows he's still got decent knowledge of the game and doesn't seem to bear us any ill will.

I liked him before, thought he did a really good job at Rochdale, was happy with his appointment. And I’ve since liked him afterwards, his podcasts and work on GMR, does indicate both a respect and good knowledge base on us.

So I’m ok with him.

But I think you have it right, we were too big for him.

I also think he was massively done over with the Tobias Phoenix debacle.

I think his crazy interviews became misconstrued as being against the fans when actually he was massively at odds with TP.

Either way, and correctly IMO, he will be looked upon as a poor appointment.

Anybody else getting a bit sick of Schuey telling everybody how poor we are? Surely it can’t help with the players we want to sign or even the ones who are here that we have the lowest budget in the league. Other clubs don’t give a monkeys they just want what they want for players so give it a rest.

Not sure it's necessary, but I'll cut him slack at the moment.

There maybe method in it.

6 minutes ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

Not sure it's necessary, but I'll cut him slack at the moment.

There maybe method in it.

Firing up the underdog mentality, every point or win earned against the odds etc?

1 minute ago, ianofcleveleys said:

Firing up the underdog mentality, every point or win earned against the odds etc?

Probably a bit of that, a bit of managing expectations, and also because he keeps being asked

10 minutes ago, ianofcleveleys said:

Firing up the underdog mentality, every point or win earned against the odds etc?

8 minutes ago, Lt. Aldo Raine said:

Probably a bit of that, a bit of managing expectations, and also because he keeps being asked

Aye.

I suppose it can become a bit stale, and sounding like an excuse (which isn't needed).

Maybe tell those that keep asking, to politely fuck off, as they already know we're not minted.

Anyway, it's of little consequence: once Kenny is signed all will be hunky-dory.

42 minutes ago, Whitesince63 said:

Anybody else getting a bit sick of Schuey telling everybody how poor we are? Surely it can’t help with the players we want to sign or even the ones who are here that we have the lowest budget in the league. Other clubs don’t give a monkeys they just want what they want for players so give it a rest.

I sense that there is a media Schuey and a behind closed doors one.

Even the media version isn’t saying how poor we are. That line is being pedalled by the doom merchants in misinterpreting, or using comments out of context, to get upset, so that they can shout loud and be angry.

He’s never once said how poor we are, just that we need more quality bodies in the squad.

Behind the scenes I’m convinced he’ll be bigging them up, setting ambitious targets and sending them out confident and motivated to do the business.

Edited Saturday at 08:125 days by desperado