May 20, 20188 yr All this to one side Who honestly thinks Parky played our best 11 for either Birmingham at home or Burton away? As hamstrung as we are in terms of strength in depth, that for me puts more emphasis on your manager playing his best 11 every game Did Parky do that? Not for me Out! He is staying so will get behind him but this is bang on for me. My main problem is I fear we will learn nothing from those games and the cycle repeats. Prove us wrong Phil
May 20, 20188 yr It's probably the right decision to keep him. If he gets investment and we flounder - he'll be out in October.
May 20, 20188 yr He achieved survival with a pretty one dimensional approach. A HUGE amount of credit for that You can highlight games were his tactics worked and games they didn’t. Overall his tactics didn’t work in the vast majority of games and our season boiled down to the last 5 minutes of a game. Yes a fantastic, unbelievable and never to be forgotten 5 minutes. However if that had turned out any differently from a once in a lifetime scenario there would of been many more fans including many on here clamouring for him to go and taking apart his decisions. Amazing what 5 minutes of football does! He deserves the opportunity to improve and with potential investment evolve this team. if he does then no one can criticise him. However if we start in a similar vein to last year the momentum to get rid will build very quickly
May 20, 20188 yr He is staying so will get behind him but this is bang on for me. My main problem is I fear we will learn nothing from those games and the cycle repeats. Prove us wrong Phil yeah we are stuck with him so got to back him. its hard work though. 99% of folk were deflated seeing the team for the final game. we won eventually but lets not pretend it wasn't a "what the fuck" moment. Targets achieved and we are a target based business so he gets another shot. what targets are there for next season though? lose the first 10 before winning a couple ?
May 20, 20188 yr He achieved survival with a pretty one dimensional approach. A HUGE amount of credit for that You can highlight games were his tactics worked and games they didn’t. Overall his tactics didn’t work in the vast majority of games and our season boiled down to the last 5 minutes of a game. Yes a fantastic, unbelievable and never to be forgotten 5 minutes. However if that had turned out any differently from a once in a lifetime scenario there would of been many more fans including many on here clamouring for him to go and taking apart his decisions. Amazing what 5 minutes of football does! He deserves the opportunity to improve and with potential investment evolve this team. if he does then no one can criticise him. However if we start in a similar vein to last year the momentum to get rid will build very quickly Like any manager he gets 10 games for me or a quarter of a season. If we are where we were last year he'd probably have to go. Thing is, without any investment who better could we get and who'd come? Edited May 20, 20188 yr by madthatter
May 20, 20188 yr where Charlton were as a club is irrelevant he failed miserably Now onto hull with money? As I've said previously the problems at hull weren't down to points on the table
May 20, 20188 yr As I've said previously the problems at hull weren't down to points on the table seems to be unlucky mr Parkinson when it comes to managing championship clubs
May 20, 20188 yr The hull fans I know (combination of s/t and non s/t) rated him It was player power that got him sacked
May 20, 20188 yr seems to be unlucky mr Parkinson when it comes to managing championship clubs It’s like a vendetta you have. Blokes first manager in a decade to bring us genuine success and you cannot say a good word. Everyone knows that he’s not the greatest manager in the world. But certainly he’s better than the dross we’ve had to suffer through. There aren’t all that many good managers out there. He’s a decent enough bloke too who seems to be able to take criticism without taking pot shots back too often. Frankly if we change I’d be far more worried about it being a hugely negative impact than excited about us suddenly being world beaters. The majority of Parkinson’s career has been a huge success. Promotions at Colchester (massively against the odds too) and turning Bradford round before taking them to a league cup final and beating Chelsea in the FA Cup away, Then getting us promoted and keeping us up. He clearly made a mistake going to Hull when he did and Charlton was too big a mess to sort. But no manager has a 100% record outside a very select few.
May 20, 20188 yr seems to be unlucky mr Parkinson when it comes to managing championship clubs I don't know, apparently he was lucky enough to have a team that won him 43 points this season, a free transfer who turned himself into a £6 million pound player, a 20 year old who had never played first team football before called up to be in his national team for the first time, and even meet his target for keeping us up this season despite being under embargo for 20% of it and having no money to spend on players! In fact a very lucky man indeed wouldn't you say? In fact it reminds me of a quote from the golfer Gary Player from some years back when people called him 'lucky' - it went something like this - the harder I work and the more thought, planning and energy I put in, the luckier I seem to get!
May 20, 20188 yr It’s like a vendetta you have. Blokes first manager in a decade to bring us genuine success and you cannot say a good word. Everyone knows that he’s not the greatest manager in the world. But certainly he’s better than the dross we’ve had to suffer through. There aren’t all that many good managers out there. He’s a decent enough bloke too who seems to be able to take criticism without taking pot shots back too often. Frankly if we change I’d be far more worried about it being a hugely negative impact than excited about us suddenly being world beaters. The majority of Parkinson’s career has been a huge success. Promotions at Colchester (massively against the odds too) and turning Bradford round before taking them to a league cup final and beating Chelsea in the FA Cup away, Then getting us promoted and keeping us up. He clearly made a mistake going to Hull when he did and Charlton was too big a mess to sort. But no manager has a 100% record outside a very select few. not a vendetta whatsoever just saying history proves he’s struggled at this level Anyway looks like he will guide us come August so let’s hope he kicks on
May 20, 20188 yr I'll tell you one thing. I'd have been happier with PP managing us when we first came down from the prem than OC. He would have done well with that squad!
May 20, 20188 yr I don't know, apparently he was lucky enough to have a team that won him 43 points this season, a free transfer who turned himself into a £6 million pound player, a 20 year old who had never played first team football before called up to be in his national team for the first time, and even meet his target for keeping us up this season despite being under embargo for 20% of it and having no money to spend on players! In fact a very lucky man indeed wouldn't you say? In fact it reminds me of a quote from the golfer Gary Player from some years back when people called him 'lucky' - it went something like this - the harder I work and the more thought, planning and energy I put in, the luckier I seem to get! Thought that myself recently funnily enough
May 20, 20188 yr Investment is the key. No investment . He Stays. Small investment . He Stays. Unbelievable investment , its up to the investor. What ever happens he has worked miracles !!
May 20, 20188 yr Linked with the vacant position at Sunderland Be an excellent appointment for them. Here's hoping it doesn't happen. Well from me at least.
May 20, 20188 yr Be an excellent appointment for them. Here's hoping it doesn't happen. Well from me at least.He’d be mental to go to Sunderland. At Bolton he has a small number of unrealistic sorts expecting him to have a team with no money and built on unfit unwanted cast offs in the top half of the championship. At Sunderland he’d have 5 times as many of those types hounding him and they’d expect the premiership in two years. Sunderland is a graveyard for all but the very best managers. Only manager their fans liked in recent times has been Sam. Edited May 20, 20188 yr by bwfcfan5
May 20, 20188 yr Sunderland are skint, KA would screw them for compo, so its a no from me. Just been sold haven't they?
May 20, 20188 yr Just been sold haven't they? Not sure tbh, think they're up the creek though with saleries etc.
May 20, 20188 yr Sunderland are skint, KA would screw them for compo, so its a no from me.Could be a win , win We get rid Parky gets more money
May 20, 20188 yr Looking at our last few managers, who've had money to spend, none of them have kept us up or got us promoted Weak argument I know but PP has achieved both without a penny to spend He's our mon for now so he needs to be backed by us. Let's see if Ken opens the war chest. That will be the real test Money to spend - he has 10 games No money to spend - god help him...
May 20, 20188 yr Polarised ways at it again. There’s no middle ground ffs. He played a blinder in parts, was complete bollocks in others. Kept us up. If he’s a bit shit next season try someone else. That’s it.
May 21, 20188 yr The thing about Millwall being so far clear of us last season would have been very different had we sold Beevers back to them. He was piss poor this season and would have weakened their team, plus we'd have had some (not much) money to spend.
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