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Have I missed something? Is Phil Brown leaving again?
Eastenders has finished.
Have I missed something? Is Phil Brown leaving again?
Apologies, I could have quoted any number of posters on this point. It will be interesting to see who Barnsley/Chester get in the third round (bearing in mind that we would have had at least a fighting chance against Barnsely) .
Chester earnt £18,000 prize money for beating us, the winner in the next round gets £27,000. Not massive amounts, but that is £44,000 that I am sure would have been very beneficial to the club (plus gate recepits) , with the hope of the plumb draw the next round . If you recall we were so close to playing Liverpool at Anfield, which would have been a massive windfall for us- and with it we may not be where we are today. So I would say that financially the FA cup 'can' be massive for a small number of lower league clubs , and is something worth playing for . Lets face it , we only have to win two matches to be in line for hitting the financial jackpot
examples of fiancial impact on lower league teams (from Deloitte report 2012)http://www.thefa.com/thefacup/news/2012/jan/650m-deloitte-report
2005/2006 Burton £700,000 (3rd round)
2007/2008 Havant and Waterloo(4th round) £600,000
2009/2010 Accrington (4th Round) £150,000
2010/2011 Crawley £1,500,000 (they earnt £500,000 before the ManUtd match)
Danny Cowley, Danny Cowley, Danny Cowley
Concords rise has been quality, last night Mansfield's goalkeeper got MOM. Can't think of a reason of why he should be overlooked, he will be snapped up by someone higher very soon if Concord go and knock Mansfield out next Tuesday
Missed that at the time, but as I love to point out everytime someone mentions this, it makes no difference who they get, if we had gone through the entire draw would have been different.
Missed that at the time, but as I love to point out everytime someone mentions this, it makes no difference who they get, if we had gone through the entire draw would have been different.
Cant see Ron appointing someone sitting 15th place in a division two leagues below us, he will want someone with a bit more pedigree.
Doesn't matter who comes in the same people wanting Brown out now will want the next manager out within 6 months as well. Changing thr mamager does not necessarily mean the players will suddenly become worldbeaters and we will win the league by a mile.
It does mean we may well get a motivational manager that's gets more out of the team. You only have to look at Steve Thompson to see how that can work.
Guys please. Hursty says we're on the verge of something
Instant gratification society... still early days with 29 matches left.
Marathon not a sprint.
Regardless of performances, selections and tactics thus far, I highly doubt he'll get binned.
He deserves to finish the job he started and I'm sure there'll be no one more determined than him to succeed.
It's his last real crack at management in my opinion. If he fails miserably then it's the lower leagues or punditry from then on for good.
Personally, at this moment in time, I think that finishing below the play off places is a failure because it's worse than last season.
As the season progresses, say the team are consistently in the top three, then not finishing in the automatics could then be viewed as a failure too (see Orient last season).
If he loses in the play offs again, (be it the semis or the final, is that a failure?)
As disappointing and gut wrenching as they can be when you lose them, they can be a lottery after all... a sending off, a dodgy penalty, an offside, penalty shoot outs etc. Would that still be deserving of the sack?
Such a fine line. Depends what your expectations are.
One positive to take is that either way, you're in the mix.
Missed that at the time, but as I love to point out everytime someone mentions this, it makes no difference who they get, if we had gone through the entire draw would have been different.
Apparently not, as the same ball number was given to the winner of the tie, but it us or Chester.
For what it's worth, I don't rate him either!I'm not writing off this season, I'm writing off the manager.
It does mean we may well get a motivational manager that's gets more out of the team. You only have to look at Steve Thompson to see how that can work.
Brown has had plenty of time and produced nothing. I never wanted Sturrock out, but of those that did, I wonder how many are now gutted he went?