We bought Harry "mine's a half" Lennon.
We bought Harry "mine's a half" Lennon.
That's a good point.There is no one culprit. There's been a series of mistakes and no one person is to blame. Ron is a common denominator but that doesn't mean managers didn't make mistakes. What I do understand is that Ron's standing in the game is very poor. Agents get in the ears of players and that helps them make decisions. Managers do give chairmen/CEOs a wish list, but when you're ending up three or four names down the list every time because your top choices have chosen to go elsewhere, it's not really a surprise when things start to go downhill.
Again we can say now how he messed up getting rid of Brown but I felt pretty isolated on here when I was one of the few on here who wanted him to stay. If he messed up he was certainly strongly supported by SZ in doing so.
Plus his orange glow lit up those cold weekday games.You certainly weren’t the only one.
Brown was a bloody good manager who signed some bloody good players who PLAYED FOR HIM.
Huge mistake sacking him and now we’re reaping what we sowed
You certainly weren’t the only one.
Brown was a bloody good manager who signed some bloody good players who PLAYED FOR HIM.
Huge mistake sacking him and now we’re reaping what we sowed
We would be back in L2 now if hadn’t left when he did. It was the right time.
Yeah but they weren’t playing for him for half a season.. hence he got sacked!You certainly weren’t the only one.
Brown was a bloody good manager who signed some bloody good players who PLAYED FOR HIM.
Huge mistake sacking him and now we’re reaping what we sowed
I feel like you may have erased his last year in charge from your memory.Well we certainly will be now and you don't know that we would've been.
Maybe not the last year, but certain his last season. The football was dire. Results started to drop until we hit an awful run that saw us heading for relegation.Well we certainly will be now and you don't know that we would've been.
Can you expand as I was at that game and didn’t notice this.Yes we should move on from the PB era but the reason we have failed over the last 3 seasons was the delusion of us being a Championship club....By Chairman and fans......Both as bad as each other, so don't just blame Ron.
Many of you prayed PB would fail and its all recorded so don't deny it. The Toxic, 7th in L1 is not good enough carried over with CP (We should be challenging for promotion despite our injuries ).
Bond was not good enough for us, as sleeping lower league giant. Over 1000 fans had a silent first half protest at Cov away. Then Blackpool at home for a season opener, was one of the most negative pre match atmospheres I can remember. The first goal after 5 minutes would never have been allowed in a different era.Fans and player would have reacted differently. The first straight red a clear elbow on Humprhys was missed later just 15 minutes again by fans and players alike.
Yes we may have turned on the players now but we played our part in giving them a get out of jail free cards.....Over a number of seasons.
Can you expand as I was at that game and didn’t notice this.
Ok I hadn’t picked up on that as I took my son so straight to the game. In the South Lower it was a little more positive, at least until the second went in and then it was “here we go again”. Wasn’t helped by Gnanduillet signalling the score after being given grief for missing an easy chance. It did seem to turn the season, that game, thinking about it. It was like everyone could sense we’d be a laughing stock.In the pub, around the far post and in the Greens. People were the complete opposite to the Sunderland game. We had lost at Cov, Lincoln next week had defeat written all over it and now we had a tricky game v Blackpool.
Some weren't happy with Bond, his signings, the friendlies results....Even if they hadn't seen them. His team selection the previous week and how dare he leave out Humphrys etc.
As soon as that goal went in we had our first scapegoat in Oxley....Never mind he was being fouled but still actually saved it and it went in off Lennon.....The whole stand was still sulking when Hump got elbowed and disappeared for 20 minutes.....We got very vocal after their 2nd and 3rd and we haven't stopped since.....Hope we can keep it to just 3 mangers...Well at least until January.
Just as a matter of interest, this is the league one table on 3rd December 2017 under PB. He was sacked 7 weeks later :-
https://www.11v11.com/league-tables/league-one/03-december-2017/
We won one game in that time, at home to Charlton on Boxing Day. The wheels actually came off a lot later than I had realised. It all started with that 3-0 defeat at Bristol Rovers and the Xmas Party afterwards.
do you sing every game from your vantage point in the directors boxIn the pub, around the far post and in the Greens. People were the complete opposite to the Sunderland game. We had lost at Cov, Lincoln next week had defeat written all over it and now we had a tricky game v Blackpool.
Some weren't happy with Bond, his signings, the friendlies results....Even if they hadn't seen them. His team selection the previous week and how dare he leave out Humphrys etc.
As soon as that goal went in we had our first scapegoat in Oxley....Never mind he was being fouled but still actually saved it and it went in off Lennon.....The whole stand was still sulking when Hump got elbowed and disappeared for 20 minutes.....We got very vocal after their 2nd and 3rd and we haven't stopped since.....Hope we can keep it to just 3 mangers...Well at least until January.
It was Ranger missing that pen at Pompey which was the proverbial straw and that changed the season. Especially as it was Wright who was meant to take it. If you remember Theo and Ranger didn't travel to MK in the week and Wright was under more pressure when he missed the pen that night.
I think it was the next game, Bradford? at RH when we had Cox and Anton sitting in the stand