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Post by JesusisaStokie on Nov 1, 2019 20:51:01 GMT
Fake account Edit - Take it you realised
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Post by JesusisaStokie on Nov 1, 2019 20:52:20 GMT
If that answers the question and means FFPs not an issue why did we shop in the bargain bin last transfer window? Have you ever considered that Jones got the players he wanted and they just happened to be freebies?
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Post by benjaminbiscuit on Nov 1, 2019 20:52:38 GMT
If that answers the question and means FFPs not an issue why did we shop in the bargain bin last transfer window? Billionaires shopping at primark suggests Mr Nixon is full of shit , if money wasn’t an issue Gayle would be here
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Post by LL Cool Dave on Nov 1, 2019 20:55:15 GMT
So what’s the alternative, you could say that about any manager, they’d all be facing the same situation... I’d be delighted if he came, what’s not to like Well, I will be in them minority again but I will repeat what I have said on countless occasions on here now. For me, and me personally there are 2 standout names that are currently out of work being Moyes and Hughton. These 2 for me, are the closest I could get to almost guaranteeing that they will firstly stop the slide and secondly put us on the best possible path to getting back out of this division. If I, at any moment got wind they wanted the job, Jones would have been gone like a shot as it is a ruthless business. As it is, we are now a club looking for our 4th manager in 2 years, we have a squad that is borderline unmanageable and is just about treading water. I would have stuck with Jones (I know people want blood and the last 2 games have been horrific) but we've now just rocked the boat even further. Hughes was sacked. Hindsight shows he probably would have got the wins to keep us up. Lambert was sacked. Hindsight shows we probably should have kept him. Rowett was sacked. Pissed the fans off but no risk of relegation. Jones has been sacked. Let's hope the trend doesnt continue. Spot on, apart from the sticking with Jones bit.
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Post by mickey2693 on Nov 1, 2019 20:56:21 GMT
If that answers the question and means FFPs not an issue why did we shop in the bargain bin last transfer window? Billionaires shopping at primark suggests Mr Nixon is full of shit , if money wasn’t an issue Gayle would be here Gayle would cost significantly more than Neil to be fair though
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Post by RedandWhite90 on Nov 1, 2019 20:56:43 GMT
Well, I will be in them minority again but I will repeat what I have said on countless occasions on here now. For me, and me personally there are 2 standout names that are currently out of work being Moyes and Hughton. These 2 for me, are the closest I could get to almost guaranteeing that they will firstly stop the slide and secondly put us on the best possible path to getting back out of this division. If I, at any moment got wind they wanted the job, Jones would have been gone like a shot as it is a ruthless business. As it is, we are now a club looking for our 4th manager in 2 years, we have a squad that is borderline unmanageable and is just about treading water. I would have stuck with Jones (I know people want blood and the last 2 games have been horrific) but we've now just rocked the boat even further. Hughes was sacked. Hindsight shows he probably would have got the wins to keep us up. Lambert was sacked. Hindsight shows we probably should have kept him. Rowett was sacked. Pissed the fans off but no risk of relegation. Jones has been sacked. Let's hope the trend doesnt continue. Spot on, apart from the sticking with Jones bit. 😂😂😂🙏 I know I'm in the minority!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 1, 2019 20:59:06 GMT
Not convinced he's worth the effort and big financial payout myself, but we'll see how it plays out. His CV is ok, nothing spectacular though. Whereas Jones's cv was spectacular and look how shit he turned out to be.
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Post by robstokie on Nov 1, 2019 21:05:44 GMT
Sweepy on which championship side he turns up at and beats us with? Won't be a championship side - it will be in a checkatrade game next season, maybe the season after. He will get another job, but not at this level - some hard up league 2 club will buy into the Luton fairytale.
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Post by stokief on Nov 1, 2019 21:15:16 GMT
you heard it here first Alex Neil in the directors box next to John Coates on Monday night, changes his mind overnight and TP unveiled on Tues by Peter Problem is, Tone would turn us down too if he thought he was just the last option on our list. This has to be thought out and played very carefully. Plenty of managers and players use other Club's interest to boost their standing with the Club they are at. It's called being used and we should be very used to that on all levels by now!
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Post by thisfootballclub on Nov 1, 2019 21:16:45 GMT
'Stoke are minted' In that case why can't we tempt a higher calibre manager to drop a little below his level and buy into a project that will see a promotion push in the next few years?
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Post by Mr_DaftBurger on Nov 1, 2019 21:18:25 GMT
He admits himself that while he was manager of Hamilton Academical in the Scottish Premiership, nobody would have predicted his move to Norwich, or then immediately guiding them to promotion to the Premier League. At 33, he became the second youngest manager in the Championship, working with some players who were older than him, and plenty who had performed at a higher level. Neil, though, was typically unfazed. He recalls his first words to the squad being to urge them to do better. The players's recollection is that it was more of a blunt ultimatum - shape up or ship out. Results were immediate, with 17 wins from the remaining 25 games, including an unbeaten run of 13 away games, and then promotion via the play-offs. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39630510 When he sacked by Norwich.
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Post by harlequin on Nov 1, 2019 21:18:39 GMT
If that answers the question and means FFPs not an issue why did we shop in the bargain bin last transfer window? Billionaires shopping at primark suggests Mr Nixon is full of shit , if money wasn’t an issue Gayle would be here That's a possibility, Nixons usually got his finger on the pulse though.
The other options are :
That Jones had one of the worst transfer windows that all happened to be free agents except smith.
Or they've been holding back necessary funds resulting in the clubs slide to the bottom of the table.
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Post by The Toxic Avenger on Nov 1, 2019 21:23:53 GMT
He got Norwich promoted. He’s turned a Preston side with one of the smallest budgets and wage bills in the league into promotion contenders. He got Norwich relegated again and Preston have won nothing he’s bang average , many at Preston wanted him gone in the early days bang average for me What, in the early days before be proved to them he was a really good manager? What had Dean Smith won? What had Wilder won? A lesser promotion than Neil managed. If you want a manager who’s won something at every club he’s been at you’re going to struggle Benji.
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Post by The Toxic Avenger on Nov 1, 2019 21:24:36 GMT
Here we go again! The wrong person for the job in hand! They all come here with a bluster of their success and full of tough words but our players won't respond to it. They've proved it twice now. Needs to be a tough, expereienced, no-nonsense manager to keep us up. What happens after that? Well, probably a change BUT this is the wrong type of appointment for us in our current plight and with the players that we have . No! No! ' Mind you, I've just googled a few photos and he does look like he could do a bit of the 'no-nonsense bit What are you basing him being the wrong choice on?
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Post by wuzza on Nov 1, 2019 21:25:34 GMT
If this interest is true I hope we have had some sort of ‘unofficial’ contact already. We just can’t afford the time for a long drawn out failure to get the man process here.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 1, 2019 21:26:29 GMT
Here we go again! The wrong person for the job in hand! They all come here with a bluster of their success and full of tough words but our players won't respond to it. They've proved it twice now. Needs to be a tough, expereienced, no-nonsense manager to keep us up. What happens after that? Well, probably a change BUT this is the wrong type of appointment for us in our current plight and with the players that we have . No! No! ' Mind you, I've just googled a few photos and he does look like he could do a bit of the 'no-nonsense bit What are you basing him being the wrong choice on? I hope we get him and hope he's a success Rob. You've put your name on him a long time ago IIRC ?
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Post by The Toxic Avenger on Nov 1, 2019 21:28:49 GMT
What are you basing him being the wrong choice on? I hope we get him and hope he's a success Rob. You've put your name on him a long time ago IIRC ? Yes mate, he was who I wanted when we appointed Rowett. I don’t think for a second he’d take it now.
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Post by robwahlmann on Nov 1, 2019 21:29:08 GMT
Neil, seems fine by me!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 1, 2019 21:33:43 GMT
I hope we get him and hope he's a success Rob. You've put your name on him a long time ago IIRC ? Yes mate, he was who I wanted when we appointed Rowett. I don’t think for a second he’d take it now. I'm not convinced either and petrified our plan B will be a Pardew clone. Fingers crossed. He seems to be a good fit. Young at 38 yet has managed at a number of levels over 300 games and has won more than he's lost. He's proven he can manage with very little money, which we seem to be approaching even though our budget might still be bigger than Preston's. As much as I criticise them, our owners' reputation with regards to patience carries a lot I think, although you'd think he has that at Preston too.
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Post by stokief on Nov 1, 2019 21:33:55 GMT
Here we go again! The wrong person for the job in hand! They all come here with a bluster of their success and full of tough words but our players won't respond to it. They've proved it twice now. Needs to be a tough, expereienced, no-nonsense manager to keep us up. What happens after that? Well, probably a change BUT this is the wrong type of appointment for us in our current plight and with the players that we have . No! No! ' Mind you, I've just googled a few photos and he does look like he could do a bit of the 'no-nonsense bit What are you basing him being the wrong choice on? He'd get the same short shrift from our beloved overpaid divas that they've given two other managers that they deemed unworthy of managing them. Anyway, I'm sure he's just lapping up the media attention of being linked to our sorry ar$es to improve his stock. Don't they all? Be prepared for more public humiliation I'd say. Still, I'd rather we stuck with Rory, Kev and Andy than grasp at the next desperate wannabe. I don't mean Neil there , I mean whoever'd be willing once our short/long list had turned us down!
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Post by firfuxache on Nov 1, 2019 21:35:01 GMT
PNE fans don’t seem to think he will leave for us. Their forum is positively laid back about the whole situation.
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Post by chad on Nov 1, 2019 21:35:07 GMT
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Post by JurgenVandeurzen on Nov 1, 2019 21:36:13 GMT
New manager press conference:
“So, (INSERT UNDERWHELMING APPOINTMENTS NAME HERE) have you tried an oatcake yet?”.
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Post by The Toxic Avenger on Nov 1, 2019 21:36:53 GMT
What are you basing him being the wrong choice on? He'd get the same short shrift from our beloved overpaid divas that they've given two other managers that they deemed unworthy of managing them. Anyway, I'm sure he's just lapping up the media attention of being linked to our sorry ar$es to improve his stock. Don't they all? Be prepared for more public humiliation I'd say. Still, I'd rather we stuck with Rory, Kev and Andy than grasp at the next desperate wannabe. I don't mean Neil there , I mean whoever'd be willing once our short/long list had turned us down! I don’t think he takes any nonsense, from what I’ve heard. He’s not a chancer either, he’s got more pedigree than the last couple of appointments. He won’t come here anyway, so I don’t think we need to worry about it...
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Post by The Toxic Avenger on Nov 1, 2019 21:37:08 GMT
PNE fans don’t seem to think he will leave for us. Their forum is positively laid back about the whole situation. Understandably.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 1, 2019 21:38:32 GMT
I thought Neil turned down West Brom to stay at Preston? If so I’m really struggling to see why he would choose to leave them now when he’s on the cusp of doing fantastic things with Preston
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Post by FullerMagic on Nov 1, 2019 21:39:31 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Nov 1, 2019 21:39:39 GMT
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Post by wizzardofdribble on Nov 1, 2019 21:41:10 GMT
It would constitute a bit of a coup if we get Neil. I'd be over the moon. If 'Just what the doctor ordered' was a picture it would be... I wouldn't want to get in a scrap with the stony faced fucker either Dr Mengele? 😮
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Post by stokiesteve on Nov 1, 2019 21:42:08 GMT
I thought Neil turned down West Brom to stay at Preston? If so I’m really struggling to see why he would choose to leave them now when he’s on the cusp of doing fantastic things with Preston More money? Bigger Wage Structure? Arguable bigger club recently in the Premier League and despite everything still set up for a return? Nothing against PNE they're a great club, but they are limited in many aspects for a manager.
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