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Post by crouchpotato1 on Nov 15, 2021 9:21:00 GMT
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Post by werrington on Nov 15, 2021 9:34:30 GMT
Saved the club from heading south at a rapid rate and potential oblivion they did👍
Lost the plot at the end but a different animal from the first Peter Coates gave him something to push on with
They should be held in high esteem and a pivotal part in our recent history
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Post by davejohnno1 on Nov 15, 2021 9:40:30 GMT
Saved the club from heading south at a rapid rate and potential oblivion they did👍 Lost the plot at the end but a different animal from the first Peter Coates gave him something to push on with They should be held in high esteem and a pivotal part in our recent history Agree with all of that and should add, that despite his obvious shortcomings, I loved Gudjon probably because he loved us. Met him a number of years after his time with Stoke and he is absolutely, 100%, a Stoke fan.
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Post by march4 on Nov 15, 2021 9:57:55 GMT
I felt they stayed for a year too long.
We were doing well in the league with Megson when they took over. Perhaps they should have kept Megson as Gudjon never really got to grips with English football.
Nevertheless it was an interesting time in our history.
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Post by crouchpotato1 on Nov 15, 2021 9:57:55 GMT
Saved the club from heading south at a rapid rate and potential oblivion they did👍 Lost the plot at the end but a different animal from the first Peter Coates gave him something to push on with They should be held in high esteem and a pivotal part in our recent history Spot on mate and that 1st game at Wycombe will always live long in my memory
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Post by Gods on Nov 15, 2021 9:58:59 GMT
I remember going to one of the first matches after the takeover at Wycombe and we suddenly had half a dozen squad members with names ending in 'sson' so we all started changing our user names on here too!
Did the Financial crash effectively finish the Icelandic consortium?
And then back came Sir Peter, this time truly wealthy on the back of a global betting giant rather than before where he was somewhat wealthy on the back of stadia catering and half a dozen betting shops.
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Post by Gods on Nov 15, 2021 10:02:17 GMT
And we could spend hours on here debating whether Bjarni was a mercurial football genius or a feckless fancy Dan!
Which was it by the way?
A bit of both methinks!
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Post by cheadlepotter on Nov 15, 2021 10:12:51 GMT
And we could spend hours on here debating whether Bjarni was a mercurial football genius or a feckless fancy Dan! Which was it by the way? A bit of both methinks! Ronaldo grew up watching videos of Bjarni.
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Post by werrington on Nov 15, 2021 10:20:30 GMT
I remember going to one of the first matches after the takeover at Wycombe and we suddenly had half a dozen squad members with names ending in 'sson' so we all started changing our user names on here too! Did the Financial crash effectively finish the Icelandic consortium? And then back came Sir Peter, this time truly wealthy on the back of a global betting giant rather than before where he was somewhat wealthy on the back of stadia catering and half a dozen betting shops. The financial crash came a bit later but they’d got bored of it by the time Coates came back anyway The financial crash did for West Ham though as they were owned by Icelanders also
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Post by werrington on Nov 15, 2021 10:22:23 GMT
And we could spend hours on here debating whether Bjarni was a mercurial football genius or a feckless fancy Dan! Which was it by the way? A bit of both methinks! Bjarni was head and shoulders above anybody else at the club His problem was he was 3 passes in front of those around him so what he did looked bad when in fact it wasn’t
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Post by JoeinOz on Nov 15, 2021 11:15:10 GMT
Well when they left we were a division higher. Also we'd won a trophy at Wembo. They didn't have the financial clout to take us any further BUT overall they were good for us.
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Post by lordb on Nov 15, 2021 11:49:36 GMT
I think one of their key problems was they(the board members) all seemed to disagree with each other about everything! I liked Gunnar, diligent man but he clearly didn't get on with Gudjon
Gudjon was good fun, very up & down he always chased a win & wanted talented players on the pitch had we not had injury crisis from hell we would have gone up as champions instead of the plays offs (what fun that was though) & imho he would have kept his job that summer
the season before though he got wrong really
his biggest mistake was Dadasson, we don't need him we need Gunlauggsson permanently after that first loan deal (I know he came back later)
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Post by Fenparkpotter on Nov 15, 2021 12:42:51 GMT
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Post by march4 on Nov 15, 2021 16:18:32 GMT
Well when they left we were a division higher. Also we'd won a trophy at Wembo. They didn't have the financial clout to take us any further BUT overall they were good for us. I’ve always wondered what would have happened had we stuck with Peter Coates as his new wealth started to come on tap. When the Icelanders came in he was not in a position to provide the sort of financial support we needed and yet a couple of years later he was in a much stronger position. And would Megson have won promotion with that squad? On the other hand, did the Icelanders’ reign renew Peter Coates’ determination and consequent investment. I must admit to enjoying being owned by the Icelandic consortium with Gudjon as manager. It was a great shame we weren’t promoted at the end of the first season as I always felt they would have invested further in attempt to get us to the Prem.
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Post by davejohnno1 on Nov 15, 2021 17:08:11 GMT
And we could spend hours on here debating whether Bjarni was a mercurial football genius or a feckless fancy Dan! Which was it by the way? A bit of both methinks! Bjarni was head and shoulders above anybody else at the club His problem was he was 3 passes in front of those around him so what he did looked bad when in fact it wasn’t I thought Bjarni was a super player. His crossing was sublime. He made so many goals for Thorney. I always felt that he was harshly criticised, so much so, I changed my username on here to SuperBjarni!
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Post by lordb on Nov 15, 2021 17:11:01 GMT
Bjarni was head and shoulders above anybody else at the club His problem was he was 3 passes in front of those around him so what he did looked bad when in fact it wasn’t I thought Bjarni was a super player. His crossing was sublime. He made so many goals for Thorney. I always felt that he was harshly criticised, so much so, I changed my username on here to SuperBjarni! 'Hanssen overlapping run creates space for Bjarni, cries to backstick, Thorne Goal!' great stuff
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Post by stantheman on Nov 15, 2021 21:57:22 GMT
Who was the Icelandic keeper, who played for us, and had shares in the Club?
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Post by suck_the_mop. on Nov 15, 2021 22:12:02 GMT
Well when they left we were a division higher. Also we'd won a trophy at Wembo. They didn't have the financial clout to take us any further BUT overall they were good for us. I’ve always wondered what would have happened had we stuck with Peter Coates as his new wealth started to come on tap. When the Icelanders came in he was not in a position to provide the sort of financial support we needed and yet a couple of years later he was in a much stronger position. And would Megson have won promotion with that squad? On the other hand, did the Icelanders’ reign renew Peter Coates’ determination and consequent investment. I must admit to enjoying being owned by the Icelandic consortium with Gudjon as manager. It was a great shame we weren’t promoted at the end of the first season as I always felt they would have invested further in attempt to get us to the Prem. I always thought the icelandics money that Coates got funded the setting up of bet 365? But had the forsight to keep his golden share so he cou3buy it back someday.
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Post by crouchpotato1 on Nov 15, 2021 22:13:46 GMT
Who was the Icelandic keeper, who played for us, and had shares in the Club? Birkir Kristinsen I think🤔I remember him dropping a right bollock in one game letting a shot in from about 30 yards
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Post by chigstoke on Nov 15, 2021 22:15:09 GMT
My first Stoke games I remember watching were under the first Pulis reign (Valencia and Ipswich) but the Boskamp season was my first proper one of following Stoke more and really my first and only season of Icelandic ownership under Gislason. I would only have been about 10, but can clearly remember the likes of Hoefkens, Big Mama, Gallagher, Chadwick and of course Bangoura, amongst others like Junior and Kolar.
Felt like a season of either winning 3-2 or losing 3-0. Little did we know what awaited us just 2 seasons after they sold up back to Coates.
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Post by salopstick on Nov 15, 2021 22:24:41 GMT
Who was the Icelandic keeper, who played for us, and had shares in the Club? Birkir Kristinsen I think🤔I remember him dropping a right bollock in one game letting a shot in from about 30 yards I’m sure he came back as an accountant to look over the books
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Post by lordb on Nov 15, 2021 22:29:12 GMT
Who was the Icelandic keeper, who played for us, and had shares in the Club? Birkir Kristinsen I think🤔I remember him dropping a right bollock in one game letting a shot in from about 30 yards It was a right howler however he was pretty good otherwise, had worse keepers
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Post by crouchpotato1 on Nov 15, 2021 22:29:24 GMT
Birkir Kristinsen I think🤔I remember him dropping a right bollock in one game letting a shot in from about 30 yards I’m sure he came back as an accountant to look over the books Really🤔😄
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Post by crouchpotato1 on Nov 15, 2021 22:29:54 GMT
Birkir Kristinsen I think🤔I remember him dropping a right bollock in one game letting a shot in from about 30 yards It was a right howler however he was pretty good otherwise, had worse keepers We sure have mate
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Post by march4 on Nov 15, 2021 22:58:17 GMT
Birkir Kristinsen I think🤔I remember him dropping a right bollock in one game letting a shot in from about 30 yards It was a right howler however he was pretty good otherwise, had worse keepers He was a good keeper. I do remember that howler though.
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Post by davejohnno1 on Nov 16, 2021 8:05:25 GMT
I’m sure he came back as an accountant to look over the books Really🤔😄 Yep. He absolutely did.
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Post by liathroid on Nov 16, 2021 9:35:08 GMT
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Post by RipRoaringPotter on Nov 16, 2021 9:52:35 GMT
Birkir Kristinsen I think🤔I remember him dropping a right bollock in one game letting a shot in from about 30 yards I’m sure he came back as an accountant to look over the books Wasn't he looking over the books while playing for us - essentially becoming a player/accountant? And didn't he end up spending some time in jail after the financial crash, as Iceland went hard on those in the financial sector that took undue risks? I'm not saying the two questions are linked, by the way.
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Post by salopstick on Nov 16, 2021 9:59:39 GMT
I’m sure he came back as an accountant to look over the books Wasn't he looking over the books while playing for us - essentially becoming a player/accountant? And didn't he end up spending some time in jail after the financial crash, as Iceland went hard on those in the financial sector that took undue risks? I'm not saying the two questions are linked, by the way. Yep on both but I did read about him coming over to do the books after he left us. Can only find the stories of his prison when googling. It was great crazy times. He was as mad as a hatter. Looked like the tin man. My favourite from then was big sergei
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Post by thepremierbanksy on Nov 16, 2021 12:25:44 GMT
Brynjar Gunnarsson was my favourite Icelandic player. Quite lanky and had a really strange gait and almost crab-like way of getting around the pitch. Had a bit of everything to his gane and was a class player at that level, a bit of a league 1 Nzonzi. Managed to cut it in the prem for a while for Reading IIRC.
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