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Post by JoeinOz on May 15, 2022 3:49:33 GMT
20 years ago today since the announcement Gudjon Thordarson's contract wasn't to be renewed.
It was surprising in the wake of promotion but, in reality, wasn't as controversial as it may have seemed.
Thordarson had been fortunate to survive after the Walsall fiasco the year before. The aftermath of that catastrophic night at the Bescot hung heavy with a lot of us. We'd managed to get promoted with a mind boggling injury list and we all acknowledge having to battle such adversity. However, overall, there's no reason to believe he'd have coped with the second tier and it's varying challenges.
In addition to the football side of things there was talk of various acts of impropriety within the club. Of course you can't trust everything you hear but to believe 25% of the rumours (and I know the people who's word I trust) it was grounds for dismissal regardless of any on the pitch matters.... as it would be in many other professions.
This means it's also 20 years since Zidane's brilliant goal v Bayer Leverkusen! I got phoned up to tell me about Gudjon as I was watching it!
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Post by middleoftheboothen on May 15, 2022 7:03:17 GMT
That long ago, bloody hell I'm starting to feel old now.
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Post by swampySCFC on May 15, 2022 22:04:36 GMT
I Have nothing but good to say about that man. He fought his own Board vehemently for what he wanted at Stoke which I think ultimately proved to be his downfall. After that we were lucky to get Tony Pulis
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Post by bayernoatcake on May 15, 2022 22:20:15 GMT
What were the rumours?
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Post by JoeinOz on May 15, 2022 22:47:48 GMT
I Have nothing but good to say about that man. He fought his own Board vehemently for what he wanted at Stoke which I think ultimately proved to be his downfall. After that we were lucky to get Tony Pulis Lucky that Cotterill did a runner and Burley lost his nerve then. |
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Post by The Toxic Avenger on May 16, 2022 6:04:43 GMT
Remember being gutted about it initially at the time but it was in hindsight 100% the right call.
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Post by Gods on May 16, 2022 6:46:13 GMT
Yep you can't throw out 'impropriety 'and not even give a single clue as to what or indeed who ?! You can see why such rumours might abound since its quite a stunt to win promotion and get the sack for your troubles. I thought it was more a case of the financial crash near bankrupting our Icelandic owners and he was their man But my memory may be playing tricks with me, I could be out with the my time lines |
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Post by lordb on May 16, 2022 6:51:15 GMT
The Icelanders on the board were completely split into pro and anti Gudjon camps
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Post by The Toxic Avenger on May 16, 2022 6:51:32 GMT
Yep you can't throw out 'impropriety 'and not even give a single clue as to what or indeed who ?! You can see why such rumours might abound since its quite a stunt to win promotion and get the sack. I thought it was more a case of the financial crash bankrupting our Icelandic owners and he was their man But my memory may be playing tricks with me :-) It was more that Gudjon fell out with them. The relationship has steadily deteriorated almost since he arrived and it had become untenable. He also made pretty hard work of promotion - as great as it was, we really shouldn’t have been relying on rectal miracles to get us out of that division. |
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Post by Gods on May 16, 2022 6:59:55 GMT
Yep you can't throw out 'impropriety 'and not even give a single clue as to what or indeed who ?! You can see why such rumours might abound since its quite a stunt to win promotion and get the sack. I thought it was more a case of the financial crash bankrupting our Icelandic owners and he was their man But my memory may be playing tricks with me :-) It was more that Gudjon fell out with them. The relationship has steadily deteriorated almost since he arrived and it had become untenable. He also made pretty hard work of promotion - as great as it was, we really shouldn’t have been relying on rectal miracles to get us out of that division. Fair enough, he never looked the argumentative kind unlike Boskamp, but I reckon he could be stubborn as a mule :-) |
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Post by The Toxic Avenger on May 16, 2022 8:06:37 GMT
It was more that Gudjon fell out with them. The relationship has steadily deteriorated almost since he arrived and it had become untenable. He also made pretty hard work of promotion - as great as it was, we really shouldn’t have been relying on rectal miracles to get us out of that division. Fair enough, he never looked the argumentative kind unlike Boskamp, but I reckon he could be stubborn as a mule :-) He definitely was, as his obsession with 3-5-2 showed. |
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Post by JoeinOz on May 16, 2022 13:16:49 GMT
Yep you can't throw out 'impropriety 'and not even give a single clue as to what or indeed who ?! You can see why such rumours might abound since its quite a stunt to win promotion and get the sack. I thought it was more a case of the financial crash bankrupting our Icelandic owners and he was their man But my memory may be playing tricks with me :-) It was more that Gudjon fell out with them. The relationship has steadily deteriorated almost since he arrived and it had become untenable. He also made pretty hard work of promotion - as great as it was, we really shouldn’t have been relying on rectal miracles to get us out of that division. For the level we were at in the era we were he laboured to gets up with plenty of resources. |
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Post by Northy on May 16, 2022 15:27:05 GMT
Yep you can't throw out 'impropriety 'and not even give a single clue as to what or indeed who ?! You can see why such rumours might abound since its quite a stunt to win promotion and get the sack. I thought it was more a case of the financial crash bankrupting our Icelandic owners and he was their man But my memory may be playing tricks with me :-) It was more that Gudjon fell out with them. The relationship has steadily deteriorated almost since he arrived and it had become untenable. He also made pretty hard work of promotion - as great as it was, we really shouldn’t have been relying on rectal miracles to get us out of that division. I didn't think they were arse holes, some were quite good 😉 |
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Post by silsdenstokie on May 16, 2022 16:13:43 GMT
Gudjon and Gunnar Gislason hated each other, didnt they?
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Post by lordb on May 16, 2022 16:17:08 GMT
Gudjon and Gunnar Gislason hated each other, didnt they? Fire and ice |
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