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Post by teddytheterrier on Oct 30, 2014 13:59:29 GMT 1
Cracking manager! Can't see him keeping them up though!
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Post by Chips Longhorn on Oct 30, 2014 14:07:31 GMT 1
Cracking manager! Can't see him keeping them up though! Hang on .. Sorry .. I can't be having this .. " cracking manager" .. Based on what ? What is on his CV to back up this wild claim ? I don't think he did a terrible job at town, or at Brum... But he must have woke up thinking it was a dream that he had been given another championship job..... There are tens of gaffers out there, out of work and with promotions and multiple promotions on their CV ... " cracking manager" .. I'm just not seeing it
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Post by AndySk on Oct 30, 2014 14:09:24 GMT 1
You've got to hand it to Clark, he keeps on trying to take on the impossible. Does he? Huddersfield, a club with one of the biggest budgets in lg1 if not the biggest. Birmingham, not the best conditions but a decentish team, nowt impossible going on there. Blackpool, ok i'll give you that one
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2014 14:37:27 GMT 1
Cracking manager! Can't see him keeping them up though! Hang on .. Sorry .. I can't be having this .. " cracking manager" .. Based on what ? What is on his CV to back up this wild claim ? I don't think he did a terrible job at town, or at Brum... But he must have woke up thinking it was a dream that he had been given another championship job..... There are tens of gaffers out there, out of work and with promotions and multiple promotions on their CV ... " cracking manager" .. I'm just not seeing it why would anybody think he is a cracking manager but also think he wont keep them up?
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Post by Chips Longhorn on Oct 30, 2014 14:38:16 GMT 1
The thought had crossed my mind digs
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Post by Doc Halladay 32 on Oct 30, 2014 14:51:18 GMT 1
You've got to hand it to Clark, he keeps on trying to take on the impossible. Does he? Huddersfield, a club with one of the biggest budgets in lg1 if not the biggest.Birmingham, not the best conditions but a decentish team, nowt impossible going on there. Blackpool, ok i'll give you that one Whilst in League One we didn't have a bigger budget than L666s, Norwich, Southampton, Massive Wednesday, Sheffield Utd, Charlton and likely Brighton, so you are correct that it was one of the biggest but never the biggest. And all those sides with bigger budgets generally finished above us fancy that
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Post by AndySk on Oct 30, 2014 15:00:55 GMT 1
Does he? Huddersfield, a club with one of the biggest budgets in lg1 if not the biggest.Birmingham, not the best conditions but a decentish team, nowt impossible going on there. Blackpool, ok i'll give you that one Whilst in League One we didn't have a bigger budget than L666s, Norwich, Southampton, Massive Wednesday, Sheffield Utd, Charlton and likely Brighton, so you are correct that it was one of the biggest but never the biggest. And all those sides with bigger budgets generally finished above us fancy that Ours was bigger than most of those. Leeds!? Bigger club but no way they spent anywhere near what we did (and that was with getting 8mill for Delph), same with most. Wage bill was huge compared to the others an all
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Post by AndySk on Oct 30, 2014 15:06:52 GMT 1
Does he? Huddersfield, a club with one of the biggest budgets in lg1 if not the biggest.Birmingham, not the best conditions but a decentish team, nowt impossible going on there. Blackpool, ok i'll give you that one Whilst in League One we didn't have a bigger budget than L666s, Norwich, Southampton, Massive Wednesday, Sheffield Utd, Charlton and likely Brighton, so you are correct that it was one of the biggest but never the biggest. And all those sides with bigger budgets generally finished above us fancy that downatthemac.proboards.com/thread/66087(who does that Powell think he is)
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Post by sapphireblue on Oct 30, 2014 15:17:02 GMT 1
And all those sides with bigger budgets generally finished above us fancy that Perhaps they had better managers than we did?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2014 15:22:09 GMT 1
And all those sides with bigger budgets generally finished above us fancy that Perhaps they had better managers than we did? Maybe, ultimately all sacked....
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2014 15:32:57 GMT 1
You can say that again.....
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Post by Doc Halladay 32 on Oct 30, 2014 15:39:57 GMT 1
I found these figures a while ago I can dig out the post with related links if you wish. In 2009/10 we spent £5.6m on football expenditure, 2010/11 £7.2m & 2011/2 £8.09m Leeds spent £7.7m in 2009/10, Sheff Wed 2010/11 £9.1m & 2011/12 £8.3m, Sheff U 2011/12 £14.3m, Charlton 2011/12 £8.9m, Southampton 2009/10 - £12.28m & 2010/11 £15.25m, Norwich 2009/10 £10.2m Links TownWedsSheff UCharltonSouthamptonNorwichLeeds
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Post by Doc Halladay 32 on Oct 30, 2014 15:45:19 GMT 1
Whilst in League One we didn't have a bigger budget than L666s, Norwich, Southampton, Massive Wednesday, Sheffield Utd, Charlton and likely Brighton, so you are correct that it was one of the biggest but never the biggest. And all those sides with bigger budgets generally finished above us fancy that downatthemac.proboards.com/thread/66087(who does that Powell think he is) From my links in the above post re Charlton (2011/12): The largest component of administrative expenses is of course staff costs which rose by £3.1m to £12.0m This leaves their staff costs to be £8.9m while Town costs that year was £8.09m No wonder Powell got the sack always fibbing to boost his ego He was quoting the wages for a year not even finished.
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Post by AndySk on Oct 30, 2014 16:03:30 GMT 1
I found these figures a while ago I can dig out the post with related links if you wish. In 2009/10 we spent £5.6m on football expenditure, 2010/11 £7.2m & 2011/2 £8.09m Leeds spent £7.7m in 2009/10, Sheff Wed 2010/11 £9.1m & 2011/12 £8.3m, Sheff U 2011/12 £14.3m, Charlton 2011/12 £8.9m, Southampton 2009/10 - £12.28m & 2010/11 £15.25m, Norwich 2009/10 £10.2m Links TownWedsSheff UCharltonSouthamptonNorwichLeedsRight gonna study those when I've a sec and find out a way to show I'm right. Cant back down on DATM as I believe that's perceived to be an admission of homosexuality on here. Not that there's owt wrong with that etc...
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Post by galpharm2400 on Oct 30, 2014 16:08:56 GMT 1
the others all had outstanding big, big wages on their bills, we just employed a large number of people on silly money very quickly.??
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Post by Grandfather Berty of Cleck on Oct 30, 2014 16:42:10 GMT 1
Hope things go well for Clarky at Blackpool. His first season here was fantastic, and although we never hit those hights again for entertaining football, we were unlucky not to get promoted.
Good luck Clarky, as long as we finish above you.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2014 16:54:54 GMT 1
Hope things go well for Clarky at Blackpool. His first season here was fantastic, and although we never hit those hights again for entertaining football, we were unlucky not to get promoted. Good luck Clarky, as long as we finish above you. There was a time when you turned up to a town match wondering whether we'd score 3,4,5 or 6 goals. Like the unbeaten run, regardless of the opposition that kind of achievement is not something that you get lucky with.
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Post by The Ossett Terrier on Oct 30, 2014 18:29:54 GMT 1
A very bizarre decision in my eyes gone from one mess directly into another, a job lower down the leagues would have suited him better , just cant see him being a success here, and watch him age another 10 years in 5 weeks
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Post by Venezuelan Pete on Oct 30, 2014 19:08:42 GMT 1
Hope things go well for Clarky at Blackpool. His first season here was fantastic, and although we never hit those hights again for entertaining football, we were unlucky not to get promoted. Good luck Clarky, as long as we finish above you. Your poetry-writing needs some work, it doesn't even rhyme!
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Post by Yesss on Oct 30, 2014 21:10:49 GMT 1
You can say that again..... Thought I'd get the message across;) Actually don't know what happend, think my post went abit wrong
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Post by Barbieterrier on Oct 30, 2014 21:18:09 GMT 1
Good luck to Clarke in Blackpool. Huge respect for the guy because let's face it this is going to be one huge challenge for him and he will know it. Would be a huge challenge for whoever took the job and can't see many wanting to take on the challenge. It's probably one of them jobs that will either make him or break him. Personally I hope he makes a success of it and turns things around for Blackpool.
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Post by Grandfather Berty of Cleck on Oct 30, 2014 21:53:32 GMT 1
Hope things go well for Clarky at Blackpool. His first season here was fantastic, and although we never hit those hights again for entertaining football, we were unlucky not to get promoted. Good luck Clarky, as long as we finish above you. Your poetry-writing needs some work, it doesn't even rhyme! Great poetry doesn't have to rhyme you philistine. That did though
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Post by hypotenuse on Oct 30, 2014 22:41:22 GMT 1
The Great Lee Clark Myth 2009/10 was a great season with wonderful attacking football, brilliant management etc etc Fact: our record against the other teams in the top 6 was: P 10 W 1 D 4 L 5 We were really good at bullying crap teams. We had one tactic which the better teams Sussex - cross field passes to Pilkington and Roberts. Watch how Millwall dismantled us in the playoff semifinal second leg if you want to know how crap and one dimensional Clark's tactics were.
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Post by hypotenuse on Oct 30, 2014 22:42:15 GMT 1
Sussed not Sussex - apologies
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Post by Tinpot on Oct 30, 2014 22:43:54 GMT 1
Cracking manager! Can't see him keeping them up though! he must have woke up thinking it was a dream that he had been given another championship job..... There are tens of gaffers out there, out of work and with promotions and multiple promotions on their CV ... How many of them would be daft enough to take on the Blackpool job though? As for championship jobs - only until May. I can't think of any current Lg1 sides who look more screwed than Blackpool at the moment. Lg2 by 2016, whoever is manager imo.
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Post by Nickhudds.UTT on Oct 30, 2014 22:51:04 GMT 1
More clubs than Lee Trevino, be good last game if he survives
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Post by Tinpot on Oct 30, 2014 22:52:51 GMT 1
The Great Lee Clark Myth 2009/10 was a great season with wonderful attacking football, brilliant management etc etc Fact: our record against the other teams in the top 6 was: P 10 W 1 D 4 L 5 We were really good at bullying crap teams. We had one tactic which the better teams Sussex - cross field passes to Pilkington and Roberts. Watch how Millwall dismantled us in the playoff semifinal second leg if you want to know how crap and one dimensional Clark's tactics were. 2009/10 was a great season with wonderful attacking football, but we were shit against the better teams in the division. Still, it was a darn sight better than we'd been under the guy we had before! Something had to change in order to get us over the line. Fine margins and a bit of luck is what divides the promoted teams from those who are not. Clark changed things and then Pilks got that injury. It's all speculation, but just as we're entitled to ask if we'd have still been promoted if Ched Evans had been found not guilty - we could equally ask whether we'd have been promoted the previous year if Pilkington had been available for us (or if we'd faced MK Dons in the final instead of Posh - which we possibly would if it weren't for some very dodgy referee's decisions in the semi final iirc).
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Post by hypotenuse on Oct 30, 2014 23:03:58 GMT 1
Agree that Posh benefited from some dubious decisions in that game v MK and we may have beaten MK in the final but Clark lost his bottle in that playoff final.
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Post by Doc Halladay 32 on Oct 31, 2014 4:57:52 GMT 1
Agree that Posh benefited from some dubious decisions in that game v MK and we may have beaten MK in the final but Clark lost his bottle in that playoff final. You talk earlier of myths and that is the biggest of the lot. Clark didn't bottle it in that final the players did. All these Rhodes should have started quotes are completely ignorant of the fact that he was very poor at the time, if you get chance rewatch the home semi against Bournemouth he missed headers by some distance that he buried the season after. He was bang out of form and we had just won six succesive games with the 'away' formation and using the 'home' formation starting Rhodes we had drawn 5 of our last 8 home games (or 6 of the last 10). The Rhodes that started the next season was a completely different one to the guy who ended the year before. He only scored 8 goals after Christmas that season. It's very easy to say he got it wrong because we lost the game but equally if Rhodes had started in the home formation and we lost then he would have been blamed for not playing the away formation. He is blamed because we lost. The players froze on the day not the manager IMO.
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Post by 3Pipe on Oct 31, 2014 7:01:48 GMT 1
Appreciate what he did for our club but personally don't wish him any success at our expense. If he fails that's one relegation place sorted... that's what suits us best.
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