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| November 20, 2011, 10:17pm |
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AB Mk1 and Mk2 gave us some of the best years in GTFC history. Mk3 was a completely different story, and was as much of disaster as Woods, and only kept us up by way of Lutons massive points deduction
mike newell only kept us up thanks to point deductions. AB would have had us safely in midtable. |
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| pleasegoup |
| November 20, 2011, 10:25pm |
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Doesn't match the facts though does it? After the side qualified for the Wembly final everything came apart. They got whopped there and they hardly got another point that season in the league, finishing on a real downer. Things were no better at the start of the next season and Town were a long way from being an established mid-table side. Add on to that the Butler saga and it was all pretty grim. The only reasons that AB3 might look good were MW1 and NW1. In fact he was out of his depth with the game after so long out and he must have found the attitudes of players a hell of a change from what he was used to. It was merciful to relieve him of the job and it would be cruel to get him back.
buckley was sacked on the 15th of flipping september. at which point, we had 2 points in the league and had beaten tranmere (a league 1 i think side) in the league cup. yes there had been a 13 game winless run, but woods got close to double that amount of time. |
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| mariner91 |
| November 20, 2011, 11:38pm |
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buckley was sacked on the 15th of flipping september. at which point, we had 2 points in the league and had beaten tranmere (a league 1 i think side) in the league cup.
yes there had been a 13 game winless run, but woods got close to double that amount of time.
A league 1 side who were rock bottom of their league at the time and soon sacked their manager. The side that he had assembled for that season would have struggled to stay up. |
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If I won the euro millions I'd appoint Aidy Boothroyd as manager and I'd bring back Paul wilkinson as head of youth setup.
Out the club would go Scott and hurst, steve wraith and dave smith and elsom and chapman.
Aswell as church Pearson disley and Duffy
You'd get rid of Disley?! One of our very few decent players?! |
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| tashee69 |
| November 21, 2011, 12:05am |
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Absolutely spot on!
And the one managerial sacking JF regrets making to this day!
I'd have him back in a heartbeat with someone like Groves alongside ready to take over in a couple of seasons.
One win in his last 17 games and losing 13, I think getting rid was the correct decision despite the fact I liked Buckley as a manager, he was living on his previous two spells with us. |
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| RonMariner |
| November 21, 2011, 3:32pm |
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FFS!
I do not wish ill on anyone but do the decent thing and kick the bucket A.B so we can stop having these ridiculous posts every few months!
You should not post stuff like this, even in jest. Especialy given what he has done for our club. He deserves more respect. Very poor taste. |
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| TheRonRaffertyFanClub |
| November 21, 2011, 6:49pm |
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buckley was sacked on the 15th of flipping september. at which point, we had 2 points in the league and had beaten tranmere (a league 1 i think side) in the league cup.
yes there had been a 13 game winless run, but woods got close to double that amount of time.
What Woods got isn't relevant though is it? The sacking came because of the 13 game run, plus an absolutely terrible pre-season, signings that no-one rated and then a bad start to the season. OK we can argue about what came after AB but the truth was that on that record he had to go. Still, that's all in the past and there's no going back especially to someone who has been away from the game again for years now. |
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| November 21, 2011, 7:01pm |
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What Woods got isn't relevant though is it? The sacking came because of the 13 game run, plus an absolutely terrible pre-season, signings that no-one rated and then a bad start to the season. OK we can argue about what came after AB but the truth was that on that record he had to go.
Still, that's all in the past and there's no going back especially to someone who has been away from the game again for years now.
If my memory serves me well, in his second stint, he was replaced by Lennie Lawrence in August after an away game at Portsmouth also. |
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