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davmariner
February 12, 2018, 9:52am
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Clifton must come into the side now for his passing if nowt else?


Let’s face it, he couldn’t do any worse than the CMs we’ve been playing in the last few months.


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February 12, 2018, 10:11am
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Let’s face it, he couldn’t do any worse than the CMs we’ve been playing in the last few months.


I agree and kind of hope he proves that point.Not sure who or what we have left in midfield but Clifton and Summerfield should pick themselves.
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A lot of guesswork going on here leading to some strong conclusions.

Many saying Wilkinson should have been sacked and some annoyed/angry that he hasn't. Stating that he's as much to blame for the current situation as Slade. Well, what are you basing that on? It's the manager that decides the tactics, team selection, topics/themes for training and player recruitment. Even when the Manager bounces ideas off the Assistant, it is the Manager's call every time. If the two of them don't agree on something, the Manager will go with his way.

I see many berating PW for us signing Sam Kelly and Hooper.
Well, for starters, other than PW having been at a Club with them before, does anyone actually know he recommended them? No. Maybe he did, but we don't know that.
Let's assume he did. Again, it's the Manager's call to sign them and his responsibility of whether to go off someones recommendation or see them himself. With Hooper, blaming PW is ridiculous because he was on trial with us for a few weeks so Slade signed him based on his trial. Besides, I haven't formed too much of a judgement on Hooper anyway seeing as he's hardly played and at least managed to score a couple of goals.

For all we know, PW could've been influential in bringing in Jaiyesimi who there's an ex-club link with. And most of us would probably agree DJ should've been in the team a lot more than he has this season. So let's look at positive influences as well as negatives, not just cherry pick bits to suit either argument.

Managers never have 100% success with signings anyway. No-one. Alex Ferguson signed some right dross for ManUre over the years (Djemba Djemba, Bellion, Bebe, Taibi etc etc) and he's considered one of the best.

Point is hard to judge someone on what they'd be like as a boss, and be so sure of it as some seem to be, based on a previous role where despite all of his input it would've been someone elses call on the final decisions.


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February 12, 2018, 10:35am

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The Town Web Site says he's in temporary charge until a manager is recruited. Looking at our current situation I doubt even JF would gamble on giving him to the end off the season.

Yes a big name in the history of GTFC but I would not want our hard earned league status gambled on Wilco.



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Quoted from Grantham_Mariner
I think that the reason that Paul Wilkinson was not sacked alongside Slade is that it must be common knowledge that Slade did not take a lot of notice of what Wilkinson suggested both in training and on the pitch. I hope this will be apparent on Saturday when we see his team and how they are set up.


Did he not? 6 of our signings under the bald one were known to Paul Wilkinson and had worked with him before either at Norwich (Kean, Killip, Hall-Johnson, Jaiyesimi & Kelly) or Northampton (Hooper). That's more signings than who had played for the former-PE teacher- 2 (Clarke & Vernam).
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Is Wilkie prepared to play up front?
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The Town Web Site says he's in temporary charge until a manager is recruited. Looking at our current situation I doubt even JF would gamble on giving him to the end off the season.

Yes a big name in the history of GTFC but I would not want our hard earned league status gambled on Wilco.



It's not a gamble. We could appoint somebody at any point. However if we win on Saturday the threat of being dragged into the relegation dog fight decreases. Another couple of wins and it's virtually gone.

The more points Wilko get us (and the more quickly that happens) the more time we have to appoint a permanent successor.
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February 12, 2018, 12:22pm

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Did he not? 6 of our signings under the bald one were known to Paul Wilkinson and had worked with him before either at Norwich (Kean, Killip, Hall-Johnson, Jaiyesimi & Kelly) or Northampton (Hooper). That's more signings than who had played for the former-PE teacher- 2 (Clarke & Vernam).


Yes but were they playing Sladeball at there previous clubs.
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Looking at this from the perimeter - it appears that Russell Slade was in place to eliminate the Marcus Bignot signings and select the team.

Paul Wilkinson was in place to coach the players.

Now that Russell's first assignment has been completed, and the second one (selecting the team) did not go very well - then Russell's stint was complete.

Paul Wilkinson is now in place to get some results to the end of the season.

The wild card here is Dave Moore --- now Dave has seen some comings and goings at this club there is no doubt - and every time he has been called upon to step up to running the team - he has been excellent.

I believe, if these 2 have a common bond - through years past - they can work successfully together (with the player resources they have) and see us to the points necessary to secure Football League status.

After that ............


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