Originally Posted by
tony260674
IBJ
I had a conversation with someone in the highest echelon of the club not about Stubbs but about Gee Evans. I said that Gee was surely given the job as an act of nepotism by Steve Evans and this person corrected me. He told me that most of the players who you would describe as a success in Steve Evans time as manager were brought to the club by Gee and then the conversation moved on to Chelsea and how Gee had persuaded them to lend us Brown despite being very unhappy with the treatment of John Swift 2 seasons before. Because of Swift's experience at Rotherham, Chelsea put a number of demands in place mainly to do with how and when Brown would train but also that we had to guarantee that he would play a certain amount of minutes on the football pitch. If it was Jackett rather than Stubbs who dropped him first well lets add that to the list of damage Mr cowardly custard has done, lets just say we wont be getting any Chelsea youngsters any time soon.
As for Stubbs, the very best you could say about him was that he was a poor fit for our club, wrong person at the wrong time if you will. He was quickly unpopular with the staff at the club, many of whom had worked and been bullied by Steve Evans in the past and despite numerous requests Stubbs failed to make any moves to bond with the supporters. I imagine that what you said about 60% of the budget being taken up by 12 players is true but you may recall that those players had gone 12 games unbeaten under Warnock at the end of last season. Stubbs may go on to be a success elsewhere and may take the experience he has had at Rotherham as a learning exercise in the future but I have my doubts. His time with us was a total disaster and I saw nothing to suggest it would have improved had we given him longer.
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