Gordon Strachan LOL

[tomytony]

We, along with the majority of fans elsewhere, have not had a successful man at the top for more years than I can remember.
It is not easy this football club ownership lark TT.

I agree Chips, we've endured a long line of eccentric incompetents but anyone employing Nobson after Gibson at Middlesboro' had seen how he squandered vast amounts of money on the way to relegation ( and having to bring Venables in like some sort of Red Adair) just doesn't have the basic common sense to run a football club.

It's not as though football managers' c.v's are secret is itand Nobson's proclivities were well known within and without the game.

Bargepole do not and touch spring to the mind of anyone with an ounce of common sense where he is mentioned.

To compound the mistake with the subsequent 8 appointments beggars belief.

[Chips1889]

I agree Chips, we've endured a long line of eccentric incompetents but anyone employing Nobson after Gibson at Middlesboro' had seen how he squandered vast amounts of money on the way to relegation ( and having to bring Venables in like some sort of Red Adair) just doesn't have the basic common sense to run a football club.

It's not as though football managers' c.v's are secret is itand Nobson's proclivities were well known within and without the game.

Bargepole do not and touch spring to the mind of anyone with an ounce of common sense where he is mentioned.

To compound the mistake with the subsequent 8 appointments beggars belief.

TT, in hindsight they do but not all of the appointments were greeted with shouts of "oh no!" from Bladesmen at the time.

[tomytony]

TT, in hindsight they do but not all of the appointments were greeted with shouts of "oh no!" from Bladesmen at the time.

Just most and especially the first after the PL which is when the rot set and led to financial constraints for years because, somehow, McC thought Nobson could do a job despite stacks of evidence to the contrary.

That's the one that rankles most and things like sacking someone 3 games into a new season do not help.

[Carpe_diem]

Just most and especially the first after the PL which is when the rot set and led to financial constraints for years because, somehow, McC thought Nobson could do a job despite stacks of evidence to the contrary.

That's the one that rankles most and things like sacking someone 3 games into a new season do not help.

One thing that would go a long way is if McC put his hands up - publicly - and said 'sorry, I made some mistakes', rather than just basking in the reflected glory of what Tufty has done.

[FatherKnowsBest]

One thing that would go a long way is if McC put his hands up - publicly - and said 'sorry, I made some mistakes', rather than just basking in the reflected glory of what Tufty has done.

I think he's done this several times already, hasn't he..?

[Carpe_diem]

I think he's done this several times already, hasn't he..?

Not to my knowledge. He's blamed everything but himself.

I lost all respect for the man when he lied to my face at one of the fans' forum things. Everyone has the right to make mistakes, but there's something pathetic and craven about a liar who shirks responsibility that makes it impossible to respect them.

That's my final word on the matter. No one is going to change my mind about what kind of a man he is, and I'm clearly not going to change anyone else's either. I give him credit for keeping prices down, I give him credit for finally getting a good one in with Tufty, and that's about as far as it goes. If he can manage to go ten years without ****ing everything up, I might even get a bit of respect for the man.

[tomytony]

Not to my knowledge. He's blamed everything but himself.

I lost all respect for the man when he lied to my face at one of the fans' forum things. Everyone has the right to make mistakes, but there's something pathetic and craven about a liar who shirks responsibility that makes it impossible to respect them.

That's my final word on the matter. No one is going to change my mind about what kind of a man he is, and I'm clearly not going to change anyone else's either. I give him credit for keeping prices down, I give him credit for finally getting a good one in with Tufty, and that's about as far as it goes. If he can manage to go ten years without ****ing everything up, I might even get a bit of respect for the man.

Another 10 years CD?

You get less for murder.