OldNick

It may be garbage to you IYHO CB but not as i see it.We were far from united and whilst many were delighted and behind the Wilde bunch it was not all settled.Yes he did spend money but it does take time for a lot of new faces to gel.At no time did GB or the club say we would get auto promotion and realistically made the play offs our target.That was achieved, I never thought we were good enough to make the auto promotion places, did you? Pointing to the money spent is misleading IMO, we had to replace the quality sold or released and to do so you have to spend money. The following season Gb had pointed to mid table after losing the top players, again realistic not head in the clouds that we will walk this league etc..

i hope that the experience of our impatience will put us in good stead for the upward but slow climb back to success. To me in the main Gb made some very good buys and made us more than we spent

perhaps you cold guide the Al Farraj brothers to a proper football club.

CB I dont agree with that.When we were relegated the team lost a lot of players.Palace and Norwich did not, we then had to rebuild a team to make a push for promotion.All happening at the time of rela boardroom unrest and politics.The club was divided, I think it was impossibl to manage a club in that position,I doubt there would have benn anyone who could. I hope we all have learnt from that expereince and this board and the club is now a much happier place with our new position.

I have only seen fleeting bits of the incidents. To run the pitch was asking for trouble and I doubt we owuld be very happy if it happened to us, we dant forgive Derby for their fans celebratios after the playoffs FFS

Lets hope the Al Farraj brothers find another club.It will be galling for them to yet agian find anither sugar daddy.ours is not a sugar daddy but a disiplinarian although loving.

To be fair if you dont have the players it is hard to sort out anything.To be a good manager you have to be lucky, he hasnt been that and so he cant be called a good manager.He did ok here.

Lol but he doesnt have the services of KDto call upon

DD GB turned 3 players into 20m worth of talent.How much would Spurs or Fulham get for the 10m worth we sold them now?

stats prove nothing but give an idea of someones performance in general. You have to stand back and think aobut it clearly. When he took over the squad had been culled.We had lost a team of star players (most underperformed) , the club was in turmoil yet again and it was during a massive power struggle with the fans divided. he was given money to replace players in positions that had been left open by players leaving.Wilde bunch came in and gave him a free rein.Interstingly 2 of his purchases still cause friction by the protagonists who dont rate him.Rasiak and Saga both brought to us by him.Yes he bought some bad buys but he also brought some good ones. He turned a reserve full back into a player of the season, who was then sold for £m's, the same can be said of Kenwyne who many thought was rubbish.Add bringing Bale as a 16 year old into the team and he did quite well.In fact selling those three kept us from administration earlier (could be a bad thing of course as there was more money around thenand we may have found a big spender) We then went into his last season where we sold the 3 Baird Jones and Bale, the heart had been ripped out of the team.Gb got Stern in who had a purple patch to fill some of the void.Jan came and the statement by Hoos? and that again rocked the boat.The fans were again in unrest , they had lost their confidence totally in Gb and we had the chance to get compensation for his departure. Not since have we been in a position in the league that he left us in. This is of course a potted history and many will disagree with but his signings and transfers work does stand up to examination. He has gone and i hope that AP can take us back and above where GB left us.

Rinny apologies it was in fact my mistake.It was my figures.It does put the % more into perspective.

CB I think that was the first season where away goals didnt count double, they had until then

Well the advantage is to the away team kivcking ot their fans. We are polarised in our opinions on this. I believe we need something.Some thought the white witch helped before,and our form turned so why not change something that may just give a slightly different mindset. It would be interesting if we could find the ststs we results kicking to each end second half.It may just show no difference but you never know it may show a better win ratio.

Lol

No but they had a bloody good try

A nightclub and pubs without camera phones, you are not from Pompey are you? Seems to be the same story that Duncan talks about on here.

you dont think we haven't been there.What has happened to think that all of a sudden.Look at it from an outsiders view.You were buying top players well above the financial position you were at. You had some days that were wondeful and now you are having a bit of medicine. You are hardly on deaths door, you may well struggle but you are still punching above your weight and are hoping to be baled out yet again and then will expect to have the stars again. Your club will and should cut its cloth accordingly, football is the only business where profit comes second and in time most clubs will have ot come into the real world.

I'll give you that he does sound pie eyed when he talks. He brought us KD so we should be forever grateful for that dont you think?

I hope that this does go through as Storrie will have his other man ready and waiting, who seems far more wealthy.

You might be pleased he hasn't.If it is the case Storie will be able to bring his crowd in...oh sorry crowd is not a correct term when talking about your lot

Well that is news to me. I am not denying he liked a drink but the way it is portrayed is not as it was IMO. We know how false rumours are spread, you only have to ook on here and you see how it grows.KK at SMS and it urned out to be Mervyn King Lol

Norwich, man u Spurs. i dont go to many away games. Of course in the old grounds this would not be he case. I remember when we gave the away fans the archers in the old bike shed,the away fans were then able to create more noise than the home fans, after lots of complaints it was changed.Of course that wouldnt make a difference in some peoples minds, but i recall when Newcastle froze when the archers got up for it in an amazing turn of atmosphere that time where we were drifting to a 1-0 loss but the game turned and we won 3-1.it was not down to the players doing something but the Archers lifted and changed the grounds atmosphere, i was up in the east stand and you could feel it sweeping the ground.The players got energised and things changed, it was remarkable.

I find that hard to believe DD. Rasiak also played fir him at Derby and so would have known about any problems before. Other managers were at the club who didnt play him either, are you saying it was for the same problem?

What happened to your knee then?

Where have you been? i have missed you. I thought GB took you with him up to Jockland