bridge too far Posted 1 January, 2011 Share Posted 1 January, 2011 According to Sky GSS just now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobM Posted 1 January, 2011 Share Posted 1 January, 2011 Let's hope Eddie Howe steps in to replace him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectisSaint Posted 1 January, 2011 Share Posted 1 January, 2011 According to Sky GSS just now! Inevitable, Palace are woeful. Now people will see the true quality of GB, couldn't have happened to a "better" bloke. Well done Jason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scudamore Posted 1 January, 2011 Share Posted 1 January, 2011 Saints related? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridge too far Posted 1 January, 2011 Author Share Posted 1 January, 2011 Saints related? Currently? No. Historically? Yes. . Interested peeps might not have seen it on the Sports Forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatch Posted 1 January, 2011 Share Posted 1 January, 2011 Adkins to Palace , unless Liverpool grab him first. My plumber was told by a bloke down the bookies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNSUN Posted 1 January, 2011 Share Posted 1 January, 2011 Quick, steal Danns before they bring in a new manager! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Chalet Posted 1 January, 2011 Share Posted 1 January, 2011 Saints related? I think a lot of people tried to forget he was our manager once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadoldgit Posted 1 January, 2011 Share Posted 1 January, 2011 At least he got us into the play offs which was the most we had to cheer about before Pardew won us a cup. He is not a woeful manager and did a great job at Ipswich and Hearts. The Palace job is a poisoned chalice. He has achieved a lot more than the middle strand of managers in this country. What is it with people wanting ex employees to fail? It is not as if he did a Redknapp and took us down. Good luck to him in the future where ever he ends up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dronskisaint Posted 1 January, 2011 Share Posted 1 January, 2011 At least he got us into the play offs which was the most we had to cheer about before Pardew won us a cup. He is not a woeful manager and did a great job at Ipswich and Hearts. The Palace job is a poisoned chalice. He has achieved a lot more than the middle strand of managers in this country. What is it with people wanting ex employees to fail? It is not as if he did a Redknapp and took us down. Good luck to him in the future where ever he ends up. This - he was also a victim of our circumstances but got out of jail with the Jimmies job. Redcrap's grave I promise I'll dance on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFrost Posted 1 January, 2011 Share Posted 1 January, 2011 (edited) At least he got us into the play offs which was the most we had to cheer about before Pardew won us a cup. He is not a woeful manager and did a great job at Ipswich and Hearts. The Palace job is a poisoned chalice. He has achieved a lot more than the middle strand of managers in this country. What is it with people wanting ex employees to fail? It is not as if he did a Redknapp and took us down. Good luck to him in the future where ever he ends up. He did do a good job at Ipswich and Hearts. Since 2005 however, he has either achieved the bare minimum or failed at any job he has had. He could have done so much better here (and didn't through his own failings) which is what I think a lot of people on here find so frustrating about him. To be fair, following Walter Smith's/McLeish job at Scotland and the Palace jobs were tough jobs. Edited 1 January, 2011 by JackFrost Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K,Billy's supersound Posted 1 January, 2011 Share Posted 1 January, 2011 who cares? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpine_saint Posted 1 January, 2011 Share Posted 1 January, 2011 I hope it is now beyond dispute that George Burley is a f**king sh*te manager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scudamore Posted 1 January, 2011 Share Posted 1 January, 2011 Currently? No. Historically? Yes. . Interested peeps might not have seen it on the Sports Forum. Aren't you a bit old to be using the expression peeps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crab Lungs Posted 1 January, 2011 Share Posted 1 January, 2011 At least he got us into the play offs which was the most we had to cheer about before Pardew won us a cup. He is not a woeful manager and did a great job at Ipswich and Hearts. The Palace job is a poisoned chalice. He has achieved a lot more than the middle strand of managers in this country. What is it with people wanting ex employees to fail? It is not as if he did a Redknapp and took us down. Good luck to him in the future where ever he ends up. Absolutely spot on. Did a good job at Derby, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skintsaint Posted 1 January, 2011 Share Posted 1 January, 2011 sacked by a Puncheon hattrick... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thedelldays Posted 1 January, 2011 Share Posted 1 January, 2011 he was a poor manager before coming to saints.. he was a long line of managers we hired on the way down.. with our current gaffer, we have on heading the other way it seems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Majestic Channon Posted 1 January, 2011 Share Posted 1 January, 2011 At least he got us into the play offs which was the most we had to cheer about before Pardew won us a cup. He is not a woeful manager and did a great job at Ipswich and Hearts. The Palace job is a poisoned chalice. He has achieved a lot more than the middle strand of managers in this country. What is it with people wanting ex employees to fail? It is not as if he did a Redknapp and took us down. Good luck to him in the future where ever he ends up. Very well said SOG. Wonder how long it will be before the idiots bring up the unfounded alcohism rumours again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Under Weststand Posted 1 January, 2011 Share Posted 1 January, 2011 Not surprised he's gone did an Ok job for us had a lot of money to spend & just about achieved the bare minimum getting us to the play-offs. Got out just at the right time, but maybe he shouldn't have gone to Scotland where he was woeful. As for the rest he's been blown a bit hot & cold. Over achieved in his first couple of years at Ipswich & following relegation & struggling the next year he was sacked. Seems a bit familiar starts ok but then can't carry a job through. Would be surprised to see him get another decent job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dickyhale Posted 1 January, 2011 Share Posted 1 January, 2011 Another failure on his C.V. Good old Gorgeous George Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadoldgit Posted 1 January, 2011 Share Posted 1 January, 2011 When Burley joined us his stock was very high after an excellent job at Herts. A lot of Saints fans were chuffed to have got him. He had to strip out a lot of dead wood but put together a decent squad quite quickly and hada team that could score goals and win games which is something we hadn't seen for a while. We were as good as anyone in the CCC in his only full season with us. Sadly Wilde had blown the cash in one go and instead of building on a good season Burley soon lost his 3 best players (all of whom are currently scoring goals in the Premiership) and the an Exec even came out and admitted publically that our promotion push was over. Can't blaming for taking the Scotland job but let's be honest, people like Ferguson would not touch it with a bargepole and there are good reasons for that. The Palace job was never going to be easy either with no cash to spend. He has been unfortunate recently, losing points in the last seconds. That sadly is football. He is experienced and he will bounce back. Sh*te managers do not get their clubs into Europe or into play offs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Fry Posted 1 January, 2011 Share Posted 1 January, 2011 (edited) When Burley joined us his stock was very high after an excellent job at Herts. A lot of Saints fans were chuffed to have got him. He had to strip out a lot of dead wood but put together a decent squad quite quickly and hada team that could score goals and win games which is something we hadn't seen for a while. We were as good as anyone in the CCC in his only full season with us. Sadly Wilde had blown the cash in one go and instead of building on a good season Burley soon lost his 3 best players (all of whom are currently scoring goals in the Premiership) and the an Exec even came out and admitted publically that our promotion push was over. Can't blaming for taking the Scotland job but let's be honest, people like Ferguson would not touch it with a bargepole and there are good reasons for that. The Palace job was never going to be easy either with no cash to spend. He has been unfortunate recently, losing points in the last seconds. That sadly is football. He is experienced and he will bounce back. Sh*te managers do not get their clubs into Europe or into play offs. We clearly weren't "as good as anyone" as we scraped and stumbled and flopped into sixth place with the most expensively assembled squad in the division, and then blew it at semi final stage anyway. Wilde didn't blow all the money, Burley had a top two budget and decided to talk the whole club down "maybe the playoffs would be a good achievement" guff. Watch Adkins and how he talks like a winner. A top two budget was Burley's gift and he blew it spectacularly. Burley blew all the money and then screwed us by not even trying to get automatic promotion. And spare us the "no time to build a squad" routine - Burley had the luxury of an entire half season to get settled in, make plans and get ready for that key full season. All the time needed, all the money any club would need to go up, a gigantic feelgood factor post-Lowe - Burley had the dream hand. An absolute gift of circumstances in his favour. And he blew it. He blew it out of his backside. Of course all the money was gone in the second season - we'd spent a jacuzzi full of cash on players to get promoted the season before. We'd speculated to accumulate but Georgie boy couldn't deliver and screwed us long term. Good riddance to a disgrace to the managers parking space. And his performance at Palace yet again proves how appalling he is. Gutless waste of space. Edited 1 January, 2011 by CB Fry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorgiesaint Posted 2 January, 2011 Share Posted 2 January, 2011 When Burley joined us his stock was very high after an excellent job at Hearts. A lot of Saints fans were chuffed to have got him. He had to strip out a lot of dead wood but put together a decent squad quite quickly and hada team that could score goals and win games which is something we hadn't seen for a while. He then buggered that up by signing even more deadwood than he got rid of, and played anyone else out of position thereby taking a squad which should have been in with a chance of the automatic promotion spots and just scraping into the playoffs. At that point, Billy effing Davies ensured Derby kicked what was left of the team off the park. The following season saw a truer reflection of George's capabilities as a manager There, I've made some alterations as I saw his reign as manager at St Marys and I speak as someone who was in favour of him coming at the time. How wrong can you be. Oh and his previous job before joining us was north of the border, not north of London. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulwantsapint Posted 2 January, 2011 Share Posted 2 January, 2011 GB & saints found the ultimate get out clause in the scots job GB- not sacked moved onto a bigger job SFC- didn't have to pay comp on sacking & actually got paid comp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint_bert Posted 2 January, 2011 Share Posted 2 January, 2011 (edited) The defining memory I have of Burleys reign was losing to Palace on the opening day of the season. Couldnt help thinking "were in trouble this season" Edited 2 January, 2011 by saint_bert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Window Cleaner Posted 2 January, 2011 Share Posted 2 January, 2011 GB & saints found the ultimate get out clause in the scots job GB- not sacked moved onto a bigger job SFC- didn't have to pay comp on sacking & actually got paid comp trouble is it was too little too late. Me?? I'd have sacked Burley in his first few weeks with the club, after that abysmal 2-0 loss at home to Ipswich.It was clear to me on that day that the bloke didn't have a firkin clue and never would have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Give it to Ron Posted 2 January, 2011 Share Posted 2 January, 2011 We clearly weren't "as good as anyone" as we scraped and stumbled and flopped into sixth place with the most expensively assembled squad in the division, and then blew it at semi final stage anyway. Wilde didn't blow all the money, Burley had a top two budget and decided to talk the whole club down "maybe the playoffs would be a good achievement" guff. Watch Adkins and how he talks like a winner. A top two budget was Burley's gift and he blew it spectacularly. Burley blew all the money and then screwed us by not even trying to get automatic promotion. And spare us the "no time to build a squad" routine - Burley had the luxury of an entire half season to get settled in, make plans and get ready for that key full season. All the time needed, all the money any club would need to go up, a gigantic feelgood factor post-Lowe - Burley had the dream hand. An absolute gift of circumstances in his favour. And he blew it. He blew it out of his backside. Of course all the money was gone in the second season - we'd spent a jacuzzi full of cash on players to get promoted the season before. We'd speculated to accumulate but Georgie boy couldn't deliver and screwed us long term. Good riddance to a disgrace to the managers parking space. And his performance at Palace yet again proves how appalling he is. Gutless waste of space. Absolutely spot on the money! How quickly people forget his weird and woeful substitutions and tactics - 6 players all playing on the wrong side. Nothing wrond with one or two but he had half the team in some games. Bringing on Saga with 2 mins to go when 2 down at home....Burley wasted millions here...other managers have cleared out squads as well and still done twice as good as he did! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thedelldays Posted 2 January, 2011 Share Posted 2 January, 2011 dont forget...burley (with the millions) had the "3 best player" in Bale, baird and Jones.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpine_saint Posted 2 January, 2011 Share Posted 2 January, 2011 We clearly weren't "as good as anyone" as we scraped and stumbled and flopped into sixth place with the most expensively assembled squad in the division, and then blew it at semi final stage anyway. Wilde didn't blow all the money, Burley had a top two budget and decided to talk the whole club down "maybe the playoffs would be a good achievement" guff. Watch Adkins and how he talks like a winner. A top two budget was Burley's gift and he blew it spectacularly. Burley blew all the money and then screwed us by not even trying to get automatic promotion. And spare us the "no time to build a squad" routine - Burley had the luxury of an entire half season to get settled in, make plans and get ready for that key full season. All the time needed, all the money any club would need to go up, a gigantic feelgood factor post-Lowe - Burley had the dream hand. An absolute gift of circumstances in his favour. And he blew it. He blew it out of his backside. Of course all the money was gone in the second season - we'd spent a jacuzzi full of cash on players to get promoted the season before. We'd speculated to accumulate but Georgie boy couldn't deliver and screwed us long term. Good riddance to a disgrace to the managers parking space. And his performance at Palace yet again proves how appalling he is. Gutless waste of space. Top Post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostBoys Posted 2 January, 2011 Share Posted 2 January, 2011 Trouble was he was allowed to bring in his 'mates' at ridiculous wages who all woefully underperformed - you know who I mean I am not surprised that he has been sacked from Palace a no win situation even if you are any good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lighthouse Posted 2 January, 2011 Share Posted 2 January, 2011 He took over Saints, 12th in the Championship, spent £10m over 2 years and left with us in 13th. Nuff said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpine_saint Posted 2 January, 2011 Share Posted 2 January, 2011 He took over Saints, 12th in the Championship, spent £10m over 2 years and left with us in 13th. Nuff said. hehehehehehehehehehe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super_Uwe Posted 3 January, 2011 Share Posted 3 January, 2011 IMO I'm not sure his heart was ever properly in it when he was here. In fact you could possibly argue that his motivation started to wane once SCW and Lowe went; he did after all agree to be part of that structure which was disbanded in 2006. Only he can say whether that's true or not. The major issue I have with him is that he inspires zero confidence. I don't necessarily want my manager to be some jumped-up, "passionate" lunatic, but at no stage in his time with us did I feel we were going anywhere. In the end that proved to be the case. Not sure where he's going to go now, although it would not surprise me to see him back at Ipswich if Keano gets the boot...stranger things have happened! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Who? Posted 3 January, 2011 Share Posted 3 January, 2011 So who will be the next suckers to take him on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubai_phil Posted 3 January, 2011 Share Posted 3 January, 2011 Wow, what a shocking and surprising piece of news. Many have pointed out many of his failings but IMHO we never had a real spine in the team and solid central defensive partnership. Wayne Thomas for 10 times more than Burnley expected. Sorry to Soggy, but the he IS a good manager stuff is rubbish - he WAS a decent manager but then something in his life went wrong, whether it was an internal DNA related switch or some other event I have no idea but as I reported in detail at the time and others alluded to, it was my firm opinion that his clarity of thinking was compromised. IMHO that caused him to become a ghost of his former self and he was living on his previous achievements and we were lucky to be able to get rid of him. I have nothing against the guy, BUT I was glad we found a favourable way to bring in change. His time with Scotland did nothing to show he had made a come back to his former abilities and I don't see that he has performed any miracles at Palace. So it will be up to the next desperate Football Club Chairman to find out whether he is capable of making a comeback or is really just the shell of a once could have been great manager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericofarabia Posted 3 January, 2011 Share Posted 3 January, 2011 sacked by a Puncheon hattrick... ..... and just a coincidence that it happened the morning after the night before which happened to be New Years Eve. I'm sure he was tucked up in bed by 10pm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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