Good Article.I remember when BFR was sacked and one of his last games was a away defeat to QPR. Although i was sorry to see him go i was delighted to that we had BL in the pipeline to take over.Diffrence here is that the club have given a underperforming manager a new contract and i do not see a BL type of manager in the distance. Think we will just have to face the fact that this season will be the same as last season. A few bad results then something to give us hope then a bad result or two and a battle to stay in the league.
And when he had to find one he went for Turner, McNeill, Venglos. SGT, BFR, BL and JG just fell in his lap perfectly.
Quote from: Fred on October 28, 2014, 01:15:52 PMGood Article.I remember when BFR was sacked and one of his last games was a away defeat to QPR. Although i was sorry to see him go i was delighted to that we had BL in the pipeline to take over.Diffrence here is that the club have given a underperforming manager a new contract and i do not see a BL type of manager in the distance. Think we will just have to face the fact that this season will be the same as last season. A few bad results then something to give us hope then a bad result or two and a battle to stay in the league.Ellis had many strokes of luck and one of them was that whenever things were bad a manager miraculously became available. He didn't work at it, they seemed to do the running.
Quote from: dave.woodhall on October 28, 2014, 01:20:29 PMQuote from: Fred on October 28, 2014, 01:15:52 PMGood Article.I remember when BFR was sacked and one of his last games was a away defeat to QPR. Although i was sorry to see him go i was delighted to that we had BL in the pipeline to take over.Diffrence here is that the club have given a underperforming manager a new contract and i do not see a BL type of manager in the distance. Think we will just have to face the fact that this season will be the same as last season. A few bad results then something to give us hope then a bad result or two and a battle to stay in the league.Ellis had many strokes of luck and one of them was that whenever things were bad a manager miraculously became available. He didn't work at it, they seemed to do the running. For me his best managers were SGT, BFR and BL. Wether or not they fell in to his lap i just can not see the current chairman finding some one like one of the above to take over. Ellis had luck but could you say he had more of a feel for the mood of the fans and would have changed things by now?
Quote from: PeterWithesShin on October 28, 2014, 01:22:37 PMAnd when he had to find one he went for Turner, McNeill, Venglos. SGT, BFR, BL and JG just fell in his lap perfectly.I'd never criticise him for Venglos, but if a manager ever appointed a club it was Sir Graham, then BFR.
Quote from: Fred on October 28, 2014, 01:28:32 PMQuote from: dave.woodhall on October 28, 2014, 01:20:29 PMQuote from: Fred on October 28, 2014, 01:15:52 PMGood Article.I remember when BFR was sacked and one of his last games was a away defeat to QPR. Although i was sorry to see him go i was delighted to that we had BL in the pipeline to take over.Diffrence here is that the club have given a underperforming manager a new contract and i do not see a BL type of manager in the distance. Think we will just have to face the fact that this season will be the same as last season. A few bad results then something to give us hope then a bad result or two and a battle to stay in the league.Ellis had many strokes of luck and one of them was that whenever things were bad a manager miraculously became available. He didn't work at it, they seemed to do the running. For me his best managers were SGT, BFR and BL. Wether or not they fell in to his lap i just can not see the current chairman finding some one like one of the above to take over. Ellis had luck but could you say he had more of a feel for the mood of the fans and would have changed things by now?Again, to repeat an oft-said belief, Ellis had an instinctive feel for what fans thought. I think the only time he read the mood wrong was when he got rid of BFR. I'm not sure he would have got rid of Lambert in his first two seasons - Doug wasn't as trigger-happy as he liked to be portrayed - but he'd have gone either last summer or this morning.