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Offline ozzjim

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Re: Craig Shakespeare- New Coach
« Reply #30 on: August 07, 2020, 05:01:01 PM »
Surprised a few people are saying the Watford stint was a failure. They took a side that was bottom on 9 points up to 17th when they left. You could argue they did a decent job.

They took something like 9 or 10 points more than us over the same period, they had done an incredibly good job to get Watford close to the line. Then got sacked inexplicably for Mullins. Very very odd, good for us though.

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Re: Craig Shakespeare- New Coach
« Reply #31 on: August 07, 2020, 05:02:48 PM »
thank god they binned them off, otherwise we's be relishing mid-week trips to Preston and Blackburn.

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Re: Craig Shakespeare- New Coach
« Reply #32 on: August 07, 2020, 05:04:04 PM »
Good appointment and I am pleased that Dean has more people around him.  Shakespeare is a winner and will have other contacts to draw upon too.  I hope this might win us a couple of Watford players if we bid for them.  Perhaps this means that Dean has taken a step towards the full Manager role and will oversee all operations, including Johan Lange's work?   Can we get on with signing players now please?

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Re: Craig Shakespeare- New Coach
« Reply #33 on: August 07, 2020, 05:05:23 PM »
He worked with Richard O’Kelly at the Olbyun many moons ago. I didn’t have too much contact with him but he seemed a decent bloke and fairly switched on. The Youth Team lads seemed to like him. He was universally known as ‘ Shakey ‘ .  Long time ago though

Footballers and their wacky nicknames, eh, how do they dream them up? Crazy!

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Re: Craig Shakespeare- New Coach
« Reply #34 on: August 07, 2020, 05:06:34 PM »
Good appointment and I am pleased that Dean has more people around him.  Shakespeare is a winner and will have other contacts to draw upon too.  I hope this might win us a couple of Watford players if we bid for them.  Perhaps this means that Dean has taken a step towards the full Manager role and will oversee all operations, including Johan Lange's work?   Can we get on with signing players now please?

Lange reports directly to the board. It was in the press release.

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Re: Craig Shakespeare- New Coach
« Reply #35 on: August 07, 2020, 05:13:02 PM »
Good appointment and I am pleased that Dean has more people around him.  Shakespeare is a winner and will have other contacts to draw upon too.  I hope this might win us a couple of Watford players if we bid for them.  Perhaps this means that Dean has taken a step towards the full Manager role and will oversee all operations, including Johan Lange's work?   Can we get on with signing players now please?

Lange reports directly to the board. It was in the press release.

Yes he does, quite right.  I'd forgotten about that statement. 

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Re: Craig Shakespeare- New Coach
« Reply #36 on: August 07, 2020, 05:13:55 PM »
Very pleased with this appointment but I also hope John Terry stays as well.

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Re: Craig Shakespeare- New Coach
« Reply #37 on: August 07, 2020, 05:14:38 PM »
He has moved about a bit since he was sacked as manager of Leicester. If he is a Villan, it would be good for at least one of his family to stick around for the long haul and we need more female fans.

Basically, my plea is: Shakespeare's sister - stay.

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Re: Craig Shakespeare- New Coach
« Reply #38 on: August 07, 2020, 05:14:49 PM »
He worked with Richard O’Kelly at the Olbyun many moons ago. I didn’t have too much contact with him but he seemed a decent bloke and fairly switched on. The Youth Team lads seemed to like him. He was universally known as ‘ Shakey ‘ .  Long time ago though

Footballers and their wacky nicknames, eh, how do they dream them up? Crazy!
Lol - who’d have thunk it, eh ?

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Re: Craig Shakespeare- New Coach
« Reply #39 on: August 07, 2020, 05:32:01 PM »
He has moved about a bit since he was sacked as manager of Leicester. If he is a Villan, it would be good for at least one of his family to stick around for the long haul and we need more female fans.

Basically, my plea is: Shakespeare's sister - stay.

That has to be the most convoluted, piss awful pun we have had on here. And we have had some rotters.

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Re: Craig Shakespeare- New Coach
« Reply #40 on: August 07, 2020, 05:34:30 PM »
He has moved about a bit since he was sacked as manager of Leicester. If he is a Villan, it would be good for at least one of his family to stick around for the long haul and we need more female fans.

Basically, my plea is: Shakespeare's sister - stay.

Don’t even fetch your coat. Get out. Now

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Re: Craig Shakespeare- New Coach
« Reply #41 on: August 07, 2020, 05:51:52 PM »
Failed at Watford -top coach Lol, maybe he is going to be the new ball and bibs carrier.

Failed at Watford? How do you work that out?
Some people just can't help themselves, TV

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Re: Craig Shakespeare- New Coach
« Reply #42 on: August 07, 2020, 06:00:27 PM »
He worked with Richard O’Kelly at the Olbyun many moons ago. I didn’t have too much contact with him but he seemed a decent bloke and fairly switched on. The Youth Team lads seemed to like him. He was universally known as ‘ Shakey ‘ .  Long time ago though

Footballers and their wacky nicknames, eh, how do they dream them up? Crazy!

That's the Olbiyun for you. If he'd been at Villa he'd been known as "Eddie (de Vere)".

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Re: Craig Shakespeare- New Coach
« Reply #43 on: August 07, 2020, 06:02:53 PM »
I'm pretty sure he is/was a fan of Sandwell Town. Went to Perry Beeches Senior school with two people I know really well.

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Re: Craig Shakespeare- New Coach
« Reply #44 on: August 07, 2020, 06:07:32 PM »
He worked with Richard O’Kelly at the Olbyun many moons ago. I didn’t have too much contact with him but he seemed a decent bloke and fairly switched on. The Youth Team lads seemed to like him. He was universally known as ‘ Shakey ‘ .  Long time ago though
Dean O’Kelly and Shaky were all at Walsall together in the 80’s.

 


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