Mark,
My problem is, it's great saying "We're ahead of schedule" Wilko said
that when he won the 2nd division championship. But he then kicked on
and only two seasons later won us the 1st Division. My problem with
saying "Ahh yes but we're ahead of schedule" as a defensive mechanism
is that on paper it sounds great, realistically it doesn't work like
that.
At The Debacle we had THE best chance we're POSSIBLY going to get for
years to get back up. Blackwell blew it. Plain and simple. As you know
I've defended him within reason all season, but that was sh1t and who
knows, that could be it for YEARS. Birmingham have just invested in one of
the best Strikers in this division and don't look to be struggling
financially like we (obviously) were when we came down. WBA have a settled
squad that doesn't look like being ripped apart and SUnderland, for their
complete ineptitude last season, have what would be classed as a very good
Championship team. Add to that Leicesters resurgence towards the back end
of last season. Coventry hanging on to Adams and coming good again late
last season, Preston hanging on to the annoying little dwarf and perennial
'big' teams looking like they are getting their houses in order (I think
Colin Calderwood is an excellent choice by Ipswich BTW) and suddenly we're
nowhere near looking like a top dog UNLESS we buy well in the summer and
KB plays to his strengths. SOmething that he certainly did not do for the
last dozen games last season, culminating in handing promotion to a
distincly average, over hyped long ball team.
> Absolutely not. What on earth makes you think that a 'good' manager, with
> a
> 'good' team, 'good' fans and a 'good' chairman has any divine right to win
> promotion?
>
> If Blackwell fails to get us up next season it wont mean he is necessarily
> a
> shit manager, in fact what he has done so far for most of us on the list
> proves that he is a good manager, it will prove that he isn't the man to
> get
> us up. Not good enough if you like. If that point comes, and
> statistically
> it is likely given the standard of the teams in the championship next
> season, then it will be a case of "thanks for all you have done so far
> Kev,
> but its time for someone else to be given the chance".
>
> In terms of the health of football clubs and finance, next season there
> will
> be several teams in better positions than us in the league; West Brom,
> Birmingham and Crystal Palace are definites, Sunderland most likely.
> Managers at those clubs would expect to finish above Leeds, and rightly
> so.
>
> To summarise, us not getting promotion next season WILL NOT prove that
> Blackwell is a shit manager. It will simply prove he was not good enough
> to
> take us the final step and get us up, and that will not be good enough for
> Leeds Utd.
>
> The point is Rich, most of us are saying that he deserves the chance
> because
> he was always working to a 3 year plan, and so far he has met all his
> targets along the way. Is that so difficult a concept for you?
>
> If Blackwell was a 'crap' manager then I am 100% certain that we would
> have
> been relegated to the 2nd division. FACT.
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Richard Walker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Sent: 01 June 2006 10:07
>> To: Mark Humphries
>> Cc: [email protected]
>> Subject: RE: [LU] He might just have learnt something
>>
>>
>> --- Mark Humphries <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > There is no answer to be had next season, that is
>> > the point.
>> >
>> > As I said, next season most of us will have pretty
>> > much the same
>> > expectations of the manager as you have.
>> >
>> > I don't think anyone is actually saying he IS the
>> > man to get us promoted,
>> > what we are all saying is that he should be given
>> > the chance because for the
>> > myriad of reasons given before, we think that
>> > actually he has done a
>> > reasonable/as good as could be reasonably expected
>> > job up until now.
>>
>> Fucking hell Mark , you're already making excuses
>> about next season. Let me put it in simple terms for
>> you rather than the politician bullshit that you
>> spout.
>>
>> You think Kevin Blackwell is a good footy manager (it
>> was qualified with a 'so far' but it's the best I
>> could have hoped from you !).
>> I think Kevin Blackwell is a crap football manager.
>>
>> Next season will tell us which is true.
>>
>> If he is still in a job and gets us promotion you will
>> be right.
>> If he gets sacked and / or we are still in this shite
>> division I will be right.
>>
>> It's black or white. Tell me it is Mark ?
>>
>> Accept the challenge ?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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