I cant be arsed to go through Blackwell's post match and midweek interviews but he said on more than 2 occasions that the plan was for next season, due to the money situation etc being sorted.
Indeed it may have been that which got him the sack because it is one thing Bates agreeing with Blackwell acceptable position this year, but I doubt Bates would have wanted that made public, however realistic it actually was. And another little correction Rich, I didnt want to 'give him another season', I dont know one person on the list who did. I wanted him to be in charge at the start of this season and see what he would do. I said all along that if we werent around the top of the league then he should go. You of all people seem to have unrealistic expectations about which managers might be interested in the job, let me tell you that significantly fewer managers would be interested in the managers job had Bates sacked Blackwell in the summer. What kind of message does that send out - "do as well as we agreed and I will still sack you"? Thats the difference between armchair managers and chairmen and those actually doing the job, you have responsibilities that go beyond 2 feet in front of your face. Presumably you think Bates is a clown, is clueless and we should get rid of him too? - not that we could but that hasnt stopped you before :) -----Original Message----- From: Richard Walker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 05 October 2006 13:49 To: Mark Humphries Cc: [email protected] Subject: RE: [LU] Hoddle ? Nah, it's rubbish Mark. Of course Blackwell was going to talk down promotion early in the season. He knew he wasn't up to it and was trying to buy another year in the job. Nobody ever heard Bates say that he didn't expect promotion this year BEFORE the sacking of Blackwell. Can you quote me the interview please where he said that !? Blackwell sacked cos of gross misconduct - yeah, yeah , yeah Mark, we all know that the reason he was sacked was cos we'd hardly won a game since last Christmas. I would have got rid of him in the Summer (actually before), you wanted to give him another season - sadly and gladly you were wrong. Can I remind you of that ! --- Mark Humphries <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I said automatic promotion, not 'improvement'. > > I know because Bates and Blackwell had both said > that earlier this season, I > am surprised you never picked up on it. > > He sacked Blackwell for gross misconduct, ie > blabbing to the media, although > a cynic might say that was a convenient excuse to > sack him then. In any > case, like the rest of us he would have been > expecting an improvement, > however that doesnt necessarily mean automatic > promotion. We could have > improved and still 'only' ended up top 6, because > the 3 sides who got > relegated were either established prem sides with no > financial difficulties, > or sunderland who didnt spend much last season and > therefore had/have the > best part of £20mil burning a hole in their little > pockets. > > I repeat, Bates wasnt expecting promotion this > season, he has said so > himself, his plan was for next season. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Richard Walker > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 05 October 2006 12:46 > To: Mark Humphries > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [LU] Hoddle ? > > > He would also know that KB wasn't really expecting > > promotion this season, I > > believe its next season he expects to have a > > realistic stab at it. > > > > How do you work this one out Mark ? > We get to the play off finals, spend over a million > on > new recruits and Ken wasn't expecting an improvement > ? > > Why did he sack Blackwell then ? > > Of course he was expecting promotion - we all were > but > some of realised that our manager wasn't up to it. > > > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > > All new Yahoo! Mail "The new Interface is stunning > in its simplicity and > ease of use." - PC Magazine > http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html > > > _______________________________________________ > the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and > the list administrators accept no liability for the > personal views and opinions of contributors. > Leedslist mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > oh alright then :-) > ___________________________________________________________ Inbox full of spam? Get leading spam protection and 1GB storage with All New Yahoo! Mail. http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html _______________________________________________ the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. Leedslist mailing list [email protected] http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist oh alright then :-)
