> > If I was you I'd quit digging, Watson. > > Digging ??? Watson ???? Are you mad ? >
Being a Leeds fan I often question my sanity but no it's a reference to the oft used quip "No shit Sherlock", "Keep digging Watson". I don't expect you to understand, it is after all literary based. > > Wise has had 24 games which is half a season. > > Under Blackwell we beat Sheffield Wednesday at > > Hillsborough, under Wise we > > didn't even look like beating Wednesday at ER - > > hardly on a par, in my > > humble opinion. > > Oh Paul, you know footy doesn't work like that. We > lost to Palace earlier in the season under Blackie and > then beat them under Wise. Does that mean that Wise is > better manager than KB ?? Anyway, you seem to have > pulled this argument around to an argument as to who > is best manager - Blackwell or Wise My apologies, that wasn't my intention - It is my belief that we would have been better off with Blackwell than we are with Wise. You and fellow Blackwell outers were frequently asked who should replace Blackwell and you all refused to be drawn on who would and could succeed him, hence your nonsense 'anyone would be better' remark. My whole point is that you ought to be careful what you wish for because although you claimed you wanted 'anyone' to replace Blackwell, it is clear that you really didn't want just 'anyone' and perhaps you got a little carried away with your blinkered hatred of Blackwell to realise that the replacement may not be all you dreamed of. > and to that I'd > say Blackwell proved he was not up to the job and > should have gone. Despite everything you claimed over the last two seasons Blackwell was responsible for us achieving the play off final last season. Wise will be responsible for us achieving relegation this season. I fail to see how that makes Wise a better manager but as you keep reminding me I know nowt about football. You see in my silly football world success is measured by your position in the league, therefore the team at the top is better than the team at the bottom and the team six from top is better than the team six from bottom - I know its simplistic but it works for me. > Wise is proving that he is > struggling but I think we need to give him more time > but I will repeat that Wise wasn't my choice and I'm > no fan of his. There's more factors in this argument > and I will defend Wise for arguments sake. How much > money did Blackwell spend ? How much money has Wise > spent in comparison ? I bet Wise would love to have > had a 1 million pound striker like Rob Hulse playing > for him. I think you should consider this. > Blackwell didn't have Hulse, Cresswell, Blake or Lewis for his first season and yet he still didn't get us relegated. Blackwell may have signed Nicholls but he wasn't such a shite judge of character that he made him captain. > > You say you are fully behind Wise now, but one > > wonders for how long - it > > didn't take you long to stop being fully behind > > Blackwell, did it? Took you > > till November 4th 2004 to demand Blackwell Out, and > > you were unsure by the > > end of August. > > Not much longer if this current form continues however > I'd like to see him given some money to see him bring > some good young players in. > How much longer? Come on nail your colours to the mast! > > If you're allowed to qualify your 'anyone' comment > > then I must be allowed to > > qualify my 'Bates won't sack Blackwell' one - I > > meant it had to be for > > footballing reasons - the world and his wife know > > that Blackwell was sacked > > for gross misconduct - which ain't footballing > > reasons. > > You're having a laugh Paul. Wasn't sacked for > footballing reasons !!!!!! We'd hardly won a game for > 10 months, we were in the bottom 3, there was unrest > in the camp and we were going down. The crowd sang > 'time to go' and it was purely down to what was > happening on the park. > If it was footballing reasons then Wise would be sacked now too - he's lost 15 out of 24 games - NO Leeds manager has ever done that badly, I repeat NO Leeds manager has ever done that badly. > > I was behind O'Leary, Venables, Reid, Gray and > > Blackwell - but I can't bring > > myself to be behind that snivelling chelsea loving > > cockney jailbird - glad > > you can and I'm glad you're so happy we're going > > down. > > Not happy at all and agree with your description of > Wise. > > We agree on something :-) Paul _______________________________________________ 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 maybe if I can work out a reason I can get home
