It has worked out at Barnet for him at least twice ....... but he's left them more often than that.
Our situation had painted him into a corner and all he was doing was adding another coat. If I were him I would have walked.
Martin Allen made himself rather than the team the focus of attention. He recruited poorly. I think his trusted lieutenants were friends and yes men, when he needed wisdom and honesty. And he was not allowed sufficient resources to put right his errors, but then he did not seem to be showing much aptitude for picking up the talent cheaply available.
I don't know how a club in such dire straits could afford to get rid of him ...... and I don't know how we could possibly keep him either.
Our Academy Manager John Pemberton looks like a manager and I used to read fans on Bob's calling for him to take over, but our juniors are often losing too ...........
Now we KNOW why Mr Bean was appointed, to take on the Michael Heseltine / Michael Gove role and wield the knife. Ashley Carson reverts to eminence grise and Dave Allen hides out in Apperknowle. The club continues to founder.
Will we improve? It is hard to do worse than 0-4 against Solihull Moors, a result that showed we'd struggle in the National League North.
I'm sorry for Martin Allen because he meant well, but only radical change will do now ....... I do, however, doubt the stock response of sacking the manager and his mates represents radical change when the Carson/Allen axis is undamaged. I also doubt the timing when Hartlepool are on a downer themselves and might easily have been encouraged simply to turn up and present us with three points.
Allen, Muggleton and Whitbread, three kings of Orient weren't. Oh dear, sometimes when you are in a hole it is best just to stop digging. If only we'd left Danny Wilson alone and given him a bit of cash to spend. If only we'd got something on paper guaranteeing us David Brooks last season. If only Gary Caldwell had never learnt Powerpoint.
Who on earth would want us now? Hello York and Stockport, here we come if we even continue to exist.
Our situation had painted him into a corner and all he was doing was adding another coat. If I were him I would have walked.
Martin Allen made himself rather than the team the focus of attention. He recruited poorly. I think his trusted lieutenants were friends and yes men, when he needed wisdom and honesty. And he was not allowed sufficient resources to put right his errors, but then he did not seem to be showing much aptitude for picking up the talent cheaply available.
I don't know how a club in such dire straits could afford to get rid of him ...... and I don't know how we could possibly keep him either.
Our Academy Manager John Pemberton looks like a manager and I used to read fans on Bob's calling for him to take over, but our juniors are often losing too ...........
Now we KNOW why Mr Bean was appointed, to take on the Michael Heseltine / Michael Gove role and wield the knife. Ashley Carson reverts to eminence grise and Dave Allen hides out in Apperknowle. The club continues to founder.
Will we improve? It is hard to do worse than 0-4 against Solihull Moors, a result that showed we'd struggle in the National League North.
I'm sorry for Martin Allen because he meant well, but only radical change will do now ....... I do, however, doubt the stock response of sacking the manager and his mates represents radical change when the Carson/Allen axis is undamaged. I also doubt the timing when Hartlepool are on a downer themselves and might easily have been encouraged simply to turn up and present us with three points.
Allen, Muggleton and Whitbread, three kings of Orient weren't. Oh dear, sometimes when you are in a hole it is best just to stop digging. If only we'd left Danny Wilson alone and given him a bit of cash to spend. If only we'd got something on paper guaranteeing us David Brooks last season. If only Gary Caldwell had never learnt Powerpoint.
Who on earth would want us now? Hello York and Stockport, here we come if we even continue to exist.