28-12-2018, 18:52
John Still has retired from football, aged 68, I don't think he planned that at the season's start so I hope he isn't ill ......
Harry Wheeler has been sacked at Maidstone .......... he's young but he isn't successful.
Frankie Bunn was sacked at Oldham despite getting a hat trick out of Chris O'Grady the other week. Our butcher down here is an Oldham fan and he was quite upset for Frankie, he didn't think things were that bad apart from Carlisle away.
John Sheridan's greatest moment at Carlisle was sending Jamie Devitt out on loan to Gateshead. He couldn't keep a place in their team, was returned to Carlisle, but he's been scoring most weeks since and playing well. Sheridan at Chesterfield again? He was once a very nice player to watch, but as a manager, to me, he seems an ugly wasp-faced man with a chip on both shoulders (and replacements available). But can we afford nice? I wouldn't have minded a drink or two and a chat with Martin Allen, but Sheri .............. a night out with Robert Mugabe is more attractive.
I think the right answer to Boxing Day may have been to pretend it hadn't happened, but that doesn't seem to be one of the responses available within the football world. Unfortunately if MA had survived it would have been taken as a sign that no-one at the top of the club cared about results ......... Bob's Board often characterises Ashley Carson as a man who gets every decision wrong and is often conveniently asleep at the wheel, but I do think he and DA had spotted the possibility of a disastrous Christmas and had got at least the start of a plan in place. First Mr Bean's surprise introduction, second the ambush and despatch of MA and friends by Bean's hand, third? Let's hope there is a third and that for the first time in a long-time they've got a plan that works.
Harry Wheeler has been sacked at Maidstone .......... he's young but he isn't successful.
Frankie Bunn was sacked at Oldham despite getting a hat trick out of Chris O'Grady the other week. Our butcher down here is an Oldham fan and he was quite upset for Frankie, he didn't think things were that bad apart from Carlisle away.
John Sheridan's greatest moment at Carlisle was sending Jamie Devitt out on loan to Gateshead. He couldn't keep a place in their team, was returned to Carlisle, but he's been scoring most weeks since and playing well. Sheridan at Chesterfield again? He was once a very nice player to watch, but as a manager, to me, he seems an ugly wasp-faced man with a chip on both shoulders (and replacements available). But can we afford nice? I wouldn't have minded a drink or two and a chat with Martin Allen, but Sheri .............. a night out with Robert Mugabe is more attractive.
I think the right answer to Boxing Day may have been to pretend it hadn't happened, but that doesn't seem to be one of the responses available within the football world. Unfortunately if MA had survived it would have been taken as a sign that no-one at the top of the club cared about results ......... Bob's Board often characterises Ashley Carson as a man who gets every decision wrong and is often conveniently asleep at the wheel, but I do think he and DA had spotted the possibility of a disastrous Christmas and had got at least the start of a plan in place. First Mr Bean's surprise introduction, second the ambush and despatch of MA and friends by Bean's hand, third? Let's hope there is a third and that for the first time in a long-time they've got a plan that works.