Was it a WISE decision?

[Reg Smeeton]

A comparison with Macari is worth considering....

   He came in and found a thin squad....which had previously had a poor season, but with some useful players, a mixture of JT's kids, one or two Ken Beamish players and Rowland and Mayes from a different era, he still played himself.

  He brought in Peter Coyne at the start of that season, but it took a gradual process of getting a side up together...and only towards the end of that season did we signs of something better.

  Don't think we should expect too much different from Wise really, we probably have less quality now than then....that side had Garry Nelson, Dave Hockaday, Mayes and Rowland.....it was decent at home less so away and finished 8th.

 If in the first season, we can see improvement in attitude, fitness and commitment from the players especially at the CG that will be a sign of progress.

[OOH! SHAUN TAYLOR]

A comparison with Macari is worth considering....

   He came in and found a thin squad....which had previously had a poor season, but with some useful players, a mixture of JT's kids, one or two Ken Beamish players and Rowland and Mayes from a different era, he still played himself.

  He brought in Peter Coyne at the start of that season, but it took a gradual process of getting a side up together...and only towards the end of that season did we signs of something better.

  Don't think we should expect too much different from Wise really, we probably have less quality now than then....that side had Garry Nelson, Dave Hockaday, Mayes and Rowland.....it was decent at home less so away and finished 8th.

 If in the first season, we can see improvement in attitude, fitness and commitment from the players especially at the CG that will be a sign of progress.

Can you sort it so that we win the Johnstone Paints Trophy as well Reg?  That would be quite nice.

[Reg Smeeton]

That Macari side played Torquay in the embryonic Skoda Hubcap....it was replays then, we drew at Plainmoor, so back to the CG for a replay it was 0-0 aet and we lost on pens.

 I never bothered with et, long having left for the pub... 10:30 closing back then.

[Ben Wah Balls]

As I've said before if you looked at Steve McMahons tracks record after 18 months, he would have looked like the best Brian Clough....now he is no where to be seen!

Not really. He got relegated in his first season, sold our best player for nothing and wasted £340k on Jason Drysdale one of our worst ever signngs. Although winning the title was good, one relegation and one promotion would have still meant an average track record, given he'd spent a fair bit of money which we couldn't afford. Not too bad but hardly Brian Clough standard. We'd never have made the league cup semi finals without Fjortoft's 9 league cup goals.

I'd say Wise record so far is better than McMahon's was at 18 months easy, he hasn't got any teams relegated.

To answer the original question in the thread, yes I think it was a good decision. We don't really have anything to lose now, it could be a success it could be a disaster but definitely worth a try.