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I don't think he has in honesty, here's why;
He was given the job and no doubt the objective to keep us up, and until February he'd made a reasonable fist of it but no-one can dispute he fucked up badly. At the end of the day he played as bigger part in us going down as the players, and any manager whose not completely naive must expect to have his job considered when you get relegated.
And forget the media spin... Yeah the board came out and said they're behind him but no club ever actively says their managers on their way out do they? "Oh Iffy's here unless we find someone better?" The truth is it never gets said in public but I bet 90% of clubs feel the same way about their manager
Looking at it another way, yeah he might not have been treated brilliantly but every other person sacked in football has it the same way. Fuck me, the club even offered him a new position at STFC, he chose to walk away.
(shamelessly copied and pasted from L&P, sorry)
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« Reply #1 on: Thursday, May 18, 2006, 12:04:56 » |
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I don't think he's been treated badly, he couldnt seriously expect to keep the job when there were better options out there.
I wish Iffy all the best for the future.
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« Reply #2 on: Thursday, May 18, 2006, 12:05:12 » |
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. Fuck me, the club even offered him a new position at STFC, he chose to walk away.
How do you know that ? |
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« Reply #3 on: Thursday, May 18, 2006, 12:07:20 » |
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Thats what it says on the BBC page anyway
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« Reply #4 on: Thursday, May 18, 2006, 12:12:25 » |
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i agree with dave.
perhaps he's been treated badly but its nothing new in football.
if iffy had come in when he did and won every game and won us the playoffs no doubt he would be linked and maybe approached by other clubs.
people would then have been saying "dont stand in his way to better himself blah blah blah" and im pretty sure also that iffy would have taken any such oppurtunity without a second thought.
fact is, he was/is pretty shit. yeah he's young and doesnt really know what he's doing yet but i dont really fancy the gamble of him cutting his managerial teeth when we're only one season away from non league. therefore i dont see a problem with him being given the boot, he's hardly done anything to merit another crack at the whip.
for the record i think wise will be a disaster and think he'll be gone by christmas.
but it's all very exciting so i dont really want to think about that.
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« Reply #5 on: Thursday, May 18, 2006, 12:32:03 » |
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At the end of the day he played as bigger part in us going down as the players.
Good grief! Given up on English as a subject, have you, Dave? |
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« Reply #6 on: Thursday, May 18, 2006, 12:34:13 » |
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« Reply #7 on: Thursday, May 18, 2006, 12:35:00 » |
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I can only reiterate that I am a man of Literature jim, not this fancy Language lark.
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« Reply #8 on: Thursday, May 18, 2006, 12:50:12 » |
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Of course he was treated badly.
Its not the fact that he was let go its the hollow promises and lies that Devlin and Power spouted.If they didnt want him to stay why say that they did?Shows a lack of class in my opinion.
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« Reply #9 on: Thursday, May 18, 2006, 12:51:36 » |
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Show me one example of a club who publicly stated they were on lookout for someone new while the current boss was at the helm.
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« Reply #10 on: Thursday, May 18, 2006, 12:53:43 » |
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Of course he was treated badly.
Its not the fact that he was let go its the hollow promises and lies that Devlin and Power spouted.If they didnt want him to stay why say that they did?Shows a lack of class in my opinion. Yes it was handled dodgily, although even Mrs Batch thought that those noises were the dreaded vote of confidence. I'm proud she is learning so fast now.... WDP state that SSW/JW overruled Power, Devlin and Diamondis on Iffy. And the Wills family hold all the cards. http://www.westpress.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=150309&command=displayContent&sourceNode=150308&contentPK=14492994&folderPk=76224 |
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« Reply #11 on: Thursday, May 18, 2006, 12:58:48 » |
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Show me one example of a club who publicly stated they were on lookout for someone new while the current boss was at the helm. Not really the point why say 'I want Iffy to finish the job he has started' if you dont mean it? Its bad manners just say nothing. |
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« Reply #12 on: Thursday, May 18, 2006, 13:39:09 » |
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I don't think he's been treated badly, he couldnt seriously expect to keep the job when there were better options out there.
I wish Iffy all the best for the future.
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« Reply #13 on: Thursday, May 18, 2006, 14:01:45 » |
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He had his chance .. he messed up ... I mean .. MCPHEE???
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« Reply #14 on: Thursday, May 18, 2006, 14:06:40 » |
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garry iz ring me an tell me dat swindon iz gettin dennis waterman as the new manager. i tink dat dis is ace news, i av watch sum of me dads sweeney videos and day is grate an he must of learn a few tricks off arthur daley and dave from da winchester club. I iz feel a bit sorry for iffy, i iz big up his ass i iz even av a cactus named after im but at da end of da day managers and playaz iz cum an go it iz us loyal sppurters who remane.
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