Claridge out

[cdavis]

If anyone had watched his antics as manager of Weymouth, which was shown for several weeks on TV, you would know that he is disorganised,always late and has a far from serious attitude to management. "A ship is only as good as it,s captain"........they were bound to sink without trace.......!!!

 

[Jonathon Livingstone]

If anyone had watched his antics as manager of Weymouth, which was shown for several weeks on TV, you would know that he is disorganised,always late and has a far from serious attitude to management. "A ship is only as good as it,s captain"........they were bound to sink without trace.......!!!

This is so far from the truth. He has always played up for the cameras and always will.

Steve was a consumate professional at Weymouth. The problem was that he continued to play and didn't relinquish enough responsibility to his assistants who were better placed to make changes when things weren't going quite right on the pitch. I believe that if Ian Ridley (ex Chairman) had not been effectively forced out then Steve would still have been there today.

 

[Ex Shelton Seagull]

Laugh at Millwall. They really do look like prime relegation strugglers this season after all the turmoil of the past few months.

Theo Paphitis (previous chairman) announces he will stand down.
Jeff Burnige (chairman to be) doesn't get on with Dennis Wise.
Dennis Wise & Ray Wilkins quit the club.
Burnige becomes chairman but Paphitis stays on the board.
Millwall sell Ifill & Ward, their two best players, release a promising youngster and sell another young prospect to Stoke.
Burnige appoints Claridge after spending about a month looking for a new manager.
Jeff Burnige then quits the post of Chairman due to "personal reasons". No-one takes over in his place.
Millwall lost to Southend, Orient and nearly lose to Gillingham.
Millwall appoint Colin Lee as assistant to Claridge.
Next day, Millwall sack Claridge and appoint Lee as boss.
Everyone else laughs.

Millwall managed to have a new chairman and manager, neither of whom were in charge for 1 minute of competitive football. Is that a record?
Annoying that we don't play them until New Years Eve. You really need to play shambles like these early on in the season. Same with Southampton. The way they're going about pre-season i'd be confident about us beating them if we played them in August.

 

[Basil Fawlty]

So what did he do wrong? Not getting on with the new chairman (maybe) isn't a sign of not being a good manager, Cloughie would've seen it as the job's pre-requisite.

I didn't say he did wrong, and he did get appointed manager by the old Chairman.

 

[Brightonfan1983]

L;osing to Southend , Leyton Orient Losing 2 0 to Gillingham only to draw 2 2 the club are a joke.

Yeah, and we got dicked by Colchester. So??

 

[Brightonfan1983]

I didn't say he did wrong, and he did get appointed manager by the old Chairman.

I thought Paphitis had gone by then, or am I wrong?

 

[perth seagull]

This is bad news for us because I think Colin Lee could do a good job at Millwall, he didn't do too badly at Walsall, did he?

 

[Jonathon Livingstone]

Millwall fans are none too pleased!

http://boards.rivals.net/default.asp?sid=937&p=16&style=2&forumId=6297&action=1&replytoid=2126193894

 

[Pavilionaire]

Amazing story. I like Claridge but never thought he would be at Millwall for long, getting Lee alongside him made sense - what the hell are the Millwall board playing at??

Good news for us - Millwall are in turmoil.

 

[Silent Bob]

I thought Paphitis had gone by then, or am I wrong?

Burnidge appointed Claridge, but then he left as well.

 

[Leekbrookgull]

Sorry to see him go! Lee knows his way around the divisions and could cause us more harm than Claridge ever could.

 

[GUNTER]

What a shambles. And he signed Igoe who is a decent player.


Maybe we could get him back on loan

 

[Scotty Mac]

This is bad news for us because I think Colin Lee could do a good job at Millwall, he didn't do too badly at Walsall, did he?

he did a damn good job at walsall, could never understand why they replaced him with merson

 

[Basil Fawlty]

I thought Paphitis had gone by then, or am I wrong?

He was gone before Claridge took over.

 

[Don Tmatter]

This is bad news for us because I think Colin Lee could do a good job at Millwall, he didn't do too badly at Walsall, did he?

Totally agree, Colin Lee will do a job there.
He was McGhee's assistant at Reading back in the mid 90's

 

[Harty]

I understand that he was 8th choice when he got the job, not exactly a confident beginning, and perhaps an indication of Millwall's current financial plight was that he was on the same money as Liam Brady was at the Albion when he suceeded Barry Lloyd in 1993.
I still think the Lions will go down along with Cardiff and Crewe, with Burnley, Plymouth, Stoke and Luton all finishing below the Albion.

 

[larus]

Well, after last season getting 2 out of 3, I think that could be worth a flutter...

 

[Brightonfan1983]

Burnidge appointed Claridge, but then he left as well.

Blimey, I take it all back. What a shambles!!

 

[maidstoneseagull]

On Sky Sports News according to the Evening Standard Claridge suggested Lee and took it to the board for approval at which point they sacked Claridge and appointed Lee.