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[Lord Large]

What a plum.

 

[The Oldman]

Who is this twat.. shut him up!

Think it was Alan from Haywards Heath, well known to phone in listeners.
He is actually quite a nice chap but he does go off a bit.

 

[Dirty Dave]

What is he saying?

he rambled on about his digust of Hawsey announcing Premiership scores during commentry as this ruined his viewing of MOTD that night.

 

[Kneon Light]

Glenn Murray hated Wilkins !!

Sounded like it.

 

[blockhseagull]

Sounded like it.

Well wasn't just hinted at, MA pretty much said as much, without mentioning names

 

[Brian Potter]

"Wilkins would have gone if we had been promoted or not"

 

[Carrot Cruncher]

Brett's just been on and asked why DK let Wilkins announce a retained list when he knew he was leaving.

DK seemed to fudge the issue with bollocks

 

[Dirty Dave]

Dean Wilkins WOULD still have been removed as manager even if we secured promotion last season - D. Knight

 

[Kneon Light]

Sounds like there is a lot of the Dean Wilkins story still to come out.

Knight just said he would have sacked him even if Brighton had been promoted.

 

[blockhseagull]

Dean Wilkins WOULD still have been removed as manager even if we secured promotion last season - D. Knight

If that's true makes u wonder what the f*** Wilkins had done behind the scenes

 

[The Oldman]

Brett's just been on and asked why DK let Wilkins announce a retained list when he knew he was leaving.

DK seemed to fudge the issue with bollocks

What he said was the managers deal with players contracts, the board deals with the manager's contract.

 

[Kneon Light]

If that's true makes u wonder what the f*** Wilkins had done behind the scenes

Interesting that Knight saied "I'm sure it will all come out eventually"

 

[Carrot Cruncher]

If Adams had been approached a the end of last season, surely DK could and should've told Wilkins to hold fire?

 

[Carrot Cruncher]

What he said was the managers deal with players contracts, the board deals with the manager's contract.

True, but it didn't answer the question of WHY he was allowed to release the retained list when DK and the board had already made the decision on Wilkins.

 

[steward 433]

Seem like Roz knows Micky well if you get my jist

Did you blush Roz?

 

[Keeping The Dream Alive.]

That quote from Dick Knight is enough evidence to show Wilkins was no fully clued up, and the decision made was spot on.

 

[Freddie Goodwin.]

Is it still on the radio because i can't find it.

 

[Collar Feeler]

i think it's patently obvious to most that Micky was always wanted by DK to come back but was not available so he plumped for wilkins as a stop gap. As soon as Micky became available and willing DK got his man.

 

[lighthouse]

Oh, and Knight definitely dodged Brett's question about Wilkins. It's all very well that "it's the managers job to assess what players he wants/needs," but the question, Mr Chairman, was actually why did you let a man you were about to sack decide the fates of players?

I thought Dicks answer was absolutely clear, and indeed shed a lot of light on why DW was sacked. I don't think he fudged it at all.

The comment about managers being responsible for the players needs to be taken in the context of Paul Reids comments, when he said DW put the blame on DK for his (PRs) demise. DW showed no corporate responsibility and indeed made himself look weak. This I suggest was the final straw for DK and the board