Petition for Dean Wilkins to stay working for The Albion

[bhaexpress]

I would very much like him to stay but wouldn't blame him if he moved on, unlike some ex managers I can think of.

 

[Collar Feeler]

I couldn't give a rats arse what he does to be honest!

 

[philsussex]

Stick around Dean. With you and MA working side by side we could have a great season.

 

[Kylies Stunt Arse]

 

[Binney on acid]

If I wanted to spend my Saturday afternoons semi conscious, watching a glorified game of chess., I'd sign this petition. I'd rather go to the dentist and decline anaesthetic than watch any more of the mind numbing tedium served up by Wilkins.

 

[smelly]

Stay if you can swallow the shite dealt Dean

 

[saltash seagull]

my signature tells my feelings on the subject i hope he stays

 

[Skidmarks]

Gotta stay, its no coincidence that we've been producing plenty of good home products in recent years which have helped heavily in our survival at the Withdean.
Give him the assistant manager role.

 

[BensGrandad]

I cannot see the point ofa petition. Who is it supposed to influence? DK and the board have taken what they consider to be the right action for the benefit of the club.

Dean Wilkins has been offered another job and will decide what is best for him and his family and will not be influenced by an internet petition.

I have mixed feeling on this, if he feels that he can do the job asked to the best of his ability then I would like him to stay if not he should seek pastures new.

 

[withdeanwombat]

Yep,that youth cup run was good,and probably represents the zenith of his career,7th place notwithstanding.

Don't expect him ever to get another league management post,but............it's a funny old game,football.

 

[BensGrandad]

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Give him the assistant manager role.

If I was him I would consider that a bigger smack in the face than being made Head Coach.

 

[The Large One]

As much as I sympathise with the sentiments behind this thread I really can't see Dean Wilkins taking up the offer from the chairman, and I think that his mind was made up as soon as he learned that he was to be replaced as manager. Having said that Dean is his own man and can be unpredictable at times, but I don't think so this time.

Further more I can't see Ian Chapman continuing with the Albion. He is a guy with a great deal of determination and a sense of what is proper. He is tremendously loyal to those who show confidence in his ability. He would not want his action to show any disrespect to Micky Adams, but I do expect him to walk away. Dean Wilkins brought him to the club to be his assistant, and I think that if Welly stayed he would view that as an act of betrayal to DW.

I expect the management team for next season to consist of Micky Adams, Dean White, Bob Booker and Alan Cork. I could be tempted to put money on it.

Don't agree.

Ian Chapman is the reserve team manager, and, while he does help with the coaching of the first-team, his role would be basically unchanged under Adams. If Adams wants Wilkins to stay, then I see no reason why Chappers would not want to stay.

While it might be perceived as a very magnanimous decision to walk if Wilkins decides to walk, it would also be one not based on a great deal of common sense. If Wilkins does go (and the main reason I suspect he might go is if he has a better offer on the table somewhere else), where does that leave Chappers? Fundamentally, unemployed if he does walk.

 

[Cadiz Seagull]

I hope he stays

 

[philgull25]

good coach, knows the player. with a new manager and all the young players he would be more than an asset

 

[glasfryn]

good coach, knows the player. with a new manager and all the young players he would be more than an asset

second that sir.

 

[nobody's dupe]

Don't agree.

Ian Chapman is the reserve team manager, and, while he does help with the coaching of the first-team, his role would be basically unchanged under Adams. If Adams wants Wilkins to stay, then I see no reason why Chappers would not want to stay.

While it might be perceived as a very magnanimous decision to walk if Wilkins decides to walk, it would also be one not based on a great deal of common sense. If Wilkins does go (and the main reason I suspect he might go is if he has a better offer on the table somewhere else), where does that leave Chappers? Fundamentally, unemployed if he does walk.

Can't agree with your common sense comment, but I see where you are coming from. If Ian does as I expect him to do, and walks out on the Albion, some might view the act as cutting off his nose to spite his face. Others will view it as the action of a man of integrity and principles. I am in the latter group.

 

[Bars Mar]

You Lot Couldn't Give A f*** When That Name For The Future, Nathan Elde, Got Sold By Wilkins So f*** Him.

 

[NMH]

You Lot Couldn't Give A f*** When That Name For The Future, Nathan Elde, Got Sold By Wilkins So f*** Him.

Apparently BM, Nathan lost his 'r's that day.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Sell Elder for £35k

Buy Dixon for £55k

Good business? I think not.

It would be more sensible to give Dixon a bit more time. He came in half way through a season and has only been a Brighton player for less than half a year. I am reserving judgement until he has had time to bed down and has a pre-season training behind him.