The Phone In Thread (14/10/06) With Dick Tight.

[Beach Hut]

I wonder which two clubs were after Dean Wilkins to run their academies ?

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

I was accusiing Ian Hart of having the jumped-up sense of his own importance - not you.

It was a great opportunity - but there are Fans Forums where you can ask questions. You can even email the Club.

 

[Buzzer]

sorry - got the wrong end of the stick.

 

[Basil Fawlty]

I thought the way DK handled the calls tonight, was absolutely superb. Was totally annoyed when he said about admiring Simon Jordan though.

We all knew there wasn't a Plan B if Falmer got rejected, it has been said for years.

 

[empire]

Empire, for the first time tonight Dick admitted McGhee had lost the team. As he had lost the team and was falling out with players right, left, and centre, do you not think it's fair to say that THAT is the reason players would not sign for us? Players know about this sort of thing, let's face it, noone wanted to play for McGhee. I don't have any other complaint against the man, but he ballsed up big time by creating a dressing room that was impossible to join. THAT'S why he had to go! Just as you say you are not willing to go with what DK had to say, I say DK revealed enough tonight to prove what I always suspected right.

fair dos i know wher your comin from,just dont agree with the reason why players dont want to sign.we all want whats best for the club,me i wanted mm to stay,and the players that have caused probs i wouldnt want at the club if i was manager.,like mm didnt want in his team,and as far as i can see the ones that went were problems,even without hearing from insiders of the club.

 

[Schrödinger's Toad]

Was totally annoyed when he said about admiring Simon Jordan though.

Why?

He's a bit of a knob, granted, but he works his arse off for his club, and (generally) talks a lot of sense about the game at large. It's a shame he's at Palace, of course, but he's one of the better Chairmen in the league.

 

[Basil Fawlty]

Why?

He's a bit of a knob, granted, but he works his arse off for his club, and (generally) talks a lot of sense about the game at large. It's a shame he's at Palace, of course, but he's one of the better Chairmen in the league.

There was some kind of joke in that response.

 

[Schrödinger's Toad]

Fair 'nuff, my apologies!

 

[Silent Bob]

I wonder which two clubs were after Dean Wilkins to run their academies ?

Coventry were one I believe.

 

[jfs]

I don't get the "Knight must go" types. Is it lack of basic business knowledge? Which of these is closest to your idea of how a lower league club should be run:

1) Chairman/board spend all their personal wealth on the club, pissing away a few million each year. [You could call this the Chelsea model if you inserted "hundreds of" in front of million.] Or,
2) Club spends what it can raise through gate receipts, player sales from a successful youth system, etc. [The Crewe model say].

Just interested because there seem to be a lot of naiive comments that don't match the financial reality of a club with no ground.

 

[Beach Hut]

Coventry were one I believe.

understandable given MA

 

[Trigger]

Harty, any chance you could get some decent guests on your show?...

 

[The Oldman]

If that was a fans phone in I'll eat my hat. Harty shut up and take the fans calls

 

[Bakesy]

"Baker is a slut"

No, i WAS a slut, in fact, i was a slut faced whore.

 

[Basil Fawlty]

No, i WAS a slut, in fact, i was a slut faced whore.

You're John's slut.

 

[Zebedee]

Knight "There is money for players"

But he didn't say how much.

You can't buy a lot for £500 a week.

 

[Harty]

If that was a fans phone in I'll eat my hat. Harty shut up and take the fans calls

We put 11 callers to air and read out numerous texts but there were also questions that I wanted to ask him in addtion to various things he wanted to take issue with me over.

If you've got a problem with how I do things why not come out from behind your keyboard and host the show yourself........

 

[Harty]

I was accusiing Ian Hart of having the jumped-up sense of his own importance - not you.

It was a great opportunity - but there are Fans Forums where you can ask questions. You can even email the Club.

And the same goes for you, if your big enough to constantly bitch and back bite come up to the press box next Saturday and actually have the front to say it to my face.

 

[smelly]

And the same goes for you, if your big enough to constantly bitch and back bite come up to the press box next Saturday and actually have the front to say it to my face.

overtired!

 

[London Irish]

I don't put that down to stadium, money etc. I put it down to Mark McGhee's man management problems and the atmosphere it caused.

Well, at the time, Dick Knight specifically went out of his way in the Argus to say that WASN'T the reason.