Gannon decides not to stay at Peterborough

[BUTTERBALL]

Dickinson has no chance of staying there then. It will be interesting to see if his game has improved when he returns. Hopefully the loan will have sharpened him up.

 

[Twinkle Toes]

Jim Gannon Loose Cannon

Gee, thanks for that. That's 'Loose Cannon' by Killing Joke completely ruined now.

 

[DIFFBROOK]

I think we got off lightly too. I think the family reason is just a red herring. After he turned us down he opted for Scotland.

Its always the same dilly dallying as well. Said to Peterborough that it would be impossible to turn the job down, but impossible to take it. Sounds familiar to what he said to us.

I dont think its family reasons, more financial or the next bigger job.

I wouldn't take him on for any job.

 

[Herne Hill Seagull]

I don't want to sound like a broken record, having defended Kuipers a couple of nights ago, but a thread here about a manager who didn't come to us and has, as far as I know, no other links to the club has been used to take yet another snipe at one of our own players. I think Dickinson is a 100%er, a bit limited but with plenty of effort and an eye for goal. I'll repeat, we're in League One, and we'll sign players that reflect that status. It seems to that some people are staggered every time we sign a player and he turns out not to be Lionel bleeding Messi.

I accept the right to an opinion on these guys, of course, but there's a time and a place. Using a thread about something else as an opportunity to have a churlish pop at a Brighton player just seems a bit harsh to me.

That is all.

 

[Philcounty]

He turned it down because he wants to come back to County, FACT.

Well not even slightly fact but that is what people say in these situations.

 

[Mellotron]

I accept the right to an opinion on these guys, of course, but there's a time and a place. Using a thread about something else as an opportunity to have a churlish pop at a Brighton player just seems a bit harsh to me.

Who's having a pop?

 

[Herne Hill Seagull]

Who's having a pop?

Father Jack: 'bugger that means Dickinson's coming back'. Was that really necessary? If he comes back, he comes back. We should be hoping he comes back better for the experience and does well in a Brighton shirt, if he ends up coming back.

 

[Ninja Elephant]

He was nowhere near as bad at Motherwell as people are suggesting. I think too many people on here talk too much about things they know nothing about. There are alot more to stories than the bare minimum that people on this board pay attention to.

If he's turning down Peterborough for family reasons, then fair play to the chap. Family has to come first.

 

[Spider]

Father Jack: 'bugger that means Dickinson's coming back'. Was that really necessary? If he comes back, he comes back. We should be hoping he comes back better for the experience and does well in a Brighton shirt, if he ends up coming back.

Think you're being a little sanctimonious! The Dickinson comment was clearly relevant as Gannon's departure greatly diminishes the chance of him going to Peterborough. Don't really see any problem with someone being less than complimentary about Dickinson's playing ability either. Not to mention the fact that the comment was also clearly meant in a fairly light hearted spirit!

 

[BensGrandad]

Tranmere job will become vacant soon as possibly will Oldham and even Stockport County.

 

[Philcounty]

I think he didn't realise what he had let himself into with Motherwell. He was commuting back and forth all the time and told people back in Stockport how shocked he was with the standard of football. Apparently the vast majority of the team he inherited wouldn't have got into our (Stockport) squad in League 1.

He tried to clear out the old and bring through promising new players but I think that grated with some people at the club. I guess he didn't have the same sentimental views on the players as people who had known them as Motherwell players for years.

By all accounts he was doing very well at P'boro under the circumstances and I think they would have liked him to stay.

I believe him when he says it is down to family issues, his wife is pregnant again and has apparently always been keen to stay in the area hence him commuting this season. Fair play to him if he wants to stay with his family, hopefully there will be a vacancy for him at a North West club soon.

 

[TonyW]

The guy is a complete numpty.

He's a football manager ffs, but he won't travel (not for long anyway).

Its a bit like an airline pilot saying he won't fly.

VERY lucky escape.

And before some namby, liberal starts saying things like family values, pregnant wife etc....he's a football manager - you go where the work is - end of!!!

 

[TonyW]

He was nowhere near as bad at Motherwell as people are suggesting. I think too many people on here talk too much about things they know nothing about. There are alot more to stories than the bare minimum that people on this board pay attention to.

If he's turning down Peterborough for family reasons, then fair play to the chap. Family has to come first.

Sure, family comes first.
Then he needs a different line of work.

 

[Hungry Joe]

I think too many people on here talk too much about things they know nothing about.

Brilliant. And said without a hint of irony.

 

[Ninja Elephant]

Sure, family comes first.
Then he needs a different line of work.

You, sir, are a fool. And clearly not a practical man. I agree to an extent, if he wants to be a manager he has to go where the work is. But he's clearly a man with integrity and his pregnant wife, amazingly, is more important to him than managing Peterborough. Who can blame the man? He has to do what is right for himself and for his family. If he's in a position to turn down work, then he's a lucky chap.

I just don't think the people of NSC have any right to start slagging him off.

 

[Ninja Elephant]

Brilliant. And said without a hint of irony.

Everyone does it. Noone can know everything about the things they have an opinion on. Anyone who thinks they do, are the ones with the problem.

 

[Hungry Joe]

Everyone does it. Noone can know everything about the things they have an opinion on. Anyone who thinks they do, are the ones with the problem.

Indeed. Just made me chuckle you coming out with it, being one of our more 'outspoken' posters and all.

 

[TonyW]

You, sir, are a fool. And clearly not a practical man. I agree to an extent, if he wants to be a manager he has to go where the work is. But he's clearly a man with integrity and his pregnant wife, amazingly, is more important to him than managing Peterborough. Who can blame the man? He has to do what is right for himself and for his family. If he's in a position to turn down work, then he's a lucky chap.

I just don't think the people of NSC have any right to start slagging him off.

What utter bollocks.

Football managers HAVE to go where the work is.

Can't stand the heat, then f*** off and a get an easy job.

Gannon is useless to anybody, because he leaves as soon as wifey gets upset.

I wouldn't employ the bloke if he was the last manager on the planet, and I'm not exaggerating.

If a club can't gat dedication from a manager, how the hell can that manager expect anything from his players.

 

[TonyW]

Just to add one more point to this which I think is potentially more valid.

If Gannon is so bothered about being with his family (fair enough) why on earth did he take the last 2 managerial positions in the first place?

OK, you love Stockport (er, why) so stay in sodding Stockport.
Don't sign a contract that takes you hundreds of miles away, only to bail out a few months later - twice!!!

Plonker.

 

[Ninja Elephant]

Indeed. Just made me chuckle you coming out with it, being one of our more 'outspoken' posters and all.

That's just general misconception.

What utter bollocks.

Football managers HAVE to go where the work is.

Can't stand the heat, then f*** off and a get an easy job.

Gannon is useless to anybody, because he leaves as soon as wifey gets upset.

I wouldn't employ the bloke if he was the last manager on the planet, and I'm not exaggerating.

If a club can't gat dedication from a manager, how the hell can that manager expect anything from his players.

Rubbish. Football managers are human like the rest of us, they have committments outside of their work. Clearly, Gannon is a family man and his pregnant wife means more to him than becoming Peterborough manager longer term. Personally, if I were him, I would want to move the family down to Peterborough and take on the challenge at a genuinely good football club. But that's so easy to sit here and say. It's so easy for us to sit in judgement and slag him off, whether it's a fair point or not. And in this case, it's not.

I think someone else has mentioned the state Peterborough have been in this season, that probably has affected his decision aswell. He could move his entire family down south and then make a bad start to next season and find himself being given the sack.