Is the Wilkins saga the biggest cock up made by a football club?

[Northstander]

Yes

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[algie]

By this club yes.But there again you did have idiots like US who did a Wilkins meter every week,even know we finished 7th.

 

[Da Man Clay]

No. There was obviously a reason his position came unattainable over the course of last season, Knight wouldn't have got the backing of the board to go ahead and sack him otherwise.

 

[backson]

Erm, selling our home stadium wasn't a particularly bright idea....

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

That would be THFC (CM spits on ground) selling Jermaine Defoe to PFC (CM spits on ground again) and then buying him back a season later for a good few million more.

 

[raymondbriggs]

Is the Wilkins saga the biggest cock up made by a football club?

or was it leeds selling cantona just before the financial explosion in the top flight?

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

That would be THFC (CM spits on ground) selling Jermaine Defoe to PFC (CM spits on ground again) and then buying him back a season later for a good few million more.

Ahead of selling a ground with nowhere to play, groundsharing in a different county and then playing in a converted shithole?

 

[Acker79]

No. There was obviously a reason his position came unattainable over the course of last season, Knight wouldn't have got the backing of the board to go ahead and sack him otherwise.

I don't know. After McGhee was fired Dick Knight came out on Sky Sports, in the Argus, on the radio and said he listens to the fans and he decided that he would fire McGhee. No mention of the board...

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

I don't know. After McGhee was fired Dick Knight came out on Sky Sports, in the Argus, on the radio and said he listens to the fans and he decided that he would fire McGhee. No mention of the board...

Knight says what ever he thinks will please the fans

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

Ahead of selling a ground with nowhere to play, groundsharing in a different county and then playing in a converted shithole?

I see your ground sale and share scenario and raise you Derby County pushing Brian Clough out of the club and for him to later lead their local rivals to two European Cup triumphs.

 

[bhadeb]

I think it will go down in history as one of Brighton cock ups

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

I see your ground sale and share scenario and raise you Derby County pushing Brian Clough out of the club and for him to later lead their local rivals to two European Cup triumphs.

oooooo good shout!

 

[algie]

No. There was obviously a reason his position came unattainable over the course of last season, Knight wouldn't have got the backing of the board to go ahead and sack him otherwise.

So how do you explain going from 7th to the very strong possibility of being relegated?
I thought managers were based on results?

We had a decent young manager who Knight got rid off.Knight is to blame here and no one else.

 

[cannedheat]

As far as our club is concerned sacking Wilkins must be in the top five f*** ups.

1 Selling the Goldstone. (YES I KNOW)
2 Jimmy Case as manager.
3 Sacking Wilkins.
4 Selling Dean Saunders for peanuts
5. Did not like the look of Roy Keane.

I am sure there a far worse but I cant think of anymore.

 

[BensGrandad]

That would be THFC (CM spits on ground) selling Jermaine Defoe to PFC (CM spits on ground again) and then buying him back a season later for a good few million more.

Spurs paid virtually what they sold him for because there was £4m sell on clause so had Pompey got less they would have lost money and as it is Spurs get the £4m back as part of the sell on clause. The only difference was incidentals like Defoe cut and his agents cut.

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

As far as our club is concerned sacking Wilkins must be in the top five f*** ups.

1 Selling the Goldstone. (YES I KNOW)
2 Jimmy Case as manager.
3 Sacking Wilkins.
4 Selling Dean Saunders for peanuts
5. Did not like the look of Roy Keane.

I am sure there a far worse but I cant think of anymore.

Think we let Ian Wright go didn't we?

 

[Northstander]

it really pisses me off, the board stay quiet with no word to the fans!!!

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

As far as our club is concerned sacking Wilkins must be in the top five f*** ups.

1 Selling the Goldstone. (YES I KNOW)
2 Jimmy Case as manager.
3 Sacking Wilkins.
4 Selling Dean Saunders for peanuts
5. Did not like the look of Roy Keane.

I am sure there a far worse but I cant think of anymore.

Getting rid of coppell

 

[m20gull]

I thought managers were based on results?

Managers should be based on their management ability. Results should follow that. Our most successful manager ever was still sacked.

 

[algie]

All this Dean Saunders stuff is rubbish,When he was with us he wasn't anything special.He certainly wasn't as good as Gary Nelson for us who we sold for peanuts.