RESIGN now DICK.

[cjd]

You can blame Dick Knight if you like but how do you know when the board voted he didn't vote for wilkins to stay


YOU DON'T so please don't assume.

Didn,t DK actually say , that he recommended to the Board that Wilkins be dismissed as manager...? The board took his advice..........and sacked him.

 

[Deleted member 2719]

You can blame Dick Knight if you like but how do you know when the board voted he didn't vote for wilkins to stay


YOU DON'T so please don't assume.

Because we will never know you have to judge it on body language and instinct and i feel Knight never like Wilkins because he was his own man and he was not a PR man like himself but Adams was so the bullshit of bringing in more crowds and taking us forward was just spin, so he could off load him - at the end of the day he acted foolishly and hastily - who wants a Chairman to do that when you need to build stability for Falmer?

 

[steward 433]

Didn,t DK actually say , that he recommended to the Board that Wilkins be dismissed as manager...? The board took his advice..........and sacked him.

But none of us actually knew what went on DK did and then advised the board?

 

[steward 433]

Because we will never know you have to judge it on body language and instinct and i feel Knight never like Wilkins because he was his own man and he was not a PR man like himself but Adams was so the bullshit of bringing in more crowds and taking us forward was just spin, so he could off load him - at the end of the day he acted foolishly and hastily - who wants a Chairman to do that when you need to build stability for Falmer?

Good points if what you assume is actually correct.

 

[Deleted member 2719]

Didn,t DK actually say , that he recommended to the Board that Wilkins be dismissed as manager...? The board took his advice..........and sacked him.

Yes i think your right there.

after he had said to them i sacked Mcghee for you now it's my turn!

 

[looney]

Adams has a track record of success, he is worth keeping even if we do go down.

sometimes fans have short memories and start acting like wankers and this is one of them.

 

[Giraffe]

But none of us actually knew what went on DK did and then advised the board?

That may be true but shouldn't DK have to justify why sacked a good manager at least a little? I along with a growing majority (most who have given up going to the ALbion now), am so fed up with the lack of stick DK gets over whatever he does. He has made so mistakes now it's unbelievable. And yet the same old shit comes out about how he saved the club etc. Look for goodness sakes we're all grateful for that and I was right behind him for many years but his time has been and gone, and it needs a fresh push to take us to the new stadium in good stock. His appointments, including Ken "salesman of the year" Brown have been shocking. An independant could argue the choice of site and delays in Falmer were more avoidable than some would have us believe, and he has completely taken his eye off the ball with regards to what the fans want and what the team needs. Time to go, before like Margaret Thatcher the bad times tarnish the good ones.

 

[Albion overseas]

I think that he had to sack the last two managers under difficult circumstances. McGhee due to his losing the fans and I believe Wilkins for something that Wilkins did that upset the chairman and the board.
I think where Dick went wrong was trying to use the Adams appointment as the man to take us forward, which clearly he isn't. I think he should have come clean and state that there were serious differences of opinion between Wilkins and the board.
Now his statements are making it very hard to act against Adams without looking slightly foolish himself.

I think you will find that the board backed Wilkins, it was DK that didn't because Wilkins was thinking about the fans - he had passion and desire from what I could see. Get DK out now!

 

[Deleted member 2719]

But none of us actually knew what went on DK did and then advised the board?

But how bad could it be?

As it has been said many times things go on and people get punished behind closed doors.

It maybe something simple like, Knight:"Dean stop playing the diamond formation, as i don't like it"

Wilkins:"Dick stick to spinning the club and i coach the team"!

As far as i am concerned Dean Wilkins had nothing but Real passion for this club whether people like his persona or not and Dick has kicked his promising career into touch for no apparent reason.

 

[steward 433]

But how bad could it be?

As it has been said many times things go on and people get punished behind closed doors.

It maybe something simple like, Knight:"Dean stop playing the diamond formation, as i don't like it"

Wilkins:"Dick stick to spinning the club and i coach the team"!

As far as i am concerned Dean Wilkins had nothing but Real passion for this club whether people like his persona or not and Dick has kicked his promising career into touch for no apparent reason.

That we know of.

 

[El Presidente]

Because we will never know you have to judge it on body language and instinct and i feel Knight never like Wilkins

.....and that is why he gave Wilkins a three year contract

 

[Deleted member 2719]

.....and that is why he gave Wilkins a three year contract

Are you sure it wasn't because the board pushed Wilkins for the job while trying to keep a tight budget.

 

[SICKASAGULL]

Adams now looks as if he is heading for the exit, not because of the results but for the fact that supporters are showing dis-satisfaction with Knight.
The chairman is very predictable when this situation arises he turns attention away from himself by sacking the manager who he has handicapped by not providing the necessary cash to build a decent side.
Why does Knight remain as chairman when he does not have the finances to assist the club,appointing another manager will not improve the situation.

 

[El Presidente]

That may be true but shouldn't DK have to justify why sacked a good manager at least a little? .

He has justified the sacking, to the board who subsidise the club to the tune of half a million quid a year.

He doesn't have to justify the sacking to you or me. I don't know what job you do, but if the Dean of the university where I teach sacked me and then told all the students why he did it I would be livid, it is nothing to do with them.

 

[Albion overseas]

He has justified the sacking, to the board who subsidise the club to the tune of half a million quid a year.

He doesn't have to justify the sacking to you or me. I don't know what job you do, but if the Dean of the university where I teach sacked me and then told all the students why he did it I would be livid, it is nothing to do with them.

Of course he has to justify it to us - we are paying the money to watch this shit. If you are right we shouldn't bother going then and see what happens?

 

[Giraffe]

He has justified the sacking, to the board who subsidise the club to the tune of half a million quid a year.

He doesn't have to justify the sacking to you or me. I don't know what job you do, but if the Dean of the university where I teach sacked me and then told all the students why he did it I would be livid, it is nothing to do with them.

You're quite right he doesn't HAVE to justify anything, but it would make business sense if he did. If all my customers were walking out of the door because my product was crap, but there were mitigating circumstances why my product was crap I would want to tell them. Unless of course there is no mitigating circumstances in which case I would keep Dick tight shut and pray to the god in the sky I guess. We finished 7th last season. Why change it unless there was another reason. It just doesn't make any sense other than the fact DK has always trusted Admas like a son and he didn't have that relationship with Dean Wilkins.

 

[Silent Bob]

He has justified the sacking, to the board who subsidise the club to the tune of half a million quid a year.

He doesn't have to justify the sacking to you or me. I don't know what job you do, but if the Dean of the university where I teach sacked me and then told all the students why he did it I would be livid, it is nothing to do with them.

But if he started telling them that 2+2=5 where you had generally been steering them towards it being 4 he may have to admit his mistake, to himself at least, and rectify it, not by restoring you as your position would be untenable but by getting someone else in, but not just, you know, some bloke he knows, actually doing interviews and that and asking them what 2+2 is.

 

[clapham_gull]

He has justified the sacking, to the board who subsidise the club to the tune of half a million quid a year.

He doesn't have to justify the sacking to you or me. I don't know what job you do, but if the Dean of the university where I teach sacked me and then told all the students why he did it I would be livid, it is nothing to do with them.

Playing devils advocate then, how would you feel if he did give a reason for the sacking that wasn't true ?

To be honest, the situation above is very very different. The students wouldn't suddenly stop going to lectures, they've signed up for at least 3 years.

I still find the sacking very odd to be honest. If seems whatever happened was bad enough for him to go, but not bad enough for him not to offered another position at the club.

I've heard all the rumours, and I still think that if there was a problem at Christmas he should have gone there and then. To leave it until the end of the season (letting Wilkins finish 7th) and then seemingly not to look at a number of candidates for the job looks a massive gamble in the extreme.

( I can only guess that Adams was the nailed on candidate )

I genuinely hope he turns it round and gets the players he wants in January, but in saying that I also hope that doubt hasn't crept into the boardroom about releasing the funds because thats what buggered Mcghee.

 

[jmsc]

FFS! There really are some children on this board!
Thank god it's not representive of the majority of Albion fans!

Firstly, who is the saviour who is going to invest money and take over?
You may want DK out but who has shown any interest in doing this?

DC may have the money BUT has repeated many a time that he has no
interest in doing this, I think he has enough problems at the moment.

Secondly, it was DK that delivered us from the nightmare that was
archole and bullshitti, something he didn't really want to do but did
because he is a passionate fan. How many of us could have done that?

You may not like him, or even his methods but at the moment you have
absolutely no choice, so for the clubs sake support him.

Childish rants about "sack the chairman" are pathetic because, at the
moment, there is nobody else.

I think it's right that he knows that we are not best pleased at the
moment but I also think a lot of respect should be given to the person
who is delivering Falmer!