Barrel of Fun
Abort, retry, fail
Barry Lloyd. Signing Mike Small for one....
vulture said:worst by a country mile Jimmy Case
BarrelofFun said:Quite.
Jason Peake, David Adekola and Ashley Neal spring to mind![]()
BensGrandad said:Who signed that great QPR hope on loan Chris Mahoney-Johnson.
BensGrandad said:We now have a united board, a ground that holds the same as the attendances we were getting at The Goldstone and supporters who back the board 100%
BensGrandad said:Who signed that great QPR hope on loan Chris Mahoney-Johnson.
Safeway said:Case was PISSED the whole time.![]()
Safeway said:Jeff Wood. Keith McPherson. Nuff sed.
LANGDON SEAGULL said:The club were forced to accept this offer by their bank
At the time Barclays Bank (to whom we had re-mortgaged the Goldstone) were trying to get us to pay our bills with them. In the end we had pissed them about so much that they demanded an immediate payment of £50,000 to settle the most outstanding part of our debts or they would lockus out of the ground. We did not have 50k in cash. When the club told Barclays this, Barclays went ape and demanded /asked BHA if there were any offers on players that could be realised quickly. It so happened that Mark Lawrenson (who was then manager at Oxford) had put in a not very serious 50k bid/enquiry in for Dean Saunders (i understood that this was very much an opening bid) . Howvever when Barclays got to hear that there was an un-realised bid of £50k against one of our players, they told the club to do the deal there and then regardless and send them the money
Cheeky Monkey said:Must admit I was young and naiive when Lloyd was in charge and the animosity towards him from sections of the crowd mystified me at the time, especially as we were heading for Wembley. Was it tactics? The fact that he wasn't a big name manager/came from Worthing Town? Poor relationship with the players(Gary Nelson's autobiog bit about being dropped for Wembley sticks in the mind)? The blue suit jacket that was so old it was shiny? The fag smoking? Transfer dealings?
What a load of old bollocks Barclays could not have locked us out of the Goldstone without a possession order obtained from a court a very lengthy process. Or are you suggesting Barclays Bank threatened an Illegal eviction. However it is true that Saunders was sold to pay wages after the PFA pulled the plug after stepping in for the previous few months.LANGDON SEAGULL said:The club were forced to accept this offer by their bank
At the time Barclays Bank (to whom we had re-mortgaged the Goldstone) were trying to get us to pay our bills with them. In the end we had pissed them about so much that they demanded an immediate payment of £50,000 to settle the most outstanding part of our debts or they would lockus out of the ground. We did not have 50k in cash. When the club told Barclays this, Barclays went ape and demanded /asked BHA if there were any offers on players that could be realised quickly. It so happened that Mark Lawrenson (who was then manager at Oxford) had put in a not very serious 50k bid/enquiry in for Dean Saunders (i understood that this was very much an opening bid) . Howvever when Barclays got to hear that there was an un-realised bid of £50k against one of our players, they told the club to do the deal there and then regardless and send them the money
You are talking about "we" the club are not better off, as opposed to any current manager compared to Lloyd. Lloyd inherited a disunited board, digruntled fans, a relegated team and dressing room discontent thanks to no wage structure whatsoever. I'd say McGhee has it MUCH easier than Lloyd. Most people (understandably) consider 4th from bottom a success in the current circumstances.London Irish said:That 100% include you, BG?Wonders will never cease.
Until we have our own ground that can generate some revenue rather than haemorrhage money like our rented athletics crapheap, for these significant infrastructural/financial reasons alone, we are not better off than we were then, but one day, perhaps very soon, we will be, depending on how well we manage the challenges of the stadium financing.............
He's my vote. Dean Saunders, Danny Wilson, Steve Penney, Martin Keown (on loan). Every single one of those went on to play in teams that won PROPER trophies. And how many duds did he bring in? Not many. Willie Young maybe?Fourteenth Eye said:Chris Cattlin wasnt bad either.
In terms of wheeler dealing we have had some great manager but then you need the bad ones to apprciate the good