Wilkins illness

[cjd]

As El Presidente has mentioned in another thread that Wilkins position was untenable due to his ILLNESS etc etc...........does anyone else have further information regarding this....?

Given the poor team management at present, and most people,s confusion as to why Wilkins was fired, wouldn,t clarification from the board help avoid the divisiveness between the supporters at these troubled times...?

Is it true.....?...........or is this just another "spin" story from the in-crowd...?

 

[Deleted User X18H]

he has quattro downsidia

 

[Deano's Invisible Pants]

I find it strange with all the managerial casualties so far this year that Deano has not popped up anywhere else. Perhaps El Pres has hit the nail on the head.

 

[turienzo's lovechild]

wasn't he suffering from depression?

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Read between the lines.

 

[judewri]

i wish someone would tell us the truth... dean himself would be good and then i for one may be able to move on

deans nos 1 fan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Mendoza]

he was ill a lot, and even on the sunniest of sunny days towards the end of the season he was in huge coats, and didnt look right in press conferences.

Rumour was he didnt take a training session from the Mansfield game through to the end of the season........

 

[NMH]

What are they saying, that he was an alkie?
So he was alcoholic eh, well I never.
That explains why he was willing to work at Brighton as a football manager.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Wonder who's going to be first to break ranks?

 

[Tooting Gull]

I'm not so sure about any illness, sounds a bit like spin to me, but like everyone else I have no real idea.

But I hope DK isn't going to do what happened to Gary Megson, where a former chairman spread a lot of unfair stuff about him and effectively put a load of other clubs off and left the guy out of work for a long time.

Fair enough, it hasn't worked out with us for whatever reason, and Wilkins may have contributed to his own downfall, even been unprofessional in some of his dealings.

But the guy deserves to work again, it's his living. And particularly at the moment, his reputation as a coach is looking OK by comparison.

The fact that the players didn't like him is not, on its own, much of a guide. Invariably a manager they all love is a weak fool.

 

[Brian Fantana]

I agree that it is strange that he hasn't been linked to any jobs so far this season. I thought that we might have seen his name in the frame for jobs like Grimsby and Bournemouth.

 

[Keeping The Dream Alive.]

He seemed well enough to be interested in the Woking job a few months back.

 

[jcdenton08]

He'll be doing scouting for league clubs..

 

[vitusvivi]

not true

 

[Questions]

Did he become horribly disfigured after a terrible accident ? because he is never spotted out anymore.
Does he now live in an underground chamber in the bowels of the earth below Withdean.

 

[John Bumlick]

sounds like AIDS to me. only question is, is it good AIDS or bad AIDS?

 

[Uncle C]

wasn't he suffering from depression?

No that'll be the supporters.

 

[BensGrandad]

He'll be doing scouting for league clubs..

It was suggested on another thread that he had been seen at a ground with his brother Ray and that he was scouting for somebody but cant remember which ground and which club but Ray is now back at Chelsea.

 

[jcdenton08]

Did he become horribly disfigured after a terrible accident ? because he is never spotted out anymore.
Does he now live in an underground chamber in the bowels of the earth below Withdean.

My mate is the guy who used to play the Phantom

 

[andybaha]

I see Dean Wilkins regularly in the pub having a meal with his family and friends. He always looks happy and cheery and he is always friendly if I meet him up at the bar. He will always have a chat about football although he is obviously careful about what he says.

The way he is has remained the same even whilst he was under pressure as manager and when he was in limbo after Adams was appointed. And I have never seen him buy anything other than soft drinks.

So this story is a load of bollocks.