Duncan Edwards

[quote user="Jimmy Smith"]Not defending or attacking, I asked him a football related question, got a football related answer.[/quote] You got an answer that whiffs of bin.

Some good posts here, Paul knocks it in the onion bag with his last sentence though. Style only becomes an issue when we aren''t winning regularly - it doesn''t even have to be that often. Style never got thrown around under Gunn or Hamilton or Roeder because at a lower level, even if you''re bad you win more games than you do being below average in the Premier League. It''s all a load of old pony because whatever style we play, be that Brazilian circa 1970, The Dutch Total Football of the mid to late 70s, the kick anything that moves long ball of Wimbledon of the 80s or the tiki taka of the Barca side under Guardiola, as long as we''re winning a few games nobody will give much of a flying ****.

[quote user="Jimmy Smith"][quote user="CDMullins"]Jimmy Smith has become the most tedious, pointless poster, he actually makes me miss ''Ginger Pele'' and ''I am a Banana''[/quote] Valid contribution to the debate, thanks CD... Anyway, i''ve no idea about Portman_Kings finances, I suggest the team he supports hasn''t got the financial clout needed to get that special one or two players through the door they need to mount a serious promotion challenge. I think he''s bang on about the need for a striker to pivot our attacks round though. Even if he is an Ip5w1ch fan, he has contributed a lot more constructive debate than some of you ''fans'' on here, is there really nothing better to do than go on the internet and post mindless insults? Why don''t we save it for derby week and our games against Leeds and Wolves! Perhaps the ultimate in humiliation could happen and RvW could break his 24 hour goal drought against the scum![/quote] Save it for derby week? I hate them every day of every week. You just don''t get it, do you Jimmy? You seem quite removed from the rivalry, almost like an outsider looking in who doesn''t really understand it.

Hoolahan played at Fulham.

[quote user="morty"][quote user="portman_king"][quote user="Jimmy Smith"]You see, I think he''s what our club needs at the moment. Until the Moody sacking that completely undermined his work at Cardiff, he had them sat in 12th place in the premiership. Of his signings, Caulker was a roaring success and will have gone up in value, Medel was alright, maybe a tad expensive but he''ll recoup most of that value and the one that they use the stick to beat him with, Cornelius was barely given a chance. 11 sub appearances or something. If Tan wasn''t so self obsessed, Cornelius may have come back from his injury and done what the likes of Dwight Gayle or Connor Wickham managed. He was made an example of and offloaded far too soon. Also, it''s not Malkys job to actually spend the money, he merely identifies players who might improve his team and the board and co should handle the money side of that.[/quote] This is true, but begs the question why your board haven''t copped more stick than they deserve following Hughton''s 2013/14 signings. From an outsider looking in, Mackay looks like the easy option to appease the fans and brush the errors of the last 18 months under the carpet. [/quote] Nobody cares what you think, go back to your own forums. [/quote]   Well said.   Shouldn''t he be screwing local businesses or robbing charities or something...?    

[quote user="can u sit down please"]The reason he wanted to leave, has himself left. Personally think he will stay and be the wes of old playing with freedom. We''ll....I hope :)[/quote]   That''s a bit simplistic.   If that truly is the case why did he play no part at all in the last 4 fixtures of the season? Didn''t even make a matchday squad. He still played under Hughton which makes me think that you''re probably at least partially wrong with your assumption that it was all Hughton. Perhaps you''re blinkered by your own dislike for the man?      

[quote user="morty"]We can''t go on blaming Hughton forever... [/quote]   Ha!   The comments were put in some context by Southgate, the freedom to go out and play with a degree of abandon was as much to do with the inferior opposition as it was to do with any footballing attitude.   Wales u21''s, fine players as they are, do not offer quite the same threat going the other way as a Premier League outfit, hence there is less emphasis placed on defensive responsibility.   That said, if he can carry that sort of confidence into the Championship next season he could be a valuable weapon.    

Ok.    

Don''t believe me then, no skin off my nose!!   Have fun speculating, I KNOW it was Aspas.    

[quote user="Citizen Journalist Foghorn"][quote user="morty"][quote user="Citizen Journalist Foghorn"][quote user="morty"]No, sorry, but Sunderlands Lazarus style recovery is unprecedented.Even their own manager said they would need a miracle to stay up.[/quote]It really isn''t... 4 wins 1 draw 1 defeat from their last 6 games.Wigan won 7 of 9 (including 5 of their last 6) to stay up in 2011-12 including wins over Man United, Liverpool and Arsenal.Indeed Wigan won 3 drew 2 lost one in 2010-11 to stay up. A set of results which would also have saved Sunderland this season.[/quote]Well googled[Y]My point is though that no one saw Sunderlands recovery coming, unless maybe you predicted it?[/quote]Why would you expect all three bottom sides just to whither and die? History shows us whether it was Fulham, Cardiff or Sunderland, chances were one of these sides would find some form.[/quote] Or we could have...

[quote user="YellowNets1901"]Makes me laugh how people say ''It was Aspas'' without any actual knowledge of this whatsoever.[/quote] But I KNOW that it was Iago Aspas.

[quote user="Graham Paddons Beard"]Kingston - agree entirely with that, clear now that the "within a week" was a silly error , and again doesn''t fill you with confidence as it seemed entirely avoidable .[/quote]   What does it matter?   As I''ve said previously, I''d rather it took 6 weeks and they got the appointment right than appointed the wrong person to stick to something they said a week ago.

It was Aspas.    

Firstly, fair play to them for doing the interview, it''s not something that they had to do as it would have been easier to hide behind carefully worded press releases.   Secondly, there is an element of people hearing what they want, much like people were seeing things that they wanted on the pitch. The January discussions aren''t a surprise, I''m sure, the managerial position has to be under constant review (I believe McNally touched on this during that Stewart White interview) and while we were in the scrap it''s understandable taht there would be talks. However, it isn''t that there was "nobody" around - anyone can point at a list of out of work managers - it was that there was nobody that they genuinely thought would guarantee a more favourable end result than the guy they had. As they rightly point out, he was winning home games, and generally "doing enough". McNally has remained consistent during the season and subsequently that the best time to look at managerial change is the close season, MWJ has confirmed that change was almost inevitable in this close season anyway.   That people are critical that hey held on too long is understandable but unproven. There was nothing to suggest in the games post-Hughton (admittedly a difficult set of fixtures) that a change earlier would have elicited any tangible improvement to our finishing position, in fact, the way the squad splintered after his departure, it could be argued that we might have been better letting Hughton finish the season in situ. That certainly appears to have been the plan until the reaction after the WBA defeat forced the hand of the board - with hindsight, the fact that we got relegated anyway, I think there is a section of the support who''d have rather Hughton HAD stayed until the end because then they would have got their public hanging as it were. The board acting when they did left poor old Neil Adams at the helm and nobody wanted to blame him; so much of the remaining ire has been directed at McNally and Delia.   With regard to the time being taken for a new appointment to be announced, surely we''d prefer that they got it right rather than just did it quickly? It''s a crucial decision and I''d much prefer that they took 6 weeks and got it right than appointed the wrong man in a week.   And Wiz, you''re a waste of Oxygen.    

I wasn''t going to go to the awards presentation anyway but if Rudolph is getting one then I suggest that those people who were planning to attend (and had paid for the privilege) don''t as a form of protest at the suggestion of me, someone that can''t actively participate in the protest I''m suggesting as I don''t have a ticket for it. King of the Nonsensical Opinion Brigade award goes to...................... Rudolph Hucker I''ll leave it there, I wouldn''t want to mess with him, he''s connected, rumour has it he''s familiar with one or two Cyclepaths.

[quote user="can u sit down please"]Hughton did not want huddlestone. Speechless[/quote] He didn''t want him in January? Amazed he was available to be honest.

When he strucks off, perhaps he could take this thread with him?

Garcia would clearly be the better shout as he is a foreigner and sound right exotic don''t he? I''m not sure how the Pink''Un would cope though, I can''t see where it''s easy to slip an unnecessary extra letter into his name like you can with Malkay and Houghton. Warknock would be another option, Addams too, but Garcia? Just doesn''t work.

Brilliant!!! Most of the posters on here would love that, loads of goals, winning games, brilliant!!! Apart from the ones that wouldn''t renew their season tickets in protest, they''d be angry, not as angry as they''d be if we got back to the ticketless top-flight in two years again...Brilliant!!!

[quote user="morty"]Oh good, another thread on pretty much exactly the same subject.The subject of course being, Wiz behaving like a massive fanny.[/quote] A wizards sleeve, if you will.

[quote user="TIL 1010"][quote user="YellowFellow"]Not sure what hes actually achieved, to warrant being linked to us, im pretty sure he wouldnt be mentioned without havin NCFC connections 1 name i am surprised never seems to be linked is steve evans currently at Rotherham, Has a good consistent record of promotions /success at his 3-4 clubs hes managed, i know he can be a bit love or hate and will upset people but maybe thats what we need. We need someone that wants to make the next step up, and wont let anyone at the club slacken or be passengers[/quote] Are you serious ?......Boston United, Crawley. Rotherham !!!!! I really think are sights are slightly higher don''t you ? [/quote] Livingston, Wycombe, Colchester.... If we find the "right" man that should be all that matters... ;-)

[quote user="The Great Mass Debater"] Whilst still an attractive proposition, we''re probably no different to a lot of championship clubs now. Think this might well have been a very different selection process were we still a Premier League club. Things in our favour are that we have parachute payments and club is free of external debt. Already have a squad of very good players, with (if DM is to be believed) no financial or contractual pressure to sell, so new manager can within reason pick and choose who he keeps and brings in. Think we would have significant muscle in the transfer market and moreso if we make a few player sales. But we''re not going to be attracting interest from all over Europe like we might if we were still in the PL.   I think there are only a few names and that none of them are particularly ambitious. Just hope that the club have taken on board the fans reactions over the last few years and appoint someone who plays aggressive attacking football rather than the anti-football we''ve been subjected to [/quote]   The type of football is irrelevant - it''s winning that keeps the fans on side.    

[quote user="Bury Yellow"]Must have missed his success at Derby but a very very nice man Oh like Hughton![/quote] And Neil Adams

A motivator like Neil Adams? Who managed to motivate a massive 1 point and 2 goals from 5 games? He wasn''t left with an easy task but let''s not dress it up like he made a jot of difference. He played the same way as Hughton, just with worse results. It WAS a tough run of fixtures but that''s the long and the short of it I''m afraid.

There''s a fair chance he''ll miss the post