Tonight's Football

[boltonboris]

Tom Ince of Blackpool is absolutely superb. Great to watch, too. Big move for him next season surely.

[jaffka]

Blackpool being given a back henry by Huddersfield, 2-1 just before half time

[Annoyed Grunt]

3-1 Huddersfield.

[P.O.S.]

Championship showing itself as a league where anyone can beat anyone at any time yet again. A season-long dogfight this!

I wonder how many "doubles" will be done by one team over another over the course of the campaign

[jaffka]

that’s it judging who has beat who and by how much is totally irrelevant in this league

[Worthy4England]

that’s it judging who has beat who and by how much is totally irrelevant in this league

Aye - so I suppose the only measure you have is points and league position...

Must do better.

[jaffka]

that’s it judging who has beat who and by how much is totally irrelevant in this league

Aye - so I suppose the only measure you have is points and league position...

Must do better.

which is at the end of the season, for whoever is in charge...

[Worthy4England]

that’s it judging who has beat who and by how much is totally irrelevant in this league

Aye - so I suppose the only measure you have is points and league position...

Must do better.

which is at the end of the season, for whoever is in charge...

No, you can measure them weekly.

I see why you didn't spot we were going down last season now.

[jaffka]

that’s it judging who has beat who and by how much is totally irrelevant in this league

Aye - so I suppose the only measure you have is points and league position...

Must do better.

which is at the end of the season, for whoever is in charge...

No, you can measure them weekly.

I see why you didn't spot we were going down last season now.

so we change manager on a how often basis?

last season is history, lets stay in the present

[Worthy4England]

that’s it judging who has beat who and by how much is totally irrelevant in this league

Aye - so I suppose the only measure you have is points and league position...

Must do better.

which is at the end of the season, for whoever is in charge...

No, you can measure them weekly.

I see why you didn't spot we were going down last season now.

so we change manager on a how often basis?

last season is history, lets stay in the present

Generally as often as you think the clueless pillock in charge is going to take you down, unless:

1) You're clueless Indian Chicken Farmers
2) Us.

[thebish]

so we change manager on a how often basis?

every time we lose - and sometimes when we win but decide that's bad too....

[jaffka]

pretty sure that this has been mentioned before but here we go:

should Alladyce have been sacked during his reign?

[Worthy4England]

pretty sure that this has been mentioned before but here we go:

should Alladyce have been sacked during his reign?

Different circumstances financially.

[jaffka]

pretty sure that this has been mentioned before but here we go:

should Alladyce have been sacked during his reign?

Different circumstances financially.

Ah, now you have lost me as the goal posts are being moved.

[Worthy4England]

pretty sure that this has been mentioned before but here we go:

should Alladyce have been sacked during his reign?

Different circumstances financially.

Ah, now you have lost me as the goal posts are being moved.

Yes, you moved them when you threw a different manager into the mix.

On the same principle as you asked the question, we probably wouldn't have sacked Megson either...

[jaffka]

pretty sure that this has been mentioned before but here we go:

should Alladyce have been sacked during his reign?

Different circumstances financially.

Ah, now you have lost me as the goal posts are being moved.

Yes, you moved them when you threw a different manager into the mix.

On the same principle as you asked the question, we probably wouldn't have sacked Megson either...

I moved them looks like I need the rules of engagement then

So current points and position only relates to the current manager?

Just trying to clarify, am sure that you understand

[Worthy4England]

pretty sure that this has been mentioned before but here we go:

should Alladyce have been sacked during his reign?

Different circumstances financially.

Ah, now you have lost me as the goal posts are being moved.

Yes, you moved them when you threw a different manager into the mix.

On the same principle as you asked the question, we probably wouldn't have sacked Megson either...

I moved them looks like I need the rules of engagement then

So current points and position only relates to the current manager?

Just trying to clarify, am sure that you understand

Not sure I do to be honest. Our current situation can only relate to our current manager, as we have no other manager that's currently managing us...

[jaffka]

Yes we know that but judging on a game to game basis where did you stand with previous managers?

[BWFC_Insane]

Jaffka, I'm confused as to what you're saying. Are you saying you should only sack a manager at the end of a failed season?

Are you saying that you only take the last result into consideration?

You brought Allardyce up, presumably referring to the 6/5 game losing streaks we suffered under him a couple of times.

However, I'm confused as to whether you're arguing taking a long term view or a short term one.

With Allardyce when we had bad spells, we had always overperformed previously. So if you took any sort of a sensible view you'd have still been delighted where we were coming out of those bad spells.

I'm not quite sure how you judge a manager on anything other than a combination of a) his historical performance at your club and b) his current performance at your club.

And the two are very much interlinked and crucial in making an assessment.

Allardyce as an example, first full season, promotion, second full season kept in the premiership, third full season stayed up, fourth full season - 8th in the top flight, fifth full season - 6th etc etc......

There was no point where Allardyce did anything other than overperform in terms of results. He may have ripped the club apart on leaving, and left us high and dry, but in terms of sacking, he never ever came close.

[jaffka]

Jaffka, I'm confused as to what you're saying. Are you saying you should only sack a manager at the end of a failed season?no

Are you saying that you only take the last result into consideration?no

You brought Allardyce up, presumably referring to the 6/5 game losing streaks we suffered under him a couple of times.not me saying that but if results are judged on a weekly basis then it must be

However, I'm confused as to whether you're arguing taking a long term view or a short term one.I'm not saying anything

With Allardyce when we had bad spells, we had always overperformed previously. So if you took any sort of a sensible view you'd have still been delighted where we were coming out of those bad spells.of course, I believe that Alladrdyce was great for us

I'm not quite sure how you judge a manager on anything other than a combination of a) his historical performance at your club and b) his current performance at your club.as fans we do but those in charge of the club take other consideration into account, also for a bit of inside information players can be selected by some managers not just on their footballing skills but on the other external stuff that they get involved in

And the two are very much interlinked and crucial in making an assessment.

Allardyce as an example, first full season, promotion, second full season kept in the premiership, third full season stayed up, fourth full season - 8th in the top flight, fifth full season - 6th etc etc......

There was no point where Allardyce did anything other than overperform in terms of results. He may have ripped the club apart on leaving, and left us high and dry, but in terms of sacking, he never ever came close.which is right and he never should or would have, although I think that at the start of the third season when we started slow there were some mummerings