Problems with Gartside
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Problems with Gartside
I know this may come across as a spot of but I am curious as to why people are calling for Gartside to leave as well as Dougie.
For me he has done some things that can be questions and some that most fans would agree with.
Pros
Bringing in Megson to steady the ship
Bringing in Coyle when we needed a real pick me up
Bringing in Freedman as a young manager with a lot of potential
Cons
Not backing Allardyce and the whole Sammy Lee thing that followed
Sticking with Megson for too long
Sticking with Coyle for too long
Sticking with Freedman for too long
I would totally understand if people wanted to move the Megson appointment in to the cons section as it was a very uninspiring appointment, however he did the job that we needed him to do.
For me the biggest mistake that he has made is not backing Allardyce when we really could have pushed on to that next level of remaining a long term Premier League team. Aside from that I can't see much that he's done wrong.
This isn't me defending him, I'm just curious as to why some people get in to a range when his name is mentioned.
For me he has done some things that can be questions and some that most fans would agree with.
Pros
Bringing in Megson to steady the ship
Bringing in Coyle when we needed a real pick me up
Bringing in Freedman as a young manager with a lot of potential
Cons
Not backing Allardyce and the whole Sammy Lee thing that followed
Sticking with Megson for too long
Sticking with Coyle for too long
Sticking with Freedman for too long
I would totally understand if people wanted to move the Megson appointment in to the cons section as it was a very uninspiring appointment, however he did the job that we needed him to do.
For me the biggest mistake that he has made is not backing Allardyce when we really could have pushed on to that next level of remaining a long term Premier League team. Aside from that I can't see much that he's done wrong.
This isn't me defending him, I'm just curious as to why some people get in to a range when his name is mentioned.
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But I don't think we could afford to back Allardyce to the extent Allardyce wanted, Kev – Gartside doesn't shit coins. They asked Eddie if he wanted to plough in money he'd probably not make back, and he declined. Meanwhile Sam was eyeing up the England job and not doing very much to wave away interest from Newcastle and other such clubs with more money than we'll ever have. We can't plait fog.
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I don't think it was realistic to start buying multiple Anelka type players for the sort of money involved, certainly not on the word of a manager claiming we'd get into the Champs League....possibly....maybe. Had we done so, I suspect our debt would be a lot more.
As far as chairmen go, I think we could have done a lot worse. Megson was backed with signing reasonable players that had some resale value (Elmander and a few others aside). The real problems started with the Coyle signings, that were expensive crap and have no resale value. The hiring of the next manager will probably be the ultimate test for Gartside, as he has to get it right.
As far as chairmen go, I think we could have done a lot worse. Megson was backed with signing reasonable players that had some resale value (Elmander and a few others aside). The real problems started with the Coyle signings, that were expensive crap and have no resale value. The hiring of the next manager will probably be the ultimate test for Gartside, as he has to get it right.
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I predict another Coyle and megson debate will occur.
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Back to Sam, I think his real fault was over-ambition. We were going places, proving points and becoming a real force to be reckoned with. Two seasons amongst the best in Europe and players of real quality. If he'd carried on and let it all develop patiently, who knows where we could have gone? He didn't, started seeing haloes around his head in the mirror and seeing himself as the next St George. If he, Gartside and Eddie Davies had sat down and evaluated it all.....
Ambition is great and he can't be condemned for having it, but....anyway, here's his view:
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Gartside has done precisely one thing right, which was appointing Allardyce. After that I think Gartside got an enormous ego and thought he was far more responsible for the success of the club than he actually was. The table doesn't lie, and Allardyce is currently TWENTY NINE places ahead of Gartside. The media always used to talk about "Allardyce and Gartside, Big Sam and Big Phil." They were half right.
The thing is that even when the team was successful Gartside was an embarrassment. "Fax in Pocket," "People who know football," etc. After the failure of Premier League 2 and FOUR botched managerial appointments, he seems to have disappeared.
The thing is that even when the team was successful Gartside was an embarrassment. "Fax in Pocket," "People who know football," etc. After the failure of Premier League 2 and FOUR botched managerial appointments, he seems to have disappeared.
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Add in the banning relegation thing, the Hamann bragging and effectively being labelled a liar by a judge recently, and the Big Sam goodwill has been well and truly exhausted.H. Pedersen wrote:Gartside has done precisely one thing right, which was appointing Allardyce. After that I think Gartside got an enormous ego and thought he was far more responsible for the success of the club than he actually was. The table doesn't lie, and Allardyce is currently TWENTY NINE places ahead of Gartside. The media always used to talk about "Allardyce and Gartside, Big Sam and Big Phil." They were half right.
The thing is that even when the team was successful Gartside was an embarrassment. "Fax in Pocket," "People who know football," etc. After the failure of Premier League 2 and FOUR botched managerial appointments, he seems to have disappeared.
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Re: Problems with Gartside
The Carling Cup ticket fiasco & the fact that after several years making squillions in the Premiership we're now too skint to sack a lame ass manager. All the while he's been doing very well financially out of it I imagine.
To quote protesting Real Madrid fans a few years ago
For you whores & money
For us shame & indignation
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For you whores & money
For us shame & indignation
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Re: Problems with Gartside
What apart from the last 4 awful managerial appointments, his overall contempt for the supporters to whom he claims he is one, 'people who know about football' comment, his general arrogance & smugness, allowing the club to run up debts of £160M by giving out ridiculous contracts to average players, giving Megson an astonishing transfer budget....nothing really !
Oh and being a Media whore when things where going well under Allardyce....never off the TV & Radio - now everything's gone pear shaped & we're dropping like a stone, due to his incompetence he's seemingly lost his voice and has kept in the background at a time when the supporters 'need' answers and decisive leadership.
On a personal note I despise him as much as Freedman
Oh and being a Media whore when things where going well under Allardyce....never off the TV & Radio - now everything's gone pear shaped & we're dropping like a stone, due to his incompetence he's seemingly lost his voice and has kept in the background at a time when the supporters 'need' answers and decisive leadership.
On a personal note I despise him as much as Freedman
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Peter Thompson wrote:What apart from the last 4 awful managerial appointments, his overall contempt for the supporters to whom he claims he is one, 'people who know about football' comment, his general arrogance & smugness, allowing the club to run up debts of £160M by giving out ridiculous contracts to average players, giving Megson an astonishing transfer budget....nothing really !
Oh and being a Media whore when things where going well under Allardyce....never off the TV & Radio - now everything's gone pear shaped & we're dropping like a stone, due to his incompetence he's seemingly lost his voice and has kept in the background at a time when the supporters 'need' answers and decisive leadership.
On a personal note I despise him as much as Freedman
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thought we'd done this topic a few weeks ago ....
anyway didn't garty bring eddie on board, who has financed the most succesful period this club is probably going to experience in our lifetimes
anyway didn't garty bring eddie on board, who has financed the most succesful period this club is probably going to experience in our lifetimes
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Mainly its his inability to pick a good football manager. Cant bear the thought of another left wing appointment because he thinks he knows football better than me. The megsons agent choosing megson episode as well.
Lying in court doesn't endear him to me.
The debt will be interesting. We have nothing to worry about apparently. Yet we seem to have less cash than sides playing in front of smaller crowds who havent been in the top flight. We shall see.
He did bring eddie on board - so has favour from that. Without him would we have seen the highs?
He cant sort this mess out though. So want him gone.
Lying in court doesn't endear him to me.
The debt will be interesting. We have nothing to worry about apparently. Yet we seem to have less cash than sides playing in front of smaller crowds who havent been in the top flight. We shall see.
He did bring eddie on board - so has favour from that. Without him would we have seen the highs?
He cant sort this mess out though. So want him gone.
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StaffsTrotter wrote:thought we'd done this topic a few weeks ago ....
anyway didn't garty bring eddie on board, who has financed the most succesful period this club is probably going to experience in our lifetimes
yeah - absolutely... a fact often neglected when the Garty-out banners are hastily crayonned!
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That was about 16 years ago...thebish wrote:StaffsTrotter wrote:thought we'd done this topic a few weeks ago ....
anyway didn't garty bring eddie on board, who has financed the most succesful period this club is probably going to experience in our lifetimes
yeah - absolutely... a fact often neglected when the Garty-out banners are hastily crayonned!
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Re: Problems with Gartside
Allowing a debt of £165+ to build up is gross misconduct
Forcing Megson to throw the UEFA cup game when we had a real chance of getting to the final
Not sacking Coyle before we were relegated from the Prem when he had clearly lost his way
Not sacking Coyle when it was obvious he wasn't the man to get us promoted
Appointing a very poor Freedman who had almost been sacked by Palace 12 months earlier
Not sacking Freedman several times over the past few years
Not speaking to the media
Need I go on
Forcing Megson to throw the UEFA cup game when we had a real chance of getting to the final
Not sacking Coyle before we were relegated from the Prem when he had clearly lost his way
Not sacking Coyle when it was obvious he wasn't the man to get us promoted
Appointing a very poor Freedman who had almost been sacked by Palace 12 months earlier
Not sacking Freedman several times over the past few years
Not speaking to the media
Need I go on
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no it's not - not this particular "debt" in this context.jetsetwilly wrote:Allowing a debt of £165+ to build up is gross misconduct
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Can't believe its solely his call, but hindsight wrt the managers. Like signing players there are no guarantees, even with past track record. Perhaps there should be a clause like there is in the financial world - past performance is no guarantee of future performance.officer_dibble wrote:Mainly its his inability to pick a good football manager. Cant bear the thought of another left wing appointment because he thinks he knows football better than me. The megsons agent choosing megson episode as well.
Lying in court doesn't endear him to me.
The debt will be interesting. We have nothing to worry about apparently. Yet we seem to have less cash than sides playing in front of smaller crowds who havent been in the top flight. We shall see.
He did bring eddie on board - so has favour from that. Without him would we have seen the highs?
He cant sort this mess out though. So want him gone.
I'll give you, he does seem less than professional in some of his actions & gets carried away with his importance. Think there is a lot of it in football - its like a parallel universe where normal rules don't apply
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They all did ok to begin with though.officer_dibble wrote:Mainly its his inability to pick a good football manager.
At the moment, the whole giving risky managers 3-year deals so they're hard financially to sack is my major gripe.
Coyle lasted about 5 minutes at Wigan and Megson got sacked fairly quickly from his hometown club. If someone had acted quicker (with Coyle) we might not be in this pickle.
Then there's the whole £160M thing.
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So Southampton and Swansea are bigger than Liverpool and Man United?H. Pedersen wrote:The table doesn't lie
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and which has seen us build a new stadium, training complex & been pretty successfulboltonboris wrote:That was about 16 years ago...thebish wrote:StaffsTrotter wrote:thought we'd done this topic a few weeks ago ....
anyway didn't garty bring eddie on board, who has financed the most succesful period this club is probably going to experience in our lifetimes
yeah - absolutely... a fact often neglected when the Garty-out banners are hastily crayonned!
& in that 16 years we've not seen ED threaten to walk, demand his money back or otherwise be anything other than supportive. which all would suggest ED & PG have a pretty good working relationship
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