Re: Tough times for the Dinosaurs
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delmbox
To be fair if a number of posters have been saying this for years and we've been nowhere near losing our place in the league, in fact we're usually flirting with the playoffs, then it shows that those posters were wrong doesn't it?
Not at all. We haven’t built the basis of sustainable success.
Re: Tough times for the Dinosaurs
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stan butler
I asked blue lewj a question not you.
I’ve asked you a question. Care to answer it?
Re: Tough times for the Dinosaurs
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The Lone Gunman
Bernard Arnault, Mukesh Ambani, Larry Ellison, Zhong Shanshan, Amancio Ortega, Colin Zheng Huang, Masayoshi Son, Dieter Schwarz, Wang Wei, Francois Pinault, Charles Koch, Daniel Gilbert, Ma Huateng, Steve Ballmer, etc, etc, etc.
How about Elon Musk? City could eventually become the first club managed from space.
Lyrics to Hello by The Beloved?
Re: Tough times for the Dinosaurs
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life on mars
Dai or has Jason Mohammed called him (David ) also pointed out that Harris was sacked after 6 defeats, if David has spoken , and thinks Mick should go , the writing is very much on the wall for MM.
TBF I thought he spoke well ,he clearly loves the City .
I remember Dai Hunt from Whitchurch Comp '70-75. He was definitely David Hunt back in those days. I'm not sure when the name change occurred
Re: Tough times for the Dinosaurs
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Tuerto
Lyrics to Hello by The Beloved?
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Re: Tough times for the Dinosaurs
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The Lone Gunman
I’ve asked you a question. Care to answer it?
Why should i answer to you? Who do you think you are? I asked blue lewj a question but you jumped on and answered thinking your important.
Re: Tough times for the Dinosaurs
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stan butler
Why should i answer to you?
You don't have to answer my question, Stockholm, and I can understand why you don't want to. After all, doing so would highlight how dumb your question was.
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Re: Tough times for the Dinosaurs
Warnock after Boro's defeat at Reading:
"It's terrible really. I've been in the game 42 years and this group of Championship referees at the minute is probably the worst I have ever come across."
Doesn't he say then same thing every year?
Re: Tough times for the Dinosaurs
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Rock_Flock_of_Five
At which level don't teams "win and lose games"?
I had a point but its gone now...
Re: Tough times for the Dinosaurs
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The Lone Gunman
You don't have to answer my question, Stockholm, and I can understand why you don't want to. After all, doing so would highlight how dumb your question was.
:thumbup:
The question was clearly not for you so don't reply..
I hardly club bash and i don't want a new owner so the question you made trying to be a smart arse is pointless
Re: Tough times for the Dinosaurs
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stan butler
I hardly club bash and i don't want a new owner so the question you made trying to be a smart arse is pointless
Of course it's not pointless. The truth is you'd never heard of Vincent Tan before he bought into CCFC and started throwing his cash around, and yet you're asking others who they want to replace him. It's an especially stupid question.
You seem to be strongly opposed to the managers Tan employs and yet you apparently want him to remain as the club's owner. That's pretty stupid too, unless you yearn for more of the same.
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Is Tan the problem? Given that Dalman is the one resisting having a Director of Football, is it him and Choo that are stopping the club from progressing?
It might be that Tan being located the other side of the world with problems of his own (particularly at the present time) means that he’s trusting Dalman and Choo to take care of the club.
I don’t think he’s been that bad an owner and probably isn’t going anywhere, but a change of Dalman and/or Choo might be enough to see meaningful progress, plus would be a more realistic expectation. They’ve both been here a while, so hopefully they’ll be looking for the next challenge.
Re: Tough times for the Dinosaurs
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The Lone Gunman
Of course it's not pointless. The truth is you'd never heard of Vincent Tan before he bought into CCFC and started throwing his cash around, and yet you're asking others who they want to replace him. It's an especially stupid question.
You seem to be strongly opposed to the managers Tan employs and yet you apparently want him to remain as the club's owner. That's pretty stupid too, unless you yearn for more of the same.
The question wasn't for you so just mind your business.. :thumbup:
Re: Tough times for the Dinosaurs
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stan butler
The question wasn't for you so just mind your business.. :thumbup:
Can you bicker elsewhere.
Re: Tough times for the Dinosaurs
Why is there a need for a Director of Football? Surely a Manager with the right ideas would be the right way to go.
Re: Tough times for the Dinosaurs
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Cleve van Leef
Why is there a need for a Director of Football? Surely a Manager with the right ideas would be the right way to go.
We saw with Warnock how dangerous it can be to give one man so much control. No thanks.
A DoF would take some of the workload as well, it is up to the club to decide how much responsibility they would get and what they are in control of it varies club to club there is no one size fits all role for a DoF.
Its not 1970 anymore football changes.
Re: Tough times for the Dinosaurs
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The Lone Gunman
People are talking about the possibility of City being dragged into a relegation scrap. Middlesbrough fans must be thinking the same about their team. In their last seven games, Boro have played QPR, Derby, Blackburn, Coventry, Nottingham Forest, Blackpool and Reading. The only side out of that lot they managed to beat was Forest.
I've long been of the opinion that the ideal time for Warnock to retire would have been straight after guiding City to promotion in 2018. Things could have been very different for both the Bluebirds and Warnock had that happened. But he just couldn't leave it there. Instead, City are still paying a heavy price for his poor purchases and he's almost certainly going to end up having been sacked from his final two jobs in football.
I looked on one of the Boro forums the other day and they're not a happy bunch. The comments are very similar to when NW was here. Must be honest and say I had no problem when he first took over, often referring to the not infrequent unspectacular wins as "Warnock Wins". Whatever it takes, etc. However, the fayre on show and Warnock's post-match comments soon became tiresome. Seems like it's deja vu all over again, this time in the north-east.
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The below is from one of the Boro forums yesterday. The reply in bold is to the question in itallics. As for this reply, the poster evidently doesn't have too much knowledge of NW's time at City.
"Warnock today pointed the finger on the culprits, who pushed for the foreign signings, revealed the on going interference, we've had for years, this is why former managers had to sign a non-disclosure act. He looks as sick as a parrot."
He's more than welcome to do one then.
I don't think there is a club going nowadays that just let's the manager have 100% of the say on signings. If he looked closer to home regarding his methods and tactics he might get a clue as to why he can't work with our current crop.