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Post by timberwolf on Aug 12, 2024 11:11:42 GMT
That's mad. You never should be firing a manager after 1 game unless something serious has gone on behind the scenes. Otherwise, you make the decision preseason and either back them for the first 10 games or get rid and let the new manager shape the squad/training etc. A load of fans wanted him gone at the end of last season as they felt they weren’t progressing. Surely that would have been better to sack him then than wait for him to sort a team out for this season, sacking him after one match and employing another with players he might not want with little time to change things. Anyway whats called progression at preston as they are nobodies favourites for a PO position unless they get a new arab or yank owner.
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Post by kayem1 on Aug 12, 2024 11:19:20 GMT
I'd be surprised if they look too far afield, they're a proper meat and two veg club, looking at the list of previous managers Challinor would fit in perfectly. That's not to say he's a meat and two veg manager, he's not at all, but local Englishman who has played at that level. Ryan Lowe Frankie McAvoy Alex Neil Simon Grayson Darren Westley Phil Brown Darren Ferguson Challinor fits in that list, for me. If DC did go, we could do worse than Ryan Lowe. [bri]I would hope Chally would consider himself as being involved in a proper project, that through him and his team's efforts, are getting it right, and want to see it through. Here's hoping!
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Post by Fallowfield Hatter on Aug 12, 2024 11:20:02 GMT
From looking at the Preston forum it seems that Lowe has walked due to broken promises rather than being sacked. Looks like he tried to leave last season but Ridsdale talked him out of it.
No chance DC goes there to work under a charlatan like Ridsdale.
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Post by m14hatter on Aug 12, 2024 11:20:36 GMT
A load of fans wanted him gone at the end of last season as they felt they weren’t progressing. Surely that would have been better to sack him then than wait for him to sort a team out for this season, sacking him after one match and employing another with players he might not want with little time to change things. Anyway whats called progression at preston as they are nobodies favourites for a PO position unless they get a new arab or yank owner. Agree, bizarre timing. Their fanbase still largely expects them to be Top 10 and challenging for the play offs. Would love them to make it to the PL, used to enjoy my visits to Deepdale when I lived there.
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Post by scfc73 on Aug 12, 2024 11:22:23 GMT
A load of fans wanted him gone at the end of last season as they felt they weren’t progressing. Surely that would have been better to sack him then than wait for him to sort a team out for this season, sacking him after one match and employing another with players he might not want with little time to change things. Anyway whats called progression at preston as they are nobodies favourites for a PO position unless they get a new arab or yank owner. Said 'by mutual consent'? I was reading twitter comments from Preston fans this morning before his departure was announced & they all wanted him gone. They were sick of him saying that performances were positive despite defeats & the fans not seeing the same positives that Lowe kept supposedly seeing.
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Post by kayem1 on Aug 12, 2024 11:23:17 GMT
Moyes to Preston, surely? And, Ryan Lowe back to Plymouth when the bullet is fired there.
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Post by Josh on Aug 12, 2024 11:24:24 GMT
From looking at the Preston forum it seems that Lowe has walked due to broken promises rather than being sacked. Looks like he tried to leave last season but Ridsdale talked him out of it. No chance DC goes there to work under a charlatan like Ridsdale. That’s certainly the other aspect of it. Preston or whichever team can want DC all they like but he’s got to want to go and frankly, I think he knows he has possibly as good a situation as he could ask for at EP.
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Post by timberwolf on Aug 12, 2024 11:56:20 GMT
Surely that would have been better to sack him then than wait for him to sort a team out for this season, sacking him after one match and employing another with players he might not want with little time to change things. Anyway whats called progression at preston as they are nobodies favourites for a PO position unless they get a new arab or yank owner. Agree, bizarre timing. Their fanbase still largely expects them to be Top 10 and challenging for the play offs. Would love them to make it to the PL, used to enjoy my visits to Deepdale when I lived there. Nothing against them but feel they are not much different from blackpool. As a club they have not done much since tom finney retired like blackpool with matthews and bolton with nat lofthouse. Names from the past where you expect an old double decker tram to pass the ground to take you by a LMS steam train home.
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Post by countyingermany on Aug 12, 2024 12:15:33 GMT
Agree, bizarre timing. Their fanbase still largely expects them to be Top 10 and challenging for the play offs. Would love them to make it to the PL, used to enjoy my visits to Deepdale when I lived there. Nothing against them but feel they are not much different from blackpool. As a club they have not done much since tom finney retired like blackpool with matthews and bolton with nat lofthouse. Names from the past where you expect an old double decker tram to pass the ground to take you by a LMS steam train home. Tbf to Bolton about 20 years ago they were playing european football with jay jay okocha, fernando hierro and ivan campo in the side
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Post by Nik on Aug 12, 2024 12:20:00 GMT
Nothing against them but feel they are not much different from blackpool. As a club they have not done much since tom finney retired like blackpool with matthews and bolton with nat lofthouse. Names from the past where you expect an old double decker tram to pass the ground to take you by a LMS steam train home. Tbf to Bolton about 20 years ago they were playing european football with jay jay okocha, fernando hierro and ivan campo in the side Youri Djorkaeff too! What a team they got together.
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Post by samscfc on Aug 12, 2024 13:57:21 GMT
Would be surprised if DC went to PNE, I fancy us to be ahead of them in the pyramid in 3 years.
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Post by Fez on Aug 12, 2024 17:51:21 GMT
What’s worse than seeing a single pic of Pete Winkleman’s horrible face…. You know that sequence in The Lord of the Rings where Sméagol slowly transforms into Gollum? This looks like that.
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Post by Mozzer on Aug 12, 2024 17:57:22 GMT
Very good, Mr Fez. Works especially well, as Smeagol also stole something he had no right to...
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Post by Fez on Aug 12, 2024 18:09:53 GMT
Very good, Mr Fez. Works especially well, as Smeagol also stole something he had no right to... :-) But he *believed* he did...
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Post by Count de Stockport on Aug 12, 2024 19:35:28 GMT
What’s worse than seeing a single pic of Pete Winkleman’s horrible face…. He’s wearing the same outfit in four of those pictures. Did he age that much in one day or something? Also, what’s with the Jesus pose in the topmost image?
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