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Post by joanna on Jan 14, 2016 14:08:00 GMT
Anybody read it yet? Only £9 from Amazon. I didn't realise that, after appointing Sammy Lee, Gartside said that if Big Sam had applied, he wouldn't have been successful!
Just about says it all......the key moment in beginning our dramatic decline. The whole saga is sickening. Our transfer dealings have been a disaster since that day....amongst many other grim examples of mismanagement.
The really worrying thing now is that our players seem to be getting worse under our coaches.
I don't agree with the comments about lack of spirit, though; it seems to me that the players have kept themselves surprisingly upbeat, as at Eastleigh, and there is little that Neil can do about some of Amos' gaffes or Trotter's open-goal misses. To me the glaring weakness is lack of pace throughout the team.
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Post by Trotter on Jan 14, 2016 17:39:21 GMT
Not read the book yet but wondering if there is anything in it regarding Sam asking Gartside for 2 new signings in the Janruary transfer window when we were flying high in 5th place in the Premiership, I heard Gartside said no and that was the start of a breakdown between the pair. True or False?
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Post by riochforthereebok on Jan 14, 2016 18:11:03 GMT
Not read the book yet but wondering if there is anything in it regarding Sam asking Gartside for 2 new signings in the Janruary transfer window when we were flying high in 5th place in the Premiership, I heard Gartside said no and that was the start of a breakdown between the pair. True or False? I'd heard he wanted John Carew but was told you have Anelka so what's the point?! If true, very believable from Gartside. I can't buy that book, it'll make me more and more angry at Darkshite |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 14, 2016 19:01:55 GMT
I have read the book and on page 213 he asked for money at Christmas we where third in the league and he said he could get us into the champions league. Sam said we would not drop below 8th he was told we had no money so he had to get David Thompson on a short term loan from Portsmouth and memory serves me well he was booked within 5 minutes of being on the pitch and that was the only game he played. Within 24 hrs of him being told that he wrote his resignation out but they said leave it till the end of the season.
We finished 5th when he left with two games to go as he said injuries would kick in and they did that's why we failed to get in the champions league. I know its only one mans opinion but who knows.
It's a very good read apart from when he said getting West Spam into the prem was a greater achievement than getting Bolton in the prem. |
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Post by whitesince63 on Jan 14, 2016 19:13:09 GMT
I thought it was reputed to be Samuel Ettou he wanted?
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Post by OohMac on Jan 14, 2016 20:51:21 GMT
I have read the book and on page 213 he asked for money at Christmas
I ask for that too, usually get a jumper. Sam also said that Gartside quipped "If I gave you any money you wouldn't know what to do with it". Considering they used to sit together at most home games the relationship really broke down. Sam also said that Eddie Davies didn't make any choices of his own and backed Gartside to do everything. Which is not good at all. |
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Post by Trotter on Jan 15, 2016 18:35:45 GMT
I have read the book and on page 213 he asked for money at Christmas we where third in the league and he said he could get us into the champions league. Sam said we would not drop below 8th he was told we had no money so he had to get David Thompson on a short term loan from Portsmouth and memory serves me well he was booked within 5 minutes of being on the pitch and that was the only game he played. Within 24 hrs of him being told that he wrote his resignation out but they said leave it till the end of the season.
We finished 5th when he left with two games to go as he said injuries would kick in and they did that's why we failed to get in the champions league. I know its only one mans opinion but who knows.
It's a very good read apart from when he said getting West Spam into the prem was a greater achievement than getting Bolton in the prem. Thanks for that bit of info, you also jogged my memory regarding David Thompson, he was a waste of time, I do intend on buying the book as it should be a good read. |
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Post by riochforthereebok on Jan 16, 2016 13:09:21 GMT
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