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Post by whitesince63 on Jan 23, 2019 9:58:32 GMT
It really is incomprehensible that a basically intelligent and streetwise character like Anderson can't see the self inflicted damage that he's doing to himself by continuing with Parkinson. However unhappy we may be with events off the field and however much we dislike the methods, we all accept that he is doing the best he can to keep the club afloat until he can find an investor or buyer but it is the on field activities that put bums on seats. Surely Ken can't be unaware of this which makes it all the more unbelievable that he's allowing it to continue. I accept that he doesn't want to pay Parky off but surely with the income he's sacrificing by not doing so it has to be a questionable decision. I speak entirely for myself here but I'm totally prepared to go down if that's the result of replacing Parkinson with the likes of DL, even just to the end of the season, so we can rebuild next year from the bottom up. I can only assume that he is hoping that by some miracle Parkinson can pull yet another rabbit out of the hat and keep us up but if that's the case it seems a very questionable business decision to me and one that will continue the pain and falling gates.
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Post by westandlower on Jan 23, 2019 16:42:51 GMT
Said before we need to cap over 30 playerd to 3 in a team, 5 in a squad. At least 2 home grown players in the team. We also need to stop the journeyman signings. Dyer, Grounds, Wilson, Oneil, Murphy, Lowe, Donaldson, Buckley. Could do without all these. Im guessing thats 40k a week minimum. When you add win bonuses thats 40k a week! Win bonus'? That's a joke. Losing to save on win bonus could even be part of the masterplan to keep the club afloat until a buyer is found.
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Post by westandlower on Jan 23, 2019 16:44:41 GMT
I accept that he doesn't want to pay Parky off but surely with the income he's sacrificing by not doing so it has to be a questionable decision. Cannot afford to sack Parky? Can he afford NOT to sack Parky?
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Post by OohMac on Jan 23, 2019 23:41:33 GMT
Said before we need to cap over 30 playerd to 3 in a team, 5 in a squad. At least 2 home grown players in the team. We also need to stop the journeyman signings. Dyer, Grounds, Wilson, Oneil, Murphy, Lowe, Donaldson, Buckley. Could do without all these. Im guessing thats 40k a week minimum. When you add win bonuses thats 40k a week! Win bonus'? That's a joke. Losing to save on win bonus could even be part of the masterplan to keep the club afloat until a buyer is found. That was my point/joke. Agree too with the cannot afford to sack Parky. In fairness I would have sacked Parky four times already. Once when we limped over the line to gain promotion in a really bad league. Secondly when we made the worst ever start to a campaign. Third when we effictively survived in March last year, to blow that and depend on 2 last minute goals and even that wasnt in our hands. And now for this run. Has any manager ever in the league gone on such a bad run without losing his job? Would genuinely love to have a few answers. I try and think of what Phil Parkinson is good at. His best trait as far as i can see is hes good as only losing by 1 or 2. Hence why Forest, Wednesday, Stoke, Ipswich didnt show interest and Reading despite him being a club legend there decided to go for a Portuguese unproven man and when he turned them down they thought, well wasnt there another unproven Portuguese one. He accepted on a salary at least double of what Parky is on. Why has no one headhunted this miracle man yet?
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Post by whitesince63 on Jan 24, 2019 10:56:05 GMT
It certainly is amazing OM given his atrocious record previously at this level as well, that he's still here and I bet he has to pinch himself regularly to believe his luck in finding a sop like Anderson. The saddest thing of all though is that to Parky himself, he has achieved a level he's never done before and considers we should all be grateful. The problem is his standards are so low, just existing, that he doesn't see that this club's supporters expect much, much more. I completely agree with you about the sacking periods and however cruel it might have seemed, the time to do it was after his first season when it was obvious to anyone with half a brain that he was clueless. Maybe in retrospect, limping to promotion was the wrong outcome because I doubt he could ever be that lucky again. Unfortunately it doesn't look like he's going any time soon, although should we lose both to Bristol and Reading, I think the biggest pressure ever would be on Anderson to act. Knowing Parky he'll probably fluke something against Reading which will save his skin again.
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