WolfOfWestStreet Posted November 26, 2021 Report Share Posted November 26, 2021 0-0 Probably where my football depression started .... and hasn't finished. Happy weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor10 Posted November 26, 2021 Report Share Posted November 26, 2021 I am sure this game was 2-2!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!james Posted November 26, 2021 Report Share Posted November 26, 2021 2-2 and we sacked him 2 days later. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted November 26, 2021 Report Share Posted November 26, 2021 Wasn`t the story that SL returned from holiday to find everyone at the club celebrating a home draw with Leyton Orient and decided enough was enough? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Red Posted November 26, 2021 Report Share Posted November 26, 2021 21 minutes ago, Lanterne Rouge said: Wasn`t the story that SL returned from holiday to find everyone at the club celebrating a home draw with Leyton Orient and decided enough was enough? Yeah that's right. I think we were 2-0 down and had come back to draw, and he saw the celebration as a sign of how far we'd fallen. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveybadger Posted November 26, 2021 Report Share Posted November 26, 2021 And weren’t LO top or near it at the time, so actually not that bad a point. Although appointing Cotts worked out ok… 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exAtyeoMax Posted November 26, 2021 Report Share Posted November 26, 2021 24 minutes ago, steveybadger said: And weren’t LO top or near it at the time, so actually not that bad a point. Although appointing Cotts worked out ok… Yes, I thought Leyton Orient were one of the teams to beat in those days! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cidercity1987 Posted November 26, 2021 Report Share Posted November 26, 2021 The 0-0 was at the start of the following, promotion, season. Baldock had a good goal disallowed for no reason as I remember then promptly left for Brighton 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan Posted November 26, 2021 Report Share Posted November 26, 2021 (edited) 41 minutes ago, steveybadger said: And weren’t LO top or near it at the time, so actually not that bad a point. Although appointing Cotts worked out ok… I’m pretty sure Leyton Orient won their first 10 games that season, they were definitely top 3 when we played them. Lost to Rotherham in the play offs and their decline started there. Edit: just checked, they won their first 8, drew the next two and won the following 2. Pretty much safe from relegation by the end of September. All before we’d won a single game. Edited November 26, 2021 by Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miser Posted November 26, 2021 Report Share Posted November 26, 2021 I was in Sydney at the time. Ashes tour, City shit at home and England super shit in Oz. Can't say I've been depressed ever since though. Some brilliant moments, some crap, consistent with my 50 years of City. Might change my name to Possum of West Street. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamC Posted November 26, 2021 Report Share Posted November 26, 2021 16 minutes ago, TomF said: The SOD sacking was oddly timed, we’d almost hit the lowest ebb and started improving but then 2-3 weeks later he suddenly got the boot. It was easily one of the lowest low points I can recall following City and that includes the Pulis and Osman eras Remember us scraping draws at home to the likes of Colchester & Shrewsbury under him with late equalisers in a very empty ground & thinking if we don’t change this then he’s taking us to League Two. We won one of our first 12 League One games that season, it was ******* awful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Major Isewater Posted November 27, 2021 Popular Post Report Share Posted November 27, 2021 9 hours ago, GrahamC said: Remember us scraping draws at home to the likes of Colchester & Shrewsbury under him with late equalisers in a very empty ground & thinking if we don’t change this then he’s taking us to League Two. We won one of our first 12 League One games that season, it was ******* awful. Not withstanding that we had started to improve and that SOD was charged with bringing down the wage bill and promoting the kids ,sound familiar ? . The bloke was much maligned but I think a large part of the sacking was down to the fans not getting behind him or understanding his personality. There were many personal attacks on him saying how ‘dour' and ‘ boring’ he was. In fact he was the first coach who engaged us as adults and in honesty about what the plan was and football in general. For me, although the results were terrible to start with , he tried very hard to do what Pearson is trying to do and even he is being criticised for his personality. We have been down this route many times in the past , Benny Lennartsen , also springs to mind and the club never got to the bottom of the problems here and reforming coaches were moved on before we saw the benefits. Let’s hope we stick with NP to avoid the rinse / repeat failures of the past. 21 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oh Louie louie Posted November 27, 2021 Report Share Posted November 27, 2021 I think, his assistant had it sussed what was going on at the club at the time. I think he ended up at villa. If anyone has got the press quote richard made at the time, he left, be nice to see. He said something like the whole place is rotten and full of wrong uns. He saw it coming before sod. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kodjias Wrist Posted November 27, 2021 Report Share Posted November 27, 2021 SOD lost my respect when he moaned about out pitch invasion against rovers. He said he couldn't understand the reactions for a mickey mouse tie. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dolman Pragmatist Posted November 27, 2021 Report Share Posted November 27, 2021 48 minutes ago, Kodjias Wrist said: SOD lost my respect when he moaned about out pitch invasion against rovers. He said he couldn't understand the reactions for a mickey mouse tie. He was right though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phileas Fogg Posted November 27, 2021 Report Share Posted November 27, 2021 53 minutes ago, Kodjias Wrist said: SOD lost my respect when he moaned about out pitch invasion against rovers. He said he couldn't understand the reactions for a mickey mouse tie. Same. Completely misjudged it, better to say nothing. It had been a miserable few seasons for the club and we 100% needed that win vs Rovers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Oil Services Posted November 27, 2021 Report Share Posted November 27, 2021 4 hours ago, Major Isewater said: Not withstanding that we had started to improve and that SOD was charged with bringing down the wage bill and promoting the kids ,sound familiar ? . The bloke was much maligned but I think a large part of the sacking was down to the fans not getting behind him or understanding his personality. There were many personal attacks on him saying how ‘dour' and ‘ boring’ he was. In fact he was the first coach who engaged us as adults and in honesty about what the plan was and football in general. For me, although the results were terrible to start with , he tried very hard to do what Pearson is trying to do and even he is being criticised for his personality. We have been down this route many times in the past , Benny Lennartsen , also springs to mind and the club never got to the bottom of the problems here and reforming coaches were moved on before we saw the benefits. Let’s hope we stick with NP to avoid the rinse / repeat failures of the past. Yes, but ..... .... Nige is doing it in the Championship. And keeping us Championship. McInnes and then SO'D were charged with starting this in the Championship, and took us down (sans une whimper), then SO'D continued everything (cutting the wages, losing games, taking us down) in League One. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
View from the Dolman Posted November 27, 2021 Report Share Posted November 27, 2021 4 hours ago, Oh Louie louie said: I think, his assistant had it sussed what was going on at the club at the time. I think he ended up at villa. If anyone has got the press quote richard made at the time, he left, be nice to see. He said something like the whole place is rotten and full of wrong uns. He saw it coming before sod. Richard O'Kelly did end up at Villa after returning to Walsall from us and then a spell at Brentford. He left Villa at the start of this season. Not sure about your suggested comments - they're somewhat different to what he said upon leaving. "The club is in a position now where, if the right decisions are made, it can only go one way. They are in good hands and I couldn't speak highly enough of the people I've worked with." https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/22478512.amp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oh Louie louie Posted November 27, 2021 Report Share Posted November 27, 2021 I can assure you that was a diffrent quote. Not what he said at the time. Why do you think he left after a few weeks? Think his comments made the post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Oil Services Posted November 27, 2021 Report Share Posted November 27, 2021 1 hour ago, The Dolman Pragmatist said: He was right though. If football is only about the two teams and the 22 chaps on the pitch being paid to run around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan Posted November 27, 2021 Report Share Posted November 27, 2021 1 hour ago, The Dolman Pragmatist said: He was right though. First competitive Bristol Derby for 6 years after we’d lost the previous one. The ‘prize’ wasn’t a place in the 2nd round of the JPT. Even an emotionless robot like Sean O Driscoll understands the heightened emotions involved in a local derby, especially one that happens so rarely....he just chose to ignore that, like some of our fans do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnie Sinclair Posted December 14, 2021 Report Share Posted December 14, 2021 SOD has joined the Weymouth FC backroom staff today I see (if there is such a thing a 'second' team, WFC are mine) https://uptheterras.co.uk/2021/12/14/sean-odriscoll-joins-weymouth-fc-backroom-staff/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke_bristol Posted December 14, 2021 Report Share Posted December 14, 2021 On 26/11/2021 at 19:58, Lanterne Rouge said: Wasn`t the story that SL returned from holiday to find everyone at the club celebrating a home draw with Leyton Orient and decided enough was enough? Did the CEO run over to the fans and start punching the air after going missing for weeks after some dire results? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Portland Bill Posted December 15, 2021 Report Share Posted December 15, 2021 On 27/11/2021 at 11:16, Moments of Pleasure said: Yes, but ..... .... Nige is doing it in the Championship. And keeping us Championship. McInnes and then SO'D were charged with starting this in the Championship, and took us down (sans une whimper), then SO'D continued everything (cutting the wages, losing games, taking us down) in League One. I didn’t realise we were doing so well this season, last time I looked at the table we were not too far away from the relegation places! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1960maaan Posted December 15, 2021 Report Share Posted December 15, 2021 5 hours ago, Portland Bill said: I didn’t realise we were doing so well this season, last time I looked at the table we were not too far away from the relegation places! Aren't we just 8 points off the playoffs ? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INCRED Posted December 15, 2021 Report Share Posted December 15, 2021 On 26/11/2021 at 21:51, GrahamC said: Remember us scraping draws at home to the likes of Colchester & Shrewsbury under him with late equalisers in a very empty ground & thinking if we don’t change this then he’s taking us to League Two. We won one of our first 12 League One games that season, it was ******* awful. It was bloody awful and dull as ditchwater to watch I don’t know how and why I would go to games knowing what I was about to watch - and then SC the messiah reignited my love of football 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oh Louie louie Posted December 15, 2021 Report Share Posted December 15, 2021 I reckon weymouth, would get decent gates if they got in the leauge. The fairground at weymouth, was more dangerous, than millwall away! That mouse ride broke down daily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calculus Posted December 15, 2021 Report Share Posted December 15, 2021 8 hours ago, Tafkarmlf said: Blimey, that's quite the fall from grace, there's quite a few ex league managers floating around in the conference. Brian Stock was someone we should have been after whilst he was getting dicked about at Preston iirc. Doncaster paid peanuts for him. He's 'relocated' to Dorset and found a local job in football with a mate. Not so much a fall from grace as a bit of interest in semi-retirement. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oh Louie louie Posted December 15, 2021 Report Share Posted December 15, 2021 Ah he was residing in wolverhampton. As charming as it is, i get it now why he moved to weymouth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exAtyeoMax Posted December 15, 2021 Report Share Posted December 15, 2021 (edited) 25 minutes ago, Calculus said: He's 'relocated' to Dorset and found a local job in football with a mate. Not so much a fall from grace as a bit of interest in semi-retirement. yes, possibly a better work-life balance? He might just want a new kind of challenge. good luck to him! Edited December 15, 2021 by exAtyeoMax Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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