dezgimed Posted February 8, 2014 Report Share Posted February 8, 2014 1-0 down at Celtic and won 2-1 in the Cup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gillies Downs Leeds Posted February 8, 2014 Report Share Posted February 8, 2014 Cracking result for them. Well done Del Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dezgimed Posted February 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2014 In the League Cup final and 2nd in the League too. Doing well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted February 8, 2014 Report Share Posted February 8, 2014 Would you have him back? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dezgimed Posted February 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2014 Yeh if Bristol moves to Scotland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarky89 Posted February 8, 2014 Report Share Posted February 8, 2014 Could Rangers now win the cup? Could be interesting!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedorDead BCFC Posted February 8, 2014 Report Share Posted February 8, 2014 Would you have him back? I'm one of the ones that liked him, he lost it a bit concentrating to much on tinkering but we were relegated anyway without him and I would of preferred to see what he could of done with us in this league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fka dagest Posted February 8, 2014 Report Share Posted February 8, 2014 Del keeping us up back in 2012 was the last time I felt good at this club. I agree with Redtone. He was a good manager essentially who just panicked a bit through lack of experience. The worse our own plight becomes the more I think we should have kept him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheddarReds Posted February 8, 2014 Report Share Posted February 8, 2014 Good for him. I liked him but I think with a big squad he couldn't resist chopping and changing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maltshoveller Posted February 8, 2014 Report Share Posted February 8, 2014 Would you have him back? Would never of got rid of him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corleone Posted February 8, 2014 Report Share Posted February 8, 2014 People seem to forget just how abysmal we were with a half decent championship squad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ateyomike Posted February 8, 2014 Report Share Posted February 8, 2014 I do wonder sometimes should we have stuck with del boy we've gone through all the pain (and still are) but we have to SC whatever happens ALWAYS BELIEVE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bucksred Posted February 8, 2014 Report Share Posted February 8, 2014 Would you have him back? On what Ive seen since, here, absolutely. We have been worse on every level since he left. Del keeping us up back in 2012 was the last time I felt good at this club. I agree with Redtone. He was a good manager essentially who just panicked a bit through lack of experience. The worse our own plight becomes the more I think we should have kept him. Agree with this. I wanted him out, but had I known how bad it could REALLY get, would of stuck with him. The dire O Drosscoll era has been without doubt the worst era in all my years of watching City. Even the drab Penis era seems like huge fun by comparison. I wasn't going in 81-82, when I understand it was worse.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor10 Posted February 8, 2014 Report Share Posted February 8, 2014 Fair play Del. I wanted him out and I think people have short memories. He completely lost the plot and in his second season we were desperately poor. That said it's hard to believe we would of been worse off had he stayed, even if we did get relegated under him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Red Posted February 8, 2014 Report Share Posted February 8, 2014 He made mistakes and tinkered too much, but was let down by a core of underperforming players. Unfortnately the penny dropped that he couldn't rely on them too late to save his job. No complaints about him leaving at the time, but it would have been interesting to see how he went at this level. He certainly wouldn't have done any worse than what we've seen this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCFC Jordan Posted February 8, 2014 Report Share Posted February 8, 2014 Was delighted when I saw this result. Well done, Derek. Neil Lennon really is a poor manager. Celtic should have won far more trophies than they have done during his reign in charge. Not that I'm complaining, long may it continue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRL Posted February 8, 2014 Report Share Posted February 8, 2014 He made mistakes and tinkered too much, but was let down by a core of underperforming players. Unfortnately the penny dropped that he couldn't rely on them too late to save his job. No complaints about him leaving at the time, but it would have been interesting to see how he went at this level. He certainly wouldn't have done any worse than what we've seen this season. Unfortunately for Del he took a job that was far too big for him, a club that appears to be in terminal decline, with lackluster leadership, and lots over paid not quite up to it standard of player, he chose to immerse himself with players he knew in the vain hope the spirit may drag under performers through, clearly the talent these players had was no where near up to the task, and once that collapsed, he was left vainly hoping for inspiration playing players out of position, and using strange formations more in hope than anything. I would have been interested to see what he could have done at this level, but the horse had bolted.. That said the decision to appoint SO'D and not particularly worry if we went down or not, would now seem a little short sighted, if this was the strain of though, I think maybe Del should have stayed and managed the players at a lower level, rather than ripping up the squad and starting again. Looking back the whole mess we now find our self in seems scandalous. it was okay for SO'D to take us down, but not Del. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamC Posted February 8, 2014 Report Share Posted February 8, 2014 He's done excellently with Aberdeen in a very poor league. However not only did he waste funds on bringing in 2 strikers when we obviously needed a centre half much more, he was rumoured to have backtracked on moving his family down to Bristol, so that was never going to go well in the long term, was it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bend it like brian Posted February 8, 2014 Report Share Posted February 8, 2014 just shows you how pish jockey footy is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor10 Posted February 8, 2014 Report Share Posted February 8, 2014 He's done excellently with Aberdeen in a very poor league. However not only did he waste funds on bringing in 2 strikers when we obviously needed a centre half much more, he was rumoured to have backtracked on moving his family down to Bristol, so that was never going to go well in the long term, was it? Agree Graham. Del had a big chance to take us forward in his second season. For someone who had to reduce the wage bill by half he was given an exceptional budget to work with, especially off the back of the loan saga the season before. Unfortunately his dealings in the transfer market were absolutely amateur and he didn't address what was needed or cut his cloth accordingly and paid the price. I wonder if he would be getting a pat on the back at every opportunity on here had we actually gone forward and progressed after he left? I think not some how. Great bloke but was out of his depth. Pleased he's doing well and hopefully he continues to do so but it's easy to look back and remember him fondly after relegation and a poor time for her club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordofthebling Posted February 8, 2014 Report Share Posted February 8, 2014 If only he'd have signed a proper centre back 18 months ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roadrunner Posted February 8, 2014 Report Share Posted February 8, 2014 Yes great result for Del. They will be playing in Europe next season.Where will we be playing, Alfreton Town? I want Del to succeed at the Gate, but was always changing the team, keep't faith with Liam to long. Also brought in too many average Scottish players, that performed well in Scotland. But could not do it in the Championship,which as we all know is a very good league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshtonGreat Posted February 8, 2014 Report Share Posted February 8, 2014 No I wouldn't have him back. I liked him as a person but the results were dire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoldenBall Posted February 9, 2014 Report Share Posted February 9, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonBristolian Posted February 9, 2014 Report Share Posted February 9, 2014 I think one of our biggest problems in recent seasons is employing managers at the wrong times. I think SOD could have done a really good job building on GJ's work when he left but was absolutely the wrong man to keep us up last year and, by the summer, the negativity set in. I think Cotterill could have kept us up last year but I'm worried that he might not be the right man to utilise the squad he's inherited from SOD and I think McInnes was too inexperienced to take on a club in the midst of a massive cost-cutting exercise but probably learned a lot from his mistakes whilst he was with us and, in two or three years time, will be exactly the sort of manager we wish we had now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
You Do The Dziekanowski Posted February 9, 2014 Report Share Posted February 9, 2014 The board should have let him strengthen in January he just bought in Kelly all he needed was a strong CB and a LM and we would've had more chance of staying up. Now we have to stick no matter what! Go through the pain of poor performances and results to get a team that plays as a team Something like 30 signings in 2 seasons really isn't good!! We've got the wage bill down and many won't like this but we have to stay with the current team for as long as possible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aizoon Posted February 9, 2014 Report Share Posted February 9, 2014 1-0 down at Celtic and won 2-1 in the Cup. I saw the goals from this and the defending was comical. Very reminiscent of a certain English team last season... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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