WeAreThePigs Posted March 12 Report Share Posted March 12 Just now, Mr Popodopolous said: If it wastes Sykes, if it reduces the effectiveness..wjat it McCrorie, Tanner? Bell? 2 10s as part of a front 3? Vyner, Dickie and one of Atkinson or Naismith would he far from terrible but would we have the right component parts around them? Sykes at WingBack would be poor, 2 10s would Bell be among them? Selling Conway for a big striker..?A It's not specifically just formation though, it just feeds into the wider picture. Then if you do play the back 3 you need an ability to switch beyween back 3 and 4 in-game IMO. Again, opinion presented as fact, there is no evidence that Sykes at WB would be poor, in fact NP played him there regularly, maybe you know more than our ex manager. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Popodopolous Posted March 12 Report Share Posted March 12 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Fuber said: No. I agree but fans of other clubs it is an odd one. Look at Dilks and what's his name on that podcast. Derby fans really don't rate NP e.g. Edited March 12 by Mr Popodopolous Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merrick's Marvels Posted March 12 Report Share Posted March 12 10 minutes ago, AppyDAZE said: Yet. Steady fella, they've always paid the bills. They're a terrible mix of ego and incompetence but there are far worse owners out there. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Popodopolous Posted March 12 Report Share Posted March 12 Just now, WeAreThePigs said: Again, opinion presented as fact, there is no evidence that Sykes at WB would be poor, in fact NP played him there regularly, maybe you know more than our ex manager. Out of necessity! Tanner is never a wingback, Wilson had his injuries! Sykes became quite a bit more effective when in the final 3rd in a front 3. When we correctly IMO switched to a 4-3-3 or similar. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeAreThePigs Posted March 12 Report Share Posted March 12 Just now, Mr Popodopolous said: Out of necessity! Tanner is never a wingback, Wilson had his injuries! Sykes became quite a bit more effective when in the final 3rd in a front 3. When we correctly IMO switched to a 4-3-3 or similar. So it wasn’t out of necessity then, as you say, Tanner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exAtyeoMax Posted March 12 Report Share Posted March 12 1 hour ago, Mr Popodopolous said: Some Coventry fans on Twitter think we made a good choice changing Pearson for Manning. For whatever reason the former is underrated by fans of other clubs, like you say from the outside Manning is seen as doing fine. it's hardly positive though, a maybe. How would they know if it was good or bad? I only know QPR's new chap is doing well because my cousin told me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeAreThePigs Posted March 12 Report Share Posted March 12 1 minute ago, Merrick's Marvels said: Steady fella, they've always paid the bills. They're a terrible mix of ego and incompetence but there are far worse owners out there. Yes they definitely have their issues but to compare to some of these proper scumbags is ott. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Popodopolous Posted March 12 Report Share Posted March 12 (edited) 2 minutes ago, WeAreThePigs said: So it wasn’t out of necessity then, as you say, Tanner. It was because Tanner isn't a wingback. Sykes could do a job but he was wasted. Wingback and fullback can be fundamentally different roles. Edited March 12 by Mr Popodopolous 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
formerly known as ivan Posted March 12 Report Share Posted March 12 28 minutes ago, Floatn Over said: I was not anticipating the “one or two signings” comment, worrying that seemed to be casually dropped in without clarification. Also the Seb PH comment, really good if he can step up, would be great, hope it works, but it’s a big with respect to Newport level. Regarding Seb PH, Semenyo showed it is doable. Not just to step up to the championship, but become a decent premier league player. It might be asking a lot, but they wouldn’t have given him a contract without thinking he was capable. Despite all his flaws we are now seeing, the one thing it is hard to criticise Tinnion for his development of young players. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Popodopolous Posted March 12 Report Share Posted March 12 (edited) 14 minutes ago, exAtyeoMax said: it's hardly positive though, a maybe. How would they know if it was good or bad? I only know QPR's new chap is doing well because my cousin told me. Talking of QPR, odd that they made a range of signings without major sales and £44-45m in 2 year losses yet seem okay with FFP...considering what we had to go through. Other fans of other clubs when a vacancy arises seem fairly lukewarm at best to NP..Derby fans really don't rate him but he had a short, unhappy stint there. I rate him highly, have a great deal of respect for him. Edited March 12 by Mr Popodopolous 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeAreThePigs Posted March 12 Report Share Posted March 12 13 minutes ago, Mr Popodopolous said: Talking of QPR, odd that they made a range of signings without major sales and £44-45m in 2 year losses yet seem okay with FFP...considering what we had to go through. Other fans of other clubs when a vacancy arises seem fairly lukewarm at best to NP..Derby fans really don't rate him but he had a short, unhappy stint there. I rate him highly, have a great deal of respect for him. Massive respect for NP, wish we had him during his spells at Leicester or Hull - realistically his stock was higher than so out of our reach. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exAtyeoMax Posted March 12 Report Share Posted March 12 13 minutes ago, Mr Popodopolous said: Talking of QPR, odd that they made a range of signings without major sales and £44-45m in 2 year losses yet seem okay with FFP...considering what we had to go through. Other fans of other clubs when a vacancy arises seem fairly lukewarm at best to NP..Derby fans really don't rate him but he had a short, unhappy stint there. I rate him highly, have a great deal of respect for him. I do too. Most people I've spoken to have a level of respect for him, a wariness possibly coloured by his media profile but most recognise what he did at Leicester. I don't know anyone who dislikes him or talks about him negatively. 1 minute ago, WeAreThePigs said: Massive respect for NP, wish we had him during his spells at Leicester or Hull - realistically his stock was higher than so out of our reach. He showed an interest in taking over after Cotts left. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Popodopolous Posted March 12 Report Share Posted March 12 1 minute ago, WeAreThePigs said: Massive respect for NP, wish we had him during his spells at Leicester or Hull - realistically his stock was higher than so out of our reach. He rallied Watford rather well too, pre his bad bout of Covid. Was very harshly sacked there, not like they've gone on to flourish with solid foundations since. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeAreThePigs Posted March 12 Report Share Posted March 12 2 minutes ago, exAtyeoMax said: I do too. Most people I've spoken to have a level of respect for him, a wariness possibly coloured by his media profile but most recognise what he did at Leicester. I don't know anyone who dislikes him or talks about him negatively. He showed an interest in taking over after Cotts left. In reality he didn’t show an interest - he was polite about the club as his name popped up due to vacancy but also made it clear he had eyes on bigger roles. 2 minutes ago, Mr Popodopolous said: He rallied Watford rather well too, pre his bad bout of Covid. Was very harshly sacked there, not like they've gone on to flourish with solid foundations since. Wasn’t there long enough or achieve enough to label it a success. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Popodopolous Posted March 12 Report Share Posted March 12 Anyway on paper the midfield looks interesting and exciting in some respects but worryingly light in others..(IMO). Bird, Knight, TGH- then Murphy and Stokes, plus Naismith if fully fit is good and yet.. ..I dunno, Stokes is higher up the pitch for one, big leap from the level he is at too. Murphy a bit less of a leap but like Stokes is an unknown quantity. James, Williams and King is a lot of experience leaving the building if all depart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exAtyeoMax Posted March 12 Report Share Posted March 12 4 minutes ago, WeAreThePigs said: In reality he didn’t show an interest - he was polite about the club as his name popped up due to vacancy but also made it clear he had eyes on bigger roles. Wasn’t there long enough or achieve enough to label it a success. He mentioned managing City in an interview on Five Live 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeAreThePigs Posted March 12 Report Share Posted March 12 Just now, exAtyeoMax said: He mentioned managing City in an interview on Five Live No, he mentioned Bristol being a big city, didn’t say anything about the club or being interested in the job. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AppyDAZE Posted March 12 Report Share Posted March 12 40 minutes ago, WeAreThePigs said: Deluded. Sorry. So fans of every club that isn’t a Reading, Shef Weds, or a Blackpool should just shut up and take all sorts of bullshit and lies, year after year. Who is deluded? 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exAtyeoMax Posted March 12 Report Share Posted March 12 Just now, WeAreThePigs said: No, he mentioned Bristol being a big city, didn’t say anything about the club or being interested in the job. I think there was more to it than that! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeAreThePigs Posted March 12 Report Share Posted March 12 Just now, AppyDAZE said: So fans of every club that isn’t a Reading, Shef Weds, or a Blackpool should just shut up and take all sorts of bullshit and lies, year after year. Who is deluded? Well done for creating a completely irrelevant and made up scenario Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeAreThePigs Posted March 12 Report Share Posted March 12 Just now, exAtyeoMax said: I think there was more to it than that! There wasn’t. I spoke to a few agents at the time about him, the one who knew him well said to me that he didn’t have any interest and we couldn’t afford him anyway. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AppyDAZE Posted March 12 Report Share Posted March 12 1 minute ago, WeAreThePigs said: Well done for creating a completely irrelevant and made up scenario :laugh: well, you kind of started it with your be grateful for what you’ve got crap. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natchfever Posted March 12 Report Share Posted March 12 7 minutes ago, AppyDAZE said: So fans of every club that isn’t a Reading, Shef Weds, or a Blackpool should just shut up and take all sorts of bullshit and lies, year after year. Who is deluded? Joined 8th March go figure... 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Popodopolous Posted March 12 Report Share Posted March 12 1 hour ago, WeAreThePigs said: This is OTT on another level, hardly Reading, Sheff Wed or the Oystens. Think it's more about the chaos, sense of drift and mismanagement as opposed go actual disaster or malign intent. As in what good for your career working in such a structure and set-up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledAjax Posted March 12 Report Share Posted March 12 6 minutes ago, Natchfever said: Joined 8th March go figure... And immediately has the confidence to attack any number of opinions and posts. As you say - Go. Figure. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Geoff Posted March 12 Report Share Posted March 12 4 minutes ago, ExiledAjax said: And immediately has the confidence to attack any number of opinions and posts. As you say - Go. Figure. WAKONDA, TAKARM. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gillies Downs Leeds Posted March 12 Report Share Posted March 12 Just now, Sir Geoff said: WAKONDA, TAKARM. ? Amongst many others... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledAjax Posted March 12 Report Share Posted March 12 5 minutes ago, Sir Geoff said: WAKONDA, TAKARM. ? Take your pick of any of the myriad short-lived, aggressive, supercilious "individuals" who have recently graced the forum with their opinions. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barrs Court Red Posted March 12 Report Share Posted March 12 13 minutes ago, Sir Geoff said: WAKONDA, TAKARM. ? It won’t be the latter, as they havnt tried to make it about themselves and then play the bullying card when someone nibbles…. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merrick's Marvels Posted March 12 Report Share Posted March 12 (edited) 35 minutes ago, exAtyeoMax said: I think there was more to it than that! Well that's how I remember the radio interview! Can still hear it now, like it was yesterday. He was cryptic in the extreme and, when pushed, merely said "it's a big city" - leaving the interviewer and listeners none the wiser. Which I found quite funny at the time. I liked him then and I still like him now but, while there may have been interest from our side back then, I think it's true he had bigger and better options than basketcase Bristol City. He was wise to be wary of Lansdown back then and, in hindsight, may regret having said yes to him all these years later. Edited March 12 by Merrick's Marvels 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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