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 Rudi Hedman  Caterham 12 May 18 8.36am |
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Originally posted by mileend
I am very happy with Parish but he knows he needs to improve and one reason might be is that rather than being better than Coates, Peace or Jenkins is that he is in an identical position to them in terms of unfashionable clubs having an extended stay in the premier league. It's just that this year their luck ran out and Parish's luck held. The fact that he earned his luck by ditching FDB and hiring Roy when nearly all thought him mad to do so is all credit to him. Like them he has maxed out on wages and reluctant to put in large amounts of his personal fortune to try and guarantee safety with more and more signings. One year you are going to pick the wrong players or make bad managerial selections (or both) and you are gone. This year is special because he has a big proportion of the less important players for the future coming to the end of their contract. No criticism of their contribution to the club in the past - eg Ward, Cabaye but their careers are on the wane - so that is an opportunity for him to get them on lower wages as squad players or replace them with better players on lower salaries. That is Dougie's job if you are wondering what he is supposed to be doing. What will keep us in the Premier League until the new stand is built, after which we will have extra income to give us breathing space, is excellence in recruitment. That is not easy but our squad management has been non-existent since we reached the Premier League and that is what needs to improve. Happy that Parish is the guy to try and make it happen. Good post. I was thinking the same in bold this week. Parish must at some point use the opportunity to nail us as prem certainties for a couple of years, especially with the new man stand. But that’ll require successful scouting so those can never be 100%.
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chateauferret  12 May 18 8.41am |
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Originally posted by Willo
Apropos Arnautovic, I believe that Mourinho said he is a fantastic person with the attitude of a child. It takes one to know one. Although you might think that Mourinho is more like a t*** with the attitude of a child. Edited by chateauferret (12 May 2018 8.42am)
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| bifffabazz Highworth, Wiltshire 12 May 18 9.10am |
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Am I alone in being somewhat uncomfortable with this thread? To take the club from the edge of oblivion to where we are now, with the prospect of a fantastic new stand and continuing our record run in the top flight....it's pinch yourself stuff. Everyone makes mistakes in business, especially one as unscientific and risk-laden as professional football. I do not feel comfortable debating those mistakes though and instead just want to shake the bloke's hand.
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| Willo South coast - west of Brighton. 12 May 18 9.21am |
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Originally posted by bifffabazz
Am I alone in being somewhat uncomfortable with this thread? To take the club from the edge of oblivion to where we are now, with the prospect of a fantastic new stand and continuing our record run in the top flight....it's pinch yourself stuff. Everyone makes mistakes in business, especially one as unscientific and risk-laden as professional football. I do not feel comfortable debating those mistakes though and instead just want to shake the bloke's hand. A very good post.
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| Rudi Hedman Caterham 12 May 18 9.25am |
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Originally posted by bifffabazz
Am I alone in being somewhat uncomfortable with this thread? To take the club from the edge of oblivion to where we are now, with the prospect of a fantastic new stand and continuing our record run in the top flight....it's pinch yourself stuff. Everyone makes mistakes in business, especially one as unscientific and risk-laden as professional football. I do not feel comfortable debating those mistakes though and instead just want to shake the bloke's hand. It’s been great, but 1 striker in the premier League, anyear after 1 left back or 6 defenders plus Fryers? Parish knows this isn’t the level required and it goes some way to managers leaving.
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coulsdoneagle  London 12 May 18 9.34am |
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Originally posted by Rudi Hedman
It’s been great, but 1 striker in the premier League, anyear after 1 left back or 6 defenders plus Fryers? Parish knows this isn’t the level required and it goes some way to managers leaving. We don’t know why managers left. BFS saved his reputation over a short period then had a break for 6 months. Pulis was a money grabbing c*nt and he lost a legal battle to prove it. Sure FdB was an error, but it was a well intentioned one. Apart from recruitment this season Parish has hardly put a foot wrong. As for the striker situation, we have been pretty unlucky, but also not having someone there in front of Zaha is arguably the reason why this season has gone the way it has, and if we keep him I’m sure his new position will play a big part. I think judging recruitment after this window is a better barometer because we will have got rid of a lot of deadweight.
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| Midlands Eagle 12 May 18 9.56am |
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Originally posted by coulsdoneagle
When you spout rubbish like that it casts doubt on everything else that you post
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| chateauferret 12 May 18 10.02am |
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Originally posted by Midlands Eagle
When you spout rubbish like that it casts doubt on everything else that you post How so? Pulis walked out with no warning two days before the season started and then tried to claim a bonus he wasn't due, a fact that was upheld in the resulting court case. I'd say "money-grabbing c***", if a trifle uncouth, covers it like a bedspread.
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| bexleydave Barnehurst 12 May 18 10.30am |
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Originally posted by chateauferret
How so? Pulis walked out with no warning two days before the season started and then tried to claim a bonus he wasn't due, a fact that was upheld in the resulting court case. I'd say "money-grabbing c***", if a trifle uncouth, covers it like a bedspread. Pulis bonus was for keeping us up, which he did. He has said that the reason he left was due to failure to be backed (rightly or wrongly) in the transfer market, and it was by mutual consent. He oversaw arguably the best pre-season we've had in the PL, and it seems unlikely he would have put in all that effort if he was intending to walk. The court case related to his receiving the bonus two weeks early, when his reasons for requesting that were found to be untrue. He earned that bonus and I personally thought we looked extremely cheap, going to court, in light of what staying up meant in financial terms. He certainly deserved it more than the amounts we no doubt paid to Pardew and de Boer. Allardyce was supposedly leaving to permanently retire, which wasn't the case, and which no doubt affected our pre-season, yet he doesn't get the same level of opprobrium. Perhaps he'd already got wind of the backing he was likely to get with respect to transfers? If another successful manager walks this summer some serious questions would need to be asked of the board.
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| Dancer Cat Farnborough 12 May 18 10.40am |
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Originally posted by bifffabazz
Am I alone in being somewhat uncomfortable with this thread? To take the club from the edge of oblivion to where we are now, with the prospect of a fantastic new stand and continuing our record run in the top flight....it's pinch yourself stuff. Everyone makes mistakes in business, especially one as unscientific and risk-laden as professional football. I do not feel comfortable debating those mistakes though and instead just want to shake the bloke's hand. Great post - brings us all back to the true reality of our situation. However the other reality is that ALL teams in the EPL except: ManU, Liverpool, Arsenal & Spurs (plus Chelski & Man City, but only whilst they have their current owners) are there on borrowed time - apart from these 6, there's absolute NO thing as an established EPL club. Regardless of Parish achievements & uncomfortable at it is to acceptable , unfortunately our day will come.
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| Midlands Eagle 12 May 18 10.44am |
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Originally posted by bexleydave
Pulis bonus was for keeping us up, which he did. He has said that the reason he left was due to failure to be backed (rightly or wrongly) in the transfer market, and it was by mutual consent. He oversaw arguably the best pre-season we've had in the PL, and it seems unlikely he would have put in all that effort if he was intending to walk. The court case related to his receiving the bonus two weeks early, when his reasons for requesting that were found to be untrue. He earned that bonus and I personally thought we looked extremely cheap, going to court, in light of what staying up meant in financial terms. He certainly deserved it more than the amounts we no doubt paid to Pardew and de Boer.
Thank you for putting it more eloquently than I would have done
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| Willo South coast - west of Brighton. 12 May 18 10.57am |
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Originally posted by bexleydave
Pulis bonus was for keeping us up, which he did. He has said that the reason he left was due to failure to be backed (rightly or wrongly) in the transfer market, and it was by mutual consent. He oversaw arguably the best pre-season we've had in the PL, and it seems unlikely he would have put in all that effort if he was intending to walk. The court case related to his receiving the bonus two weeks early, when his reasons for requesting that were found to be untrue. He earned that bonus and I personally thought we looked extremely cheap, going to court, in light of what staying up meant in financial terms. He certainly deserved it more than the amounts we no doubt paid to Pardew and de Boer. Allardyce was supposedly leaving to permanently retire, which wasn't the case, and which no doubt affected our pre-season, yet he doesn't get the same level of opprobrium. Perhaps he'd already got wind of the backing he was likely to get with respect to transfers? If another successful manager walks this summer some serious questions would need to be asked of the board.
Taken from the High Court judgement : It was common ground in the arbitration that under his contract of employment the Claimant was due to be paid a bonus of £2 million gross, if he successfully kept Crystal Palace in the Premier League after the 2013/2014 season, which he did, and if he remained in employment on 31 August 2014, which latter condition was in the event not fulfilled.
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