Allen Gone!!!
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The Old Fox
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What do you mean, won't stay? This proves the Mercury's objectivity. It represents ALL points of view.
Oh, it just so happens that the accept position gets the back page of the Merc every day and the alternative a few lines on the web site. !
Innocent
Banned
Sheesh - I wish people would realise that the expression is 'TOE the line' as at the start of a race......
BTW, thanks Beaumont for the Fat Cat revelations!
FILBERT'SPHALLUS
Member
Has anyone given thought to the theory of MA being the one that wanted to leave and MM had nothing to do with forcing him out?
I suppose it could have been that MA just got fed up of MM signing shit players behind his back and decided to jump ship so he didn't get a tarnished name?
Or is that a totally stupid idea??
I suppose it could have been that MA just got fed up of MM signing shit players behind his back and decided to jump ship so he didn't get a tarnished name?
Or is that a totally stupid idea??
Yorkshire Vixen
Active Member
if thats the case why say he was sacked
id go along with the last line in your post 
Melton Fox
Dancing Queen
If MM hadn't released a statement and done interviews stating his reasons for sacking MA, I think more people would have given it some thought.
FILBERT'SPHALLUS
Member
Yeah, but MM is the egotistical type that wants to be in control and never be out done... I'm sure he's put his own spin on things... notice that we havn't heard a peep out of MA yet...? I get the feeling we won't either... I don't think we'll ever find out 'the truth' of what went on behind the closed doors of of Raw Dykes Road
homer
Well-Known Member
He will be sorting out his compo - which will undoubtedly come with a strict gagging order attached
From Gradel to Grave
Active Member
My silence on this issue has been because I'm not sure what to think. I'm sure MM had genuine concerns about MA and how he worked but I am unable from the posts hitherto to unpick how much of the problem was MM and how much the line supporting MM is a case of the victor getting to write the history.
I do think the derision which at times has been thrown at MA for his on the pitch antics and for his Manager Speaks contributions has been extremely unfair. I see nothing wrong in having a manager who tries to reach out to fans and nothing naive in fans having responded to it.
Having said that I have no hesitation in saying that losing MA is preferable to losing MM and that without MA we will go on - without MM we would struggle. I am excited about where MM wants to take this club - his club - and we need to be backing him in that 100%. He obviously felt unable to work with MA and that would have festered had MM not acted in the way he did and that would eventually have had an impact on the pitch.
The name which eventually emerges as MA's successor is going to tell us a lot.
I do think the derision which at times has been thrown at MA for his on the pitch antics and for his Manager Speaks contributions has been extremely unfair. I see nothing wrong in having a manager who tries to reach out to fans and nothing naive in fans having responded to it.
Having said that I have no hesitation in saying that losing MA is preferable to losing MM and that without MA we will go on - without MM we would struggle. I am excited about where MM wants to take this club - his club - and we need to be backing him in that 100%. He obviously felt unable to work with MA and that would have festered had MM not acted in the way he did and that would eventually have had an impact on the pitch.
The name which eventually emerges as MA's successor is going to tell us a lot.
OldGit
Well-Known Member
Me too. I think. Possibly. Yes, just about. Except I have some hesitation.
spionfox
Well-Known Member
Did anybody actually read the Mercury last night. Every letter on the sports page, and I mean EVERY letter, was pro MA and anti MM's decision.
So much for objectivity
The Old Fox
Well-Known Member
Don't vacillate; tell him what you think!!
BOB HAZELL
Well-Known Member
Good stuff, BF.
beaumontfox
New Member
Are you saying that cos it's something you believe to have substance?
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