New ex-players (and managers) thread

[LoopisDeLupis]

The vaccine doesn't stop you from contracting the virus, it prevents you from having the worst symptoms (which is why it's silly that people seem to think distribution of the vaccine means we can just pretend the virus no longer exists).

I can attest to this.

 

[Orifice]

I had my second jab in June and have been fit and well for 18 months. Tested positive (offically) yesterday for the first time.

 

[Miles Away]

Doesn’t stop the spread of the virus but certainly slows it.

 

[parafox]

Doesn’t stop the spread of the virus but certainly slows it.

Agreed, probably because it means people have fewer symptoms that spread the virus.

 

[LoopisDeLupis]

Doesn’t stop the spread of the virus but certainly slows it.

It certainly seems like it minimises transmission. Before testing positive I’d seen quite a few people in the days immediately before. Not a single one has tested positive.
Which is obviously good news

 

[SJN-Fox]

Peter Taylor appointed manager at Welling Utd

CLUB STATEMENT | Peter Taylor - Welling United FC

The Club is delighted to announce the appointment of Peter Taylor as the new First Team Manager.

www.wellingunited.com

 

[pork pie fox]

Peter Taylor appointed manager at Welling Utd

CLUB STATEMENT | Peter Taylor - Welling United FC

The Club is delighted to announce the appointment of Peter Taylor as the new First Team Manager.

www.wellingunited.com

I've been to their ground for a match before. The local name for it at the time was the San Siro (after a car showroom over the road, or something like that), so I still count that as me having been to two grounds with the same nickname.

 

[alex]

Wonder what he earns in the Vanarama. Good luck to him.

 

[Brown Nose]

Wonder what he earns in the Vanarama. Good luck to him.

**** him. I hope he's taken the job because he's penniless.

 

[Miles Away]

**** him. I hope he's taken the job because he's penniless.

Had somewhat the same thoughts. Useless git.

 

[jb5000]

Blimey, he was hopeless for us but I wish him no malice

 

[popillius]

Blimey, he was hopeless for us but I wish him no malice

Par for the course. Best just to leave them to their faux anger.

 

[Miles Away]

Par for the course. Best just to leave them to their faux anger.

lol

 

[Blue Maniac]

I sometimes wondered if he was doing it on purpose. I mean, Callum Davidson, Trevor Benjamin, Simon Royce. Lee — for ****’s sake — Marshall. The opening day 0-5 against newly-promoted Bolton ****ing Wanderers. Wycombe’s Teletext goal. Things that simply wouldn’t happen with a real football manager doing his best.

Taylor ran past me once on Saffron Lane. Looked like he’d been going for absolutely hours, he was dark red and dripping with sweat. I was actually pleased to see in person that he could put some effort into something.

Still, fair ****s to the bloke. He’s gone around the world several times over doing football shit. I’d swap.

 

[give_us_a_wave]

I sometimes wondered if he was doing it on purpose. I mean, Callum Davidson, Trevor Benjamin, Simon Royce. Lee — for ****’s sake — Marshall. The opening day 0-5 against newly-promoted Bolton ****ing Wanderers. Wycombe’s Teletext goal. Things that simply wouldn’t happen with a real football manager doing his best.

Taylor ran past me once on Saffron Lane. Looked like he’d been going for absolutely hours, he was dark red and dripping with sweat. I was actually pleased to see in person that he could put some effort into something.

Still, fair ****s to the bloke. He’s gone around the world several times over doing football shit. I’d swap.

You should've tripped the ****.

 

[Miles Away]

I sometimes wondered if he was doing it on purpose. I mean, Callum Davidson, Trevor Benjamin, Simon Royce. Lee — for ****’s sake — Marshall. The opening day 0-5 against newly-promoted Bolton ****ing Wanderers. Wycombe’s Teletext goal. Things that simply wouldn’t happen with a real football manager doing his best.

Taylor ran past me once on Saffron Lane. Looked like he’d been going for absolutely hours, he was dark red and dripping with sweat. I was actually pleased to see in person that he could put some effort into something.

Still, fair ****s to the bloke. He’s gone around the world several times over doing football shit. I’d swap.

Just a catastrophic set of signings.

He signed Wise too, didn’t he?

Junior Lewis. Akinbiyi.

Treated Walsh dreadfully. Elliott too, eventually.

 

[Blue Maniac]

Just a catastrophic set of signings.

He signed Wise too, didn’t he?

Junior Lewis. Akinbiyi.

Treated Walsh dreadfully. Elliott too, eventually.

It’s less difficult to understand why someone could have thought Wise might work out. Same with Ian Walker, not such a bad signing on paper. Even Akinbiyi to a point (though I’m convinced his problem was mostly psychological rather than one of quality, and recruiters should do their homework).

The ones I don’t get are those who had shown nothing like Premier League quality in their careers. Rowett you could maybe argue for, he’d been a regular in a mid-table Derby side before spending two years back in the First Division. But who ever thought Richard Cresswell was Premier League standard? Certainly nobody who’d seen him play football.

 

[Brown Nose]

It’s less difficult to understand why someone could have thought Wise might work out. Same with Ian Walker, not such a bad signing on paper. Even Akinbiyi to a point (though I’m convinced his problem was mostly psychological rather than one of quality, and recruiters should do their homework).

The ones I don’t get are those who had shown nothing like Premier League quality in their careers. Rowett you could maybe argue for, he’d been a regular in a mid-table Derby side before spending two years back in the First Division. But who ever thought Richard Cresswell was Premier League standard? Certainly nobody who’d seen him play football.

If I remember correctly, his initial transfer policy was to sign half the England U21s but none of them wanted to come. For example, he wanted Paul Robinson but ended up signing Simon Royce.

He simultaneously ditched senior pros like Walsh, Cottee, Marshall. His idiocy was most obvious in selling Lennon who we all knew we couldn't afford to lose and spend most of the proceeds on Matty Jones. Criminal behaviour.

It was a total shit show wasting £20m which MON had diligently accumulated and it fecked us for the next decade.

Twatlor heads my worst ever City manager list. Nobody really comes close in terms of destroy and exit. I wish him nothing but professional ill fortune.

 

[Graz]

It’s less difficult to understand why someone could have thought Wise might work out. Same with Ian Walker, not such a bad signing on paper. Even Akinbiyi to a point (though I’m convinced his problem was mostly psychological rather than one of quality, and recruiters should do their homework).

The ones I don’t get are those who had shown nothing like Premier League quality in their careers. Rowett you could maybe argue for, he’d been a regular in a mid-table Derby side before spending two years back in the First Division. But who ever thought Richard Cresswell was Premier League standard? Certainly nobody who’d seen him play football.

I agree with all of this except I think it's harsh on Ian Walker. I don't think he was a bad signing full stop, not just on paper.

 

[Blue Maniac]

I agree with all of this except I think it's harsh on Ian Walker. I don't think he was a bad signing full stop, not just on paper.

It might be, yeah. I think he was a shadow of his best self by the time he joined City.