a lot of crap is dished out about Hamiltons signings

Abbey was unlucky with Injury, but was a heft price to pay at the time for ?350,000

But what was Abbey, he was a poor substitute signing for the real player the club wanted Lua Lua

So he turned his head to Ian Moore, who didn't want to leave lancashire, so he turned his head to David Healy and man utd quoted ?2million, so he settled for Notman as that was the budget for the club at the time

After that it was loans and frees if he wanted anything, so he took a risk with De Waard, Giallanza (who was mega unfortunate), Cottee, Anselin.......

Yeah they didn't work out, deep down there wasn't a lot out there for nothing

Worthington takes over as caretaker and the club gets the man Hamilton was tracking for months Holt, for ?100,000 on the day Hamilton is sacked

He struggles through the rest of the season and gets ?500,000 on the spot for Emblen, then goes and gets rivers for ?650,000, Cricton for ?150,000, Easton for ?200,000, Libra on trial, as well as the breaking form of Kenton and Mcveigh coming through

Now I agree Hamilton wasn't the best, but he and others before never got that type of injection into the team, and its a vital factor

Just look at last season with us at Forest, then one loan signing of Huckerby a day later and the results started flowing

Its very unfair I think that the managers before Worthington are so easily seen as the villains, and the board are the shining lights in all this

Posted By: Sam on May 18th 2005 at 17:36:08

Message Thread

Sick of the negativity... (NCFC) - Brickin_It, May 18, 17:12:21
- Couldn't agree more. Let's move on for chrissakes! (NCFC) - pieman63, May 18, 17:42:09
- Well you seem (NCFC) - GripperStebson, May 18, 17:36:00
- haven't heard abanyone today suggesting sacking Worthy (NCFC) - mr carra, May 18, 17:18:59
  - You have now (NCFC) - Winged Eel Creosote, May 18, 18:46:33
  - excellent post (NCFC) - Sam, May 18, 17:21:42
    - He's learning as he goes... (NCFC) - Brickin_It, May 18, 17:25:21
      - heard this for about 3 years (NCFC) - Sam, May 18, 18:03:15
      - but fantastically slowly.. (NCFC) - mr carra, May 18, 17:29:27
    - mind you Hamilton was a total mess... (NCFC) - 11_59 to zero, May 18, 17:23:21
      - a lot of crap is dished out about Hamiltons signings (NCFC) - Sam, May 18, 17:36:08
        
        another thing, (NCFC) - Sam, May 18, 17:43:03
        
        hamilton made the crap he had worse (NCFC) - duke of york, May 18, 17:48:09
        
        thing is, my point isn't solely about him (NCFC) - Sam, May 18, 17:50:06
        
        probably because Worthington got the respect of Delia early on (n/m) (NCFC) - 11_59 to zero, May 18, 17:52:36
        
        but Hamilton... (NCFC) - 11_59 to zero, May 18, 17:40:47
        
        you're missing one vital fact about hamilton (NCFC) - duke of york, May 18, 17:40:24
        
        who had a difficult mess to try and sort out here (NCFC) - Sam, May 18, 17:47:12
      - though of course without him... (NCFC) - mr carra, May 18, 17:24:52
        
        Worthington is excellent with dealing with the board... (NCFC) - 11_59 to zero, May 18, 17:28:12
        
        apart from mike walker mark 1 (NCFC) - duke of york, May 18, 17:33:40
        
        yeh I always thought Stringer put alot of that in place (n/m) (NCFC) - 11_59 to zero, May 18, 17:35:00
        
        i deliberately mentioned fox, goss and crook (NCFC) - duke of york, May 18, 17:38:38
        
        the 5-0 wins covered up alot of wrongness in that 2nd Walker season... (NCFC) - 11_59 to zero, May 18, 17:51:39
        
        oh yeah - some performances were utter shite (NCFC) - duke of york, May 18, 17:57:10
        
        Agree with you for what it's worth... (NCFC) - Fierce Panda, May 18, 17:40:01
        
        AND walker lost fleck - by far our most influential player at the time (NCFC) - duke of york, May 18, 17:41:57
    - Hamilton WAS crap though (n/m) (NCFC) - mr carra, May 18, 17:22:48
- bit sick of the negativity surrounding the right back position (NCFC) - Sam, May 18, 17:13:39
  - its not so much negativity as.. (NCFC) - mr carra, May 18, 17:19:59
    - same as the general concerns posted across the day (NCFC) - Sam, May 18, 17:22:42
    - I'd have said the query is actually over central midfield at the mo... (n/m) (NCFC) - Arganth, May 18, 17:20:58
    - same as the rest of the team (n/m) (NCFC) - 11_59 to zero, May 18, 17:20:30
      - that Spanish ghost might come in handy (n/m) (NCFC) - mr carra, May 18, 17:21:19
        
        Well no-one can see it and it may not even be there (NCFC) - Old Git, May 18, 17:23:24
        
        no, I WISH I couldn't see him (n/m) (NCFC) - mr carra, May 18, 17:27:40
        
        lol (n/m) (NCFC) - 11_59 to zero, May 18, 17:24:39
- Hahahahaha...... (NCFC) - BeverlyHills0201, May 18, 17:13:37
  - The irony of slating negativity and being called brickin_it! Brilliant (n/m) (NCFC) - cean doney, May 18, 17:23:37
    - I wonder if he knows! I really do! (n/m) (NCFC) - 11_59 to zero, May 18, 17:24:59
      - Hopefully he will now, unless he's ignoring us!! (n/m) (NCFC) - cean doney, May 18, 17:27:35
  - It's concern not negativity... (NCFC) - Brickin_It, May 18, 17:19:18
    - It's very negative to have concerns (NCFC) - Old Git, May 18, 17:20:38
  - go on (NCFC) - Mitch mitchelson, May 18, 17:18:46
    - Howdy Mitch (n/m) (NCFC) - GripperStebson, May 18, 17:24:44
      - Howdy pardner rootin and tootin (n/m) (NCFC) - Mitch mitchelson, May 18, 17:28:52
        
        Please tell me you live in Texas or somewhere (NCFC) - GripperStebson, May 18, 17:32:00
        
        eaton why? (n/m) (NCFC) - Mitch mitchelson, May 18, 17:34:13
        
        Sorry (NCFC) - GripperStebson, May 18, 17:51:19
        
        No im not a fat septic (NCFC) - Mitch mitchelson, May 18, 18:01:34

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