I was thinking about that the other day

Liverpool-style continuity worked because we were, quite simply, a successful club. Somehow, Bond/Brown/Stringer/Walker were all natural follow-ons. But then, disastrously, we tried it one more time just as things were starting to go wrong - and should've immediately abandoned this strategy when Deehan didn't work out.

Instead, would you believe the last time we actually went for a proven manager was Bruce Rioch nine years ago? It's ludicrous, and a terrible indictment of how our board has operated.

Posted By: thebigfeller on October 9th 2007 at 08:51:02

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I read somewhere that QPR had 194 applicants for the managers job vacancy (NCFC) - DiscoDaleGordon, Oct 9, 08:39:15
- Ipswich had several thousand after Burley left. Including me. Arf. (n/m) (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Oct 9, 08:55:25
  - And me, as it happens ☺ (n/m) (NCFC) - Partial Angler, Oct 9, 08:56:21
- Not when they are getting Briattori (sp?) on board (n/m) (NCFC) - Brom, Oct 9, 08:42:52
  - That is a good point, but to "Outsiders" we spent 3m in the summer (NCFC) - DiscoDaleGordon, Oct 9, 08:45:55
- they're in "fashionable London", (NCFC) - NCFC4life, Oct 9, 08:42:43
  - There's an unshit part? (NCFC) - Tomblander, Oct 9, 08:44:59
- That's all very well but Dave Stringer has been out of football for 20 years (NCFC) - ChalkHillVeryBitter, Oct 9, 08:42:36
- Well, they did consult Stringer last year - and it's not like he doesn't know anything (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Oct 9, 08:41:23
  - Brown, Stringer, Walker and Worthy were all "cheap" options (NCFC) - mr carra, Oct 9, 08:45:40
    - I was thinking about that the other day (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Oct 9, 08:51:02
    - oh, and Martin O'Neill (I presume he was expensive) (NCFC) - mr carra, Oct 9, 08:47:58
- not with their rumoured investment (NCFC) - megson, Oct 9, 08:40:44
  - correct (n/m) (NCFC) - Tomblander, Oct 9, 08:42:23

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