Martin Allen Interview - I shouldn't have taken LCFC job.

[ashby_fox]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0309smy

An interesting interview especially where he says players were signed without his approval.

Explains why he never played some of the players signed that summer like Jimmy Nielsen, Sergio Hellings.

[The whole world smiles]

Very interesting, I always wonered what went on here. wonder why he's broke his silence on this now. maybe his non disclosure agreement has run out. maybe in 8 years time we will get pearson being interviewed on RL explaining this summer.

[Tuna]

More to the point, he should never have been offered the job. Had no business managing our football club, Holloway lite.

[RoboFox]

Just shows what a mess the club was under Mandaric. Who knows where we'd be now had the Srivaddhanaprabha family not taken over. 

[Captain...]

Very interesting, I always wonered what went on here. wonder why he's broke his silence on this now. maybe his non disclosure agreement has run out. maybe in 8 years time we will get pearson being interviewed on RL explaining this summer.

 

He didn't really reveal anything specific, he was called into see Mandaric, who said your services are no longer required, he shook his hand and wished them luck and left...

 

I think there are a couple of scenes missing there.

 

The most interesting bit was that someone was pressuring them into playing on after the heart attack incident, and reading between the lines that person was Mandy or someone very high up, Mad Dog went mad at him in an unprofessional way, Top Gear style, and thus lost his job. That is just pure speculation.

[Wilson_6]

Just shows what a mess the club was under Mandaric. Who knows where we'd be now had the Srivaddhanaprabha family not taken over. 

 

I think a lot of respect should be given to Milan for selling us to the "right" people. 

[The Horse's Mouth]

Just shows what a mess the club was under Mandaric. Who knows where we'd be now had the Srivaddhanaprabha family not taken over. 

well he left after us getting into the championship play-offs, so who knows

[Guest]

I think a lot of respect should be given to Milan for selling us to the "right" people.

So it wasn't luck then? Mystic Mandy could see the future?

[Dan LCFC]

Didn't like Mandaric one bit. Untrustworthy and so many attempts at bigging up the small things he did but ignoring what a disaster 2007/08 was. I still hold him more accountable for our relegation than Allen or Holloway.

[Isle of Wight Fox 86]

That was quite an interesting insight in his very short tenure at LCFC. He was very truthful in why he took the job was for the money (who wouldn't) and that there was clearly more said in the meeting than he lets on. Just glad that we now have decent owners who will stick by their manager as much as they can.

[Steve_Walsh5]

I think a lot of respect should be given to Milan for selling us to the "right" people.

I doubt he wouldn't of been bothered who he had sold us to as long as he was getting enough money.

[The Doctor]

I think a lot of respect should be given to Milan for selling us to the "right" people.

We could easily have been sold to a bunch of eccentric idiots like pompey - that we got seemingly sensible business men was luck.

[Nick]

Tin pot school kids manager should never have been allowed near this club with his wayward 'down to earth' tired, old fashioned idiocy - he simply wasn't close to the calibre of manager we needed.

[Costock_Fox]

Shit manager in blaming chairman shocker

[foxoffderby]

I pretty sure this was the time we had about 5 right backs on our books, explains a lot now MM was doing the signings. The Watford game was very good the highlight of his stay. Good luck for the future Martin.

[HitchinFox]

Very interesting, I always wonered what went on here. wonder why he's broke his silence on this now. maybe his non disclosure agreement has run out. maybe in 8 years time we will get pearson being interviewed on RL explaining this summer.

 

Because no one has been that interested in ongoings at Leicester until the last four months or so, when all of a sudden we're everyone's cup of tea! 

[Wymsey]

Mandaric did actually steady the ship, behind the scenes publically, eventually - it's all about the 'end product', and Mandaric's plea to fans that the Thai are very caring and good owners has convinced me that Mandaric did good at the end.

[foxes_rule1978]

Mandaric hindered us, and got very lucky when he sold the club to our current owners. We were moving backwards and fast when he was in charge

[shen]

And what happened with Sousa exactly?

[Great Boos Up]

One in a series of 5 or 6 managers that year that would all say the same and all promise we would have hit the playoffs if they had more time.

He started in the summer break and in my opinion you don't have time to piss about starting from scratch looking around for new signings. Just work with the team and what's already coming your way and think about who you want for the next window.

The only one that had the time was Holloway a year later and that ended up as a f-ing disgrace and there is an argument that on scale of turds; Holloway was better than Allen. Either which way we were still in the sh*t.

[Webbo]

Interesting. I'm sure there are other things we're not being told but it's a bit of an insight.

[Nalis]

The fact that Martin Allen managed us in the first place is a greater tragically than what he is claiming in the above article.

[RedSoxUK]

Martin Allen makes a good coach and manager, but he's quite clearly a lower league kind of guy - considering theres such a huge emphasis on scouting and a director of football / footballing operations these days at the best clubs. Perhaps Milan stepped in a little too much as an owner. 

[Durnerz]

Good interview and an honest account there from Allen, granted he was way out of his depth when he took the job on and to admit that he shouldn't have and was here only for the money is a brave admission.

Mandaric could probably see this and perhaps that's why he stepped in?

 

[MPH]

Better question would be why was he hired in the first place to then be sacked after 4 games?