4 Kinell Posted 27 April 2008 Posted 27 April 2008 Nigel Worthington quietly & unassumingly (on a hiding to nothing & only a handful games in which to do it)came in & preserved our status & history. Ian(judge me when i'v got my own players in) Holloway looks like he's blown both our status & will go down in our history for the wrong reasons. Obviously,the Clown Prince of Management's quips are not the ingredient to winning football matches. Or perhaps Worthington's dignified approach demanded the other vital thing that any manager needs from his players- RESPECT
Corky Posted 27 April 2008 Posted 27 April 2008 Nigel Worthington quietly & unassumingly (on a hiding to nothing & only a handful games in which to do it)came in & preserved our status & history.Ian(judge me when i'v got my own players in) Holloway looks like he's blown both our status & will go down in our history for the wrong reasons. Obviously,the Clown Prince of Management's quips are not the ingredient to winning football matches. Or perhaps Worthington's dignified approach demanded the other vital thing that any manager needs from his players- RESPECT If we'd have beaten Wolves Worthy would've got the job full-time. He is a good manager. Transformed Norwich, plays lovely football, gets the best out of his players, but does it in a quiet manner. We would be in a much better position now with him in charge. We wouldn't be such a laughing stock either, with a manager making hilariously unfunny quips at a serious time.
Durnerz Posted 27 April 2008 Posted 27 April 2008 If we'd have beaten Wolves Worthy would've got the job full-time. He is a good manager. Transformed Norwich, plays lovely football, gets the best out of his players, but does it in a quiet manner. We would be in a much better position now with him in charge. We wouldn't be such a laughing stock either, with a manager making hilariously unfunny quips at a serious time. The Norwich fans campaigned for two years to get rid of him! Hes just like Micky Adams really, one good season of hoofball, then his team, tactics and generally naivities get found out. We had a lucky escape but sadly employed a series of plonkers after him.
demon_dog Posted 27 April 2008 Posted 27 April 2008 Nigel Worthington quietly & unassumingly (on a hiding to nothing & only a handful games in which to do it)came in & preserved our status & history.Ian(judge me when i'v got my own players in) Holloway looks like he's blown both our status & will go down in our history for the wrong reasons. Obviously,the Clown Prince of Management's quips are not the ingredient to winning football matches. Or perhaps Worthington's dignified approach demanded the other vital thing that any manager needs from his players- RESPECT MM made 2 big mistakes when he first bought the club. Firstly he made Rob Kelly a scapegoat and got rid of. Secondly having bought in Nigel Worthington to save the day, did not retain him as manager. Correction let's make that 4 mistakes. Thirdly appointing Martin Allen who bought crap players. Fourth. It seems that Holloway is not the manager he thought he was. What next Milan? How the hell did Milan make his money with such crap decision making?
l444ry Posted 27 April 2008 Posted 27 April 2008 Simply not true. Worthington obtained 6 points from his 5 games in charge. If he'd lost the lot City would still not have been relegated.
lavrentis Posted 27 April 2008 Posted 27 April 2008 I never wanted NW as manager and I still don't Neil Warnock I know you mean Nigel Worthington
4 Kinell Posted 27 April 2008 Author Posted 27 April 2008 The Norwich fans campaigned for two years to get rid of him!Hes just like Micky Adams really, one good season of hoofball, then his team, tactics and generally naivities get found out. We had a lucky escape but sadly employed a series of plonkers after him. Diagree with that 99% of managers have a limited shelf life at any club & the fact that NW was at Norwich for a number of seasons suggests he got a lot of things right for a long time When it finally goes stale ,it is time to move on to a fresh challenge Perhaps we would have been that challenge.
davieG Posted 27 April 2008 Posted 27 April 2008 I think he hung on to Kelly too long, he was never going to be the man to satisfy MM's ambitions of Premier league football, he also had no idea other than Dowie who he wanted as Manager. If you're going to talk big, like MM does then you have to pull out all the stops and dig deep in your pocket to get the best manager going, one that wuold be comfortable in the PremierShip but not above getting there from the Championship. It seems to me MM didn't do that for what ever reason.
Corky Posted 27 April 2008 Posted 27 April 2008 The Norwich fans campaigned for two years to get rid of him!Hes just like Micky Adams really, one good season of hoofball, then his team, tactics and generally naivities get found out. We had a lucky escape but sadly employed a series of plonkers after him. They were far too over-critical of Worthington, compared to what went before him and Peter Grant after him. They were nowhere near the Premiership when he took over, within two years they were a penalty shoot-out away. He's a good manager. I would feel a lot more confident with him in charge than Holloway.
Mort Posted 27 April 2008 Posted 27 April 2008 Wasn’t excited when Wortho was appointed but was just glad to be rid of RK... but by the end of the season (even after Wolves) I was rather hoping he'd stay, not the greatest manager in the world (then again its not as though we stood any chance at attracting that kind of manager) but Nigie oozed professionalism and competence, if he’d been given his chance over the summer it’d have been interesting to see how far we might have gone. One thing that struck me towards the end of his tenure was that Wortho said something along the lines that we wouldn’t get back up in one season… perhaps that attitude was what did for him in MM’s eyes? Still, its all ‘ifs’ ‘buts’ and ‘maybes’ now…
Alexikokopops Posted 27 April 2008 Posted 27 April 2008 Ah, hindsight and conjecture. I love threads like this.
Ultra Posted 27 April 2008 Posted 27 April 2008 Three home defeats in three games (two of them after scoring first) meant he was never gonna get the gig on a permanent basis. But at least he had confidence and faith in Joe Mattock..
Tinman Posted 27 April 2008 Posted 27 April 2008 Billy Davies He had agreed to go to you twice, once before Wembley and then again before Chelsea at Home. But both times you appointed someone else. Source: our chairman.
Tilley Posted 27 April 2008 Posted 27 April 2008 Billy DaviesHe had agreed to go to you twice, once before Wembley and then again before Chelsea at Home. But both times you appointed someone else. Source: our chairman. I always wanted Billy Davies.. Ah well, all ifs, buts & maybes.
4 Kinell Posted 27 April 2008 Author Posted 27 April 2008 I never wanted NW as manager and I still don't Who do you want ?
Rt Hon Percy Longprong Posted 27 April 2008 Posted 27 April 2008 Holloway Are you not the same Kilworth Fox who said just before Holloway was appointed -"if we get him,i'm gonna burn my season ticket " ?
Chairman of the Bored Posted 27 April 2008 Posted 27 April 2008 Worthington would have been an OK appointment. But "Management By Hindsight", I've written a thesis on it if anyone would care to have a read?
4 Kinell Posted 27 April 2008 Author Posted 27 April 2008 I never wanted NW as manager and I still don't I never advocated him as manager,although i think we could do a lot worse I was just trying to compare the two At the end of the day,that old saying is very true in our case & would have helped PRIDE before a FALL
lookwhaticando Posted 27 April 2008 Posted 27 April 2008 LWICD just ejaculated. Pervert. Nige won this league.
UrbanFox Posted 27 April 2008 Posted 27 April 2008 i'd get the guv'nor in agreed though im not sure he would leave Mk Dons, Billy Davis is the only other manager i would take over Holloway. if we do make a change it has to be after the game on sunday so the manager gets a full summer and pre season to prepere for next season what ever division we are in!!
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