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Just to point out that John gave the managers job to Ian Snodin, Steve Wignall and Paul Dickov and put Willie Mackay in charge of picking half the team. Wilst appointing Sean O'Driscoll he also sacked him - and Dave Penney.John was fantastic for DRFC, and it is not exaggeration to say without him there would not be a DRFC, certainly not in the form we have seen it for the past 20 years. He was fantastic for the club, but he wasn't infallible.Thanks for the memories John, enjoy your time as a fan and leave the running of the club to the people who run the club.
Remind me again how much Brentford will be getting next season, bfyp?
As pissed off as we were with JR's experiment of free agents?
I think people are confusing sniping and stirring with genuine frustration and anger. He put 15 years of hard work and millions of pounds into the club before stepping down believing the club was in better hands to push forward. Citing ill health as a reason for his rant is also a fairly low shot.
Quote from: Alan Southstand on May 16, 2022, 12:10:27 pmRemind me again how much Brentford will be getting next season, bfyp?Lots indeed. But if you want to be Brentford how many clubs can risk a £41.5m wage budget. Is that seriously what you'd want us to do?To add to that Bournemouth had a wage bill of £58m that year and didn't get promoted. In the premier League their wage bill was over £100m. They probably spent not far off on wages in a week what we spend in a year. Staggering figures.
Our owner has the money he chooses only to spend through Club Doncaster what is required to help us be self sufficient. Like BB has said whether we have reached that level we will see next season.It’s up to him what he does with his money not me and he will never spend like other clubs to put us in danger so why people keep saying it to make a point is wrong.
Quote from: big fat yorkshire pudding on May 16, 2022, 01:49:54 pmQuote from: Alan Southstand on May 16, 2022, 12:10:27 pmRemind me again how much Brentford will be getting next season, bfyp?Lots indeed. But if you want to be Brentford how many clubs can risk a £41.5m wage budget. Is that seriously what you'd want us to do?To add to that Bournemouth had a wage bill of £58m that year and didn't get promoted. In the premier League their wage bill was over £100m. They probably spent not far off on wages in a week what we spend in a year. Staggering figures.I’ve lost track of how much money that PL clubs get from sky these days, is it around £160m.If it is then I think a wage bill of £41.5m isn’t too extreme.I wouldn’t be too concerned if Rovers were in their position.
Quote from: drfchound on May 16, 2022, 01:55:13 pmQuote from: big fat yorkshire pudding on May 16, 2022, 01:49:54 pmQuote from: Alan Southstand on May 16, 2022, 12:10:27 pmRemind me again how much Brentford will be getting next season, bfyp?Lots indeed. But if you want to be Brentford how many clubs can risk a £41.5m wage budget. Is that seriously what you'd want us to do?To add to that Bournemouth had a wage bill of £58m that year and didn't get promoted. In the premier League their wage bill was over £100m. They probably spent not far off on wages in a week what we spend in a year. Staggering figures.I’ve lost track of how much money that PL clubs get from sky these days, is it around £160m.If it is then I think a wage bill of £41.5m isn’t too extreme.I wouldn’t be too concerned if Rovers were in their position.Would you be worried in Derby's position to name but one?:
Quote from: Glyn_Wigley on May 16, 2022, 12:05:14 pmAs pissed off as we were with JR's experiment of free agents?Let's not forget Bramall and Watson were both on the board during "The Experiment". It didn't solely come from Ryan.
Quote from: pib on May 16, 2022, 12:41:37 pmQuote from: Glyn_Wigley on May 16, 2022, 12:05:14 pmAs pissed off as we were with JR's experiment of free agents?Let's not forget Bramall and Watson were both on the board during "The Experiment". It didn't solely come from Ryan.But everybody says they ain't 'football men' so it couldn't possibly have come from them, could it?
Quote from: Glyn_Wigley on May 16, 2022, 02:58:05 pmQuote from: pib on May 16, 2022, 12:41:37 pmQuote from: Glyn_Wigley on May 16, 2022, 12:05:14 pmAs pissed off as we were with JR's experiment of free agents?Let's not forget Bramall and Watson were both on the board during "The Experiment". It didn't solely come from Ryan.But everybody says they ain't 'football men' so it couldn't possibly have come from them, could it?Don't think that was levelled at Watson. Plus I think you know that statement is nonsense.
Quote from: pib on May 16, 2022, 12:41:37 pmQuote from: Glyn_Wigley on May 16, 2022, 12:05:14 pmAs pissed off as we were with JR's experiment of free agents?Let's not forget Bramall and Watson were both on the board during "The Experiment". It didn't solely come from Ryan.But everybody says they ain't 'football men' so it couldn't possibly have come from them, could it?
Quote from: Glyn_Wigley on May 16, 2022, 12:05:14 pmAs pissed off as we were with JR's experiment of free agents?Let's not forget Bramall and Watson were both on the board during "The Experiment". It didn't solely come from Ryan.
I might be wrong, but didnt Watson and Bramall both step back from the board during that period.
Quote from: wilts rover on May 16, 2022, 01:02:38 pmJust to point out that John gave the managers job to Ian Snodin, Steve Wignall and Paul Dickov and put Willie Mackay in charge of picking half the team. Wilst appointing Sean O'Driscoll he also sacked him - and Dave Penney.John was fantastic for DRFC, and it is not exaggeration to say without him there would not be a DRFC, certainly not in the form we have seen it for the past 20 years. He was fantastic for the club, but he wasn't infallible.Thanks for the memories John, enjoy your time as a fan and leave the running of the club to the people who run the club. So, he's not entitled to his opinion then?
Quote from: Glyn_Wigley on May 16, 2022, 12:05:14 pmAs pissed off as we were with JR's experiment of free agents?Christ Glyn, you sound fun at parties. Everything and anything you have an issue with unless it meets your belief.Anyhow, I had two thoughts on the experiment, firstly that I was seeing players that never in a million years would anyone have said they would play for Doncaster Rovers, el Hadji diouf being one, yes he had a bad attitude but was a damn good footballer and in some cases he was a pleasure to watch. That for me I was excited to see….However, on the flip side as was quite rightly pointed out, these players didn’t care for the club and spoilt the team morale which sadly ended up with us getting relegated and that is something that we don’t want to see at the club.
Quote from: Bentley Bullet on May 16, 2022, 01:06:49 pmQuote from: wilts rover on May 16, 2022, 01:02:38 pmJust to point out that John gave the managers job to Ian Snodin, Steve Wignall and Paul Dickov and put Willie Mackay in charge of picking half the team. Wilst appointing Sean O'Driscoll he also sacked him - and Dave Penney.John was fantastic for DRFC, and it is not exaggeration to say without him there would not be a DRFC, certainly not in the form we have seen it for the past 20 years. He was fantastic for the club, but he wasn't infallible.Thanks for the memories John, enjoy your time as a fan and leave the running of the club to the people who run the club. So, he's not entitled to his opinion then?If memory serves me correctly he was never than keen on people outside the club telling him how to run it.
Quote from: DonnyBazR0ver on May 16, 2022, 02:33:48 pmQuote from: drfchound on May 16, 2022, 01:55:13 pmQuote from: big fat yorkshire pudding on May 16, 2022, 01:49:54 pmQuote from: Alan Southstand on May 16, 2022, 12:10:27 pmRemind me again how much Brentford will be getting next season, bfyp?Lots indeed. But if you want to be Brentford how many clubs can risk a £41.5m wage budget. Is that seriously what you'd want us to do?To add to that Bournemouth had a wage bill of £58m that year and didn't get promoted. In the premier League their wage bill was over £100m. They probably spent not far off on wages in a week what we spend in a year. Staggering figures.I’ve lost track of how much money that PL clubs get from sky these days, is it around £160m.If it is then I think a wage bill of £41.5m isn’t too extreme.I wouldn’t be too concerned if Rovers were in their position.Would you be worried in Derby's position to name but one?:Baz we won’t that’s the point I’m making our owner will not risk spending that money and that’s his choice but using teams like Derby to make a point is wrong we would never be in that position with the current owner.My concern is not all based round money. But our Chairman says we will bounce back decisively now is that based on his knowledge of the transfer market and funds required or is he relying on GMC and Copps to bring in players that will get us back to league one with the funds we have left after the 16+ players that are already contracted. I’m not sure I have the confidence that we can do that. We will see the level of player we bring in. But saying we will overspend that will definitely won’t happen.
He was brilliant for us but I struggle to listen to him nowadays as he spends more time patting himself on the back then any fan.
Quote from: wilts rover on May 16, 2022, 04:17:22 pmQuote from: Bentley Bullet on May 16, 2022, 01:06:49 pmQuote from: wilts rover on May 16, 2022, 01:02:38 pmJust to point out that John gave the managers job to Ian Snodin, Steve Wignall and Paul Dickov and put Willie Mackay in charge of picking half the team. Wilst appointing Sean O'Driscoll he also sacked him - and Dave Penney.John was fantastic for DRFC, and it is not exaggeration to say without him there would not be a DRFC, certainly not in the form we have seen it for the past 20 years. He was fantastic for the club, but he wasn't infallible.Thanks for the memories John, enjoy your time as a fan and leave the running of the club to the people who run the club. So, he's not entitled to his opinion then?If memory serves me correctly he was never than keen on people outside the club telling him how to run it.Are you suggesting that he told TB how to run the club after he left?