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So we've heard everyone else's versions of events from this last week, but not Sean's. Does anyone honestly think if we do ever get to hear his side of things it would be the same as what's come out of club this week?Let's not forget he would have had exactly the same players available as DS on Sat and Tues plus he would have no doubt used Mason so why the strange and sudden timing?I don't pretend to know for a second what's gone on behind the scenes this week but I do think a lot of people have been scarily quick to just accept what's come out of the club at face value? We may get away with whatever's going on and we may end up being more successful than we've ever been, but to just accept that what we are being told is the whole truth smacks of naivety.
Wellred is many things - but never naive !!The run of games without a win was a major factor - yes major.....to state the obvious.....everything else will have to be 'under wraps' for the time being !!
Im sorry but i totally agree with Sibo. I personally feel like the money was held back because some of the board had got bored of Sean. Let's face it, that money could have been made available at the start of this season.
Sorry guys I did not mean it to read like there was a deep,dark secret - I just meant we wont get the full story, there will be point and counterpoint in any story/saga like this...so lets leave it at that and move on.Just shows you how a few lines ( careless in my case I guess) how they can cause such a domino effect !If I find out anything I will let you know....if cleared by the VSC legal exec team...and the UN of course !
SOD strikes me as the sort of person who doesn't even use a mobile phone, let alone use the internet.
\"We hadn't won a game for 19 matches. Does that mean anything to you?????\" Yes - It means, but for two huge strokes of luck it would have been 21 now.Fortunately Peterborough are going to roll over and prevent that from becoming 22, aren't they? In your dreams that is.Appointing a manager with no league experience whatsoever is a massive gamble no matter how optimistic you are. Signing veteran defenders who 'used to be good' for a few weeks is short termism to say the least. How many competitive games has Chimbonda played in the past 6 months? Or more to the point, 3 months? Could be a while before he's properly match fit.I'm holding my counsel on the appointment for now despite feeling decidedly uneasy. Suddenly we seem to be throwing money at a problem that wasn't available in August. That smacks of panic. Why wasn't SO'D ousted at the end of last season if he was so unpopular with certain factions of the board? A replacement manager could have spent the limited 'new' budget wisely on players he actually wanted.But we're not there now, are we? We're approaching a quarter of the way through the season and still bottom of the table, but what does seem to matter is the Chairman still has his sights on the play-offs!Let's not judge Saunders on the last two home games, if we're in mid-table after 10 more games in charge then it'll be hats off to his appointment. If we're pressing for promotion after 20 games then I'll accept that JR is a visionary and his bold statements on Radio Sheffield the other night make complete sense.But if, as you cannot rule out, we're still in the bottom three by then and senior players have departed in the January window, then I'll roll my eyes to heaven and say, what an utter load of smoke and mirrors we were fed this past week.And let's not forget Saunders wasn't discovered on Thursday. He was JR's 'Plan B' way back in the summer according to what he said on the radio.We'll probably never really know what happened on Thursday and that's a perfect breeding ground for conspiracy theories. SO'D was probably placed on gardening leave rather than sacked outright because any settlement will no doubt include a secrecy clause and if there's one man who's integrity has never been in question it is SO'Ds which means he'll remain completely discrete about the affair.
Tell you what Wellred, I'll bring this thread back to the top of the board after ten more games, then 20 more games. Let's see if your blind optimism looks quite so clever then...
Quote from: \"SiBo\" post=187611So we've heard everyone else's versions of events from this last week, but not Sean's. Does anyone honestly think if we do ever get to hear his side of things it would be the same as what's come out of club this week?Let's not forget he would have had exactly the same players available as DS on Sat and Tues plus he would have no doubt used Mason so why the strange and sudden timing?I don't pretend to know for a second what's gone on behind the scenes this week but I do think a lot of people have been scarily quick to just accept what's come out of the club at face value? We may get away with whatever's going on and we may end up being more successful than we've ever been, but to just accept that what we are being told is the whole truth smacks of naivety.We hadn't won a game for 19 matches. Does that mean anything to you?????
With you all the way Donnybob.You know what, piss me off as he may do with his anti-O'Driscoll bile, Wellred is what he is and he sticks with it, but the willingness of senior figures within the VSC to suddenly turn around and pay lip service to this action by the club I have to say I find particularly disturbing.