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[Football] Dean Wilkins
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Cowfold Seagull
Fan of the 17 bus
Wendy is so much better than that.
ringmerseagulltoo
Active member
- Feb 16, 2012
- 439
He should be managing a club at a reasonable standard. As our Youth Team manager, he excelled.
Icy Gull
Back on the rollercoaster
- Jul 5, 2003
- 72,015
Didn’t he have trouble managing senior players or is that an Urban Myth? GM springs to mind
London Irish
Well-known member
Did he ever get another job as No1 again after us? tells you all you need to know
surrey jim
Not in Surrey
Southampton manager?
Justice
Dangerous Idiot
A jobs a job in these times.
Cowfold Seagull
Fan of the 17 bus
He didn't do too badly with the first team either! some would say he was unlucky to get the sack prior to Micky Adams second coming, and we all know how badly that went.
Billy the Fish
Technocrat
We played some great football under Wilkins. Thought he could be building something with a young team.
I can't remember the circumstances around his sacking, wasn't it a bit murky?
Surprised we haven't seen the well known department store yet
I can't remember the circumstances around his sacking, wasn't it a bit murky?
Surprised we haven't seen the well known department store yet
Braggfan
In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded
- May 12, 2014
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I always got the impression that there were issues between him and the club at the end. I certainly don't think he was happy with getting sacked (who would be?). I hope i've got that wrong though and there is no animosity between him and the club as I've always considered him a great servant to the club. For that goal against Ipswich he earned immortality. I hope he does well at Stevenage.
Cowfold Seagull
Fan of the 17 bus
Well to be fair he was far from the only manager to have issues with our Glenn and his alleged lazy training mthods, Gus springs to mind.
As Glenn himself admits, he wishes he had tried harder back in the day, he could have been playing in the top division much earlier if he had.
Lenny Rider
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- Sep 15, 2010
- 5,434
I do wonder if Albion history would have been different if he had been big enough to stay as Micky Adams's Number 2 in 2008?
- Aug 8, 2005
- 26,551
Thought he was great and harshly treated by Knight. I know rumours were put about that somehow he wasn't fit for the job but as a fan I thought the football was great, and loved him bringing through some youngsters for the first time in several years.
portlock seagull
Why? Why us?
- Jul 28, 2003
- 17,081
One of the greatest servants in the clubs history. Certainly like no other in the past 40 years.
London Irish
Well-known member
I don't think he was? assistant or a temp in between appointments
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
No, he was assistant manager. He also went to Palace as a youth coach for a while.
Badger Boy
Mr Badger
- Jan 28, 2016
- 3,655
Big enough?
It wasn't Wilkins' ego that was a problem. He had just taken a team to 7th who really had no business being that high in the league. That team overachieved that season and then Micky comes in and dismantled that team.
I am surprised he's gone to work with Alex Revell though, I didn't think they got on at all well?
Cowfold Seagull
Fan of the 17 bus
He was at Southampton for some time, including a spell as assistant to Nigel Adkins.
Monkey Man
Your support is not that great
I remember the Wilkins area quite fondly although I wasn't a regular at games in those times.
My feeling was – Brighton won't ever be a Premier League team, so let's enjoy supporting a club that develops young talent and local players, and see how far that takes us.
Great that we seem to have the best of both worlds these days.
My feeling was – Brighton won't ever be a Premier League team, so let's enjoy supporting a club that develops young talent and local players, and see how far that takes us.
Great that we seem to have the best of both worlds these days.
Terry Butcher Tribute Act
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- Aug 18, 2013
- 3,176
I guess it helps when you have a future Premier League forward up front
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