Hockaday gone

[TopCat]

Has anyone ever failed the Fit and Proper Owners Test? Convicted Fraudster.... no problem! So ignorant of the game you don't know relegation exists? No problem! You intend to plunge the club into huge debt for your own gain? No problem! More difficult to pass an Indian driving test....


Oh and definitely another vote for DiCanio....

 

[JJ McClure]

judging by the number of managers he sacked whilst owning Cagliari, this could be the gift that keeps on giving.

 

[Justice]

Puts all the bed wetting about Bloom and Co. into some kind of perspective, we could of ended up with the likes of Cellino running the club.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Has anyone ever failed the Fit and Proper Owners Test? Convicted Fraudster.... no problem! ....

Er, yes. Cellino did.

 

[father_and_son]

Leeds past history will bring about applicants for the job if nothing else does.

It's looking a lot like an easy payday - nothing to do with past glory.

Role up, get interviewed with pointed questions as to why you would take this particular job, give some platitudes and sound bites about working together with the chairman, get sacked after a couple of months, big payoff as per the contract you insisted on, press full of stories about how you were the scapegoat, come out squeaky clean, much richer and with a higher media profile.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Surely things are not such a shambles at Palace, that Clarke would turn them down, then agree to join Leeds!

Warnock to resign at Palace and return to Leeds? Two for the price of one.

 

[Easy 10]

Sunday:

"Yes, at Watford I decided to sack him. I said ‘he’s finished’. I wasn’t happy. I was ashamed of the performance and it [sacking Hockaday] was what I wanted to do. But in my life I’ve learned that with your decisions, take 24 hours. Why should I blame the coach? The squad isn’t finished and that is my fault. Signing players has been harder than I thought so if I fire anyone, I should fire myself or else I’m a coward. I have to control my ego.

“This coach, he might not be a good coach, but sacking him now is not fair. I cannot say if he is good or not. When the squad is finished, I’ll see what he does then. But for now you blame me for the results. I blame myself because the fault is mine.”

“Bellusci is a good defender and what he did yesterday was a s--- mistake. We lost because of his mistake. I see that now. I didn’t see it yesterday. If he didn’t f--- up and we win the game, would I be firing the coach? No. So it’s wrong to blame the coach for the results.”

Thursday afternoon, after Bradford the night before:

“I’d like to thank David for his efforts over the last two and a half months. But the results since the start of the season have meant we needed to act and make this decision. After the defeat at Bradford I realised that my decision to keep David at the club following the defeat at Watford was wrong, and I had to change my mind on the coach’s position. As a club we will now begin our search for a new head coach.”

So what happened to the 24 hours thing to make a decision ?

This guy is comedy gold.

 

[TopCat]

Er, yes. Cellino did.

Initially yes admittedly.... but still managed to take control of the club! Am struggling to think of anyone who was actually blocked from taking ownership.

 

[Easy 10]

Initially yes admittedly.... but still managed to take control of the club! Am struggling to think of anyone who was actually blocked from taking ownership.

Predictably at the whiff of a protracted and expensive court case, the FL backed down and waved him through.

The same will happen on the very first challenge to an FFP sanction.

 

[MattBackHome]

Predictably at the whiff of a protracted and expensive court case, the FL backed down and waved him through.

The same will happen on the very first challenge to an FFP sanction.

Not necessarily - they'd be facing legal challenges from FFP suck ups like ourselves if they don't have the gonads to apply the sanctions. (I hope)

 

[Surf's Up]

Not necessarily - they'd be facing legal challenges from FFP suck ups like ourselves if they don't have the gonads to apply the sanctions. (I hope)

Whichever way you look at it the FL are damned if they do and damned if they don't. It's pathetic.

 

[Easy 10]

Not necessarily - they'd be facing legal challenges from FFP suck ups like ourselves if they don't have the gonads to apply the sanctions. (I hope)

Remains to be seen I suppose, but I can't help but think there are simply too many loopholes and grey areas in the whole concept of FFP just waiting to be exploited by big clubs who can afford clever lawyers and accountants, if they're ever clobbered by one of these monumental fines which are supposed to be imposed.

 

[BensGrandad]

I think Cellino will put 2 fingers up to the establishment and give the job to Malky Mackay.

 

[MattBackHome]

Remains to be seen I suppose, but I can't help but think there are simply too many loopholes and grey areas in the whole concept of FFP just waiting to be exploited by big clubs who can afford clever lawyers and accountants, if they're ever clobbered by one of these monumental fines which are supposed to be imposed.

Agreed, sadly.

One for El Pres perhaps, but is there anywhere one can see exactly what the proposed sanctions would be? Have they actually been specified?

 

[Ecosse Exile]

Apparently Cellini was impressed by how Hockaday talked about football, **** it, I can talk football til the cows come home, think I might apply myself.

Totally unsuitable, tick.
No experience of managing a football league club, tick.
Can say yes often, if you pay me enough, tick.
Nobody's ever heard of me, tick.
Totally out of my depth, tick.

I think the jobs already mine

Perversely I think DiCanio would be a huge success there, I think it will take a lunatic, to be able to work with the lunatic in charge.

I would like to think Oscar has more sense but then, he did go back to Tel Aviv after saying that the missiles etc were the reason he left in the first place. Well who'd have thunk it? Its not got any better! Maybe he would go to Leeds after all

 

[Pavilionaire]

Sunday:

"Yes, at Watford I decided to sack him. I said ‘he’s finished’. I wasn’t happy. I was ashamed of the performance and it [sacking Hockaday] was what I wanted to do. But in my life I’ve learned that with your decisions, take 24 hours. Why should I blame the coach? The squad isn’t finished and that is my fault. Signing players has been harder than I thought so if I fire anyone, I should fire myself or else I’m a coward. I have to control my ego.

“This coach, he might not be a good coach, but sacking him now is not fair. I cannot say if he is good or not. When the squad is finished, I’ll see what he does then. But for now you blame me for the results. I blame myself because the fault is mine.”

“Bellusci is a good defender and what he did yesterday was a s--- mistake. We lost because of his mistake. I see that now. I didn’t see it yesterday. If he didn’t f--- up and we win the game, would I be firing the coach? No. So it’s wrong to blame the coach for the results.”

Thursday afternoon, after Bradford the night before:

“I’d like to thank David for his efforts over the last two and a half months. But the results since the start of the season have meant we needed to act and make this decision. After the defeat at Bradford I realised that my decision to keep David at the club following the defeat at Watford was wrong, and I had to change my mind on the coach’s position. As a club we will now begin our search for a new head coach.”

So what happened to the 24 hours thing to make a decision ?

This guy is comedy gold.

It reminds me of that old Craig David number '7 Days':

"Hockaday, took him for a drink on Tuesday, we were signing forms on Wednesday, lost on Thursday, Friday, Saturday, sacked on Sunday."

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

i can see the new owner appointing himself as manager

He was already wasn't he? ... in everything but name. Hockaday was little more than a yes man.