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Should I be worried?
- Thread starter ArnoldLayne
- Start date
Expect him to take all the plaudits for the facets of the game where you improve. Things like ball retention and your centre halves playing with renewed confidence. However when you go on a bad spell thanks to a proper pony striker (recruited at great expense) and about 2 goals scored in 6 games, don't even think of criticising him as he'll threaten to walk off and play golf.
Personally I reckon you might want to steer clear. Aston Villa will have him in a year or so when they're starting in league one.
Personally I reckon you might want to steer clear. Aston Villa will have him in a year or so when they're starting in league one.
turienzo's lovechild
New member
- Oct 25, 2003
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you would sign loads of sexy spaniards and slightly mentally unstable south americans though
Blackadder
Brighton Bhuna Boy
This line sums it up perfectly. He knows his onions but....
SeagullinExile
Well-known member
Nothing more to add. Thread closed!
You shouldn't be worried that he's coming (if indeed there's anything in it). He'll play excellent, if occasionally pedestrian, football, and he'll recruit largely excellent players.
Once he's there though and doing okay, THAT is when the worrying starts, because be 100% sure, working at Ipswich Town Football Club is beneath him, and he's only there to bolster his CV while he looks for a PROPER job.
Once he's there though and doing okay, THAT is when the worrying starts, because be 100% sure, working at Ipswich Town Football Club is beneath him, and he's only there to bolster his CV while he looks for a PROPER job.
Daffy Duck
Stop bloody moaning!
Expect to sign Liam Bridcutt and Will Buckley.
Expect him to start flirting with "bigger clubs" after a few months.
Expect him to blame everybody bar him when things don't go right.
Be afraid, be very afraid.
Expect him to start flirting with "bigger clubs" after a few months.
Expect him to blame everybody bar him when things don't go right.
Be afraid, be very afraid.
Icy Gull
Back on the rollercoaster
- Jul 5, 2003
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The fact that he has been sacked for gross misconduct, sacked for losing the dressing room and relieved of his duties before the end of his most recent contract should set a few alarm bells ringing. Being got shot off at every managerial job you have had is not a great endorsement.
Official Old Man
Uckfield Seagull
Does anyone believe we would be where we are now without Gus?
We are a 'small' club financially compared to those with parachute payments. He came in to a third tier club playing in a park and made us what we were in 2013.
But since then we have grown. Our team now are probably 25% better than back then.
I will never have a bad word for Gus but at the same time I'm glad he went.
We are a 'small' club financially compared to those with parachute payments. He came in to a third tier club playing in a park and made us what we were in 2013.
But since then we have grown. Our team now are probably 25% better than back then.
I will never have a bad word for Gus but at the same time I'm glad he went.
Absolutely we would. Tony appointed Gus and if he hadn't he would still have brought someone else in who would have taken us into the Championship.
GreersElbow
New member
Which he'll then deliberately leave in the medical treatment room.
I also hope you have a solid HR team who isn't prone to leaking emails.
brightn'ove
cringe
Be very wary of CLACKERS and Norwich coach drivers
Hotchilidog
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- Jan 24, 2009
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I may have one or two bad words to say about Gus regarding the manner of his departure, but, your point stands and is a valid one. We were rudderless when he arrived and looking completely out of sorts. He stopped the slide, turned us around and gave us a magnificent chamionship winning season. I'll be always be grateful for that. Shame the whole thing came crashing down in an unseemly fashion but in all honesty we have both survived the break up pretty well.
Worried Man Blues
Well-known member
You're a stepping stone to get back to England, then he will be looking at a better club within 6 months
John Bumlick
Banned
Fixed for you.
It might be six months before he starts dropping cryptic hints in his post match comments.
sir albion
New member
He will always have the ego to think this way,but the fact is he's unlikely to get any type of prem job unless he actually manages to get a championship club up and that's unlikely.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
Like Paul Ince or Jim Gannon?
Gus took us from the relegation zone in League 1 to 11th in 6 months. The following season we went top in September breaking all our previous records of weeks at number 1 spot, winning 8 games out of 8 in March 2011, and winning the title with a record 95 points.
His first season in the Championship saw us in the top ten, with a lot of League 1 players, he was saddled with because of appearance clauses which gave them another year's contract. Then he tried to get some of his own players in (succeeding with Vicente and Ulloa) but finding other blocked by Burke & Barber, but still got us to the playoffs.
Yes, it all went wrong but it took 3.5 years to go wrong. Most managerial posts last 18 months.
I'm glad we have Chris Hughton now but don't rewrite history. He made mistakes, the club made mistakes but it was fun while it lasted.
Icy Gull
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What makes you think Ince or Gannon, they were DK targets weren't they?
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
I thought they were involved when Slade was sacked. I'm probably wrong.
el punal
Well-known member
Start worrying when Norwich come into town and Gus starts spouting - " I'd love to manage a big club like this. ".