Manchester United, Liverpool, both in serious debt. You wouldn't call top 6 
premier league status successful? And if a club is bankrolled (name me one club 
that isn't) then that doesn't count? It's all or nothing then - premier league 
champions within two years or you'll view Cellino as a failure? You must have 
become accustomed to disappointment!


On 20 Jun 2014, at 21:53, Jim Moran <[email protected]> wrote:

> All rich clubs. Liverpool's successful period was a series of boot room boys 
> and they all lasted years. Don't forget they've not won a league title for 24 
> years. Chelsea bankrolled. Man city bankrolled. Spurs? Fuck me. They've won 
> fuck all in the modern era but the FA cup every 10-20 years. Celtic play in a 
> 2 horse race league. Don't get any of your argument, sorry. 
> 
> --
> 
> On 20 Jun 2014, at 21:36, Chris Wright <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> Do we? I think its true to say that the most successful manager in history - 
>> Alex Ferguson, was in position for the longest time, but Chelsea? Manchester 
>> City? Tottenham Hotspur, Glasgow Celtic, Liverpool. all successful clubs, 
>> all change managers at the drop of a hat. The only reason we think the 
>> recipe for success is longevity is Alec Ferguson and Arsene Wenger, two 
>> remarkable coaches. To say that is the only way to success is like saying 
>> the winner of the lottery is very rich therefore I'll play the lottery every 
>> week until I win it.
>> 
>> The fact is we don't really know what we're in for - we all agree that our 
>> history of owners has been a slow descent into purgatory, starting with the 
>> idiot that bought Thomas Brolin, Bill Fotherby. Since then its been downhill 
>> all the way. Fact is today we're a mid table second division club with no 
>> stadium and massive debts. Cellino has paid off many of those debts, kept us 
>> alive in fact yet the dissenters still moan because he hasn't bought back 
>> the stadium and Thorp Arch. Would you? Seriously? We are losing money at a 
>> frightening rate. The owner has plugged the gaps, steadied the ship and done 
>> it with speed. So far, so good. 
>> 
>> I don't know where this will end, but we have a wealthy owner with a 
>> successful record in Italy, one of the leading football countries in the 
>> world. It cannot possibly be worse than the nightmare pairing of Brian 
>> McDermott and David Haigh. If those two had stayed at the helm, relegation 
>> would be the least of our worries. And so many people wanting Gary 
>> McAllister back - what exactly is it about his record as a coach that makes 
>> anyone think he'd do a job for us? Legendary player yes. Manager? Bloody 
>> useless.
>> 
>> Chris
>> 
>> Chris Wright
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 20 Jun 2014, at 19:51, Jim Moran <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>>> We also know that unless you're able to buy the best players in the world, 
>>> that sacking managers and coaches regularly never, ever, leads to success. 
>>> 
>>> --
>>> 
>>>> On 20 Jun 2014, at 19:30, Chris Wright <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> I think Cellino has said on many occasions that he is employing a coach 
>>>> not a manager. Yesterday the press bandied the term 'manager' about until 
>>>> an exasperated Massimo said "Coach, Manager, Super Manager...what's the 
>>>> difference..." thus delivering a headline on a plate.
>>>> 
>>>> Rationally, I've had more than enough of the McDermotts and Warnocks of 
>>>> this world. I'm absolutely with Cellino when he referred scathingly to 
>>>> modern managers as "PR men, bullshitters" we've had enough of these 
>>>> tossers surely? Both McDermott and Warnock were absolutely clueless, 
>>>> Warnock was past his sell by date and McDermott was just a PR man. He told 
>>>> us what we wanted to hear, no more, no less.
>>>> 
>>>> Its going to be a bumpy ride I'm sure, but Massimo has provided hours of 
>>>> entertainment so far, most notably at the expense of alleged fraudster 
>>>> David Haigh. Frankly, even ignoring the allegations of theft surrounding 
>>>> that resident of a Dubai jail, did anyone seriously think GFK or whatever 
>>>> they called themselves were doing a good job? Proper Millionaires tend to 
>>>> have ideas. Ours obviously knows something about football, he kept 
>>>> Cagliari in the top division in Italy for years, right now I'd happily 
>>>> take that.
>>>> 
>>>> If Wackaday doesn't work out, he'll be history before he can blink. That 
>>>> much about Cellino we know.
>>>> 
>>>> Chris.
>>>> 
>>>> Chris Wright
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
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