Blackwell position became untenable because he > couldn't handle the Leeds > bully boys. Once he'd lost the crowd, and let's > recall for a moment the > disgraceful booing of our own players at matches, > Bates had two choices - to > stick with what an increasingly vociferous element > had identified as a > hapless clown or to sack him and let Carver pick up > the pieces.
Chris, that's not correct. Blackwell's position became untenable because we haven't picked up many point this year (that's year not season by the way !). He put faith in an ageing captain and played jokers such as Crainey. He had to go. Nowt to do with the crowd / 'bully boys'. > > The irony in all of this is that Blackwell's major > crime was held to be that > he had the best squad in the championship but played > them out of position in > an inflexible and defensive formation. With > hindsight that appears to be > utter gibberish - what I'd give now for an > inflexible and defensive > formation! So you saying it isn't true ? Ask Healy what he thinks of Blackwell. Ask Marlon King ? Ask Killa why he couldn't get in the team for a fat b'stard for half a season ? Ask Blake if he's a winger or ask Hulse if he likes playing on his own up front ? I could go on. It's not gibberish. Blackie's formation and team tactics were crap and once the luck ran out we saw the results his tactics deserved. > > I believe, and the results over two seasons suggest > I am right, that > Blackwell was doing a good job with sub standard > players Can you explain the results THIS YEAR CHRIS ??? What happened to the 'good job' with sub standard players ? I don't see it ? - if good > management is defined as working with the team you > have then Blackwell did > an excellent job and we are seeing the proof of that > now. Not one of the > anti Blackwell brigade has ever offered a viable > alternative strategy to the > one espoused by Blackwell - "build a platform then > make it better". Bollocks Chris. How can you judge what is going on now with anything ? It's Blackie's team that have imploded and if you want to argue stupid points then Carver got our best result of the season against Brum or have you conveniently forgotten that. > > I suspect that until the Leeds crowd accept that we > are not a 'big club' any > longer then the decline will continue. We are a big club Chris and we will be back. Only a couple > of weeks ago somebody > on this list advanced the theory that Gordon > Strachan would jump at the > chance of coming to Leeds Who said that ? Come on Chris who said it ? - yesterday on WACCOE it > was reported that Dennis > Wise had turned us down. That is the gap between > reality and fantasy and > until it is bridged and we support the players on > the pitch, the manager in > the dugout and the chairman at the controls, we will > not see major > improvement. Don't listen to rumours Chris or else you'll end up looking stupid. > > > > _______________________________________________ > the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and > the list administrators accept no liability for the > personal views and opinions of contributors. > Leedslist mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > oh alright then :-) > ___________________________________________________________ Copy addresses and emails from any email account to Yahoo! Mail - quick, easy and free. http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/trueswitch2.html _______________________________________________ the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. Leedslist mailing list [email protected] http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist oh alright then :-)
