mikejh45

I bet that fleece is stained.

Barry's free at the moment.

So just to be clear.....you definitely got thrusts 1 and 3 in?

24 seconds? You stud!!!

I'd love to come back with a witty retort......but I'm heartily laughing here. B*stard!!!

Not arguing with that but are you asking for an opinion or stating a point. I am saying that after a 6-0 pasting by Carlisle and losing Bunn in such dramatic circumstances to then bring in the stand-in academy manager, who had little involvement with the first team squad up to this point, and then get a win was an achievement in itself.

You may not agree with me regarding Bunn and his negativity but I stand by it. He kept both our best attacking midfielders in Maouche and Baxter on the bench and only brought on the former once injuries kicked in. Scholes has now got Baxter heading back to playing to his former standards. He kept Nepomaceno on the bench in an either/or choice with Branger. Wild made a tactical decision, which worked, by playing both. Bunn played a rigid 442 for a large part of the season. I agree, we have Scholes and he has my full backing (I'm sure when he reads this at 8.30 am...….he will be immensely relieved)

Hang on......what's your argument now? You posted on page12 that it was a crap performance against Carlisle. Now you are saying, what appears to be, that Carlisle were lucky. So how do you explain the turnaround from losing at Carlisle under Bunn (who some people think was a popular manager with the players) to winning away at Port Vale with virtually the same team?

May not be different starting 11 but there was a stark difference in attitude from Bunn"s last match to Wild"s first.

As I've said before and I'm sticking with this.....we were crap with Bunn and Rhodes. Performances picked up with Wragg coming in but Bunn was still too defensive and negative. We'll just have to disagree on value that Bunn brought to the team. As for the foreign players, there were 4 in the mix in December. I don't think that many would argue that Maouche, Missilou and Nepomaceno are worth their places in the starting line and I would certainly add Branger also. So your last statement is a bit fatuous.

Where did I say they are false....all I've said there are two sides to a story. You believe them if you want, that is your prerogative...….I'll just hold back for a bit longer until the full story comes out. You maybe right and I could be wrong in which case I'll hold my hands up but until that point, I'll play devils advocate.

The basis of your argument is totally unbalanced and one-sided. I didn't think Bunn was a good manager. Football was poor to average and too defensive.....almost getting knocked out in the FA first round. Why is it that the two players you named both had an axe to grind after throwing their football toys out of the pram......both have been unprofessional throughout their careers which makes their stories less than believable.

So from what you are saying it might not have happened in which case you can't use it as a weapon.

How many times are you going to use an alleged incident to suit your argument? I don't think I have come across any other poster who mentions this. We are 8 weeks on from Exeter and this story remains a story.

I've never claimed to have a source and stated so on here on several occasions. My opinion is based on human nature and logic only. I read what others post and if it doesn't make sense, I try to make a reasoned, alternative viewpoint. So please tell me how, as you put it, "downing tools" for the Carlisle game would help Bunn? Doing so gave AL a reason to get of him and backfired on the players. Bunn may have been well-liked but what does that mean?

Doesn't make sense...…."down tools" in protest at the owner so the manager ends up getting the boot AND THEN pull out all the stops for PW in the next couple of matches peaking In Fulham where, from my seat, they didn't shy away from AL in the celebrations. There was only one player who stood by Bunn and that was Miller. To the rest, Bunn was just another manager and a not very good one. Lot of misinformation here, I think.

Nonsense..….out of the 18 players, 3 came through the system, 2 were at the club before AL, 5 were loanees brought in by Bunn/Rhodes, 4 were signed by Bunn/Rhodes leaving 4 brought in by AL/ML. I would say that less than 25% had some affiliation with the owner. No. Bunn lost the dressing room.....that's if he ever had it.

On the other hand, if the team felt Bunn was harshly treated, they would have pulled out all the stops and produced the goods at Carlisle to show the owner they were with the manager.

Sounds like bollox to me.

And therein lies the problem.….Sheridan suffers from a severe case of Allardycitus…….no stamina for a long campaign!!!

Means nothing. Still not won anything despite spending sh*t loads of money. Van Gaal, before he failed at United (having said that he still won more than Klopp in a shorter tenure than Klopp) was a successful coach for several clubs and he's known for nailing his arse to the seat for 90 mins.

Is that a pre-requisite for being a good manager?

Do you think COG practices his runs into the box or is it just natural talent OR it's neither of the above and he's just a lazy b*stard.

Cheers......I've been described as "sharp as a billiard ball" before now.

Put more succinctly than my attempt.