Been on PNE fans forum I didn't realise he was so hated, people saying he is the worst manager in their history etc. Apparently slapped a player to a get a reaction out of him after asking are you aggressive enough.
Don't think you can blame the manager in this situation clearly Ridsdale didn't look at the players before bringing in a manager who cannot play his game with the type of players they have. If they do a charlton and bring in a whole new team I'm sure they will be fine.
Slapped a player ! If there's any truth in that he should have been sacked and if it was up to me prosecuted for assault. Hope they implode long enough for us to pick up three points there.
you are joking right? prosecuted for assault?...nothing wrong with a quick slap if someones takin the piss. Ill have a few quid that Ferguson has dished a few out.
I mean, i do it with my kids team all the time (joke)
Where is it written that Carl Jenkinson's money underwrote our transfer budget? I'd imagine the fee is bound up in appearances, and performance related payments. Seen as we were running at a loss, I'd imagine signing 20 plus players is almost completely underwritten by the owners.
Seen as the average champ player is on 4,000, and it's basically a rule of thumb that many 'champ' players seek ten grand plus if they're free, it makes sense to save at least 800,000 a year; if they were champ players.
Don't know if it is written but I know what I heard SCP say on BBC's Late Kick Off the other week!
It was said at the start of the season the foirst month of the season and every month on here to anyone who would listen from them dirty nthn mug teams when they were saying how much dough we had spent
i think it was said by someone senior within the club at a fans meeting
Slater said that all our transfers were covered by the Jenkinson fee. I personally heard him say it, I think it was at a meeting at The Valley. Whether I believe him is another matter :-)
Another thought - does it take four players to leak a team?!
This is a point I just don't buy either and makes me very suspicious about the whole story tbh.
There could well be 4 players with the right 'ump with the manager but 4 players jointly leaking a team sheet? Nahhh....the world doesn't work like that.
Lets' face it, at this level most teams are fairly predictable, I'm sure Oldham could guess our team on Saturday, and CP could guess their team, and both guesses would only be 1 or 2 players our (late injuries, tactical switches)
But I can see why Westley would want to make it up.
He may not have, we don't know, but having seen his team pull every trick in the book at their place I'll take a pinch of salt thanks if that is alright.
I can see the logic of getting rid of disloyal players as well as C Carlisle, now a professional media luvvie and Ashbee who was P Brown's favorite from his Hull days. In fact, Brown left behind a similar situation at Hull .. too many indifferent players who cost too much money in both fees and wages. Westley will come good in the end given the continued support of the board and the bank manager, though I doubt if Preston will ever regain a place in the top division, the Premier League. He's gone to a club which is still associated with the glory days of the 80s, the 1880s. PNE is in an area overflowing with league clubs, the Manchesters, Liverpool, Everton, Wigan, Blackburn, Bolton, Burnley, Accrington, Blackpool, Tranmere, Huddersfield, Rochdale, Bury etc etc are all within a few miles of Preston. I wish him success .. AFTER his side plays us.
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I mean, i do it with my kids team all the time (joke)
i think it was said by someone senior within the club at a fans meeting
Whether I believe him is another matter :-)
6 points above the relegation zone but it's a tough run in for them
This isn't going to end pretty at all!
Another thought - does it take four players to leak a team?!
So 4 players is prolly right
There could well be 4 players with the right 'ump with the manager but 4 players jointly leaking a team sheet? Nahhh....the world doesn't work like that.
He may not have, we don't know, but having seen his team pull every trick in the book at their place I'll take a pinch of salt thanks if that is alright.
A good BBC article about the shambles there!
Even Pardew would be proud of that!