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  • Kindoncasella
    Kindoncasella Posts: 258
    edited January 3
    He does well when he has the tools. I could have got Wrexham out of the conference with a l1 squad. Slap bang average at best when working under less favourable conditions


    which manager does work well without the tools and unfavourable conditions? 

  • Kindoncasella
    Kindoncasella Posts: 258
    edited January 3
    He does well when he has the tools. I could have got Wrexham out of the conference with a l1 squad. Slap bang average at best when working under less favourable conditions
     
    which manager does work well without the tools and unfavourable conditions?
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,887
    I thought he was unfairly sacked by Charlton and he was working with a terrible squad. Powell struggled with the same squad that season and it was only after a rebuild that things improved.

    Parkinson is a decent lower league manager and one of the few managers we've got rid of who has gone on to succeed.
    Should not have been given the job and was manager for the Northwich Victoria game.
    The only reason he was given the job was the club couldn’t afford to sack him and pay off his contract. They sold Luke Varney to pay off Pardew. 
  • oohaahmortimer
    oohaahmortimer Posts: 34,264
    edited January 3
    He had a worse ppg record than Pardew that horrific Championship relegation season .

    His persistence in picking Elliot when Randolph was a much better keeper was bizarre , luckily for us Elliot got injured when we were in danger of slipping out of the play offs, Randy came in and turned it around .
    Not being able to make full use of Jonjo Shelvey another weird one .
    Solid lower league manager and part of this the shittiest period in our footballing history .
    Powell led us to 13th in L1 after he took over from Parkinson. He struggled with the crappy squad that we had as well. Needed a summer rebuild.

    Some of the criticism of Parkinson seems a bit bizarre. We've had plenty of managers who are far worse with inferior CVs.





    SCP walked in cold to that squad , Parky had been working with that squad for months (the one he managed to do a worse job than Pardew had ) .
  • He's had a very good managerial career to be fair and is doing much better with Wrexham this season than I imagined he would.  Decent bloke too.

    Still can't figure how he struggled to get a tune out of Shelvey but has Elliot Lee playing like the white Pele we sung about!
  • He had a worse ppg record than Pardew that horrific Championship relegation season .

    His persistence in picking Elliot when Randolph was a much better keeper was bizarre , luckily for us Elliot got injured when we were in danger of slipping out of the play offs, Randy came in and turned it around .
    Not being able to make full use of Jonjo Shelvey another weird one .
    Solid lower league manager and part of this the shittiest period in our footballing history .
    Honestly I always say about the Elliot/Randolph situation. Elliot was so immobile and couldn’t kick and was making mistakes most games. Randolph still couldn’t get in. Then he got injured and they loaned in Ikeme instead of playing Randolph. Bizarre. 

    The beckford save by Randolph is one of the best I’ve seen live. Even over Kiely/Dugarry.
  • Dazzler21
    Dazzler21 Posts: 51,474
    I thought he was unfairly sacked by Charlton and he was working with a terrible squad. Powell struggled with the same squad that season and it was only after a rebuild that things improved.

    Parkinson is a decent lower league manager and one of the few managers we've got rid of who has gone on to succeed.
    Should not have been given the job and was manager for the Northwich Victoria game.
    That game was thrown by Izale McLeod 
  • Dazzler21
    Dazzler21 Posts: 51,474
    Parkinson probably shouldn't have been given the job in the first place off the back of his "caretaker spell"

    Looking back on his first season in league 1, I think it's quite clear that it was a particularly difficult division with the likes of Leeds, Norwich, Southampton, Millwall all up there. Getting us promoted wasn't an easy task. 

    That second season he had us competitive again despite having a pretty poor squad. When he left I'm pretty sure we were sitting around 5th or 6th. 

    Powell came in and struggled with the same team but he was trying to get a better understanding of the squad that he had imo and who he could rely on for the next season. (worked out pretty well in the end) 

    Overall he did a reasonable job with us and has done much better elsewhere.

    Certainly a league 1 / lower level championship manager now imo. 
    He was sacked in 4th place with a team that Powell took to 14th. 

    It was a weird sacking, Powell was then given a massive transfer window that meant he could buikd, early, one of the best squads we've ever had in L1 that had a few lower end players well over performing. Pritchard is a fine example. 
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,309
    Dazzler21 said:
    I thought he was unfairly sacked by Charlton and he was working with a terrible squad. Powell struggled with the same squad that season and it was only after a rebuild that things improved.

    Parkinson is a decent lower league manager and one of the few managers we've got rid of who has gone on to succeed.
    Should not have been given the job and was manager for the Northwich Victoria game.
    That game was thrown by Izale McLeod 

    How do you come to that conclusion?
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,309
    Dazzler21 said:
    Parkinson probably shouldn't have been given the job in the first place off the back of his "caretaker spell"

    Looking back on his first season in league 1, I think it's quite clear that it was a particularly difficult division with the likes of Leeds, Norwich, Southampton, Millwall all up there. Getting us promoted wasn't an easy task. 

    That second season he had us competitive again despite having a pretty poor squad. When he left I'm pretty sure we were sitting around 5th or 6th. 

    Powell came in and struggled with the same team but he was trying to get a better understanding of the squad that he had imo and who he could rely on for the next season. (worked out pretty well in the end) 

    Overall he did a reasonable job with us and has done much better elsewhere.

    Certainly a league 1 / lower level championship manager now imo. 
    He was sacked in 4th place with a team that Powell took to 14th. 

    It was a weird sacking, Powell was then given a massive transfer window that meant he could buikd, early, one of the best squads we've ever had in L1 that had a few lower end players well over performing. Pritchard is a fine example. 

    From memory Parkinson lasted about two weeks after we were taken over by Slater and gang.  They must have fancied Powell, it happens with takeovers.

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  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 23,045
    edited January 5
    Dazzler21 said:
    Parkinson probably shouldn't have been given the job in the first place off the back of his "caretaker spell"

    Looking back on his first season in league 1, I think it's quite clear that it was a particularly difficult division with the likes of Leeds, Norwich, Southampton, Millwall all up there. Getting us promoted wasn't an easy task. 

    That second season he had us competitive again despite having a pretty poor squad. When he left I'm pretty sure we were sitting around 5th or 6th. 

    Powell came in and struggled with the same team but he was trying to get a better understanding of the squad that he had imo and who he could rely on for the next season. (worked out pretty well in the end) 

    Overall he did a reasonable job with us and has done much better elsewhere.

    Certainly a league 1 / lower level championship manager now imo. 
    He was sacked in 4th place with a team that Powell took to 14th. 

    It was a weird sacking, Powell was then given a massive transfer window that meant he could buikd, early, one of the best squads we've ever had in L1 that had a few lower end players well over performing. Pritchard is a fine example. 

    From memory Parkinson lasted about two weeks after we were taken over by Slater and gang.  They must have fancied Powell, it happens with takeovers.
    While I wouldn't blame them for fancying the handsome charmer that is Chris Powell, they went for Eddie Howe first.
  • MarcusH26
    MarcusH26 Posts: 8,159
    Dazzler21 said:
    Parkinson probably shouldn't have been given the job in the first place off the back of his "caretaker spell"

    Looking back on his first season in league 1, I think it's quite clear that it was a particularly difficult division with the likes of Leeds, Norwich, Southampton, Millwall all up there. Getting us promoted wasn't an easy task. 

    That second season he had us competitive again despite having a pretty poor squad. When he left I'm pretty sure we were sitting around 5th or 6th. 

    Powell came in and struggled with the same team but he was trying to get a better understanding of the squad that he had imo and who he could rely on for the next season. (worked out pretty well in the end) 

    Overall he did a reasonable job with us and has done much better elsewhere.

    Certainly a league 1 / lower level championship manager now imo. 
    He was sacked in 4th place with a team that Powell took to 14th. 

    It was a weird sacking, Powell was then given a massive transfer window that meant he could buikd, early, one of the best squads we've ever had in L1 that had a few lower end players well over performing. Pritchard is a fine example. 

    From memory Parkinson lasted about two weeks after we were taken over by Slater and gang.  They must have fancied Powell, it happens with takeovers.
    While I wouldn't blame them for fancying the handsome charmer that is Chris Powell, they went for Eddie Howe first.

    And if I recall correctly they interviewed a certain Andy Scott too. 
  • JustFloydRoad
    JustFloydRoad Posts: 1,738
    What are we saying sacked if he looses Saturday?
  • blackpool72
    blackpool72 Posts: 23,769
    I'm not a Parkinson fan by any means but to gain promotion 3 seasons on the trot is a fantastic achievement even with the financial backing he had.
    To sack him now would be very harsh imo.
  • eastterrace6168
    eastterrace6168 Posts: 23,115
    What are we saying sacked if he looses Saturday?
    No...WHEN he loses Saturday...
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 21,439
    What are we saying sacked if he looses Saturday?
    Why? Only lost 2 in their last 11 games, one of those in the cup, the other being in the league to Stoke who currently sit 2nd in the table, and they beat Coventry in that too. Their main problem is drawing too many games, joint highest in the league with 6. 
  • Yeah he's definitely steadied the ship at Wrexham after a bit of a difficult start.
  • MarcusH26
    MarcusH26 Posts: 8,159
    Guess it depends on what Rob and Ryan see as a successful season given the crazy spending spree they went on. 
  • After our play off victory at Wembley, Parky (who was a SKY pundit for the game) had what I suspect was a veiled dig at NJ by saying something along the lines of "congratulations...... I expect we will both be shopping for the same players now", knowing full well that Wrexham were about to splash their millions.
     NJ didn't show any emotional response nor did he reply...... I think he knew we would be taking a different route and NOT competing with Wrexham for the players that they were after and Parky probably knew that NJ was unlikely to have the same financial clout.
     It will be no surprise if he is gone soon and I suspect Nathan won't be bothered for Parky's future should we roll them over on Saturday.

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  • To bw honest its difficult to complain because of what SCP achieved but I do feel Parkinson was treated slightly harshly by us as a club. Very nice man who had time for the fans, I remember some friends and I spoke to him for quite a while at welling one pre-season. Also when we sacked him were we in play offs ?
  • Wrexham can’t afford for the wheels to fall off and for them to stagnate. Ryan has spent millions and seen three promotions and the interest keeps flooding in. He’s expecting to be right up there. A season or two of mediocrity will see the interest wain. Interest falls away and so does the financial spinner. Most clubs settle for a season or two of consolidation but this is Hollywood baby. Win baby win.
  • iaitch
    iaitch Posts: 10,293
    edited November 6
    To bw honest its difficult to complain because of what SCP achieved but I do feel Parkinson was treated slightly harshly by us as a club. Very nice man who had time for the fans, I remember some friends and I spoke to him for quite a while at welling one pre-season. Also when we sacked him were we in play offs ?
    Lifted from Wiki:- Having not won a league game since November, Parkinson was sacked on 4 January 2011, the day after his side's 4–2 loss at home to Swindon.
  • I think he is a decent bloke and good manager. 
    I'm into horse racing and I went round Andrew Balding's stable because we were thinking of putting a horse with him. Somehow it came up that I was a Charlton fan and he said that before the Play off away leg with Swindon , Parky brought the whole team to the stables and they helped out with basic jobs, mucking out etc to fill in time and relax them before the tie. He was super impressed 
  • Jints
    Jints Posts: 3,513
    iaitch said:
    To bw honest its difficult to complain because of what SCP achieved but I do feel Parkinson was treated slightly harshly by us as a club. Very nice man who had time for the fans, I remember some friends and I spoke to him for quite a while at welling one pre-season. Also when we sacked him were we in play offs ?
    Lifted from Wiki:- Having not won a league game since November, Parkinson was sacked on 4 January 2011, the day after his side's 4–2 loss at home to Swindon.
    Atmosphere was toxic that game. It was blindingly obvious he was going to be sacked
  • wmcf123
    wmcf123 Posts: 5,838
    I think he is a decent bloke and good manager. 
    I'm into horse racing and I went round Andrew Balding's stable because we were thinking of putting a horse with him. Somehow it came up that I was a Charlton fan and he said that before the Play off away leg with Swindon , Parky brought the whole team to the stables and they helped out with basic jobs, mucking out etc to fill in time and relax them before the tie. He was super impressed 
    Is that why we lost?  
  • Brownie12
    Brownie12 Posts: 1,539
    I think he is a decent bloke and good manager. 
    I'm into horse racing and I went round Andrew Balding's stable because we were thinking of putting a horse with him. Somehow it came up that I was a Charlton fan and he said that before the Play off away leg with Swindon , Parky brought the whole team to the stables and they helped out with basic jobs, mucking out etc to fill in time and relax them before the tie. He was super impressed 
    Should have brought the horses to muck out the Charlton dressing room. 
  • I think he is a decent bloke and good manager. 
    I'm into horse racing and I went round Andrew Balding's stable because we were thinking of putting a horse with him. Somehow it came up that I was a Charlton fan and he said that before the Play off away leg with Swindon , Parky brought the whole team to the stables and they helped out with basic jobs, mucking out etc to fill in time and relax them before the tie. He was super impressed 
    Before Bailey kicked his penalty like a horse.
  • Arsenetatters
    Arsenetatters Posts: 6,022
    I think he is a decent bloke and good manager. 
    I'm into horse racing and I went round Andrew Balding's stable because we were thinking of putting a horse with him. Somehow it came up that I was a Charlton fan and he said that before the Play off away leg with Swindon , Parky brought the whole team to the stables and they helped out with basic jobs, mucking out etc to fill in time and relax them before the tie. He was super impressed 

    What a great idea. Nathan is welcome to try this at the hen sanctuary. There's more than enough mucking out for the whole squad. Bring it on.
  • aliwibble
    aliwibble Posts: 26,669
    Knowing our luck with injuries, half the team would somehow manage to contract psittacosis after that.