I would bet Blond Bombshell's tent on Dodds and Proctor doing better than Peter Reid with identical squads. I don't have any kind of affinity to Dodds and Proctor beyond hearing Dodds is a handy coach. I'd go as far to say I'm highly suspicious of Proctor's ability and entirely convinced Dodds cannot head coach but the game has moved on. Reid and Saxton would not be able to handle modern footballers.
This is very much the case. I have a real world example of this, which I won't go into, but I believe this to be true. And that's not necessarily a criticism of managers of their generation.
I'm as sick as anyone but it's not certain that it's a shambles. If the Still story is correct he's done as much, if not more, to delay this procedure. Until we know who's the new manager we won't really know what degree of 'shambolic' this merits. For example, if it's Cifuentes it may be that QPR refused permission to talk, at first, but he's put pressure on them to allow it. If he was one of our preferred choices that might explain a lot ... ... and at the moment we're all just guessing on the back off snippets, how I've begun to hate snippets
I loved that era but always felt it was built on sand, adrenalin and a drinking culture ... ... much like my entire life Right, off to work while the sun shines.
Just a guess, but I think after Still turned us down we probably went back to the start, interviewing candidates etc.
Whomever it is they need to be given the full season unless we're in immediate danger of relegation. Fans need to accept it takes time to get things right and sometimes managers don't hit the ground running, even though we hope they do.
Comparing eras is fraught with impossibilities in my opinion. For example, had Maradonna, or Best, been born now they would still have been the best in the world and ever. It is because they had innate natural talent. Others the same. They would have been a product of their environment, with the sort of physical dedication they see now. Others, who relied more on sheer determination, say a Bryan Robson (who I loved) may have found todays game harder to dominate in the way he did. Managers are the same. Reidy's style probably wouldnt work now. But then I belive, for example, Bob Paisley would thrive in this modern world. He was so good with players. Bobby Robson would thrive today too, I have no doubt. He had a tactical brain that would make some of these modern coaches run for the hills.
Signing Flo to replace him was a strange one. Despite his height, he wasn't the same type of player as Quinny.
I think it's probably a bit less than that but they're the most vocal (thick people tend to have less social shame). I was at the Coventry game and only a small minority of people around me were booing Beale, but that's the only thing you hear because there's no way to counter signal what was happening.
With that percentage you have a more favourable view of our online fanbase than I do! I'm thinking more at the match to be honest.
