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26th June 2020, 08.17:59 | #19-0 (permalink) | |
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'Just had to keep it ticking along'. Sounds almost disrespectful. Don't try and downplay what Morrell did. You wrote that as if its easy. Ask Bryan Hughes how easy it is just to keep things ticking along and then challenge again the next season. The reason people bang on, as you put it, about Morrell is because he's the only manager since being in non league to actually achieve something here. Keates isn't fit to lace his boots. You seem to have forgotten the team Hughes and then Keates inherited, the majority of the squad were challenging for the league under Ricketts. Lets not try and rewrite history trying to make out Keates inherited a poor squad. After Hughes was sacked a good manager could have turned our season around. Unfortunately we got Keates who made us worse and we sank even lower. |
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26th June 2020, 09.02:49 | #20-0 (permalink) | |
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Keates didn't inherit a squad that resembled the squad Rickett's squad that were in a play off position, the forward line had completely changed; no Roberts, no Walker; Chambers, JBB, McIntosh and Barton not good enough; Summerfield, Wright and Hooper long term injuries; Carra, Jennings and a less degree Pearson niggling injuries and missing games. So big changes were needed otherwise that squad was more than likely going to get relegated. Keates wasn't my choice to return, so not sure why I'm arguing against the haters, but now he is here it would be folly to change manager again, and subsequently some players and targets with a new manager, (wasting more money we haven't got) let alone during an extended period of no football. |
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26th June 2020, 09.16:17 | #21-0 (permalink) | |
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You can refer to Keates as many times as you like. I cant be arsed debating him on here as most have made their mind up on him, that's why I purposely did not make reference to him. His win percentage is crap, and he may be the worst person on planet earth, but I wouldn't beat him over the head with the win percentage. I stand by my original point, win percentages aren't the be all and end all. Stats like that ignore mitigating circumstances, and you can manipulate them any which way you want. As I said. |
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26th June 2020, 09.25:21 | #22-0 (permalink) | |
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Personally I want what's best for the club and will not blindly defend anything and everything the club does, or champion sticking with a manager for the sake of it and 'stability', which is the basis of your argument even though its flawed. Ironic you should mention wasting more money. I'll refer you back to the disaster signings in Keates first spell in January. The sooner Keates is gone the better. Labelling people who think Keates is shite and can justify it as 'haters' is lame but not unexpected. If we're going down that road then I'd say that anyone who wants nothing but the best manager this club can get has been brainwashed and consumed by apathy and I'd question where their loyalties lie. Don't settle for mediocre. I know the WST does and so does the club board but its up to fans to force them to change their ways or move on. You'd be here still defending Keates as we battle a relegation fight in the Conf North. Sometime blind support isn't heroic its just daft. |
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26th June 2020, 09.36:50 | #23-0 (permalink) | |
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Not sure why some find it so hard to give Morrell credit for what he did. Its bizarre, it really is. Hughes failed to do what he did, so did Barrow. And then so did Keates. Keates task was different but that's his job, to turn the team around. Spencer even mentioned play offs. He's failed miserably and therefore should be sacked. This club is way better than appointing a no hoper like him. That's why it annoys the F out of fans. A good manager will put out a side that performs beyond expectations and ability. Denis Smith did it. Ricketts did it. Morrell even did when we won the FAT and got to a play off final. We never had the leagues biggest budget, even under Saunders. Keates did the opposite, there was no new manager bounce, no spark, the team just went backwards. When people say they can't be arsed debating something its because they can't and know where it'll lead. No offence. |
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26th June 2020, 09.45:47 | #24-0 (permalink) | |
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26th June 2020, 09.52:33 | #25-0 (permalink) |
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Re: Win percentages for Wrexham's non league managers
Personally thought the board jumped to get rid of Hughes too soon.
The football was more attractive, we scored goals and the team was developing. The trust board sacked Hughes before the Fylde game but I don't think he knew. We played well at Fylde and but for our "Keeper" would have won. Hughes didn't do himself any favours by not accepting additional help added to some poor recruitment, particularly Barnum Bob. Second mistake the FC board made was appointing Keates rather than leaving Flynn in charge. Flynn had the experience, could see potential and would take no sh!t. (unlike the Barrow debacle) |
26th June 2020, 10.19:56 | #27-0 (permalink) | |
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The board resist changing managers to soon, you're supporting Keates who when given the job we were told it was a 3 year project to get promotion, he was given a big budget supplemented with the begging bowls of build the budget. 3 years, first chance of jumping overboard after spending the fan money from BTB was disrespectful to the fans and the club for giving him his chance in management. So bringing him back was also disrespectful to the fans. Get rid Posted via mobile theme |
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