Glad he's been given time to build the club over a few seasons.
Bradford reaping the rewards of that patience.
Agreed, I wanted him to have some money to spend when slatemenez rolled in with cash on the back of varney. Think he was just wrong man at the wrong time but did manage to keep the club alive whilst Murray kept it on life support. Did the very best he could with limited players. Delighted for him how it's worked out for him and Bradford.
Bradford played some good football for their goals as well.
If in 2009/10 we had been able to sign BWP instead of a year later, I wonder if we might have got promotion that year, and things might have been very different for Parky's career...
The Co-Chairman of Bradford has just said that when Parkinson took over they had the worst squad in there history and Phil did well to keep them in the league. In the few years he's been there, a promotion and a Capital cup Final plus today win at Chelsea.
Everyone needs to be at a club at the right time. Players and managers. so many managers have some success either before or after being at Cafc, makes you think ?
Christian Dailly said at a fans forum at the Valley that Parkinson was a special manager, Murray said that he reminded him of Curbs. Sadly he was our manager at a time when our fans were at our lowest ebb and it reflected back on him and was not helped by Murray saying he would be judged on results and then appointed despite them.
Really hope that he stays with Bradford City and guides them into the Championship.
I've always stated that Parkinson is an excellent League One Manager yet struggles at a higher level when in truth when you look at his Championship experience it was always where he inherited teams and struggled to make his mark quick enough to ensure that disaster never happened (i.e. Hull / Charlton)...
Lets see him take a Squad that he's built into the Championship though and see how he does with it, he's already taken Colchester up to the Championship so can get promotion from that league
Parkinson was manager of Charlton when the club was an utter shambles off the field, there was no money at all and he was lumbered with an unbalanced squad in which much of his budget had been tied up with Pardew era shite.
Relegation from the Championship was inevitable - we had one centre half in the squad all season (Mark Hudson) - and the next season we had only one centre forward until February (Deon Burton).
Despite that he begged and borrowed the players that took us to a whisker of automatic promotion in a very strong league and we missed out on penalties.
The next year it got even worse - our higher earners were either sold or left the club and with zero cash we were basically reduced to bringing in League One cast offs like Abbot, McCormack and Francis.
Somehow he kept us in the play off hunt - despite some awful performances - and his reward for all this? The immediate sack from that pair of spivs that took over and a whole bunch of venal abuse from some Charlton fans who should hang their heads in shame for their treatment of a very decent human being.
Most ironic of all was the assertion of these people that Parkinson - who'd had 25 years in professional football - was 'tactically naive' - well, that was always horse-shit coming from people who had never coached higher than the Dog and Duck 2nd XI but those people look like absolute arse clowns tonight.
Christian Dailly said at a fans forum at the Valley that Parkinson was a special manager, Murray said that he reminded him of Curbs. Sadly he was our manager at a time when our fans were at our lowest ebb and it reflected back on him and was not helped by Murray saying he would be judged on results and then appointed despite them.
Parky also suffered from being associated with the preceding manager. It was always going to be hard to win people over, having been Pardont's assistant.
Pleased he's doing well though, he always came across as a man of integrity and honesty.
Having said that, the entire club suffered from being associated with the preceding manager!
Sometimes people don't fit at certain clubs be it mgr or player
He was a great bloke we established that years ago
But he was a shit mgr for us,
Really glad he gets days like today that give him some recognition as I feel he deserves that
An honest guy who is one of life's triers, a legend at reading for the same reason Steve brown, k Jones and Jonny Robinson are so held in a high regard
Football needs men like parky
We didn't at the time and it failed for him and us don't make him a bad person or a knob same as this result don't make him SAF
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Premier league leaders, who've won every home game this season, dumped out, at home, after being 2-0 up.
Stayed loyal
Top bloke
Shoot and you may score
If in 2009/10 we had been able to sign BWP instead of a year later, I wonder if we might have got promotion that year, and things might have been very different for Parky's career...
Slightly envious. But beating Chelsea at the bridge?
Been done it bought the T. Shirt
they had the worst squad in there history and Phil did well to keep them in the league. In the few years he's been there, a promotion and a Capital cup Final plus
today win at Chelsea.
Everyone needs to be at a club at the right time. Players and managers.
so many managers have some success either before or after being at Cafc,
makes you think ?
Would like to see him get the chance to manage at a higher level.
I've always stated that Parkinson is an excellent League One Manager yet struggles at a higher level when in truth when you look at his Championship experience it was always where he inherited teams and struggled to make his mark quick enough to ensure that disaster never happened (i.e. Hull / Charlton)...
Lets see him take a Squad that he's built into the Championship though and see how he does with it, he's already taken Colchester up to the Championship so can get promotion from that league
Relegation from the Championship was inevitable - we had one centre half in the squad all season (Mark Hudson) - and the next season we had only one centre forward until February (Deon Burton).
Despite that he begged and borrowed the players that took us to a whisker of automatic promotion in a very strong league and we missed out on penalties.
The next year it got even worse - our higher earners were either sold or left the club and with zero cash we were basically reduced to bringing in League One cast offs like Abbot, McCormack and Francis.
Somehow he kept us in the play off hunt - despite some awful performances - and his reward for all this? The immediate sack from that pair of spivs that took over and a whole bunch of venal abuse from some Charlton fans who should hang their heads in shame for their treatment of a very decent human being.
Most ironic of all was the assertion of these people that Parkinson - who'd had 25 years in professional football - was 'tactically naive' - well, that was always horse-shit coming from people who had never coached higher than the Dog and Duck 2nd XI but those people look like absolute arse clowns tonight.
Pleased he's doing well though, he always came across as a man of integrity and honesty.
Having said that, the entire club suffered from being associated with the preceding manager!
I think both Powell and Parky will be back one day.
Best of luck to him and Bradford.
Seriously envious.
Sometimes people don't fit at certain clubs be it mgr or player
He was a great bloke we established that years ago
But he was a shit mgr for us,
Really glad he gets days like today that give him some recognition as I feel he deserves that
An honest guy who is one of life's triers, a legend at reading for the same reason Steve brown, k Jones and Jonny Robinson are so held in a high regard
Football needs men like parky
We didn't at the time and it failed for him and us don't make him a bad person or a knob same as this result don't make him SAF