TBF, Parky has sone a great job at Bradford and shown what a good manager he is. For us he was the right manager at the wrong time. I was one of thse fans that liked him and he did ok considering he had his hands tied. I was disappointed when he left but what a man that replaced him though. But I think some fans were too quick to judge Parky when he took over just because he was Pardew's right hand man. I still have a lot of respect for Parky as he tried so hard but fell short in the end.
Parky had a terrible period as caretaker manager and on that basis should never have got the job, but the following season did reasonably well and was unlucky to be in a very competitive L1 - Leeds, Norwich (under Paul Lambert), Scum (under Jackett), Swindon (with Charlie Austin) plus Soton (recovering from a points deduction). In most seasons we would probably have been promoted
We moan when Bob and chris would try to defend a lead.
Yet when leading Swindon 2-0 in the 2nd leg of the semi final, we went on the attack, and came unstuck.
I said about players, get in credit and you won't get pelters. Igor, we forgave the cardiff miss. Fox poor clearance, Pope poor punch + like cinders late for the ball= pelters
Parky was Pardew right hand man and managed the team when we lose 4-0 to millwall= dead man walking.
Parky has fantastic run in League cup at Bradford, and his credit is running over. Does not make him immune to the sack but gives you at least 12 months longer than you would get otherwise.
So the moral to this story is= If george had scored that last minute winner against Millwall, both he and Bob would of been in credit so much they both could of smoked a cigar during matches and the crowd would still be behind them.(for this season at least)
I hate to start an argument (or do I?) but there is absolutely no way Parky should have been sacked when he was. Given how we had no money, he was performing miracles. Powell took over, bought BWP and did even worse.
Would have liked to have had Phil at another time as I'm sure he could have had a really successful spell with us.
I wouldn't say that he did a good job with us but he certainly didn't have the resources given to him that CP did. It was right to fire him because of the poisonous atmosphere around the club at the time. Every time we went behind there would have been booing and "Parky out" shouts.
Parky was manager of the month and we were in the play offs when he was sacked. I was never totally convinced Chris Powell was a better manager
True but we were on a bad run of form, something like no wins in a month?? He may have got us out of that rut but we'll never know. The atmosphere at the valley was horrible though.
Parky was manager of the month and we were in the play offs when he was sacked. I was never totally convinced Chris Powell was a better manager
True but we were on a bad run of form, something like no wins in a month?? He may have got us out of that rut but we'll never know. The atmosphere at the valley was horrible though.
No wins in a month eh :-) The atmosphere was terrible because the club was broke and having to sign rubbish players. If in our first season in L1 we had been able to sign someone of the calibre of BWP we would have probably bounced straight back. Imagine Deon Burton and BWP together
Parky was manager of the month and we were in the play offs when he was sacked. I was never totally convinced Chris Powell was a better manager
True but we were on a bad run of form, something like no wins in a month?? He may have got us out of that rut but we'll never know. The atmosphere at the valley was horrible though.
No wins in a month eh :-) The atmosphere was terrible because the club was broke and having to sign rubbish players. If in our first season in L1 we had been able to sign someone of the calibre of BWP we would have probably bounced straight back. Imagine Deon Burton and BWP together
Everyone Managers and Players all have their ceiling level where they eventually cant go any higher... for me Parky is a great Manager but reckon his highest level is League One
TBF, Parky has sone a great job at Bradford and shown what a good manager he is. For us he was the right manager at the wrong time. I was one of thse fans that liked him and he did ok considering he had his hands tied. I was disappointed when he left but what a man that replaced him though. But I think some fans were too quick to judge Parky when he took over just because he was Pardew's right hand man. I still have a lot of respect for Parky as he tried so hard but fell short in the end.
Hands tyed? He had them in his pockets most of the time!
Parky was manager of the month and we were in the play offs when he was sacked. I was never totally convinced Chris Powell was a better manager
True but we were on a bad run of form, something like no wins in a month?? He may have got us out of that rut but we'll never know. The atmosphere at the valley was horrible though.
can't remember exactly the run but it was something like played five won 1 lost 2 drawn 3. I think crookster has it right, the atmosphere around Parkie was poisonous and (I'm adding this bit) for the new regime it was an easy win to show the fans that they were on their side. They then were lucky that Howe turned them down and they could bring in a legend.
Parky was manager of the month and we were in the play offs when he was sacked. I was never totally convinced Chris Powell was a better manager
True but we were on a bad run of form, something like no wins in a month?? He may have got us out of that rut but we'll never know. The atmosphere at the valley was horrible though.
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We moan when Bob and chris would try to defend a lead.
Yet when leading Swindon 2-0 in the 2nd leg of the semi final, we went on the attack, and came unstuck.
I said about players, get in credit and you won't get pelters.
Igor, we forgave the cardiff miss.
Fox poor clearance, Pope poor punch + like cinders late for the ball= pelters
Parky was Pardew right hand man and managed the team when we lose 4-0 to millwall= dead man walking.
Parky has fantastic run in League cup at Bradford, and his credit is running over.
Does not make him immune to the sack but gives you at least 12 months longer than you would get otherwise.
So the moral to this story is= If george had scored that last minute winner against Millwall,
both he and Bob would of been in credit so much they both could of smoked a cigar during matches and the crowd would still be behind them.(for this season at least)
Would have liked to have had Phil at another time as I'm sure he could have had a really successful spell with us.
I was never totally convinced Chris Powell was a better manager
I always liked Parky.
The atmosphere was terrible because the club was broke and having to sign rubbish players. If in our first season in L1 we had been able to sign someone of the calibre of BWP we would have probably bounced straight back. Imagine Deon Burton and BWP together
At the moment the football and the results aren't good.