Nigel Clough's Record

[AccountantRam]

Crumbs - I wasn't expecting to get pilloried myself for what I though was an honest posting.

 

For the record, I am not connected with the club, I'm just a humble season ticket holder. But, I do look at DCFC's accounts every year which are full of information - and available to everyone at Companies House.

 

Right then, a lot of people are saying Clough had no money to spend - all I'm trying to say is that he did, and actually spent >£8.7m on just transfer fees alone ( think Barker £900k + Shackell £1m + Sammon £1.2m + Keogh £1m etc ). No-one knows all the exact fees hence this is an estimate, but it's based on commonly accepted figures.

 

Next, the league record is poor - and as someone pointed out, it would have got most other managers the sack.

 

I've never posted any anti or pro opinions re Clough - maybe if I had I wouldn't have got such a vitriolic repsosnse - as  prefer to keep them to myself.

 

All I tried to do was provide a few facts for people to make their own informed judgements.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[ronnieronalde]

Crumbs - I wasn't expecting to get pilloried myself for what I though was an honest posting.

 

For the record, I am not connected with the club, I'm just a humble season ticket holder. But, I do look at DCFC's accounts every year which are full of information - and available to everyone at Companies House.

 

Right then, a lot of people are saying Clough had no money to spend - all I'm trying to say is that he did, and actually spent >£8.7m on just transfer fees alone ( think Barker £900k + Shackell £1m + Sammon £1.2m + Keogh £1m etc ). No-one knows all the exact fees hence this is an estimate, but it's based on commonly accepted figures.

 

Next, the league record is poor - and as someone pointed out, it would have got most other managers the sack.

 

I've never posted any anti or pro opinions re Clough - maybe if I had I wouldn't have got such a vitriolic repsosnse - as  prefer to keep them to myself.

 

All I tried to do was provide a few facts for people to make their own informed judgements.

 

Vitriolic really? Where?

[notts_ram]

Crumbs - I wasn't expecting to get pilloried myself for what I though was an honest posting.

 

For the record, I am not connected with the club, I'm just a humble season ticket holder. But, I do look at DCFC's accounts every year which are full of information - and available to everyone at Companies House.

 

Right then, a lot of people are saying Clough had no money to spend - all I'm trying to say is that he did, and actually spent >£8.7m on just transfer fees alone ( think Barker £900k + Shackell £1m + Sammon £1.2m + Keogh £1m etc ). No-one knows all the exact fees hence this is an estimate, but it's based on commonly accepted figures.

 

Next, the league record is poor - and as someone pointed out, it would have got most other managers the sack.

 

I've never posted any anti or pro opinions re Clough - maybe if I had I wouldn't have got such a vitriolic repsosnse - as  prefer to keep them to myself.

 

All I tried to do was provide a few facts for people to make their own informed judgements.

Virtiolic? Just you see some of the responses to my posts then I'll show you vitriol lol

[sausagemeat]

I'm not here to pillory the poor guy, and obviously emotions are running high judging by the amount of postings. However, a lot of postings are sadly void of facts, so here's a few ;

 

I estimate Clough spent > £8.7m in transfer fees alone ( on players costing over £100k ) - which roughly equates to 2+ years worth of season ticket sales.

 

His league record is Played 213 ; Won 72 ; Drawn 50 ; Lost 91 - a win ratio of 33.8%. 

 

This equates to 57 points for a season, and a league position of 15th.

 

Judge from that what you will - but unfortunately, I would suggest it could be described as mediocre at best ..... ?

Brilliant post with facts - well done

[Catch 23]

When I first saw the thread title, I thought it was going to be like that scene in Airplane II...

 

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[JABBA]

If you forget the net spend because whoever was manager would have had to deliver the same figure.

What you have to ask is did he get good value for the £9m he spent?

There have been a number of flops to go along with the gems like Brayford and Barker

[cannable]

I had it worked out as transfer fees receiver were overall greater than transfer fees spent. £500,000 profit.