Warren Hobhead Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 Pretty sure this is his first game back at Pride Park competitively speaking, just wondering what sort of reaction he'll get. A positive one, surely? I always felt he did a good job with limited funding, or at least in comparison to where we are now and whilst some of the football wasn't great as we tended to tread water, I felt his recruitment was pretty good overall. Had a tough time of it with Sheffield United but seems to be back on track back at Burton. Made a few canny acquisitions there and I fancy them to stay up which would be some achievement as I doubt their budget is the greatest. Won't be easy tonight, plenty of former players returning too, should they be selected. I'm looking forward to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRBee Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 'whilst some of the football wasn't great' is a bit of understatement and surely it's the football we go for! He deserves respect but no need to go overboard, as he's just a footnote in the club's history. But we need to smash Burton tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrdave85 Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 I hope he gets a round of applause before the game, any former players a brief cheer when their name gets read out, hopefully a loud one for Barks... Then we put our game face on and turn around our recent form by thoroughly drubbing them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FindernRam Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 3 minutes ago, mrdave85 said: Then we put our game face on and turn around our recent form by thoroughly drubbing them. We don't do drubbing these days! Expect a dull 2-1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrdave85 Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 7 minutes ago, FindernRam said: We don't do drubbing these days! Expect a dull 2-1. I can dream, can't I? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cannable Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 15 minutes ago, DRBee said: 'whilst some of the football wasn't great' is a bit of understatement and surely it's the football we go for! He deserves respect but no need to go overboard, as he's just a footnote in the club's history. But we need to smash Burton tonight. The football itself was fine. His over cautiousness was the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoetheRam Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 Did well first 2 years wading through the Davies and Jewell rubbish, but after that we were incredibly boring and unambitious in both playing style and signings. A lot of the away performances in particular of that era were fantastically bad. To see the contrast to now you only have to look at away numbers. A remarkably unremarkable manager for us really. I'd pay him no notice if I were going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jourdan Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 I have a funny feeling they'll beat us 2-1 tonight. Another one of those PP nights. They are gathering momentum and fighting for crucial results to pull away from the relegation zone and they have made some shrewd signings - good experience in the ranks with Kightly and Luke Murphy and a sprinkle of exciting and unpredictable youth with Woodrow and Christensen. We look vulnerable and we are just casually drifting back from where we came. Other than the first encounter, they couldn't have picked a better time to play us. There is no oomph there, whereas Nigel will feel like he has a point to prove and will fire his players up for what many label their 'cup final'. We've been outdone by worse teams, let's be honest. Nigel did a fair job in stabilising the club and building the foundations for the degree of success some of those who followed him have had, but it became painfully clear that he could only take us so far or that the board were unwilling to finance that push with at the helm. Warm applause, why not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TibshelfRam Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 He did a good job given the circumstances. In essence, he did what was needed and did tremendously well at it. He steadied the ship and kept us competitive whilst slashing the budget year on year. Quite realistically, we should've gone down with our budget. The football was poor, and we never looked (albeit from a 5 game spell with Commons, Bueno, Cywka, Kuqi) like challenging but should we have been in the circumstances? No. Just as we were in a position to be competitive and were stable financially he was sacked. Was it harsh? Yes. does he have a right to feel hard done by given the sterling job he did? Yes. Was he given the money that his predecessors have been? No. But, ultimately, whilst harsh we were right to sack him. He would never have taken us up - I just never felt he would. I feel a great deal more excited about the club since he left but he did a good job and deserves a good reception. He wouldn't have taken us up but we wouldn't be where we are now without him steadying our ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JuanFloEvraTheCocu'sNesta Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 He did a brilliant job given the circumstances in which he took over but I also feel like he wouldn't have been able to shift up a gear even if we did give him the same amount of cash we gave the likes of Clement. I hope he gets a warm reception ahead of the game along with the ex-players that are currently at Burton. I then hope we hammer Burton 4-0 because we need results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inglorius Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 To convey a warm welcome McClaren should knee him in the back of the leg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mafiabob Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 Meh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamworthram Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 1 hour ago, mrdave85 said: I can dream, can't I? A dull 2:1 feels like a bit of a dream at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfie Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 He doesn't deserve any special treatment IMO. An average manager who since leaving us, has demonstrated that what he lacks in class, he makes up for in ability to bear a grudge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TroyDyer Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 1 minute ago, Wolfie said: He doesn't deserve any special treatment IMO. An average manager who since leaving us, has demonstrated that what he lacks in class, he makes up for in ability to bear a grudge. Was about write that, almost word for word. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srg Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 2 minutes ago, Wolfie said: He doesn't deserve any special treatment IMO. An average manager who since leaving us, has demonstrated that what he lacks in class, he makes up for in ability to bear a grudge. Kept us in the division in tough times, so cheers for that... but we would be 16th forever and a day under him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animal is a Ram Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 3 minutes ago, Srg said: Kept us in the division in tough times, so cheers for that... but we would be 16th forever and a day under him. Hey, that's not fair, we got to 10th, once Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inglorius Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 Our progress under Clough during his time as manager was glacial like - not visible to the naked eye Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmic Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 So he's gonna get booed then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cannable Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 He turned; Bywater, Carroll, Price; Connolly, Mears, McEveley, Stewart, Camara, Leacock, Nyatanga, Davis, Todd, Albrechsten, Darren Powell, Sen Hines, Beardsley, Dudley, Hanson, O'Brien, Savage, Kazmierczak, Green, Addison, Barazite, Commons, Pereploktins, Teale, Pearson, Barnes, Sterjovski, Tito Villa, Hulse, Ellington and Varney… …into… Grant, Legzdins, Deeney, Smith, Freeman, Keogh, Bucko, O'Brien, Gjokaj, Barker, Fozzy, Hoganson, Lowe, Hanson, Eustace, Bailey, Coutts, Hughes, Jeff, Bryson, Ward, Russell, Jacobs, Bavies, Sammon, Martin, Bennett …for a net spend of £0 all the whilst slashing the wage bill from the third highest in the division to the sixth lowest. He got us producing good football and performances at home but his overcautious nature hurt us big time away from home. This article sums up a lot of his work with the academy and to be honest sounds like he was implementing Mel's vision three years before he bought us! http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/21615556 It was time to go but don't underestimate the job he did. His best work was off the pitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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