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Magic_Michu said:
Yeah that was the Yankee way
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Yeah that was the Yankee way
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Being pedantic, the Yanks had nothing to do with coming away from the formula that had made us successful.
That one was a joint enterprise between Huw Jenkins and Garry Monk.
Jenkins for becoming obsessed with the idea of needing a Plan B (we didn't)
Monk for being the opportunist he is/was and telling Jenkins he was spot on, and that he was the only man who could be trusted to deliver it for him.
The Yanks simply compounded the mess when they got here two years later.
That one was a joint enterprise between Huw Jenkins and Garry Monk.
Jenkins for becoming obsessed with the idea of needing a Plan B (we didn't)
Monk for being the opportunist he is/was and telling Jenkins he was spot on, and that he was the only man who could be trusted to deliver it for him.
The Yanks simply compounded the mess when they got here two years later.
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Andrew - North Hill said:
In fact I would argue that they have tried to move us back in the right direction with Potter and Martin (they fell for the PR bullshit - so did I). Cooper promised to play good football on powerpoint (Curt and Leon were fooled) and then didn't. So who knows what Duffer promised. Clement was understandable (nobody knew what he would do). So that leaves Bradley, and Carvahal (who would have saved us if he didn't shit the bed). So that leaves Bradley...
(oh, Guido. Not a yankee pick but was getting us to look decent until Ayew Mk 1 was on his bike and Yankee wanted Yankee South West Wales FC.)
Monk was the architect of our downfall 100%. Drove out anything good and replaced it with meat and two veg.
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We did need a plan B but that idiot Monk threw away our plan A to play turgid boring footballAndrew - North Hill said:
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Manselton Jack said:
No, we didn't need a Plan B.
Plan A was working just fine. We were winning at least 12 games a season and picking up a handful of draws on top, aka guaranteed safety every season.
The real problem was similar to what is happening to the club now - Huw started listening and giving credence to the views of a small minority for whom mid table safety was never going to be enough.
He Charlton'd it, basically. He got cocky, he got greedy. Instead of quietly building on the great work that had been done to to that point, he wanted to go to the next level in double quick time with a "Plan B". Was always destined to fail.
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