Parkys previous League 1 promotions

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Makes you wonder why we have spunked so much of this wage bill on O'Brien doesn't it?

Again i've criticised Parkinson for many things including what looks to me like poor use of limited funds in the summer. Accepting that all managers at this level are far from perfect i'm not going to embarrass myself piling in to criticise a manager who has a good record for us this season, this calendar year and in this division as a whole. If yesterday becomes more common place then he would be out on his ear anyway
 
Again i've criticised Parkinson for many things including what looks to me like poor use of limited funds in the summer. Accepting that all managers at this level are far from perfect i'm not going to embarrass myself piling in to criticise a manager who has a good record for us this season, this calendar year and in this division as a whole. If yesterday becomes more common place then he would be out on his ear anyway

Aye, nee good pleading wage poverty while signing players like O'Brien on Championship wages who cant get in/doesn't fit the team.
 
At the moment, as long as he gets us promoted, I don’t see the problem in keeping him. 5 points off top with a game in-hand isn’t exactly a disaster.

Disagree, I think he is absolutely hopeless. Should never have been appointed, let alone seen out 2019.

I don’t believe we’ll be any higher than 5th with him in charge
 
Describe how our supposed 'infrastructure' is going to give us an advantage over those clubs this seasons. It hasn't allowed us to spend the money Peterborough and now Charlton have had in the summer and Ipswich and Hull have a squad of players every bit as strong as ours and players that have more recently played at a higher level. Of course we still have a strong advantage over most of the league but we aren't alone. As mentioned previously we are hampered by a large wage bill and have larger overheads than all of these clubs.
For starters we’ve had sustained investment in a category one academy. How much money do we have to commit towards maintaining a category 1 academy. We are seeing the benefit from this with the likes of Hume and Gooch in the first team. We’ve also got afew young players on the fringes of the team who arguably should be playing so that’s a canny starting point. Our facilities are also on a different level to every other side in the league. I can’t see how this isn’t an immediate advantage
 
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Colchester was 15 f***ing year ago man.
What he done then has no bearing on his management today, the game has moved on.

They were also established in League One before he arrived. He didn’t take them up through the leagues. It was a good promotion but not the miracle some would have you believe. It was their 8th consecutive season in that league, where they’d been mainly midtable
 
Disagree, I think he is absolutely hopeless. Should never have been appointed, let alone seen out 2019.

I don’t believe we’ll be any higher than 5th with him in charge
I suppose we’ll find out. I’m not too disheartened by the start to the season. Though I’m a bit apathetic towards football in general at the moment.
 
Very few fans knew about managers in the lower divisions, because we had been used to higher level football for so long. The media essentially told everyone that it was between Ainsworth and Phillips, so people were certainly surprised by Parkinson but that shouldn't be taken as disappointment, or that they wouldn't have wanted him.

Fuck me you talk some shite
 
Well I do post to support my view of things as they stand at a particularly time which is the exact purpose of a message board. It seems as if you support a manager with a good record this season, this calendar year and in this division as a whole then you are treat as abnormal :lol: I criticise him as well. I thought his team selection leaving Flanagan out was completely wrong, he doesn't change things after a win even if there is a strong case to, i wish he would give more opportunities to the younger players. However I will always defend any manager or player against over the top unwarranted criticism which he gets at times IMO.

maybe I missed those other posts. I have only seen you defending him but granted I don’t see everything.

the only like on your reply thus far is very funny tho! 😆
 
maybe I missed those other posts. I have only seen you defending him but granted I don’t see everything.

the only like on your reply thus far is very funny tho! 😆

It just reflects how the Sunderland supporters feel about Parkinson as our manager I accept that. They are entitled to feel that we should be doing better than 4 league defeats in 23 at just about 2 points per game. Some might say that's fair enough others might say its more typical of the mags than us ;)
 
It just reflects how the Sunderland supporters feel about Parkinson as our manager I accept that. They are entitled to feel that we should be doing better than 4 league defeats in 23 at just about 2 points per game. Some might say that's fair enough others might say its more typical of the mags than us ;)

i tend to find that when an overwhelming majority of football fans come to a consensus they’re on to something.

If the only person allied with me was a known club lackey I’d maybe have a rethink.

Parky will keep narrowly beating the worst sides and throwing points away when it matters.Will keep his win % from looking awful but won’t get us promoted.
 
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It just reflects how the Sunderland supporters feel about Parkinson as our manager I accept that. They are entitled to feel that we should be doing better than 4 league defeats in 23 at just about 2 points per game. Some might say that's fair enough others might say its more typical of the mags than us ;)
Will you be happy with parkys stats if he fails to get us up again?
 
Will you be happy with parkys stats if he fails to get us up again?

Going up is our aim. However I don't think we are in a better position to do so than at least another 3 or 4 teams in the league. It we go up I think he will have done a very good job and his record with us since the beginning of January gets us up much more times than it doesn't. If we make the play offs and fail I don't think he will have done a terrible job but it will be time for someone else to have a go. We had a massive advantage over everyone first season down but this season we are in no better or worse position than 3 or 4 others.
 
Try and talk to fans outside of the online community and you'll find that many were actually quite pleased with a proven promotion winner, and more than happy to give him a chance.
No one I know was happy and most of them are 'outside the online community', so I don't know who you were talking to. 2 questions, please answer: 1. Do you believe him when he says he wants to create a pathway for youth. I don't and his record so far would suggest otherwise. And 2. Do you think playing 3 defensive central midfielders is a recipe for promotion? I certainly don't.
 
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No one I know was happy and most of them are 'outside the online community', so I don't know who you were talking to. 2 questions, please answer: 1. Do you believe him when he saus he wants to create a pathway for youth. I don't and his record so far would suggest otherwise. And 2. Do you think playing 3 defensive central midfielders is a recipe for promotion? I certainly don't.

For all my defence of him we need to improve in those areas although I reverse judgement on point 1. He has developed Hume into a fine player and I think we should wait a bit more than 7 games into the season before writing off him using Diamond and Neil but it does worry me I admit. I agree on point 2 - just a bit more positivity from one player on the field could be the difference.
 
Aye, I’ve never felt so ‘disengaged’ to it. Quite sad really
I'm sure I'd be more into it if I was allowed to go the games. Watching it on iFollow is alright but hardly replaces the real thing. Just shows how important fans attending matches is the game as a whole.
 
It is kind of sad to think 3 promotions in 17 years is some sort of success. In 17 years he has never managed above the bottom 6 in the Championship, wow some CV that mind. The Sheffield Utd Manager achieved more in 2 seasons than PP did in 17 years
 
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