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Alex Neil

BallyPNE

BallyPNE

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All if's but's and maybe's but let says we don't go up this season but we are close. Play-offs but lose in the semi's. Over the summer we get ripped apart on transfers, spine of the team all go (Davies, Pearson, maybe browne etc ).

Would you expect Neil to want to stay? Or would he be looking for his first opportunity out the door?

Interested to see peoples opinions as I can't make my mind up. I'd hate to see him go but didn't he give himself 3 years when he first came here?
 
I reckon he'll be gone if we don't do it this time and then end up selling our best players. Imagine taking a couple of years to get to your best chance of promotion, all the energy and anticipation and excitement, and then it fails and your best options are taken away. The 'hangover' of that would be pretty heavy, and knowing it would take another 2-3 years to get back to that state under the same conditions would be hard to gee up for and a fresh start might seem more enticing.
 
Muzza said:
I reckon he'll be gone if we don't do it this time and then end up selling our best players. Imagine taking a couple of years to get to your best chance of promotion, all the energy and anticipation and excitement, and then it fails and your best options are taken away. The 'hangover' of that would be pretty heavy, and knowing it would take another 2-3 years to get back to that state under the same conditions would be hard to gee up for and a fresh start might seem more enticing.
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Obviously we would try to replace what's lost but without a massive amount of luck and smart buying they'd be nowhere near the standard of what we would lose so we'd drop off considerably I think 🙁
 
BallyPNE said:
Obviously we would try to replace what's lost but without a massive amount of luck and smart buying they'd be nowhere near the standard of what we would lose so we'd drop off considerably I think 🙁
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Totally agree. Not saying he'd leave at the end of the season, would depend on when players are (inevitably) sold and what potential replacements we'd get, but going off standard PNE recruitment protocol I don't think we would be in as strong a position as we are now until any new recruits (and some of our recently bought players) have bedded in for a couple of seasons.
 
BallyPNE said:
All if's but's and maybe's but let says we don't go up this season but we are close. Play-offs but lose in the semi's. Over the summer we get ripped apart on transfers, spine of the team all go (Davies, Pearson, maybe browne etc ).

Would you expect Neil to want to stay? Or would he be looking for his first opportunity out the door?

Interested to see peoples opinions as I can't make my mind up. I'd hate to see him go but didn't he give himself 3 years when he first came here?
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I think this season is basically 2005/06 all over again.

Either we go up, or the team will be dismantled and the manager won't be backed.

Owner has secured a manager release fee, so it's win-win there too.
 
Every time there's a vacancy at a club in the top half of the Championship he'll be one of the favourites to get it. That will continue until the day he walks out of the door. I doubt he'll ever be sacked here, but eventually one of those jobs will be at a good club, will suit him financially (personally and transfer wise) and the location will be right and he'll go. And no one will blame him for that.
 
Tino said:
Every time there's a vacancy at a club in the top half of the Championship he'll be one of the favourites to get it. That will continue until the day he walks out of the door. I doubt he'll ever be sacked here, but eventually one of those jobs will be at a good club, will suit him financially (personally and transfer wise) and the location will be right and he'll go. And no one will blame him for that.
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Sad but true.

Unless we go up of course.
 
If the spine of the team leaves, it will because Neil didn't get us up.

Perhaps he won't be such an appealing target if we don't get promoted.

And if we do get promoted he may have a stab with us in the prem?
 
jumping mouse said:
If the spine of the team leaves, it will because Neil didn't get us up.

Perhaps he won't be such an appealing target if we don't get promoted.

And if we do get promoted he may have a stab with us in the prem?
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IF we got promoted, there is no chance he'd leave us
 
If we went up and then came back down, we would be in a completely different position. We’d have a season of Prem/sky money and sold out tickets in every game (pretty much). Plus the parachute payments. So I’d say we would be in a great position to bring in as good as, if not better than what we currently have. All of that however, is dependent on how the club manages it etc. and is pro-active instead of re-active...or as is sometimes the case - inactive.
 
If we don't go up I think Alex could hack losing one star player, as that is PNE's way to recoup losses but any more than one and he'd be gone in a heartbeat as this would rubber stamp Hemming's ambition or lack thereof.
 
You posters just don’t get it

If Neil fancy’s pastures new he will be allowed to go (just like Grayson) as long has compensation is paid

Uncle Trevor employs ‘The riddler’ to find him another, that’s part of what he’s paid to do

Keep the Club ticking over in The Championship and Keep Trev’s contribution as low as possible?

It’s VERY simple to understand IF you TRY hard enough, no actually not very hard
 
John T said:
You posters just don’t get it

If Neil fancy’s pastures new he will be allowed to go (just like Grayson) as long has compensation is paid

Uncle Trevor employs ‘The riddler’ to find him another, that’s part of what he’s paid to do

Keep the Club ticking over in The Championship and Keep Trev’s contribution as low as possible?

It’s VERY simple to understand IF you TRY hard enough, no actually not very hard
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Thanks for showing me the light.
 
Neil will leave.
Pearson and Davies will leave.
We’ll keep doing what we do!

The town will still be full of prem club shirts from Sports Direct!

Keep the faith!
 
Reality bites.
There are far more well backed clubs in the Championship than North End.
Alex Neil is a good manager who works hard and demands 100% effort from his players.
North End have had some superb performances and results to boot, under Alex Neil, thus far, which ought to secure North End another season in the Championship.
Injuries and absences have once again proven to be significant and away performances aren't producing the points.
This is more a reflection on the standard of the division rather than the prowess or lack of it from North End.
Lowly Reading beat a super confident North End.
It is just a tough league and Alex Neil is still a young manager, learning his trade in that tough environment.
I'm unsure of the merits of speculation on his future. I imagine he won't want to be the type like Gary Monk, who is accumulating a number of short term spells and not really getting anywhere.
He's a good chap and has ambition. The longer Neil stays at Deepdale, the better for the club.
 
John T said:
You posters just don’t get it

If Neil fancy’s pastures new he will be allowed to go (just like Grayson) as long has compensation is paid

Uncle Trevor employs ‘The riddler’ to find him another, that’s part of what he’s paid to do

Keep the Club ticking over in The Championship and Keep Trev’s contribution as low as possible?

It’s VERY simple to understand IF you TRY hard enough, no actually not very hard
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This forum is truly lucky to have a mind like yours educating us great unwashed on a daily basis.

How you managed to deduce that Peter Ridsdale, Advisor to the Owner, is employed to instruct the owner on how best to manage his clubs finances, is remarkable.

You’re simply on a different intellectual plane to the rest of us, John.
 
John T said:
You posters just don’t get it

If Neil fancy’s pastures new he will be allowed to go (just like Grayson) as long has compensation is paid

Uncle Trevor employs ‘The riddler’ to find him another, that’s part of what he’s paid to do

Keep the Club ticking over in The Championship and Keep Trev’s contribution as low as possible?

It’s VERY simple to understand IF you TRY hard enough, no actually not very hard
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I’m sorry but I can’t take this seriously from someone as thick as you. You can’t punctuate anything properly for a start.
 
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