Five years today...

[JK]

Since the medal winner was sacked over a coffee at Waterloo railway station.

We now go into the final stretch of the season, only three points away from the play offs in the Championship. That seems light years away at the time and to think that Brentford fan accused us of playing anti football on Saturday!

When we get irritated a bit at times it may be worth remembering just how bad things had got.

 

[paddysr]

Since the medal winner was sacked over a coffee at Waterloo railway station.

We now go into the final stretch of the season, only three points away from the play offs in the Championship. That seems light years away at the time and to think that Brentford fan accused us of playing anti football on Saturday!

When we get irritated a bit at times it may be worth remembering just how bad things had got.

great post JK

 

[Ando60]

Since the medal winner was sacked over a coffee at Waterloo railway station.

We now go into the final stretch of the season, only three points away from the play offs in the Championship. That seems light years away at the time and to think that Brentford fan accused us of playing anti football on Saturday!

When we get irritated a bit at times it may be worth remembering just how bad things had got.

Good sanity check JK

 

[Brucemeister]

Since the medal winner was sacked over a coffee at Waterloo railway station.

We now go into the final stretch of the season, only three points away from the play offs in the Championship. That seems light years away at the time and to think that Brentford fan accused us of playing anti football on Saturday!

When we get irritated a bit at times it may be worth remembering just how bad things had got.

Anti Football>? what is that about ?

 

[Henry Weston]

What desperate times they were and what a turnaround since then, for which we should all recognise the huge contribution made by Simon Grayson(no matter what marsbars might tell us!) and of course Messrs Hemmings and Risdale. Hopefully even better times ahead under AN'S guidance. UTW!!

 

[Fletch2594]

I remember I'd taken a break from watching regularly around the time cause I'd gone away to uni and I thought I'd come back and start watching regularly again. Missed most of the Westley tenure although I did see the very beginnings when I bought a one off ticket to watch us beat Swindon 4 - 1.

A game that comes to mind, I can't be certain of the opposition but I think it was Doncaster at home. I remember being 3-0 down watching torrid football and a large chorus of "3-0 and we don't attack" being sounded around the ground as well as the decision to bring on a defender at 3-0 down at home.

How times change....

 

[Mickypne]

What desperate times they were and what a turnaround since then, for which we should all recognise the huge contribution made by Simon Grayson(no matter what marsbars might tell us!) and of course Messrs Hemmings and Risdale. Hopefully even better times ahead under AN'S guidance. UTW!!

I'll second the Grayson comment.

 

[Schemer]

What desperate times they were and what a turnaround since then, for which we should all recognise the huge contribution made by Simon Grayson(no matter what marsbars might tell us!) and of course Messrs Hemmings and Risdale. Hopefully even better times ahead under AN'S guidance. UTW!!

Spot on regarding Grayson's contribution but let's not forget it was Hemmings/Ridsdale who appointed Wesley. At least they redeemed themselves with Grayson.

 

[Henry Weston]

Spot on regarding Grayson's contribution but let's not forget it was Hemmings/Ridsdale who appointed Wesley. At least they redeemed themselves with Grayson.

You're right, their appointment of The Deluded One was not their finest hour but as you say they have since redeemed themselves 🙂

 

[simo]

You're right, their appointment of The Deluded One was not their finest hour but as you say they have since redeemed themselves 🙂

Westley was the last of a line of duff managerial appointments that were probably most to blame for our relegation and near financial meltdown (although perhaps you could argue that we didnt have many options).

Finally the rot was stopped with Grayson being brought in and whilst he wasn't everyone's cup of tea it's hard to argue that he wasn't the right man for the job at that point. It looks like Neil has been another astute appointment.

Its a fairly decent time to be a nobber at the moment and taking a step back to remember some of the bad time is well worth doing. Me, I'm usually fairly optimistic which I think comes down to my first games being in the 1985/86 season. From there the only way is up, no matter how bad things sometimes seem.

 

[diggerb]

Westley was a nut job, but he cleared out a load of overpaid deadwood, he spent next to nothing on players and we still have Paul Huntington. Who value to the club has been way more than Westley spent in total.

 

[Mancunian White]

Westley was the last of a line of duff managerial appointments that were probably most to blame for our relegation and near financial meltdown (although perhaps you could argue that we didnt have many options).

Finally the rot was stopped with Grayson being brought in and whilst he wasn't everyone's cup of tea it's hard to argue that he wasn't the right man for the job at that point. It looks like Neil has been another astute appointment.

Its a fairly decent time to be a nobber at the moment and taking a step back to remember some of the bad time is well worth doing. Me, I'm usually fairly optimistic which I think comes down to my first games being in the 1985/86 season. From there the only way is up, no matter how bad things sometimes seem.

The rot was stopped with Westley, but all he left was a weak team. Grayson nursed us back to health and Neil is making us strong again.

 

[Kathryn]

Was it a coincidence that Westley was sacked within days of Grayson suddenly becoming available?

 

[Tino]

Was it a coincidence that Westley was sacked within days of Grayson suddenly becoming available?

No, Big E said before it happened we were waiting for our target to be become available before Westley got the bullet.

 

[raefil]

I know several people who stopped attending during westleys days. Sadly theyve never returned. I remember on one occasion, despite being an ST holder, just turning round and going home after hearing the team news on the radio.

Yet somehow I still cnat help but feel his days were a turning point in the clubs history.

 

[Doc Brown]

What desperate times they were and what a turnaround since then, for which we should all recognise the huge contribution made by Simon Grayson(no matter what marsbars might tell us!) and of course Messrs Hemmings and Risdale. Hopefully even better times ahead under AN'S guidance. UTW!!

Agree 100% Henry.

 

[Doc Brown]

I know several people who stopped attending during westleys days. Sadly theyve never returned.

I know of people who fall into this category as well, raefil.

Some of the people I know who were turned away by Westley were fans who'd supported the club for decades, yet Westley was the final straw for them. One of the many symptoms of Westley's abysmal tenure.

 

[White123]

I know several people who stopped attending during westleys days. Sadly theyve never returned. I remember on one occasion, despite being an ST holder, just turning round and going home after hearing the team news on the radio.

Yet somehow I still cnat help but feel his days were a turning point in the clubs history.

I have never left a ground at/before half time before Westley - I did it about 4 times under him. One was a 0-0 against Chesterfield where we had one shot on target in the whole match. His style of football was atrocious and yet he still gets jobs.

 

[norky84]

The rot was stopped with Westley, but all he left was a weak team. Grayson nursed us back to health and Neil is making us strong again.

The rot continued under Westley. When Westley was sacked, we were 5 points off the relegation zone, and had 2 league wins in 17 games. We were in a worst position on the pitch (and the state of the pitch) from when Phil Brown was sacked (we were 10th when Brown sacked).

Grezza and Unsworth managed 2 wins in 5 league games, and had us not far off a play off position. Westley managed 3 wins in the remaining 21 league games!

 

[kbd_pne]

I know several people who stopped attending during westleys days. Sadly theyve never returned. I remember on one occasion, despite being an ST holder, just turning round and going home after hearing the team news on the radio.

Yet somehow I still cnat help but feel his days were a turning point in the clubs history.

I can understand the logic behind the appointment because the culture at the club needed changing and a wrecking ball was needed in that sense.

However when it was clear that it wasn’t working and only getting worse on the pitch they should’ve acted far sooner, and I honestly think we could’ve gone down again if it had been allowed to go on any longer.