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Confirmed Graham Alexander New Manager, Chris Lucketti as Assistant

Confirmed Graham Alexander New Manager, Chris Lucketti as Assistant

I've been a supporter for 54 years.

My top 5 in order, best at the top
David Moyes
Billy Davies
John McGrath
Nobby Stiles
Gary Peters

Worst 5 in order, worst at the top
Paul Simpson
Tommy Docherty
Phil Brown
Darren Ferguson
Graham Westley

I didn't include Frankie because I don't think it's fair to do so.
 
RibbletonWhite2.0 said:
And what has he done over the past two seasons?

You slate fans who said ‘pre season results* mean nothing’ yet you were quite happy with the club wasting the entire pre season keeping this fraud as manager.

Hypocrite warning.
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Not spent any serious money.

*performances
 
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janiejones said:
I've been a supporter for 54 years.

My top 5 in order, best at the top
David Moyes
Billy Davies
John McGrath
Nobby Stiles
Gary Peters

Worst 5 in order, worst at the top
Paul Simpson
Tommy Docherty
Phil Brown
Darren Ferguson
Graham Westley

I didn't include Frankie because I don't think it's fair to do so.
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Frankie’s actual record isn’t bad.

14 wins and 10 defeats I think.
 
janiejones said:
I've been a supporter for 54 years.

My top 5 in order, best at the top
David Moyes
Billy Davies
John McGrath
Nobby Stiles
Gary Peters

Worst 5 in order, worst at the top
Paul Simpson
Tommy Docherty
Phil Brown
Darren Ferguson
Graham Westley

I didn't include Frankie because I don't think it's fair to do so.
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Simpson the worst?

Westley or Ferguson takes that record for me (only been a supporter since 1999 mind).
 
Bobbage said:
I'm in agreement with this statement, however it is just reappointing Hecky and McCall but with a tug at the heartstrings giving the new appointments the same time the old ones should have been granted given the money spent.
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To be fair, I think the majority wanted a back 4 but realised with our poor recruitment of wingers, the back 3 is probably still our strongest line up with the resources we had.

Hecky wasn't given the time after 4/5 wins in 2026, a piss poor pre-season, no clean sheet in 23 and loosing to 2 promoted teams in the first 7 games.
 
Dirty Harry said:
Going further back, good old Nobby Stiles built an exciting team, got us a L1 promotion, and then 7th place in the 'championship' the following year. Not bad at all yet poor Nobby rarely gets a mention in these managerial threads.
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When I first started going on North End Cliff Britton was the manager but it was under Jimmy Milne’s stewardship that I really became a fan. The 1963/64 season where they reached the FA cup final was the best I’ve ever seen. They also finished 3rd behind Leeds and Sunderland that season.

The football they played was a joy to watch and every game was so exciting. I know the Moyes and Davies era was successful but believe me the team of 63/64 was something else.
 
alexpne18 said:
He bought journey men on huge wages we couldn't afford. He was the catalyst for relegation and an absolute boring bellend to boot.
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This is utter horseshit.

Irvine saved us from relegation in 2008, and reestablished us as a top 6 club the following year.

The catalyst for relegation was ludicrously sacking Irvine to bring in tosspot nepo baby Darren Ferguson.
 
Mitsuya said:
Interim McAvoy was a different beast. It was when he started making transfers and deviating from the team he started with that things went south.
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Frankie wasn't doing the transfers. This was when we experimented with a "head coach" and had Ridsdale doing all the transfers with 0 budget.

Which is how we ended up with Conor Wickham, Izzy Brown and Jamie Thomas.
 
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