Shucks guys - thanks. And it was full of cringy typos and grammatical errors.
Fat fingers, autocorrect and dyslexia is no excuse kids. You to can be nominated for the coverted gasroom POTD.
And it was slightly off topic and didn't talk about AH or the 5 year plan. But I think I have covered that previously elsewhere anyway.
Surely nearly all the credit should go to Ainsworth and his ability to attract players with remarkable consistency.
Unfortunately I wasn't around for St Martin's reign, but even Ainsworth must surely be considered as good if not better given his limited funds at attracting players.
The motivation is key yes, but for me the real reason for success is who a manager gets through the door.
@Bacon_Sandwich He has done well with the resources he has had to deal with so maybe, but he needs to actually achieve something. Two consecutive promotions, a wembley play-off final win, Two FA Trophy wins a League cup win (BLT) suggests GA has a way to go yet.
Interesting thought how far GA would have to go to get close to catching up. Instinctively to those of us of a certain age MON is incomparable but objectively IF say we won the playoffs and the Checkatrade thing,
Wembley appearances - GA 3 in two years, MON 3 in three
FL Promotions - GA 1 MON 1
Conference titles - GA 0 MON 1
Trophy - Ga 0 MON 2
Minor FL trophy - GA 1 MON 0
Minor non league cup - GA 0 MON 1
Ga achievements on a consistently very low budget compared to competitors, MON less so. Getting closer?
I have GA second on the list of League managers, head now of Sanchez, not least because I am not convinced that without Ainsworth we would still be a FL club and possibly a club at all. Quite a way still to go to challenge for number one, but heading in the right direction.
Might I say that I don't think the IF in this post is anywhere near big enough.
A classic textbook DevC assumption based post. Students of the art will notice the huge assumption to start followed by a classic table of statistics and lots more words than are actually required. A League Table is a lovely additional extra.
Appreciate it while you can. It doesn't get any better than this and in my assumed and made up league table DevC is number one.
Well, for me, GA has matched the Saint Martin achievements, just on a parallel plane. What GA has achieved with the plate that was put in front of him is amazing. Not just for keeping the club going, at a time we were down to "counting tea bags" as a listed asset, but for also giving us a team that we all have high hopes for. We have one or two players that can be considered assets, a squad that no longer gets bullied & a squad that can mix styles. We have back up in most positions that doesn't seriously weaken our match day chances and a squad that appears to be very happy to play for GA & WWFC.
IMHO, Gareth is this clubs' most valuable asset after the stadium and heaven help us if he decides to take on a new challenge. Replacing him with an equal will be a mammoth task.
I think you can only gauge a managers achievements once they have left the club. It reminds me of my favourite quote from the late great Brian Clough "I wouldn't say I was the best manager in the business but I was definitely in the top one"
Lose the FA U23 Vase Trade LDV trophy game, the FA cup game and lose out on the play-offs and some people on here will be burning Gaz in effigy and claiming they KNEW he would fail!
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Wendoverman Exactly. Fickle lot fans. Regardless of anything on the field compared to most at our levels though GA oozes class and dignity
Doesn't he just. The contrast between his post match interview and Nathan Jones' was very telling.
Back to the Dev v Righty thing, we ARE still in both cups and contenders for promotion. The shoestring signings have been brilliant and GA talked tonight about the possibility of one more. IF that one more is in the same mold as those so far this window (and the previous?) I can see us on the up and up.
The AH GA partnership is arguably longterm what the AA SK partnership has been of late and the possibilities are very exciting. Let's not go giving him the Nobel Peace Prize just yet though.
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Shucks guys - thanks. And it was full of cringy typos and grammatical errors.
Fat fingers, autocorrect and dyslexia is no excuse kids. You to can be nominated for the coverted gasroom POTD.
And it was slightly off topic and didn't talk about AH or the 5 year plan. But I think I have covered that previously elsewhere anyway.
Aaah, bless.
Surely nearly all the credit should go to Ainsworth and his ability to attract players with remarkable consistency.
Unfortunately I wasn't around for St Martin's reign, but even Ainsworth must surely be considered as good if not better given his limited funds at attracting players.
The motivation is key yes, but for me the real reason for success is who a manager gets through the door.
@Bacon_Sandwich He has done well with the resources he has had to deal with so maybe, but he needs to actually achieve something. Two consecutive promotions, a wembley play-off final win, Two FA Trophy wins a League cup win (BLT) suggests GA has a way to go yet.
Interesting thought how far GA would have to go to get close to catching up. Instinctively to those of us of a certain age MON is incomparable but objectively IF say we won the playoffs and the Checkatrade thing,
Wembley appearances - GA 3 in two years, MON 3 in three
FL Promotions - GA 1 MON 1
Conference titles - GA 0 MON 1
Trophy - Ga 0 MON 2
Minor FL trophy - GA 1 MON 0
Minor non league cup - GA 0 MON 1
Ga achievements on a consistently very low budget compared to competitors, MON less so. Getting closer?
I have GA second on the list of League managers, head now of Sanchez, not least because I am not convinced that without Ainsworth we would still be a FL club and possibly a club at all. Quite a way still to go to challenge for number one, but heading in the right direction.
Might I say that I don't think the IF in this post is anywhere near big enough.
A classic textbook DevC assumption based post. Students of the art will notice the huge assumption to start followed by a classic table of statistics and lots more words than are actually required. A League Table is a lovely additional extra.
Appreciate it while you can. It doesn't get any better than this and in my assumed and made up league table DevC is number one.
Thanks for your feedback, Righty. Fascinating and insightful contribution as ever.
Easy RITM it's only a Tuesday xx
Well, for me, GA has matched the Saint Martin achievements, just on a parallel plane. What GA has achieved with the plate that was put in front of him is amazing. Not just for keeping the club going, at a time we were down to "counting tea bags" as a listed asset, but for also giving us a team that we all have high hopes for. We have one or two players that can be considered assets, a squad that no longer gets bullied & a squad that can mix styles. We have back up in most positions that doesn't seriously weaken our match day chances and a squad that appears to be very happy to play for GA & WWFC.
IMHO, Gareth is this clubs' most valuable asset after the stadium and heaven help us if he decides to take on a new challenge. Replacing him with an equal will be a mammoth task.
I think you can only gauge a managers achievements once they have left the club. It reminds me of my favourite quote from the late great Brian Clough "I wouldn't say I was the best manager in the business but I was definitely in the top one"
Lose the FA U23 Vase Trade LDV trophy game, the FA cup game and lose out on the play-offs and some people on here will be burning Gaz in effigy and claiming they KNEW he would fail!
@Wendoverman Exactly. Fickle lot fans. Regardless of anything on the field compared to most at our levels though GA oozes class and dignity
Doesn't he just. The contrast between his post match interview and Nathan Jones' was very telling.
Back to the Dev v Righty thing, we ARE still in both cups and contenders for promotion. The shoestring signings have been brilliant and GA talked tonight about the possibility of one more. IF that one more is in the same mold as those so far this window (and the previous?) I can see us on the up and up.
The AH GA partnership is arguably longterm what the AA SK partnership has been of late and the possibilities are very exciting. Let's not go giving him the Nobel Peace Prize just yet though.
For me DevC is trolling and that is quite clear. I hope that isn't an arrogant statement