Can't remember exactly, I have a picture in my mind of him doing it in the Vere Suite. I do remember him saying the players weren't fit, and he made it clear that he was going to make changes. He bigged up his record. Fair enough if you have taken over a failing team, but the team had just finished sixth in their first season in tier 3. Complete opposite to Dodds.
Very positive, a nod to past regimes, respect for the caretaker staff and recognition that it should not need too much change at this stage of the season. It must be quite exciting to think you may oversee a promotion, an FA Cup final and could be coaching in the second tier in your first head coach job.
The only criterion I can think of in choosing between those two almost equally unattractive options is the sound. Doddsy is very much in keeping with football nickname parlance (cf Vokesy and no doubt others) and, whereas Dobbo always sounds fine, Doddo (to me at least) has a very different ring.
Who was the last ex-Wycombe player to really establish themselves in the Premier League having not moved directly to a PL club? Not including loanees 🤔
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Can't remember exactly, I have a picture in my mind of him doing it in the Vere Suite. I do remember him saying the players weren't fit, and he made it clear that he was going to make changes. He bigged up his record. Fair enough if you have taken over a failing team, but the team had just finished sixth in their first season in tier 3. Complete opposite to Dodds.
Luke O'Nien is a fan of Mike
Luke is a total superstar.
Very positive, a nod to past regimes, respect for the caretaker staff and recognition that it should not need too much change at this stage of the season. It must be quite exciting to think you may oversee a promotion, an FA Cup final and could be coaching in the second tier in your first head coach job.
Was Mike D at Sunderland when Josh S was playing there?
No but only just - Scowen signed for Wycombe in June 2021 and then Dodds joined Sunderland in August that year
The only criterion I can think of in choosing between those two almost equally unattractive options is the sound. Doddsy is very much in keeping with football nickname parlance (cf Vokesy and no doubt others) and, whereas Dobbo always sounds fine, Doddo (to me at least) has a very different ring.
Doddsy it is?!
Like O’Nien should come back home now.
If both us and Sunderland get promoted this season I can see him coming back to us to stay in the Championship
Wrote that piece before seeing Luke’s ringing endorsement. All very encouraging.
Would he fit our age profile? I'm not sure. I expect that to really come into play with the new strategy.
And what position would he play and in whose place?
Luke has been very versatile since leaving us, regularly playing at CM, RB and most recently CB.
On one hand he's now a centre back operating at play off level in the division above.
But on the other hand we have a superb array of centre backs we'll already struggle to keep satisfied!
Luke nowadays is viewed as a club legend at Sunderland. I'm fairly certain if they go up he'll be given a fair crack at the PL.
Who was the last ex-Wycombe player to really establish themselves in the Premier League having not moved directly to a PL club? Not including loanees 🤔
I guess it depends what you mean by ‘really establish themselves’. Anya played a decent chunk of a season at Watford.
Mike Williamson
Al Hamadi if 11 apps is enough for you.
Roger Johnson maybe
Matt Phillips ?
Kortney Hause?
Went straight to Blackpool when they were in the PL I think
Ooh good shout
First Iraqi player in the PL, so he made history 🤷♂️
Did Kortney Hause "really establish himself in the premier league"?
I'm not sure he did. I think it's Mike Williamson
Russell Martin another around the same time
Fred played the last 8 games of last seasons Premier league fixtures. Maybe not established but certainly the last!
Williamson played 134 PL games of Newcastle. I don't remember his 0-appearance spell at Pompey at all!
Signed for Watford Jan 2009, Pompey Sep 2009, Newcastle Jan 2010