Only one David Marsh Posted February 6, 2019 Author Share Posted February 6, 2019 Ally love should be discounted aswell since hes played for albion and Brechin before joining us he wasn't a direct signing from Annan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimThorburn Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 TBF it was Chapman who liked Annan players, most of them turned out to be as sh1t as we thought they would, thankfully Danny has got shot of most of the crap and retained the decent ones, wee Cuddihy especially who has been outstanding this season. To be fair Chapman and the players that joined Clyde that summer led us to a 3rd place finish and a playoff spot the season before. Most of the players that joined Clyde had contributed plenty to our season. What was so different at Clyde that caused such a drop in form? Was it that expectations were too high? I ask that question genuinely as before Chapman done the dirty on us with their contracts many of those players looked to be staying at Galabank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clyde85 Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 Where does everyone rank chapman in the worst Clyde manager ever list? I've got him third behind John brown and bankrupt Barry! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulstrode Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 To be fair Chapman and the players that joined Clyde that summer led us to a 3rd place finish and a playoff spot the season before. Most of the players that joined Clyde had contributed plenty to our season. What was so different at Clyde that caused such a drop in form? Was it that expectations were too high? I ask that question genuinely as before Chapman done the dirty on us with their contracts many of those players looked to be staying at Galabank. IMO the players whom JC didn't re-sign from the previous season, i.e. JP McGovern, Peaso, Linton, Easton, were replaced by the likes of Ramsey, Breslin, Wright, Home, etc., and the gulf showed the day we blew a 2-0 lead at Elgin when JP ran the game and the likes of Flynn couldn't match him allied to JC and his dopey assistant at odds whether to defend or attack. There were tales of a cap on players' salaries which led to the recruiting of Annan players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BW Charlie Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 24 minutes ago, Clyde85 said: Where does everyone rank chapman in the worst Clyde manager ever list? I've got him third behind John brown and bankrupt Barry! Worst was Stuart Millar. Then Barry. So agree third. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abshok Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 Usually after a fracture of the arm you are told to play football in a splint after 4-6 weeks depending on severity. So yeah wee while yet for Goodie to return I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfcuk Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 To be fair Chapman and the players that joined Clyde that summer led us to a 3rd place finish and a playoff spot the season before. Most of the players that joined Clyde had contributed plenty to our season. What was so different at Clyde that caused such a drop in form? Was it that expectations were too high? I ask that question genuinely as before Chapman done the dirty on us with their contracts many of those players looked to be staying at Galabank. Well the style of football was nothing short of Wimbledon in the 80 's root one certainly didn't endear himself by describing fans as nasty which may u add the club published in the matchday programme a quite stunning piece of PR Came across as a fairly obnoxious character particularly charmless Apart from that he was ok Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adolfo Rios Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 Well the style of football was nothing short of Wimbledon in the 80 's root one certainly didn't endear himself by describing fans as nasty which may u add the club published in the matchday programme a quite stunning piece of PR Came across as a fairly obnoxious character particularly charmless Apart from that he was ok One massive issue was Wimbledon were good at it. We were mediocre at best [emoji23] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Officer Barbrady Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 3 hours ago, JimThorburn said: 17 hours ago, Pride Of The Clyde said: TBF it was Chapman who liked Annan players, most of them turned out to be as sh1t as we thought they would, thankfully Danny has got shot of most of the crap and retained the decent ones, wee Cuddihy especially who has been outstanding this season. To be fair Chapman and the players that joined Clyde that summer led us to a 3rd place finish and a playoff spot the season before. Most of the players that joined Clyde had contributed plenty to our season. What was so different at Clyde that caused such a drop in form? Was it that expectations were too high? I ask that question genuinely as before Chapman done the dirty on us with their contracts many of those players looked to be staying at Galabank. Expectations being too high is an absolute cop-out. As said in the post above, these Annan players finished significantly higher than Fergie's Flamethrowers the year before. On the contrary, far from being expected to replicate their 3rd place finish, i think a large part of the reason they failed was that many of them considered themselves to have 'made it', particularly as if they had intimated they'd stay at Annan, then shot the crow to Clyde, it may have been seen as a once-in-a-lifetime chance to play for us. Unfortunately these character flaws soon shone through, and the thickest manager in Scotland cracked under the strain of it all. To be fair, of all our ex-Annan, Lennon hasn"t punted "most of them" at all- by my count, six were not retained (Home, Breslin, Flynn, Ramsey , Smart and Wright), five are still here (Nicoll, McNiff, Stewart, Cuddihy and Currie) and Ally Love was recruited by Lennon himself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulstrode Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 Worst was Stuart Millar. Then Barry. So agree third.BF took Clyde to a goal from promotion. Millar was a Neil Watt puppet. Forgotten about Hendry sacrifing a 3-5-2 which we'd played for two successful seasons under GR and JM to play a 4-4-2 and after repeatedly bleating on TV about his budget, left us in the lurch? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clyde_r_us Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 4 hours ago, BW Charlie said: Worst was Stuart Millar. Then Barry. So agree third. So where does Mr broon come in to this band?? not craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Officer Barbrady Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 2 hours ago, Bulstrode said: 5 hours ago, BW Charlie said: Worst was Stuart Millar. Then Barry. So agree third. BF took Clyde to a goal from promotion. Millar was a Neil Watt puppet. Forgotten about Hendry sacrifing a 3-5-2 which we'd played for two successful seasons under GR and JM to play a 4-4-2 and after repeatedly bleating on TV about his budget, left us in the lurch? What a lot of shite....ish. Ferguson was on par with Millar, Brown and Hendry for lack of man-management or in-game nous. Systems mean largely nothing, the multifunction of players to adapt is far more important. Something which Brown actually received reasonably well in 2008 by winning the playoffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Reid Fan Club Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 BF took Clyde to a goal from promotion. Millar was a Neil Watt puppet. Forgotten about Hendry sacrifing a 3-5-2 which we'd played for two successful seasons under GR and JM to play a 4-4-2 and after repeatedly bleating on TV about his budget, left us in the lurch?Get a grip the guys wife was seriously ill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Officer Barbrady Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 Maybe instead of lamenting managers, we should hold their appointments accountable to the chairmen who hired them. Who's the worst, there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Reid Fan Club Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 Come on Officer B this guy is a god he saved us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Officer Barbrady Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 We better calm the Clyde chat. The Annan well-wishers might get the same complex the Edinburgh ones do when we discuss matters relating to history or ambition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfcuk Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 Should be a right good support heading down to Annan , wish we had the same numbers visiting broadwood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimThorburn Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 Should be a right good support heading down to Annan , wish we had the same numbers visiting broadwood The clubhouse at Galabank will be open early doors for anyone after a few beers and the early kick off on T.V. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawfield shed boy Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 The clubhouse at Galabank will be open early doors for anyone after a few beers and the early kick off on T.V. The days of us filling the coffers in your club long gone JT .. Reason one or two of you sweetie wifes complained that much to your club officials simply because 4 of us stood in the covered end during a monsoon & our only crime was to support our time without doubt not going over the top,The game was 0-0 and the majority didnt want us turfed out in the rain & we left quietly just like our vocal support during 1st half... Station bar and direct to game every time were down if we decide to drink in Annan at all with plenty of other options nearby.. Certainly not our loss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrigtonClyde Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 22 hours ago, JimThorburn said: On 2/5/2019 at 22:02, Pride Of The Clyde said: TBF it was Chapman who liked Annan players, most of them turned out to be as sh1t as we thought they would, thankfully Danny has got shot of most of the crap and retained the decent ones, wee Cuddihy especially who has been outstanding this season. To be fair Chapman and the players that joined Clyde that summer led us to a 3rd place finish and a playoff spot the season before. Most of the players that joined Clyde had contributed plenty to our season. What was so different at Clyde that caused such a drop in form? Was it that expectations were too high? I ask that question genuinely as before Chapman done the dirty on us with their contracts many of those players looked to be staying at Galabank. From the moment Chapman came through the doors he had a very strange approach to the point it made you wonder why he took the job He seemed keen to make excuses for himself to fail from the outset. Players won't sign for Clyde / are "afraid" to play due to the nature of the support. Then the players he did bring in were in most cases no better than what we released, in some cases poorer. As the season goes on and results get worse, you only need to listen to his post match interviews. It was basically everyone else's fault, to the point he starts blaming his players - the ones he brought in - for either not listening to what he was saying, or making basic errors while at the same time trying to have his cake & eat it by telling us they were a great bunch of guys. That's when he lost the dressing room and had to go. Maybe he'd a bet on with somebody to see how quickly he could join a new club and rub absolutely everyone up the wrong way.....bizarre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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