Steve Gibson Deserves League One

ticker_tape said:
Gibson has appointed 2 of Pogs choices, Pulis who bought tripe and bored us to tears, and now Warnock who seems to be bewildered. I hope he can fluke it with any luck. Its a good job we have Gibson, we`ll need him.
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I think this is a good point. In 25 years as chairman it’s not all going to be rosey. If we go down to League 1 fans will understandably be furious but I’d still rather he was our chairman because I don’t think financial peril will go hand in hand with it like last time.
 
Block21 said:
Surely not as much as chopping and changing managers every season. It’s worth a try because let’s face it. Whatever the current plan is at the moment isn’t working.
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I dare say he might eventually go down that road, as his last throw of the dice to appease fans before he sells up. But I’m still not sure it will be the magic wand some think it will.
 
Oooo said:
I can understand people's anger and why that may be directed at Gibson but I will always support Gibson whatever. He saved us from going under and I would much rather have a **t club than no club at all. He will have my lifetime support for what he did.
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Loyalty, you know your football club . A rare quality.
 
atypical_boro said:
I dare say he might eventually go down that road, as his last throw of the dice to appease fans before he sells up. But I’m still not sure it will be the magic wand some think it will.
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It may not be, but surely it’s worth looking into. As whatever is happening now is not working and the club is on a hell of a slippery slope. It’s really upsetting to see
 
I believe it’s disgraceful and disrespectful to say Gibson deserves league 1

He makes choices that he thinks will take the club forward. He doesn’t make choices to deliberately upset the fans

Football choices have been poor, especially managers, since Karanka.
 
Block21 said:
It may not be, but surely it’s worth looking into. As whatever is happening now is not working and the club is on a hell of a slippery slope. It’s really upsetting to see
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Well I certainly don’t disagree on that. The last 14 years have been much more difficult than the previous 20, for sure. But our day will come again, I am still thankful to have someone at the helm who won’t let us go under. In many ways that’s more important to me than “success”.
 
atypical_boro said:
Well it depends how much it would cost him/the club to appoint this magical DoF.
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Where has your thought about a Director of Football come from? I could not ever envisage a Peter Kenyon type in that role. I am not talking about that.

I am talking about someone to perhaps efficiently run the club on his behalf, Chairman, CEO position, with full authority while in post. A DoF is just an intermediary between manager and board, often former experienced football managers. We don’t need that.
 
coluka said:
Where has your thought about a Director of Football come from? I could not ever envisage a Peter Kenyon type in that role. I am not talking about that.

I am talking about someone to perhaps efficiently run the club on his behalf, Chairman, CEO position, with full authority while in post. A DoF is just an intermediary between manager and board, often former experienced football managers. We don’t need that.
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What’s in that for Gibson though? Pumping a million pound a month in to something purely to make himself look incompetent? Not like it’ll ever become profitable for him.

I’d imagine he always has some hope that he can win the fans over again. He won’t lose some of us.
 
League One is exactly where Gibson deserves to be. He is the man that has overseen the fall from the Premier league to the verge of the 3rd tier.

Who else appointed Agnew? Who appointed Woodgate? Who allowed Monk to waste so much money?
 
Uwefuchs said:
League One is exactly where Gibson deserves to be. He is the man that has overseen the fall from the Premier league to the verge of the 3rd tier.

Who else appointed Agnew? Who appointed Woodgate? Who allowed Monk to waste so much money?
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It’s a good point.

If we are to go down it’s because we have deserved to go down. And that includes the owner
 
Muttley said:
Eh?

Mowbray, Karanka and Pullis. All did a job. Woodgate was an attempt to move the club in a different direction outside of the habitual failures who do the rounds with clubs like ours Warnock, Allardyce, etc. managers who had managed clubs more times than they really should and ultimately failed at every single one. The Woodgate thing failed but I think it was right to try it (maybe looking at Eddie Howe at Bmuff?) perhaps he allowed it to run too long but Gibson has always given his managers full backing and that includes time.
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What do you mean Eh?! Southgate, Agnew, Monk. That's three. Robson held on too long. The Woodgate thing was most definitely NOT the right thing to try, which has shown time and time ago. You might be having a go at 'Colin' today, but this monumental balls up lays at the door of Woodgate and Gibson. There aren't none so blind as those who will not see.
 
atypical_boro said:
What’s in that for Gibson though? Pumping a million pound a month in to something purely to make himself look incompetent?
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Well look at the amount he has likely put in since 2006, look at the failures v successes that we know of, look at the likely ongoing financial cost to him perish the thought, with relegation that just gets worse. He would clearly own the club still. He would decide the Chairman. Maybe, just maybe, being a fan and so closely involved as such, and also the financial worry, clouds judgements when he tries to balance losses with change. I can’t imagine how difficult and personal that must be. He can’t ever be dispassionate about the team, he can’t ever seperate his financial worry. Nobody believes he has anything but the clubs best interests at heart. I believe Woody did too, but if something isn’t working you have to see the woods for the trees.

We all love Steve Gibson, we all want him to achieve and be successful, the issue as I see it is, the one real positive period we had since 2006 was under Karanka, that was when Kenyon was advising him as far as I can see, that can’t be a coincidence surely, now can it?

Hopefully, less pressure day to day, a better run club, greater financial stability Is in it for him. I accept there are no guarantees.
 
coluka said:
Well look at the amount he has likely put in since 2006, look at the failures v successes that we know of, look at the likely ongoing financial cost to him perish the thought, with relegation that just gets worse. He would clearly own the club still. He would decide the Chairman. Maybe, just maybe, being a fan and so closely involved as such, and also the financial worry, clouds judgements when he tries to balance losses with change. I can’t imagine how difficult and personal that must be. He can’t ever be dispassionate about the team, he can’t ever seperate his financial worry. Nobody believes he has anything but the clubs best interests at heart. I believe Woody did too, but if something isn’t working you have to see the woods for the trees.

We all love Steve Gibson, we all want him to achieve and be successful, the issue as I see it is, the one real positive period we had since 2006 was under Karanka, that was when Kenyon was advising him as far as I can see, that can’t be a coincidence surely, now can it?

Hopefully, less pressure day to day, a better run club, greater financial stability Is in it for him. I accept there are no guarantees.
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Well to be fair it sounds like you effectively want him to clear off but leave his standing order still active. If he gets the chairman “wrong” you’ll be baying for blood again. All I’m saying is I think he’s aware of that and thinks the club coffers can do without the extra drain.
 
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