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Telegraph1  |  Sep 15 2008, 11:06 AM |
 Group: Member Posts: Joined: Tue Nov 6 2007 Status: Offline | Give us your thoughts on Alan Buckley's departure and we'll print the best in the Telegraph. |
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| pinault | Sep 15 2008, 13:03 PM |
Group: Member Posts: Joined: Mon Sep 15 2008 Status: Offline |  i am sad at the departure of alan buckley, now who is going to get us out of this hole that just keeps getting bigger with every match we play. how is a manager supposed to bring in decent players when mr fenty does not issue him with the funds he needs. you cannot tell me that he does cause how many season's have we the fans been paying into the KEEP THE MARINERS AFLOAT campaign. as a season ticket holder, along with several or my family we have been paying into this fund but what do we get out of it, a chairman that does'nt seem to care about whether the mariners are afloat or sunk. it does'nt matter who they bring in as manager because until we have members on the board that actually want to KEEP THE MARINERS AFLOAT and invest in their future bring in the funds to bring in new able players then we will be in this position until the mariners are sunk and the way were going it won't be long. GOODBYE MR BUCKLEY and GOOD LUCK. xx |
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| Grantyy | Sep 15 2008, 13:43 PM |
 Group: Member Posts: Joined: Wed May 28 2008 Status: Offline | The fans called for Buckley to go, Fenty obliged to keep them happy, problem is as I said before who are we going to get to replace him, Buckley is one of the few managers prepared to work on a shoestring budget and one of the few who can actually do it well, the problem we have is a team creating chances and playing some good stuff but unable to get the goals, don't people find it strange that after playing really well at Lincoln but yet again not winning, in the two matches after that both the opposition managers have said how good we were and admitted they were fortunate, even the telegraph reports how well we are playing and if you go to the games its plain to see, but it's true we cannot carry on losing regardless, whoever the new manager turns out to be will have to get a new striker but don't think for one minute he will be given much if any money to do that, it's easy to say we need a new striker but who for under ten grand is going to be much better than what we already have, I just hope the team play as well for the new manager because if they don't we will be in serious trouble.  |
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| lee_GTFC1 | Sep 15 2008, 14:13 PM |
 Group: Member Posts: Joined: Tue Aug 7 2007 Status: Offline | It is a sad day. I would just like to say a big thanks to Alan Buckley for everything he's done for our club.He brought some really special times to BP and its a shame its has to end on such a low. He'll allways be remembered by me for the good times. He's a true legend in my eyes & i'd like to wish him all the best for the future. |
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| sussex_mariner | Sep 15 2008, 14:55 PM |
 Group: Member Posts: Joined: Mon Sep 15 2008 Status: Offline | Wow. What have we done?! Buckley's team were bad, then good then bad last season. When we were good we were flying through early 2008 with promotion form and into the JP final. Who was complaining? A dozen or so league games later we sack the manager. What do we expect from any manager on a shoestring? The new incumbent will want to be successful, shape his own team and undoubtedly want to spend to bring in players of his liking. If we have room for investment, why not give AB the money to spend now? We all say we like the passing style of football that AB brings and it's not like we've been totally abject this season. It's pretty difficult to get relegated this year (albeit not impossible!) and for clubs with limited funds, an opportunity to bed in a new, relatively inexperienced team, is an opportunity that will not come around very often. Plan for tomorrow, not for today. I personally cant see the argument for making this decision at this stage of the season. What do we want from our Manager? I'm afraid the positions of God, Messiah and Pope are all taken. AB wasn't such a bad pick. I just hope the Board haven't succumbed to the premature jitters and that there was more to this going on in the background to help them justify the decision. Else, I think it's crazy. OK, so football is a results business, wouldn't disagree for a minute, but after six league games, a cup win over a Div 1 team and GTFC pen power progress in the JPT, was our footballing world really that bad? |
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| GingerFool | Sep 15 2008, 16:46 PM |
 Group: Member Posts: Joined: Wed Nov 7 2007 Status: Offline | The reason Alan Bucley has been sacked is beacuse the team are winless in 6 games, have scored only twice in the league all season and have conceded an average of 2 per game. But have the board been too hasty? It depends on whether they already have somebody else in mind with the right credentials to take over. If the board haven't lined anybody else up then it would be an extremely hasty decision. Alan Buckley was your typical "marmite" figure - you either loved him or you hated him. I can't say that I was over enamoured with the guy but his sacking is still a bit too early for me. But the board have decided to act swiftly and he's gone - there's no point in analysing the decision to the n'th degree. So now we all need to hope the next man is the right choice and get behind him 100% - every single Mariner in the town should show their support by coming back to Blundell Park, as i'm sure the plummeting attendances might have swayed the board's decision too. UTM!! |
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| gtfc4evr | Sep 15 2008, 19:08 PM |
Group: Member Posts: Joined: Mon Sep 15 2008 Status: Offline | He was a good manager the previous times and managed the team well but this time he has ran out of steam. He has made mistakes in the transfer window and when he gets the players he sends them on the bench. I wish Buckley much luck for the future but glad that we can have a fresh start and get back to what we do best C'mon Mariners  [size=18][/size] |
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| Grantyy | Sep 15 2008, 19:34 PM |
Group: Member Posts: Joined: Wed May 28 2008 Status: Offline | I agree with Sussex mariner and you too Ginger Fool, I hope the board know who they want and will back Buckley's successor, Buckley played the right way and the recent scorelines did not reflect the performance and work rate of the players, just hope the people that wanted Buckley out will be happy when we announce Watkiss as our new manager lol, nothing against the guy but not many managers will have Buckleys record, for me it all went wrong for Buckley the day he decided to give Martin Butler his mega bucks deal, he is without a doubt the laziest waste of space ever to where a town shirt , He never deserved to where our badge IMO, and Jones retiring is another flash point of Buckley's demise, I too would like to thank him for keeping a small fish in a big pond for so long and only hope the board now take the next manager and us fans seriously and back the team all the way, you sacked him now proove you were right. |
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