If the reports are to be believed he cast a good, honest pro like Ward out of the squad and then put him in the team and played him out of position.

He made remarks last week about moving players from the squad because they were creating a bad atmosphere. believe that of one or two but not Ward.

Respect is something you have to earn with new colleagues manager or not. Really showing himself up squealing that players stabbed him in the back when he’d apparently shown some of them such little respect himself.

Imagine if that rumour is true.

You are a former manager of a top, four times title winning, European club. You are appointed manager of one of the top football sides in the world, (yes, that's us folks) after researching the club to get the position and you allow an almost semi-retired squad player to kick you out of a job.

How does that work?

I sincerely wish him well in his future. I just think he has a very unfortunate manner and believe maybe that has had a lot to do with his current employment status. That and no points, no goals.

P.S. I love Damo, he has served this club with distinction.

"You can lead a horse to water but a pencil must be lead"

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The press and the players knew it was doomed a couple of weeks after the bollox spun in his interview at the training ground. If he stuck to his word there wouldn't have been any unrest in the summer, no moronic team formations of players played here, there and everywhere and possibly some precious points you can't afford to chuck away when you have top 6 sides coming up and he may have built on that and actually succeeded.

I have issues with Delaney since his decline but Frank brought this all on himself. He thinks he's clever but he isn't.

COYP

Not sure you can say that. If he was the biggest cvnt on the planet but mid table he'd have been alright.

The whole thing was disjointed the moment the interviews with Parish and the club video interviewer were finished. It didn't help with Parish being on holiday and not tapping him on the shoulder and asking, 'Hey, what happened to gradual changes? Why are you doing things we can't do get?' But I suppose there's always the phone and Skype if it wasn't for the fact Frank would've thought, 'yeah whatever, what do you know' without a physical presence.

Edited by Rudi Hedman (17 Mar 2018 11.25am)

COYP

Bubbs Palace minute had the culprit as Puncheon. Bearing in mind how poor Puncheon has been, I can well believe he was involved.

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