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View cantrbury eagle's Profile cantrbury eagle Flag Canterbury 01 Apr 20 5.50pm Send a Private Message to cantrbury eagle Add cantrbury eagle as a friend

Just watched the 1st series on Netflix it showed what can happen when teams spend to much Jonnnie Williams came across as decent bloke and was quite impressed with Chris Coleman despite not being able to save them from Relegation. Would he be a possible replacement as manager when Roy eventually steps down

 

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Originally posted by cantrbury eagle

Just watched the 1st series on Netflix it showed what can happen when teams spend to much Jonnnie Williams came across as decent bloke and was quite impressed with Chris Coleman despite not being able to save them from Relegation. Would he be a possible replacement as manager when Roy eventually steps down

If he avoids D D

 

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View the silurian's Profile the silurian Flag The garden of England.(not really) 01 Apr 20 6.16pm Send a Private Message to the silurian Add the silurian as a friend

Originally posted by cantrbury eagle

Just watched the 1st series on Netflix it showed what can happen when teams spend to much Jonnnie Williams came across as decent bloke and was quite impressed with Chris Coleman despite not being able to save them from Relegation. Would he be a possible replacement as manager when Roy eventually steps down [/quote]

Bloody hope not!

 

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View Willo's Profile Willo Flag South coast - west of Brighton. 01 Apr 20 6.52pm Send a Private Message to Willo Add Willo as a friend

Originally posted by cantrbury eagle

Just watched the 1st series on Netflix it showed what can happen when teams spend to much Jonnnie Williams came across as decent bloke and was quite impressed with Chris Coleman despite not being able to save them from Relegation. Would he be a possible replacement as manager when Roy eventually steps down

Chris Coleman took over at Sunderland when they were rock-bottom after 17 games.He left a game before the end of the season with Sunderland still in bottom place.

Jonny Williams was at Sunderland on loan but he was brought in by Simon Grayson.I don't think Sunderland paid any money for a player when Coleman was in charge.He signed LuaLua on a 'Free' from Brighton but the rest were all loan signings.

 

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View punksnotdead's Profile punksnotdead Flag croydon 02 Apr 20 6.57am Send a Private Message to punksnotdead Add punksnotdead as a friend

Just started watching series 2 and it seems that David Brent has bought the club ! It's a good watch though, gives a good insight to how this football thing works, definitely something NOT to invest in.

 

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View Dubai Eagle's Profile Dubai Eagle Online Flag 02 Apr 20 10.38am Send a Private Message to Dubai Eagle Add Dubai Eagle as a friend

I am with you on that Punk - my word some of the things that you see in that program beggers belief & thats just a program about one club, I suspect many more clubs out there have their own problems - when I was younger in transport there was a joke - how do you make a small fortune out of transport ? the answer was , start with a bigger fortune - it surely applies to football clubs too

 

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View samprior's Profile samprior Flag Hamburg 02 Apr 20 1.32pm Send a Private Message to samprior Add samprior as a friend

Originally posted by Dubai Eagle

I am with you on that Punk - my word some of the things that you see in that program beggers belief & thats just a program about one club, I suspect many more clubs out there have their own problems - when I was younger in transport there was a joke - how do you make a small fortune out of transport ? the answer was , start with a bigger fortune - it surely applies to football clubs too

Only up to ep5 of season 1 but think it's really good. Although it is a bit like watching a car crash as you know what is going to happen to the club. Just shows how poorly informed some of the powerful decision makers are at relatively big clubs.

Glad our Jonny Williams comes across well, always seemed like a genuinely nice fella.

A couple of other notable (slightly older) football documentaries I'd definitely recommend watching are:

Chester City: An American Dream
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Orient: Club for a Fiver
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Unbelievable characters and dialogue in both - feels like you are watching a spoof at times. Got to feel for the fans though.

Edited by samprior (02 Apr 2020 1.33pm)

 

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View cantrbury eagle's Profile cantrbury eagle Flag Canterbury 02 Apr 20 1.35pm Send a Private Message to cantrbury eagle Add cantrbury eagle as a friend

working through second series realise our chairman is not is a decent bloke. Yes the football under Roy is solid rather than exciting and not getting loads of big transfers in before deadline was not what I wanted. But after seeing how Sunderland got shafted when there forward Madja went to France for next to nothing and then having to pay at least a million quid more than he was worth to get Will Griggs,I have new found respect for Palaces management team.

 

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View cantrbury eagle's Profile cantrbury eagle Flag Canterbury 02 Apr 20 1.40pm Send a Private Message to cantrbury eagle Add cantrbury eagle as a friend

apologies to Steve Parish he is a decent bloke who helped save Palace in 2010

 

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View ASCPFC's Profile ASCPFC Flag Pro-Cathedral/caravan park 03 Apr 20 3.07pm Send a Private Message to ASCPFC Add ASCPFC as a friend

Everything that happened to Sunderland can be blamed on fans leaving well before the end of games like the blblical Exodus.

 


Red and Blue Army!

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View Willo's Profile Willo Flag South coast - west of Brighton. 03 Apr 20 3.23pm Send a Private Message to Willo Add Willo as a friend

Originally posted by cantrbury eagle

working through second series realise our chairman is not is a decent bloke. Yes the football under Roy is solid rather than exciting and not getting loads of big transfers in before deadline was not what I wanted. But after seeing how Sunderland got shafted when there forward Madja went to France for next to nothing and then having to pay at least a million quid more than he was worth to get Will Griggs,I have new found respect for Palaces management team.

Maja who was born in Lewisham was in our youth team.

He had a decent scoring record at Sunderland with an average of slightly better than a goal every 3 games.
His salary was less that £1,000 a week and I believe he cost Bordeaux £1.5 Mill where his salary has increased by over 50 times!

Will Grigg was signed for an initial £3 Mill rising to I believe £4 Mill.He's not really 'Cut the mustard' at Sunderland.

Edited by Willo (03 Apr 2020 3.24pm)

 

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View Qwijibo's Profile Qwijibo Flag Bournemouth 03 Apr 20 4.04pm Send a Private Message to Qwijibo Add Qwijibo as a friend

The Maja transfer really highlighted the b****** nature of agents. Losing him pretty much cost them promotion, and the behind the scenes footage shows the consequences with jobs etc in doing so. Really good series. The Will Grigg transfer saga encapsulates the dilemma when it comes to spending cash in this game.

 

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