he didnt have a big budget lol wise only came as a favour the end of his carer we had people lick paul watson ere on non contract as well cudnt afford to give em a contract lol
He had a much, much, much, much, much bigger budget-and totally blew it. For every Wise there is a Kyle and a McKenzie.
Fair play to him though, he deserves his promotion this year. Seems to have turned it around after his diabolical 2nd spell at Brighton. And the poor soul looked close to sobbing his eyes out on Late Kick Off last night.
I see Birchall "made" the winning (own) goal. Bit of a Lloyd McGrath situation there.
Again, NLWHC-I'm talking solely about the 05/06 campaign where few can dispute the budget was restricted entirely to freebies and the expectation was for us to struggle. 2006/7 the wheels fell off the cart once expectations soared and McSheffrey was sold without adequate replacement.
he didnt have a big budget lol wise only came as a favour the end of his carer we had people lick paul watson ere on non contract as well cudnt afford to give em a contract lol
I assumed we were talking purely about Adams' 05/06 season, purely to make the comparison with Black more valid. The Adams budget that year was hardly colossal and relative to the rest of the division was among the smallest; the same couldn't be said in 03/04.
Even by those standards Adams was less successful than Black, with a 1.36 points per game average during 2005/2006 v Black's 1.54.
Finances ...
Unlike Black, Adams had a generous wage budget and was able to build his own squad. Joining his February signings (Hall and Page) and existing established players for the 2005/2006 season were Ince, Scowcroft, Heath, Impey, Watson, Sofiane, Hutchison, Wise, Duffy, Bywater, Flood, Nalis and Fulop. Collectively they represented a significant upgrade on the players who left.
Black had a few bargain basement signings: Gudjonsson, Deloumeaux, Grainger, Lowe. Not close to being comparable.