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Surely Thorn is destined to go down in history as the worst City manager ever (1 Viewer)

  • Thread starter Otis
  • Start date Aug 26, 2012
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Otis

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 26, 2012
  • #1
and that, that stat is going to remain in place forever.



Sad but true I feel.



60 games
13 wins
20 draws
27 loses
Win percentage 21.67%
 

Martin180

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 26, 2012
  • #2
Lies ,damn lies and statistics someone once said

Would rather watch a Thorn side than a Hoofroyd side everytime
 

JulianDarbyFTW

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 26, 2012
  • #3
Worst? Statistically I guess. Personally i think Phil Neal takes some beating.
 

Otis

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 26, 2012
  • #4
Me too, but surely no City manager in the future will ever be allowed to achieve a win percentage so low again.
 

Gaz

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 26, 2012
  • #5
He has gone, let's draw a line under it and move on eh ?
 
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Macca

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 26, 2012
  • #6
I think we should leave the fella alone now to be fair and hope that some thought goes into his replacement
 

Colonel Mustard

New Member
  • Aug 26, 2012
  • #7
That he will, and he has few reasons to complain.
 

WillieStanley

New Member
  • Aug 26, 2012
  • #8
Otis said:
and that, that stat is going to remain in place forever.



Sad but true I feel.



60 games
13 wins
20 draws
27 loses
Win percentage 21.67%
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It is sad. I liked the fella. I met him last Christmas by chance at my works do at the Chesford Grange with the lovely Ken D. Thorn genuinly wanted to chat, was very apologetic about the the way the season had been up til that point. He seemed very confident of improvement. He also seemed to have bought into KDs new role following his departure as chairman (This was about a week or so prior to "benchgate").

For the sake of the club though, I hope that stat does remain in place forever.
 
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Otis

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  • Aug 26, 2012
  • #9
JulianDarbyFTW said:
Worst? Statistically I guess. Personally i think Phil Neal takes some beating.
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That's what I am saying. A bloke can be guilty of a crime but be found innocent and that is a statistical fact. Statistically AT will never be bettered (or worsened) as the worst ever City manager.

When people look back through history that is all they seem to remember. When you look at who won the cup in 1987 it will say Coventry City. You have to look much deeper to find we won it with an own goal.
 

Otis

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 26, 2012
  • #10
gaz said:
He has gone, let's draw a line under it and move on eh ?
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I'm not trying to have a go, I'm actually pointing out that it's very sad and that I can't see anyone ever doing any worse statistically.

Not trying to score points just saying it's a shame and that his record will never ever be beaten.
 
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Skyblue4u

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  • Aug 26, 2012
  • #11
That stat must be recorded with the fact that he also managed the club during the most turbulent period of its history to level it out a bit
 

Gaz

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  • Aug 26, 2012
  • #12
Otis said:
I'm not trying to have a go, I'm actually pointing out that it's very sad and that I can't see anyone ever doing any worse statistically.

Not trying to score points just saying it's a shame and that his record will never ever be beaten.
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Chill
No one is saying you are Otis. :wave:

Onwards and upwards
 

@richh87

Member
  • Aug 26, 2012
  • #13
Martin180 said:
Lies ,damn lies and statistics someone once said

Would rather watch a Thorn side than a Hoofroyd side everytime
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Well said that man - so would I.
 

Colonel Mustard

New Member
  • Aug 26, 2012
  • #14
Skyblue4u said:
That stat must be recorded with the fact that he also managed the club during the most turbulent period of its history to level it out a bit
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I'm not sure that will explain the massive contrast between home and away results.
 

@richh87

Member
  • Aug 26, 2012
  • #15
Colonel Mustard said:
That he will, and he has few reasons to complain.
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Utter shite. He has more to complain about, resources wise, than any City Manager in history.
 

Otis

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 26, 2012
  • #16
Depends if people deem the 'worst Manager' to be the man to have the lowest win percentage.

I don't.




Stats will say that though.

That's what history books will say and that's what football experts will look at.

Any manager that has been linked with us and the first thing we usually do is to look to see if they have had any success at all and at their win ratio.

Just the way it is.
 

Colonel Mustard

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  • Aug 26, 2012
  • #17
@richh87 said:
Utter shite. He has more to complain about, resources wise, than any City Manager in history.
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Resources don't account for the disparity between home and away results. To focus on resources is to overlook the factor that really did him in - the away record.
 

SydneySkyBlue

Member
  • Aug 26, 2012
  • #18
Colonel Mustard said:
Resources don't account for the disparity between home and away results. To focus on resources is to overlook the factor that really did him in - the away record.
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And the away record had nothing to do with inexperienced kids defending for their lives did it?
 

WestEndAgro

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  • Aug 26, 2012
  • #19
I'm no Thorn fan, and statistics say he was the worst, however the football witnessed under Butcher, Howe, Neal, Coleman to name a few was far worse, if slightly better results wise
 

SydneySkyBlue

Member
  • Aug 26, 2012
  • #20
Otis, you're shit stirring here and you know it!

Stats mean nothing without context.

Where are the stats for each manager and how much they were given to spend? Or which manager had most of his key players sold? It's all relative.

You know it is though. I'm wasting my breath!
 

Grendel

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  • Aug 26, 2012
  • #21
GinettasStickySofa said:
And the away record had nothing to do with inexperienced kids defending for their lives did it?
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Defence of Keogh Cranie Hussey with Murphy as back up? Christie yes but he preferred him to Wood. Still the answer to the question will be answered in basic economic terms of supply and demand. Thorn is available to 91 clubs - how many will demand his services.
 

@richh87

Member
  • Aug 26, 2012
  • #22
GinettasStickySofa said:
Otis, you're shit stirring here and you know it!

Stats mean nothing without context.

Where are the stats for each manager and how much they were given to spend? Or which manager had most of his key players sold? It's all relative.

You know it is though. I'm wasting my breath!
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Strachan was a good Manager until McAllister and Keane went - now he's continually slated. He was still the same man who'd given us 'The Entertainers' when we got relegated.

It's all about context.
 

Sick Boy

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  • Aug 26, 2012
  • #23
GinettasStickySofa said:
And the away record had nothing to do with inexperienced kids defending for their lives did it?
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You make it sound as though we fielded an entire team of children, bizarre hyperbole once again.
 

Colonel Mustard

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  • Aug 26, 2012
  • #24
GinettasStickySofa said:
And the away record had nothing to do with inexperienced kids defending for their lives did it?
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You're actually going there? That somehow these professional footballers become lesser beings when they play away from home? Maybe the question you ought to be asking yourself is why they were having to defend so much away from home...
 

@richh87

Member
  • Aug 26, 2012
  • #25
Sick Boy said:
You make it sound as though we fielded an entire team of children, bizarre hyperbole once again.
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It wasn't far off. It was an absolute joke the amount that we're fielded.
 

Colonel Mustard

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  • Aug 26, 2012
  • #26
@richh87 said:
Strachan was a good Manager until McAllister and Keane went - now he's continually slated. He was still the same man who'd given us 'The Entertainers' when we got relegated. It's all about context.
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No, it is not as simple as that. Do you not remember Strachan's refusal to play guys like Breen and Edworthy and Aloisi, insisting instead on the likes of Barry Quinn to play full-back? Gordon's stubbornness had a lot to do with his decline at CCFC.
 

Otis

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  • Aug 26, 2012
  • #27
GinettasStickySofa said:
Otis, you're shit stirring here and you know it!

Stats mean nothing without context.

Where are the stats for each manager and how much they were given to spend? Or which manager had most of his key players sold? It's all relative.

You know it is though. I'm wasting my breath!
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Not shit stirring at all. Why do you say that? I have said several times that I find the whole thing saddening.

I was not shit stirring just wondering if we will ever see such low stats again ever.
 

SydneySkyBlue

Member
  • Aug 26, 2012
  • #28
Grendel said:
Defence of Keogh Cranie Hussey with Murphy as back up? Christie yes but he preferred him to Wood. Still the answer to the question will be answered in basic economic terms of supply and demand. Thorn is available to 91 clubs - how many will demand his services.
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You must be the only anti-Thorner that won't accept he had an inexperienced squad last season.

Clarke? Cameron? Hussey? Christie? Bigi? Thomas? I seem to remember our average age towards the end there being 18 or 19.

Until he is given a fair crack of the whip nobody can properly judge him as a manager.
 

SydneySkyBlue

Member
  • Aug 26, 2012
  • #29
Colonel Mustard said:
You're actually going there? That somehow these professional footballers become lesser beings when they play away from home? Maybe the question you ought to be asking yourself is why they were having to defend so much away from home...
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Because we didn't have decent cover on the bench? Because we were forced to field unfit players half the time? Because we weren't able to compete with clubs that could bring the likes of Kevin Phillips off the bench to change a game? Because young players don't have the same mental strength and leadership qualities?

That's just off the top of my head. Take your pick.
 

SydneySkyBlue

Member
  • Aug 26, 2012
  • #30
Otis said:
Not shit stirring at all. Why do you say that? I have said several times that I find the whole thing saddening.

I was not shit stirring just wondering if we will ever see such low stats again ever.
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You know very well that it looks like a dig at the outgoing manager on the day he was sacked as opposed to a reflection of the state of the club!
 

@richh87

Member
  • Aug 26, 2012
  • #31
Listen - last year's resources weren't acceptable for a club trying to stay up. The club have even admitted it - so anyone saying otherwise is talking rubbish.

This was the season to judge Thorn. There was a question mark hanging over him over whether he was crap tactically. The first 3 games have suggested that yes, he is crap tactically.

To be 2-0 up at home to Bury and concede twice is frankly shit.

No doubt he could scout and is a nice guy who likes attractive football. Sadly the amount of games we drew or lost from winning positions does say a lot.
 

devonrich

Member
  • Aug 26, 2012
  • #32
Worst city manager ever - my god you could do a whole series on that ......how many?
 

Colonel Mustard

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  • Aug 26, 2012
  • #33
GinettasStickySofa said:
Because we didn't have decent cover on the bench? Because we were forced to field unfit players half the time? Because we weren't able to compete with clubs that could bring the likes of Kevin Phillips off the bench to change a game? Because young players don't have the same mental strength and leadership qualities?
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None of which explain the disparity between the home and away records. Had we sucked at home too, you may have had a point.
 

Colonel Mustard

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  • Aug 26, 2012
  • #34
@richh87 said:
Listen - last year's resources weren't acceptable for a club trying to stay up. The club have even admitted it - so anyone saying otherwise is talking rubbish.
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Nobody is saying that. There is this bungee effect where we see a reversion to the all-in-one excuse of "no resources" when examining Thorn's record. But there's no avoiding it - there are very questionable things to ask of Thorn based on both eyeball opinions and cold, hard, black-and-white statistics.

I remember a cup game against Tottenham, around 2004ish. The CCFC team that day gave absolutely everything they had against Spurs, but were thoroughly outmatched. That is the vision of Thorn's reign that some are trying to put across, but it's just not true.
 

Skyblueloyal

Active Member
  • Aug 26, 2012
  • #35
JulianDarbyFTW said:
Worst? Statistically I guess. Personally i think Phil Neal takes some beating.
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Yeah I with you on this closly followed by Peter Ried
 
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