Waggot gone (1 Viewer)

Deleted member 5849 said:

I don't doubt it!

Although tbf always dangerous to rely on volunteers, as where's the comeback if they don't turn up etc?

But yeah... we're a bit amaeurish aren't we, and have been for... an eternity now.

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astute said:

so when did we improve to reach the heights of amateurish?

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letsallsingtogether said:

lol

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stupot07 said:

Yep. And the way the quote is written is like the wasps bloke is gushing about us, imploring us to say, and therefore promotion an article about our long term future, whereas I'm sure Simon just ask "would you like the football club to stay long term?" As 1 of just a number of other non related questions. To which he said yes, something about making a small profit from f&b's and said we were meeting next week. Which has then been bigged up as we're discussing our long term future.


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letsallsingtogether said:

So what were they meeting about the toilet cleaners?
Come on they were having a meeting so the extension was not on the agenda?
What else do they have to talk about?

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Broken Hearted Sky Blue said:

Has Waggott denied he said it?

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Grendel said:

From my perspective Waggott was just another one on the Sisu payroll who ultimately beat the Sisu drum.

He did, I suppose, become the acceptable face of Sisu in many fans’ eyes – or should that be the acceptable voice of Sisu. He had a more down to earth appeal than someone with Fishers privileged background.

Ultimately, however, his achievements are few and far between. His first big test was with deciding on Thorn’s fate when in the championship. He made the wrong choice and kept with the clueless individual. Then, even worse, after Thorns car crash management style he offers him a new deal, only to wake up a few weeks in and dismiss him, at a cost no doubt, that should have been avoided. No plan to replace him meant dithering and the crucial first season in League One was wrecked before it had even started. For this action alone, he should have lost his job.

The impression you get with Waggott is that he always wanted to be a manager and was far more comfortable operating with the likes of Thorn and Pressley than a Robins and certainly a Mowbray. He could sign hapless tripe like Malaga, Edjuingele, Brown all day long. He must have cost the club a fortune in cancelled contracts. He was an abject failure in the role he was supposed to be paid for.

His “credit” for the Ricoh deal also should be scrutinised. It is inconceivable that Sisu and the council were not already aware of the Wasps involvement. That deal meant the club no longer had to deal with the council and is the only reason the parties talked. It is also inconceivable that the arrangement was not going to have the approval of the incoming landlord. So Waggott was again the public face behind the deal. It should also be noted he was more than complicit with the move to Sixfields , and always publically played the company line. As he always did.

One suspect’s the appointment of Mowbray exposed his shortcoming and led to his demise. Mowbray, under a similar budget to his predecessor, changed the structure and built a winning team. His comments regarding the lack of structure when he arrived were particularly damning and telling.

Waggott was wasteful with his budget, poor at player recruitment and dire at understanding the infrastructure required to build a successful club.

He may have plaudits from those who fail to see the wood from the trees. He may to some be a football visionary – the saviour of English football. After all it says so in a press article;

http://www.express.co.uk/expressyourself/34577/Is-this-man-the-real-saviour-of-English-football

Others, including I suspect, the new manager may have come to a different conclusion.

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