Amber Andy wrote:Why do I get the impression his CV of promotions are more important than anything else to him ?
StagsFan83 wrote:Love it hate it, Peterborough will go up and they have made a profit this transfer window after the sale for £6million for Jack Marriott
tillydog123 wrote:Love him or hate him he does get results and is big name in our level of football
Can see why Radfords went for him
Big of course being the operative word
He is odious devious and cocky and he did give things a buzz here but Judas to the core and knows it and loves it .
He will win promotion this season of that I have no doubt but the ilk and honesty of Flitcroft is better for the club in its current position BUT whether he will get us any further this season Iam still not 100 % sure
MutinyOnTheCounty wrote:tillydog123 wrote:Love him or hate him he does get results and is big name in our level of football
Can see why Radfords went for him
Big of course being the operative word
He is odious devious and cocky and he did give things a buzz here but Judas to the core and knows it and loves it .
He will win promotion this season of that I have no doubt but the ilk and honesty of Flitcroft is better for the club in its current position BUT whether he will get us any further this season Iam still not 100 % sure
True, but i'd bet a great many more managers could say the same if they got the same level of financial backing?
I'd like him to spend several stints at clubs with really limited resources to prove me wrong, but the fact he plumps for cash cows tells me he's only interested in jobs where success is easier to attain. Based on that i'd agree it's all about making his CV look good, rather than actually being the best
nonnie wrote:It’s been mentioned on here before but read the Journeyman by Ben Smith on my summer holidays who talks in depth about him and his mate Raynor
Fascinating read into his antics and just what players really think of him and his ability to speak white lies and manufacture false senarios
Sedgwick wrote:nonnie wrote:It’s been mentioned on here before but read the Journeyman by Ben Smith on my summer holidays who talks in depth about him and his mate Raynor
Fascinating read into his antics and just what players really think of him and his ability to speak white lies and manufacture false senarios
What did he generally say? I know an ex pro who went on loan to Boston for a month from Chesterfield, then a bit longer but begged to have the loan cancelled because of Evans. He said he couldn't tell if he was genuinely passionate about football or just a complete and utter insane idiot who loved himself....
bobbystagsfan wrote:Sedgwick wrote:nonnie wrote:It’s been mentioned on here before but read the Journeyman by Ben Smith on my summer holidays who talks in depth about him and his mate Raynor
Fascinating read into his antics and just what players really think of him and his ability to speak white lies and manufacture false senarios
What did he generally say? I know an ex pro who went on loan to Boston for a month from Chesterfield, then a bit longer but begged to have the loan cancelled because of Evans. He said he couldn't tell if he was genuinely passionate about football or just a complete and utter insane idiot who loved himself....
it's a really good read, and he certainly does sound like a nasty character but he says there could be a method to his madness. all the usual stuff like screaming in players faces calling them c***s and trying to get players to sign release forms or other threats if they spoke out against him. making his players 'train' on a Sunday when his team lost even though it was usually another rollocking and making players run. Raynor just a yes man as I think we all knew. evans trying to force Ben Smith out the team with loads of extra fitness training but he says he thought it was a test to see if he was good enough for him. lying about money... said Crawley had 'a lot more where that came from' when tubbs was signed for 70k but then wouldn't pay up Smith's walk away fee of £15,000 because they had a bust up
loads more in it too, really interesting how a human can behave like SE does
A "rogue genius" I would never described him as that.Bradders wrote:bobbystagsfan wrote:Sedgwick wrote:nonnie wrote:It’s been mentioned on here before but read the Journeyman by Ben Smith on my summer holidays who talks in depth about him and his mate Raynor
Fascinating read into his antics and just what players really think of him and his ability to speak white lies and manufacture false senarios
What did he generally say? I know an ex pro who went on loan to Boston for a month from Chesterfield, then a bit longer but begged to have the loan cancelled because of Evans. He said he couldn't tell if he was genuinely passionate about football or just a complete and utter insane idiot who loved himself....
it's a really good read, and he certainly does sound like a nasty character but he says there could be a method to his madness. all the usual stuff like screaming in players faces calling them c***s and trying to get players to sign release forms or other threats if they spoke out against him. making his players 'train' on a Sunday when his team lost even though it was usually another rollocking and making players run. Raynor just a yes man as I think we all knew. evans trying to force Ben Smith out the team with loads of extra fitness training but he says he thought it was a test to see if he was good enough for him. lying about money... said Crawley had 'a lot more where that came from' when tubbs was signed for 70k but then wouldn't pay up Smith's walk away fee of £15,000 because they had a bust up
loads more in it too, really interesting how a human can behave like SE does
Smith ends up saying that he had a lot of respect for Evans as a manager (although not necessarily as a person). It appears that Evans tests out players to see whether they'll respond well to his methods. If not they leave, are got rid of, or do a Calum Butcher.
Evans is a rogue genius who can get you results if you back him, but it's no use expecting him to be the honest or caring type! I'm sure that Danny Rose hasn't read this book, otherwise he'd have handled his "move" to Peterborough quite differently.
Bradders wrote:bobbystagsfan wrote:Sedgwick wrote:nonnie wrote:It’s been mentioned on here before but read the Journeyman by Ben Smith on my summer holidays who talks in depth about him and his mate Raynor
Fascinating read into his antics and just what players really think of him and his ability to speak white lies and manufacture false senarios
What did he generally say? I know an ex pro who went on loan to Boston for a month from Chesterfield, then a bit longer but begged to have the loan cancelled because of Evans. He said he couldn't tell if he was genuinely passionate about football or just a complete and utter insane idiot who loved himself....
it's a really good read, and he certainly does sound like a nasty character but he says there could be a method to his madness. all the usual stuff like screaming in players faces calling them c***s and trying to get players to sign release forms or other threats if they spoke out against him. making his players 'train' on a Sunday when his team lost even though it was usually another rollocking and making players run. Raynor just a yes man as I think we all knew. evans trying to force Ben Smith out the team with loads of extra fitness training but he says he thought it was a test to see if he was good enough for him. lying about money... said Crawley had 'a lot more where that came from' when tubbs was signed for 70k but then wouldn't pay up Smith's walk away fee of £15,000 because they had a bust up
loads more in it too, really interesting how a human can behave like SE does
Smith ends up saying that he had a lot of respect for Evans as a manager (although not necessarily as a person). It appears that Evans tests out players to see whether they'll respond well to his methods. If not they leave, are got rid of, or do a Calum Butcher.
Evans is a rogue genius who can get you results if you back him, but it's no use expecting him to be the honest or caring type! I'm sure that Danny Rose hasn't read this book, otherwise he'd have handled his "move" to Peterborough quite differently.
PRL13 wrote:I extremely doubt if we`d have got promotion under the enormous one. I had an open mind on him, although my mate hated him. For someone to do what he did, shows how low some people? will go, to further themselves. Not my sort of person. I doubt if he has long for this World, being so super fit! Can we please forget him now?
PRL13 wrote:I extremely doubt if we`d have got promotion under the enormous one. I had an open mind on him, although my mate hated him. For someone to do what he did, shows how low some people? will go, to further themselves. Not my sort of person. I doubt if he has long for this World, being so super fit! Can we please forget him now?
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