Larry is still a bit deluded

thecatintheroof

thecatintheroof

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“One thing I didn’t realise, there were still a lot of people that hadn’t forgiven me for walking out in the first place to join Leeds, as well as managing their bitter rivals Preston. That’s part and parcel of football."

Nope Larry - no one gave a rat's ass about that - it's just you came back, looked bored, played terrible football, got crap results and we here for the money!
 
thecatintheroof said:
“One thing I didn’t realise, there were still a lot of people that hadn’t forgiven me for walking out in the first place to join Leeds, as well as managing their bitter rivals Preston. That’s part and parcel of football."

Nope Larry - no one gave a rat's ass about that - it's just you came back, looked bored, played terrible football, got crap results and we here for the money!
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Walking out and managing Preston didn't exactly boost the goodwill factor.
 
thecatintheroof said:
“One thing I didn’t realise, there were still a lot of people that hadn’t forgiven me for walking out in the first place to join Leeds, as well as managing their bitter rivals Preston. That’s part and parcel of football."

Nope Larry - no one gave a rat's ass about that - it's just you came back, looked bored, played terrible football, got crap results and we here for the money!
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I agree with this assessment to be honest. I had no issue with his appointment, on the face of it he had a track record of getting up from L1 (if you can do it at PNE you can do it anywhere). I'm not the sort who cares where a player or manager has been before, I have a brain and can work out that fans view is not the same as the people who get paid by this industry.

But he seemed to be completely lacking in motivation, ideas and energy sadly so he turned out to be a dismal failure.

I actually thought Appleton was more unlucky. We weren't that bad even when seemingly every key signing he made got injured after about 20 minutes. In a just slightly different set of circumstances, he could have been ok.
 
hills98 said:
I agree with this assessment to be honest. I had no issue with his appointment, on the face of it he had a track record of getting up from L1 (if you can do it at PNE you can do it anywhere). I'm not the sort who cares where a player or manager has been before, I have a brain and can work out that fans view is not the same as the people who get paid by this industry.

But he seemed to be completely lacking in motivation, ideas and energy sadly so he turned out to be a dismal failure.

I actually thought Appleton was more unlucky. We weren't that bad even when seemingly every key signing he made got injured after about 20 minutes. In a just slightly different set of circumstances, he could have been ok.
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Just like at Charlton.
 
It wasn't just managing the nobbers, it was the way he couldn't bring himself to even say our name when being interviewed on Radio Blackburn, he always referred to us as "them down road", classless........
 
Junior_BentsPlatformShoes said:
He also missed the part about Tony Parkes playing a big part in his success, and that he wasn’t the main factor that ‘set up’ Holloway for the Prem. He’s far too full of his own importance in that article.
Did well getting us promoted, but after that, he’s an irrelevance.
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He missed the bit about playing Vaughan in the wrong position too.
 
HetzkeBlaster said:
It wasn't just managing the nobbers, it was the way he couldn't bring himself to even say our name when being interviewed on Radio Blackburn, he always referred to us as "them down road", classless........
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I think that was John Beck? Here for example Larry mentions us by name.

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PNE manager Simon Grayson is excited to face his old side in the first round of the Capital One Cup.
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I personally could see the benefits of reappointing him but history tells you this rarely works second time around. Before anyone coughs NC, it depends on your ambition or a safe pair of hands 😜
 
Hockaday’s Quiff said:
Either way - he did do a huge spunk off when they scored against us. I think it was the cup with Ince as manager.
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Yeah, to be honest I never took to him after he left us for Leeds. I get the bit about him and Leeds but to be honest, he never endeared himself to us fans when he came back did he?
 
Hooleys said:
I personally could see the benefits of reappointing him but history tells you this rarely works second time around. Before anyone coughs NC, it depends on your ambition or a safe pair of hands 😜
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Difference with Critchley is it's only 12 months.
 
Hockaday’s Quiff said:
I think that was John Beck? Here for example Larry mentions us by name.

Grayson Ready For Blackpool Battle

PNE manager Simon Grayson is excited to face his old side in the first round of the Capital One Cup.
www.pnefc.net www.pnefc.net
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One former PNE manager referred to us as 'that lot with the tower'. Gary Peters rings a bell. Think he might have been Beck's assistant before he was their manager.
 
thecatintheroof said:
“One thing I didn’t realise, there were still a lot of people that hadn’t forgiven me for walking out in the first place to join Leeds, as well as managing their bitter rivals Preston. That’s part and parcel of football."

Nope Larry - no one gave a rat's ass about that - it's just you came back, looked bored, played terrible football, got crap results and we here for the money!
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At the time fans understood why he went to Leeds, his boyhood club. Anything after that is immaterial.
 
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69skin said:
One former PNE manager referred to us as 'that lot with the tower'. Gary Peters rings a bell. Think he might have been Beck's assistant before he was their manager.
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It was Peters. He said in an interview that he would never mention us by name as Preston fans didn't like us. Completely unprofessional and childish. They have a habit of picking arseholes as managers ( Craig Brown and Frankie McAvoy excepted) and you could easily see the current incumbent being as pathetic as Peters.
 
AngelBFC said:
All was forgiven Larry on the 3/11/11 when we gave your Leeds team a proper drilling at Elland Road which played a part in your sacking just a couple of months later
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Lua Lua’s goal celebration was worth the trip alone. Stewards were utter twats with the ‘stand up sit down’ bollox tho.
 
That goal celebration when manager at p n e should have excluded him from even entering Blackpool ever again
Showed how out of touch with B F C the board were
 
69skin said:
One former PNE manager referred to us as 'that lot with the tower'. Gary Peters rings a bell. Think he might have been Beck's assistant before he was their manager.
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Yes it was Peters, followed on from Beck.

Used to constantly refer to "our wonderful supporters".
 
OWTW said:
It was Gary Peters

That lot with the tower he called you.
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Went to that game. effing ell . dogs horses the lot. geniunely felt unsafe at an away game. glad to get to my sons car and drive away. and his Sat Nav took us to Pne training ground beforehand. good day out NOT.
 
JOHNMAJORTOM said:
Went to that game. effing ell . dogs horses the lot. geniunely felt unsafe at an away game. glad to get to my sons car and drive away. and his Sat Nav took us to Pne training ground beforehand. good day out NOT.
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You had SAT NAV in 1998?
 
GJJW said:
Sorry, thought you meant when Gary Peters was there! Presumed you had the car from back to the future 😆
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CLASSIC. Loved the Doc from back to the future. No cant remember what it was. My son now has a Jaguar Electric job. All sing all dancing sh/t of a shovel quick super car, Will be at Bloomerz on the twentieth.
 
JOHNMAJORTOM said:
CLASSIC. Loved the Doc from back to the future. No cant remember what it was. My son now has a Jaguar Electric job. All sing all dancing sh/t of a shovel quick super car, Will be at Bloomerz on the twentieth.
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I think the car was a Delorian. Don't make em anymore.
 
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