FAO megson

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Four points adrift entering November; stayed up with one game to spare. And no, Roeder wasn't "lying": I never accused him of this either. How many people can remember exactly what they were doing fifteen years ago? What I object to, though, is that the second-worst season in Gillingham's entire history - of which Roeder was in charge for its entirety - seems to have been turned into some sort of 'achievement'.

Similarly, it's being claimed on here that he was obviously unlucky to be relegated with 42 points at West Ham. This isn't true either. Roeder was hospitalised on 19 April, after the defeat at Bolton. This left them on 32 points from 34 games, six adrift of safety - at which point Trevor Brooking took temporary charge, did brilliantly, and accrued 10 points from four matches. It's Brooking who was unlucky, not Roeder!

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Oh, and by the way - I'm not writing this to piss people off. I'm writing this because this IS his record - and take exception to accusing him of lying (and hence, being accused of lying myself).

Posted By: thebigfeller on October 31st 2007 at 22:41:51

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FAO megson (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Oct 31, 22:41:51
- Question for you all (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Oct 31, 23:03:17
  - Done exactly the same as I did when he was appointed City manager (NCFC) - Yellalee, Oct 31, 23:43:27
    - What happened 15 years ago was marked out by the board (NCFC) - phrankin, Oct 31, 23:48:51
      - How do you know we wanted Duffy as manager? (NCFC) - Yellalee, Nov 1, 00:01:14
        
        having had email correspondance with Doncaster (NCFC) - phrankin, Nov 1, 09:37:55
        
        Why are they 'idiots'? (NCFC) - Yellalee, Nov 1, 09:49:07
  - unfortunatly its all very reminiscent of our summer signings (NCFC) - phrankin, Oct 31, 23:40:17
  - it doesn't matter (NCFC) - Charles21, Oct 31, 23:14:15
  - lol (NCFC) - lovely old job, Oct 31, 23:10:33
    - pub-head. (n/m) (NCFC) - tudders, Oct 31, 23:20:30
      - pube-head, don't give yer ticket away & get yer arse up down for the match (n/m) (NCFC) - lovely old job, Oct 31, 23:21:38
        
        Sent it to Moon head earlier. (NCFC) - tudders, Oct 31, 23:27:25
        
        not up btw (n/m) (NCFC) - lovely old job, Oct 31, 23:22:17
  - I'd probably have laughed at them less than I did when they appointed Magilton, actually (n/m) (NCFC) - LincolnshireCanary, Oct 31, 23:10:24
  - wouldn't have cared but he's not a fucking binner BF (NCFC) - Darren Eadie, Oct 31, 23:09:28
  - I would not have gave a flying fuck. (n/m) (NCFC) - lovely old job, Oct 31, 23:06:30
- So at Gillingham he was 36 years old, I presume in his first stint as manager learning the (NCFC) - lovely old job, Oct 31, 22:53:44
  - Totally agree (NCFC) - Darren Eadie, Oct 31, 23:01:47
  - Exactly what I'm saying. (n/m) (NCFC) - LincolnshireCanary, Oct 31, 22:54:26
- Looking at his past record is all well and good (NCFC) - LincolnshireCanary, Oct 31, 22:47:31
  - I dunno, I don't feel glenn roeder was the 2nd best manager available (NCFC) - phrankin, Oct 31, 22:50:42
    - There it is again... (n/m) (NCFC) - Yellalee, Oct 31, 23:31:41
    - Yes but you'll come to that assumption if you just consider him on his past record (NCFC) - LincolnshireCanary, Oct 31, 22:52:59
      - I could understand it if it was just a short-term appointment (NCFC) - thebigfeller, Oct 31, 23:01:17
        
        Do you think he'd really have come here if we told him... (NCFC) - LincolnshireCanary, Oct 31, 23:14:17
        
        lets just completely ignore his good seasons then, lets ignore the fact that he has (NCFC) - lovely old job, Oct 31, 23:05:48
        
        Good job we only gave him two and a half seasons then... (n/m) (NCFC) - BerlinCanary, Oct 31, 23:03:48

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