I still think it was right, but I've got doubts now i have to admit,

We'd gone stale no question.
THe players he bought in were pony and he no longer seemed to have any plan to the building of his squad.

However, those days seem like shining lights now, and i'd bite your hand off for a 9th place finish.

Did we start to expect too much, were we over ambitious?
Looking at the record of clubs coming down then maybe.

Key to me was the parachutes though. you HAVE to make use of them, we didn't.
So i still think keeping him as long as we did was a bigger mistake than letting him go. There is a part of me that thinks that having waited so long ot act, we might now be better of had we stuck with him.

What we needed to do was be more ruthless first season down, so whoever came in (hopefully at that point it would not have been Grant!) had a season and a half of parachute payments.

Posted By: megson on January 13th 2009 at 16:45:21

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agree with this (apols if WW2) (NCFC) - megson, Jan 13, 16:07:17
- not sure about the last paragraph (NCFC) - Charles21, Jan 13, 16:10:43
  - no (n/m) (NCFC) - Ralf Scrampton, Jan 13, 16:11:56
    - shame (NCFC) - Charles21, Jan 13, 16:16:21
      - ROEDER RESIGNS....... (NCFC) - Wissydean, Jan 13, 16:44:54
        
        nice one (n/m) (NCFC) - Charles21, Jan 13, 16:45:46
- yeah (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Jan 13, 16:07:51
  - depressing isn't it? I HATE changing managers like this, such a hard cycle to break (NCFC) - megson, Jan 13, 16:22:24
    - horrible isn't it, if it someone everyone liked, then the board would be really getting it (NCFC) - pants, Jan 13, 16:28:21
      - I agree with all of that, BUT results HAVE to matter at some point. (NCFC) - megson, Jan 13, 16:36:46
        
        getting it right is not a simple process though (NCFC) - Charles21, Jan 13, 16:40:39
        
        agree with that too, appointing a football manager has to be a nightmare (NCFC) - megson, Jan 13, 16:53:00
        
        I agree with that too (NCFC) - pants, Jan 13, 16:39:27
        
        It can't be that difficult though shirely? (NCFC) - Tombs, Jan 13, 16:43:37
        
        Never replaced Iwan Robert (n/m) (NCFC) - Charles21, Jan 13, 16:45:01
        
        or Malky, or Flem (NCFC) - duke of york, Jan 13, 16:48:31
        
        oooooh! (n/m) (NCFC) - Tombs, Jan 13, 16:50:09
        
        clung onto flem too long (NCFC) - pants, Jan 13, 16:49:33
        
        Flem 4 POTS (NCFC) - Tombs, Jan 13, 16:52:11
        
        As he was on the downturn, he was stopping super Gary D from shoring up the defence (NCFC) - pants, Jan 13, 16:55:17
        
        His name will forever be inscribed on the Barry Butler Trophy (NCFC) - Tombs, Jan 13, 16:57:51
        
        I love a bit of Gary (NCFC) - pants, Jan 13, 17:00:45
        
        I hope he lifts the FA Cup and not Fozzy (NCFC) - Tombs, Jan 13, 17:04:53
        
        he is no longer a boo boy target (NCFC) - Charles21, Jan 13, 17:06:42
        
        agree (n/m) (NCFC) - duke of york, Jan 13, 17:17:54
        
        s (n/m) (NCFC) - Charles21, Jan 13, 16:45:05
        
        height (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Jan 13, 16:44:07
        
        Roeder looks average height to me (NCFC) - Tombs, Jan 13, 16:45:15
      - Not had a stable club since the club followed your advice (NCFC) - Charles21, Jan 13, 16:35:03
        
        But we weren't stable whilst he'd lost the plot (NCFC) - pants, Jan 13, 16:37:21
        
        were pretty stable (NCFC) - Charles21, Jan 13, 16:39:39
        
        I still think it was right, but I've got doubts now i have to admit, (NCFC) - megson, Jan 13, 16:45:21
        
        players left on the back of his failings (release clauses etc) (NCFC) - pants, Jan 13, 16:41:19
        
        Think we've been through this (NCFC) - Charles21, Jan 13, 16:44:35
        
        haha, we have, loads of times (NCFC) - pants, Jan 13, 16:45:46
        
        I know (NCFC) - Charles21, Jan 13, 16:47:12
        
        I understand the consequences of Andy Hughes Jason Jarrett carl robinson ............ (NCFC) - pants, Jan 13, 16:50:49
        
        nicely avoided (n/m) (NCFC) - Charles21, Jan 13, 17:02:44
        
        A difference of a opinion innit (NCFC) - pants, Jan 13, 17:09:39
        
        Off the top of my head I can't think of huge funding for Worthy (NCFC) - Charles21, Jan 13, 17:15:44
        
        First season he spent about ?2m (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Jan 13, 17:22:30
        
        Didn't Peter Grant spend nearly that? (n/m) (NCFC) - Charles21, Jan 13, 17:26:54
        
        dunno (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Jan 13, 17:28:27
        
        me neither (n/m) (NCFC) - Charles21, Jan 13, 17:31:20
        
        the 600k he had on departure (NCFC) - camcan, Jan 13, 17:18:40
        
        Which means he was probably earning that from about 2001/02 onwards (NCFC) - pants, Jan 13, 17:21:57
        
        yep (NCFC) - camcan, Jan 13, 17:33:42
        
        with which he went on holiday to Greece (NCFC) - Charles21, Jan 13, 17:21:56
        
        They didn't have release clauses (NCFC) - duke of york, Jan 13, 16:51:43
        
        I think the point is the shite we bought AND the clauses. (NCFC) - megson, Jan 13, 16:54:38
        
        jurgen colin 250k (NCFC) - pants, Jan 13, 16:53:44
        
        engage hanbrake, swich off engine, walk away from thread (NCFC) - Tombs, Jan 13, 16:56:02
      - Roeder would make the perfect "head of recruitment " "Director of Football" (NCFC) - DiscoDaleGordon, Jan 13, 16:33:19
        
        Be a good days work from someone if they could convince him likewise (NCFC) - Tombs, Jan 13, 16:42:00
        
        Yes, yes indeed. Except I'm not convinced his ego would agree to it. (n/m) (NCFC) - megson, Jan 13, 16:38:51
      - Still reckon we're going to survive. (n/m) (NCFC) - DrDublin, Jan 13, 16:29:44
        
        Next two games will decide it for me (NCFC) - pants, Jan 13, 16:33:26
        
        if passing it around nicely in the middle of the pitch got you points (NCFC) - Charles21, Jan 13, 16:35:49
        
        Playing for Leicester in about 2 years ago (NCFC) - pants, Jan 13, 17:11:43
        
        yup, frustrating that, because most of the time we do look like a team, more so than under (NCFC) - megson, Jan 13, 16:38:30
        
        if they tried to kick it into touch (NCFC) - duke of york, Jan 13, 16:47:18
        
        rofl (n/m) (NCFC) - megson, Jan 13, 16:54:00

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