by Snowball »
11 Dec 2018 17:04
Dr_Hfuhruhurr Snowball Parky as a player is before my time but IMO, overall, he has a strong record of getting smaller clubs to do well
League 1 Colchester
2005-06 Automatic Promotion in Second Place
2006-07 Caretaker, then manager from Jan. Relegated
2007-08 Charlton 4th, Made Play-offs, losing on penalties in semis.
Sacked following Nov
League 2 Bradford City
2011-12 Manager of the Month
2011-12 Bradford. Semi-Final League Cup after beating Arsenal
2011-12 Bradford. Final League Cup after beating Premiership Villa 3-1
Lost final to Premiership Swansea
2011-12, Won Play-Off Final. Promoted to League 1
2014-15 FA Cup 4th Round - Won away at Chelsea from 2-0 down
Outstanding Managerial Award.
2014-15 FA Cup, also beat Sunderland and made Quarter Finals, losing to Reading
2015-16
Made League One Play-offs, lost to Millwall
League 1 Bolton
2016-17 Automatic Promotion with Bolton. Three times Manager of the Month.
All this despite a transfer embargo and enforced wage-cap.
2017-18 Favourites for relegation but kept Bolton up.
That's
Three promotions
Two Automatic Promotions - Three times made playoffs, W1 - L2
Final, League Cup
Quarter-Final FA Cup
Arguably the best-ever giant-killing come-back away win at Chelsea
Ropey stats there. You cant just ignore his misses - for instance his entire spell at Hull.
From another thread a few months ago (although, in retrospect Im a bit harsh myself on his Charlton reign)
Colchester - Undoubted good spell in charge. Gets them promoted from Division 1 but leaves before he can manage them in the Championship
Hull - A bit rubbish all round, really. Looks out of his depth
Charlton - Mostly assistant manager, but has a spell as caretaker manager. Doesnt win a game, Relegated.
Bradford - Two good cup runs. Fan favourite. Consistently top ten in Division 1. Doesnt get them promoted, though.
Bolton - Promoted from Division 1. Barely get out of bottom six all season in championship.
He's been doing this nearly 15 years now and youd be hard pressed to find any manager with more evidence of finishing somewhere between 35th and 50th in the country. We need to be aiming 10 places higher than that.
I wasn't trying to give a detailed cv of every single game for every single club. I mentioned he was in charge for Charlton's relegation. I didn't bother with Hull as it was very short indeed.
You call my stuff"ropey"and then you post this "Charlton - Mostly assistant manager, but has a spell as caretaker manager. Doesn't win a game, Relegated." The next season, after relegation, HE GOT THE CLUB TO FOURTH PLACE and lost in the play-offs!
And note he came into caretaker/full manager with a side in real trouble (previous manager sacked) -
Having some poor seasons is not the point, many good managers do, including Fergusson. The fact is he has got players punching above their weight, especially in the cups. and has won three promotions, plus two more play-off finishes.
Compare that record to Clement, Stan, Rodgers (when he came to us), McDermott (when he stepped in first time), Clarke. NONE of those had promotions on their CVs. Parky has three.
He should easily be good enough to get us out of the bottom six. With money, who knows what he might do?