| Bloody GMR 10:15 - Dec 13 with 10752 views | R17ALE |
This might be me getting the wrong end of the stick, and I don't listen to it often thank God, but whenever I do, it always seems like the Eyre show as though Fred and Steve are matriarchs of the game.
Fred is introduced as the man who has done everything in football. He hasn't. I've read his auto-biography and he's basically done fook all.
Steve is always introduced as the former Rochdale manager who knows everything about the game. He doesn't.
Why can't GMR just be honest with their intros?
Steve should be introduced as a former failed manager of Rochdale who's trained up a few kids at City, and Fred's here because he's cheap and wants to keep himself in the limelight.
Whilst I'm sure everyone is thoroughly pleasant and decent at GMR I just feel they're taking the listeners for mugs. | |
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| Bloody GMR on 10:21 - Dec 13 with 6436 views | TVOS1907 |
They are two people who are ridiculously elevated above the status they deserve.
And one of them will probably read this fairly soon... | |
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| Bloody GMR on 10:23 - Dec 13 with 6431 views | ParkinsGimp |
GMR or "Matey FM " is a bloody joke , always has been. The way they squirm over Milky bar kid in particular is astonishing, when they should be the seekers of truth and justice ...and get the answers out of him for the fans. | | | |
| Bloody GMR on 10:27 - Dec 13 with 6422 views | SuddenLad |
Couldn't agree more. Fred is at least enetertaining with some of the stories he tells from bygone days, but Steve is no more than a waffle merchant, who talks a good game, has met some influential people and has been sacked from his only managerial job, which rapidly found him out.
I genuinely don't see the reason they rely on him so heavily. I bloody cringe when he is a summariser in a live Dale game, because he always has an opinion contrary to what he sees. I wonder why no other club has taken a punt on him, with his incredible CV.
Jack Dearden is another who seems to 'under appreciate' what he sees at Dale. He should stick to Bolton and stay away from Spotland.
As for 'Cheesy', the less said the better. | |
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| Bloody GMR on 10:40 - Dec 13 with 6381 views | deeplishblue |
GMR is ok - give em a break.
However......I agree with the bit about "former Rochdale manager Steve Eyre" - that makes me cringe whenever I hear it. I think that Jimmy Wagg gets 10p from Eyre every time he says it. He has used the proceeds to buy a small timeshare in Portugal. | |
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| Bloody GMR on 11:50 - Dec 13 with 6255 views | D_Alien |
Matriarchs!!
Eyre heads | |
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| Bloody GMR on 11:58 - Dec 13 with 6238 views | Sandyman |
To be fair, Radio Manc gives us a good amount of coverage and the away game commentaries on DAB are useful. However, this obsession with calling Steve Eyre "FRMSE" (as it shall now be known) on almost every occasion his name is mentioned is ridiculous. Especially as he would be a leading contender for worst Dale manager ever. He spent much longer as a City youth team coach so why not call him "former Manchester City youth team coach Steve Eyre" (FMCYTCSE) instead? | | | |
| Bloody GMR on 12:06 - Dec 13 with 6199 views | dawlishdale |
We get excellent coverage on GMR these days. Compare the coverage now to what it used to be 15 years ago when I started watching Dale. It's so much better today.
Steve Eyre may have been useless when he managed us, but he wasn't backed by the Board (probably due to the fact that they soon realised that he was out of his depth) and he contributed to his own downfall by appointing a useless assistant. Had he been brave enough to appoint someone with experience, it could have worked out better for both parties.
As it is, whenever I hear him speak on GMR, he does so with a good knowledge of the game.
Some older posters on here just like a good moan. If you want to moan; have a free hit at the Observer. | | | |
| Bloody GMR on 12:10 - Dec 13 with 6180 views | sykeboy |
Yes coverage of Dale is more than welcome,but SE talks talks tripe his latest chestnut being Scunthorpe fully deserved their 2 goals | | | |
| Bloody GMR on 12:13 - Dec 13 with 6164 views | judd |
They've seemingly created a whole new genre of story telling.
Eyrie Tales by the Grim Bros (well, father & son perhaps?) | |
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| Bloody GMR on 12:16 - Dec 13 with 6143 views | D_Alien |
Come on, Jane Eyre was a classic
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| Bloody GMR on 12:18 - Dec 13 with 6129 views | judd |
No idea how much money she had, tbf.
Cheeky edit, edit. [Post edited 13 Dec 2016 12:18]
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| Bloody GMR on 12:23 - Dec 13 with 6080 views | D_Alien |
Aye, bloody 'smart'phone... | |
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| Bloody GMR on 12:24 - Dec 13 with 6077 views | TVOS1907 |
How was he not backed by the board? | |
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| Bloody GMR on 13:08 - Dec 13 with 5967 views | dawlishdale |
We sold Chris O Grady after his first league game in charge, and despite identifying plenty of potential replacements, he wasn't allowed to sign any of them due to the Board not wanting to spend money on a transfer fee or large signing on fee.
Thus, we struggled up front. | | | |
| Bloody GMR on 13:21 - Dec 13 with 5923 views | TVOS1907 |
Other managers have coped when players have left. Which players have been sold under Hill's management, for example.
If I remember correctly, Eyre wanted to sign Shaun Harrad and Jon Parkin, both of which were sanctioned by the board, but they went elsewhere.
He was also allowed to bring in countless other players on loan, none of whom were playing for free.
He was backed just as much as any other manager, if not more. | |
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| Bloody GMR on 13:31 - Dec 13 with 5892 views | macro |
We sold Adam LeFondre 1 game into a season. It happens.
Eyre was so far out of his depth he’d have drowned in a puddle.
Doesn’t it also say a lot that he’s not employed as a coach anywhere at present. | | | |
| Bloody GMR on 13:39 - Dec 13 with 5864 views | Daley_Lama |
5-4-1
Pim Balkenstein lumping it up to an isolated Ashley Grimes
Dale used 37 players that season. I'm not sure how that equates with not being backed, we were loaning them faster than moneylendinggoons.com | |
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| Bloody GMR on 13:41 - Dec 13 with 5844 views | rochdaleriddler |
Don't listen v much to the Bolton obsessed station, but it's called radio Manchester and has been for years. | |
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| Bloody GMR on 13:45 - Dec 13 with 5833 views | 1907 |
Daniel Bogdanovic & Brett Ormerod | | | |
| Bloody GMR on 13:52 - Dec 13 with 5807 views | D_Alien |
It's a wild guess, but I'd imagine the terms & conditions of being a manager at Rochdale were covered in the interview, at which he appears to have misled the board about his prior status
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| Bloody GMR on 14:00 - Dec 13 with 5765 views | judd |
Eyrie Tale of New York Cosmos? | |
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| Bloody GMR on 14:02 - Dec 13 with 5760 views | Shun |
I still remember the former's first match for us. It was one of the best debuts I've ever seen and the consensus on here was to immediately extend his loan even further or possibly even sign him permanently.
Those thoughts didn't last long. [Post edited 13 Dec 2016 14:14]
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| Bloody GMR on 14:05 - Dec 13 with 5742 views | D_Alien |
Wuthering depths | |
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| Bloody GMR on 14:11 - Dec 13 with 5727 views | BigDaveMyCock |
I think they were Beech's signings tbh.
I agree though that Eyre was out of his depth and was backed by Dale standards. | |
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| Bloody GMR on 14:21 - Dec 13 with 5684 views | macro |
Eyre signings according to Soccerbase
Grimes, Tutte, Hackney, Twaddle, Marshall, Lucas - permanent
Darby, Kean, Balkenstein, Barnes Homer, Ball, Benali - Loan | | | |
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