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Not the case. When BBM came in we played a style that concentrated on a solid defensive base and looking to pick up results, as illustrated by the four 1-0 wins late in the season which saw us avoid relegation.
He also looked to change it again in the season we were eventually relegated. It was the insistence on sticking to philosophies and processes prior to a brief late season revival that saw us go down.
His links to those at the club never bothered me, the nonsense that has been said about that relegation season never makes sense. The issue was he claimed to have a philosophy, tried to stick to it, yet knew we’d get better results playing differently and then sometimes changed back to it.
He wasn’t an awful manager, but he was one who was with us at the wrong time and cost us L1 status when we had a squad that should have stayed up.
Yep EEL was immense after a shaky start. A captain's display. We played some good stuff second half and played further up the pitch, after looking like a BBM team first half. Credit to Jim for tweaking the formation and getting a win.
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McNulty on the AFC Wimbledon game on 18:27 - Apr 1 with 2882 views
I was responding to how we played under BBM when we took over initially. It wasn’t the same as we started the following season with playing short from the keeper and passing across the defence.
Didn’t see today, but the commentary on GMR mentioned how well we defended second half, EEL especially, when he’d looked uncomfortable first half trying to pass it around at the back.
When the interview is available, may be worth another listen. There’s a difference between playing styles and getting results.
The football under BBM was some of the most boring, sterile rubbish that i've ever witnessed. It was an achievement to just get the ball in our opponents half in most of the games. He relegated a team that should have easily finished in mid table and he knew full well about the secret contract that he signed. He took the club for a ride and was comfortable working with Bottomley, why else would he have signed the contract?
On a more positive note, well done to Jim Mc Nulty today for getting a tune out of the player. He proved me wrong because I expected us to get a hammering. When was the last time we won two on the spin?
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McNulty on the AFC Wimbledon game on 18:38 - Apr 1 with 2800 views
Yet we somehow ended up with great results against Newcastle and Man U. Battered Plymouth and Wigan away. It was certainly drab at times but let’s not forget how we are. The football we’ve witness under JB and RS has been absolutely horrific. I’d have taken some drab BBM football over that crap any day of the week.
Clearly he’s clueless anyway, that’s why Pep has entrusted him with the academy team at City…
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McNulty on the AFC Wimbledon game on 18:57 - Apr 1 with 2631 views
This. Some of the revisionism about BBM’s reign is mine-boggling; Northampton away always sticks in my mind as one of the most boring games of football I’ve ever watched and I remember BBM praising how we played in his post-match interview. Absolute fraud.
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McNulty on the AFC Wimbledon game on 18:58 - Apr 1 with 2618 views
Agreed - the football under BBM would have sent a glass eye to sleep! It was painful watching the continuous passing around at the back but hardly ever getting over the half way line! Will always remember the game at Peterborough (which I think was quite early on in his tenure?) when we had something like 65% possession but got hammered 6 - 0!
The final straw for me, as for so many others, was that ridiculous statement about not looking at the league table - a staggering confession from somebody in a results based business!
He's been trusted with that role after displaying all the potential for coaching top level kids in the harsh reality of L1 with less talented professionals, a role which he ultimately proved unsuitable for
He also - let's not forget - tried to extract more money out of the club around the time of his leaving
Positives from today: The result / The lads put a real shift in.
Negatives from today: Taylor and EEL adopting the bizarre belief they can pass like Pirlo, a delusion Jim also had in his playing days.
Point of interest from today: Ball and John are back in the fold. Whatever happened with EBJ, it's good to see Jim bringing the squad together. Even if they have been 2 of our worst performing players this season.
Please to see a positive result. Have been out all day. The stats suggest we were far from a re enlivened team who dished out a beating. I hope the team really prosper under JM and we have the second coming of the KH scenario. However the worst case situation is if the Dale keep getting barely deserved results and the board feel duty bound to offer JM the job, on points gained rather than a revitalised team giving everything for the new manager. Not discounting that may yet happen. However a win’s a win and i’ll Take it. The only way is up. UTD
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