[Town_Fan]

Nice to see a Barnet can confirm my fears...

It's like people at other clubs don't understand how MA works. You offer him money - he either says yes or no. If he succeeds (or in other words, if you're at Barnet because we're the only place he has for a while), he takes the increased pay offer from another club regardless of how things are looking for the original team. He then gets sacked and takes the pay off, comes back to us for a while and the cycle starts again.

He's always been a short term manager who can and does command a big payment. Signing him won't solve Chesterfields long term issues, just like it has its never done with us.

He's the biggest money grabber there is.

[The Earl of Chesterfield]

Town_Fan, on 12 May 2018 - 10:38 AM, said:

Nice to see a Barnet can confirm my fears...

It's like people at other clubs don't understand how MA works. You offer him money - he either says yes or no. If he succeeds (or in other words, if you're at Barnet because we're the only place he has for a while), he takes the increased pay offer from another club regardless of how things are looking for the original team. He then gets sacked and takes the pay off, comes back to us for a while and the cycle starts again.

He's always been a short term manager who can and does command a big payment. Signing him won't solve Chesterfields long term issues, just like it has its never done with us.

He's the biggest money grabber there is.

Hmmm...

[Waller is my hero]

We need an experienced head to steady the football side of things, start building a platform.
If Allen succeeds to get us up & we get consistency into our game, & does one...as long as we learn from our previous mistakes (after Cook left), we should attract a better kind of manager (depending who owns the club of course)

[Town_Fan]

I genuinely think I might be done with this team if they appoint Allen.

[dim view]

MDCCCLXVI, on 12 May 2018 - 10:47 AM, said:

Hmmm...

You'd think Carson or Dunford or Warner could come up with some innovative proposal which richly rewards success so as to specifically rule out 'pension pot' mentality applicants. If you don't like it, apply for summat else. Mental dinosaurs.

[CFC91]

Town_Fan, on 12 May 2018 - 10:59 AM, said:

I genuinely think I might be done with this team if they appoint Allen.

I’m done after this week but Martin allen is the least of my worries. In fact I don’t even care who gets the job, it pales into insignificance for me

[Westbars Spireite]

Everything about the man screams 'twat' for me.

I find nothing about him remotely appealing.

Alas he'll fit right in with the ethos of those running CFC these days.

This post has been edited by Westbars Spireite: 12 May 2018 - 11:28 AM

[The Earl of Chesterfield]

Bit of a media darling too, is Allen.

Perhaps not in the same league as, say, Dean Saunders (who is?!) or Phil Brown but I'm sure he's sat in plenty of Sky studios and taken part in the mutually matey back-patting on Talksport.

[metallilad]

We need somebody who is going to change the whole ethos of the club, taking us in a different direction and instill some fight.
This is going to be MA last chance saloon cos if he fails here now then he ain't gonna get another Job out of Barnet. My concern is that were a set up that can sit in the championship easily, I'm just not sure if MA is the man that take us there.

[jack bauer]

can we write into his contract a "no return to barnet for a season clause", he seems to end up there every time the clocks go forward, can just see it now, being optimistic both clubs going for a return to the league then breaking news mid march he leaves us to go back to barnet again, they go up we stay down.

[dim view]

MDCCCLXVI, on 12 May 2018 - 11:34 AM, said:

Bit of a media darling too, is Allen.

The DS has a nice apartment he can move in to. Brilliant for entertaining. He might find a pair of Saunder's underpants in the airing cupboard.

[Ernie Ernie Ernie]

Town_Fan, on 12 May 2018 - 10:38 AM, said:

Nice to see a Barnet can confirm my fears...

It's like people at other clubs don't understand how MA works. You offer him money - he either says yes or no. If he succeeds (or in other words, if you're at Barnet because we're the only place he has for a while), he takes the increased pay offer from another club regardless of how things are looking for the original team. He then gets sacked and takes the pay off, comes back to us for a while and the cycle starts again.

He's always been a short term manager who can and does command a big payment. Signing him won't solve Chesterfields long term issues, just like it has its never done with us.

He's the biggest money grabber there is.

Cook, Evans, Sam?

[Westbars Spireite]

He likes a drink doesn't he?

Could be the new-Cookie, in one one way at least.

Any local pub landlord worth their salt will be planning to lure him in early.

[Siberian Spireite]

metallilad, on 12 May 2018 - 11:36 AM, said:

We need somebody who is going to change the whole ethos of the club, taking us in a different direction and instill some fight.
This is going to be MA last chance saloon cos if he fails here now then he ain't gonna get another Job out of Barnet. My concern is that were a set up that can sit in the championship easily, I'm just not sure if MA is the man that take us there.

He failed at Eastleigh but Barnet took him back.

[Bonnyman]

Martin Allen always talks about building a project, it always ends early.This is a man who is quoted as enjoying life walking his dog on the Thames, what's the attraction with us that is different than Barnet?

[Siberian Spireite]

Bonnyman, on 12 May 2018 - 12:13 PM, said:

Martin Allen always talks about building a project, it always ends early.This is a man who is quoted as enjoying life walking his dog on the Thames, what's the attraction with us that is different than Barnet?

I think he lives around Maidenhead way, where most of the Thames has 'Private- Keep Out' signs along its banks. If he moves to Staveley then he can have free run of the canal towpath. That must be it.

[metallilad]

Bonnyman, on 12 May 2018 - 12:13 PM, said:

Martin Allen always talks about building a project, it always ends early.This is a man who is quoted as enjoying life walking his dog on the Thames, what's the attraction with us that is different than Barnet?

Were not London. (Mic drop)

[Valley Blues]

Bonnyman, on 12 May 2018 - 12:13 PM, said:

Martin Allen always talks about building a project, it always ends early.This is a man who is quoted as enjoying life walking his dog on the Thames, what's the attraction with us that is different than Barnet?

If he can walk on water he might just be the saviour we're looking for.

[blue and yellow]

Get a grip lads.
If MA is on the M1 i hope he turns right and not left.
Flitcroft any one ?

[Spire-Heights]

blue and yellow, on 12 May 2018 - 12:53 PM, said:

Get a grip lads.
If MA is on the M1 i hope he turns right and not left.
Flitcroft any one ?

Why would Flitcroft come here?