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The last year he was with us it was brutal won about 8 games or so in the league a couple in the cup he was lucky to be at a club with a decent board cause he would have been sacked! Left us in an utter mess in utter freefall and would have took us down if he stayed.

That's my take on it too. He can't just say "I'm away and also you owe me the remainder of my contract."

Surely if he resigned he wasnt entitled to a pay off.

good observation - completely agree about the last 12 months. He ran out of ideas and really struggled, hence resigned. Had he left for a bigger job 12 months previous (NI job) he'd be hailed as one of the best gaffers we've ever had. He did well for us over the piece, a good guy who did in the main did good things , eventually ran out of ideas and out of decent signings.

Plenty of promising talents have been stalled or ruined by bad man management and bad coaching. Robinson might not be able to claim any credit for their natural talent, but he and his coaching staff played their part in shaping all the players we sold.

I don't rate Ferguson at all. Really don't see it with him. The only thing that Malpas ever said while manager that I agreed with is that players win and lose you games, formations don't. Having said that. Those crying out for 442 because 433 is leaving us short in midfield seem to be missing the point. With 442, you only have two central midfielders so are probably more at risk of being outnumbered than a 433. Unless you don't play wingers, you play wide midfielders like we did under Butcher when we had Pearson and Lasley out wide. But you lose from an attacking point of view with that. My own view is that any formation that has you playing only two centre midfielders is lunacy...

When u getting yer StMidden season ticket if yer favourite gets the job