HoylandOwl Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 Big Ron given lifetime achievement award... Terry Curran inducted into their 'football hall of fame' https://www.thestar.co.uk/sport/football/the-star-football-awards-legendary-sheffield-wednesday-boss-ron-atkinson-given-lifetime-achievement-award-3668609 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPB Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 Fuckin shit rag.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reesh Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 41 minutes ago, Owling_Wolf said: Lifetime achievement as a rat? Stuff him. Fuck off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reesh Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 I like the most successful manager of my era supporting the club, he left to join the team he supported as a kid. Hardly fucking Brutus and Caeser is it in terms of betrayal, I find Wilko fucking off for Leeds more distasteful. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lobster Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 The Star football awards are about as relevant as piles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPB Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 31 minutes ago, Reesh said: I like the most successful manager of my era supporting the club, he left to join the team he supported as a kid. Hardly fucking Brutus and Caeser is it in terms of betrayal, I find Wilko fucking off for Leeds more distasteful. If t'ol Bert had backed Wilko....we'd have won the league within a couple of seasons....instead we handed the fucker to those despicable twats up the road.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 57 minutes ago, Reesh said: I like the most successful manager of my era supporting the club, he left to join the team he supported as a kid. Hardly fucking Brutus and Caeser is it in terms of betrayal, I find Wilko fucking off for Leeds more distasteful. This. Wilkinson is an Owl, obviously, and I'm sure if he had been given the funds he would have stayed. However, I don't care how much money is on offer, If it was me I just wouldn't go anywhere near that place Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reesh Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 5 minutes ago, Mark said: This. Wilkinson is an Owl, obviously, and I'm sure if he had been given the funds he would have stayed. However, I don't care how much money is on offer, If it was me I just wouldn't go anywhere near that place Wilko was backed but bought some utter shite for a fair chunk of money. Ian Cranson Larry May Tony Cunningham Colin West Mark Proctor Gary Thompson Over 2m spunked there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skamp Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 Nothing wrong with what Big Ron did. It was disappointing at the time but it was what it was. The club 'got their own back' anyway in an act of spite so well done them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPB Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 That was diddy Dave and his Napoleon syndrome....he didn't do it for the club... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheat Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 25 minutes ago, Reesh said: Wilko was backed but bought some utter shite for a fair chunk of money. Ian Cranson Larry May Tony Cunningham Colin West Mark Proctor Gary Thompson Over 2m spunked there Cunningham doesn’t belong in that list - crucial part of the promotion winning side. He got his money back on a couple of the others too, but on the whole I agree, he wasn’t good when he had money to spend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPB Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 Apart from when he went to those *****.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 27 minutes ago, Reesh said: Wilko was backed but bought some utter shite for a fair chunk of money. Ian Cranson Larry May Tony Cunningham Colin West Mark Proctor Gary Thompson Over 2m spunked there Mmmmm. When you quote those names fair point. And I think he bought Chamberlain, who was good, but just didn't fit into his style, which obviously begs question why he bought him. I suspect board didn't trust him, which with names you quoted, is understandable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto_Man Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 3 minutes ago, Owling_Wolf said: Fatko shat on us from the greatest possible height after lying his back teeth out first. Only at Wednesday would some fans idolise him after that. Most successful? Rather mixed imo. Yes, brilliant in winning the League Cup, no arguments there, but earlier got us ridiculously relegated with a side containing some real quality players. Then scraped us to promotion - 3rd place in a one-off season when 3 went up automatically - with the same team that, (with minimal additions), Francis took to 3rd in the top division and European competition. Definitely an under-achiever in league football for us. This. Stood on the town hall steps and told 13 year old me he was staying, then fucked off and broke me heart. Fat (racist) prick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 2 hours ago, Otto_Man said: This. Stood on the town hall steps and told 13 year old me he was staying, then fucked off and broke me heart. Fat (racist) prick I know what he said, but there is not a chance Atkinson is racist. That's not saying what he said is OK, but he's not a racist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bricat Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 The number of black players he gave opportunities too in his day was incredibly high. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPB Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 On 26/04/2022 at 16:20, Mark said: I know what he said, but there is not a chance Atkinson is racist. That's not saying what he said is OK, but he's not a racist I love the guy for the times he brought to the club but using the term lazy n***** though.....off or on mic....he's a racist... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 5 minutes ago, MPB said: I love the guy for the times he brought to the club but using the term lazy n***** though.....off or on mic....he's a racist... I can't agree. What he said, not acceptable. No question. But if he really was a racist do we think players like Palmer, Williams, Regis, Anderson, etc, etc would have played for him? No. Word gets out in football. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPB Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 I'll put it down to a generational thing....I kind of agree with you but he he had to pick the best players he had.....we would have all done that....but he said that unaware he was being recorded.....which in a way makes it worse...he said what he felt.... Look, these are different times....what he said would have been brushed off in the 70's, 80's and early 90's....but society quite rightly has moved on and comments like "lazy n******" is quite rightly outrageous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto_Man Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 (edited) Ah the old "he can't possibly be a racist, he knows black people". To add some context the only black player out of all those he "gave opportunities to" who stood up and said he wasn't a racist was Carlton (and everybody knows he's mad as a box of frogs). The others all seem pretty convinced he was. Edited April 27, 2022 by Otto_Man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owl71 Posted April 30, 2022 Share Posted April 30, 2022 On 27/04/2022 at 22:18, MPB said: I'll put it down to a generational thing....I kind of agree with you but he he had to pick the best players he had.....we would have all done that....but he said that unaware he was being recorded.....which in a way makes it worse...he said what he felt.... Look, these are different times....what he said would have been brushed off in the 70's, 80's and early 90's....but society quite rightly has moved on and comments like "lazy n******" is quite rightly outrageous. Undoubtedly a generational thing. No doubt the things we now post about Trans rights will be used against us in twenty years time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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