Scott Parker

SlowDownDerek said:
Because players and managers don't give a toss how many seats the ground holds. Why would they?
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Alex Ferguson always gave the same advice to aspiring managers. 'Always look at the stadium'. I suppose he meant that as a metaphor against which to measure your personal progress with a ' bigger' stadium meaning a 'bigger' job. . He seemed to know a bit about this football thingie.
 
RobTrent said:
I think you know the answer. But if he were he wouldn't meet your exacting standards.
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sorry - what standards are those? I would welcome Eddie back in a heart beat - but it's not going to happen so no point wishing. I just want to know if anyone else is in the running apart from Parker
 
davidwhitehead said:
Come on, you honestly don't think a player is concerned about the size of a club's fanbase, or if they play in a prestigious stadium ?
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I think they are concerned financial security of the club, which is clearly not correlated with the size of the ground given how many clubs went bust after redeveloping their ground.

Ultimately they all want to be at a bigger club but I don't think there's much difference in a player's mind when it comes to any club under 35k. Is a player going to turn down afcb because they don't have 20k seats?
 
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Sweetcherrity said:
sorry - what standards are those? I would welcome Eddie back in a heart beat - but it's not going to happen so no point wishing. I just want to know if anyone else is in the running apart from Parker
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You said "he (Parker) wasn't good enough to keep Fulham in the PL". I said neither was Eddie.
 
Sweetcherrity said:
I don't really want to be in the PL - but Eddie managed the PL for longer than one season - until the players egos took over and he could no longer manage them.
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Yes you should have said that Parker couldn't keep Fulham in the PL for more than one miserable season where they won just 5 games and managed to score a pathetic total of 27 goals..........i think Rob would've been fine with that.
 
Topfarrier said:
Yes you should have said that Parker couldn't keep Fulham in the PL for more than one miserable season where they won just 5 games and managed to score a pathetic total of 27 goals..........i think Rob would've been fine with that.
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Go on, cheer up. Its not the end of the world yet!
 
SlowDownDerek said:
How far down the long list of priorities is that likely to be? Wages, transfer budget, board interference, working conditions, location, etc. etc. I'd be surprised if stadium size has ever swung a manager's decision.
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It's most clubs main source of income and therefore your potential budget. It determines whether a promotion provides resources to compete at the next level or leaves you wheeling dealing or coaching to just survive.

Fans if perhaps not owners will react better to the manager who succeeds with a large budget than the manager who scrapes by on a small one.
 
Kudos said:
It's most clubs main source of income and therefore your potential budget. It determines whether a promotion provides resources to compete at the next level or leaves you wheeling dealing or coaching to just survive.

Fans if perhaps not owners will react better to the manager who succeeds with a large budget than the manager who scrapes by on a small one.
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It's not the main source of income. If it was we'd have redeveloped the ground by now.
 
Hi all, just had an update, it’s still a stalemate between Parker and Fulham. Fulham woll not pay him any severance pay (to right too) but Parker won’t leave unless he gets it. It’s a case of who blinks first but could go on for a while yet
 
Fulhamfaninpeace said:
Hi all, just had an update, it’s still a stalemate between Parker and Fulham. Fulham woll not pay him any severance pay (to right too) but Parker won’t leave unless he gets it. It’s a case of who blinks first but could go on for a while yet
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Thought it was definitely happening and happening this week?
 
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