: Wed Jul 01, 2009 10:29 am  

To be honest, I do feel abit sorry for Kelly. He should have at least had the whole season to finish, I don't think we helped ourselfs by changing coaches in the middle of the season, it was the same crop of players no matter what and dare I say Kelly in my eyes, is the better coach with more experience and it would have been better to see it out til the end of the season with him still in charge.

However what is done is done, and we'll just have to see what happens now as apparently Kelly and Millward havn't see eye to eye in the past. If Kelly does stay it'll be interesting to see how it works with the three of them around.

[Dick Jones]

: Wed Jul 01, 2009 10:36 am  

Do we ever give coaches their contract time?

neil kelly/ian : Wed Jul 01, 2009 11:07 am  

I think its down to spending a lot of the budget on one player who frankly hasn,t had the best of seasons although a lot of that being down to him playing when not 100% fit.

Another problem is glaringly obvious which is one very important position. We have been arguing this point since Carl Forber was our stand off.

I was hoping for good things when NK was appointed and I don,t know what his budget was but he of course inherited a few players signed by a previous coach so thats not his fault.

One of our recently announced resignings for next season for example if IM had seen our games this season would that have happened do you think ?

Maybe its different watching from a dugout but there,s not a lot missed in the North Stand.

Oh and to end on a contraversial note I,m still waiting for Armistead to have a good game.

Re: neil kelly/ian : Wed Jul 01, 2009 11:21 am  

frankb wrote:

I think its down to spending a lot of the budget on one player who frankly hasn,t had the best of seasons although a lot of that being down to him playing when not 100% fit.

Another problem is glaringly obvious which is one very important position. We have been arguing this point since Carl Forber was our stand off.

I was hoping for good things when NK was appointed and I don,t know what his budget was but he of course inherited a few players signed by a previous coach so thats not his fault.

One of our recently announced resignings for next season for example if IM had seen our games this season would that have happened do you think ?

Maybe its different watching from a dugout but there,s not a lot missed in the North Stand.

Oh and to end on a contraversial note I,m still waiting for Armistead to have a good game.

It would be nice to see him play without carrying an injury.

: Wed Jul 01, 2009 11:24 am  

Millward will change the coaching set up Neil Kelly is staying on as football manager looking after the budget side of things while Millward will recrute who HE wants and Rowley his assistant.

: Wed Jul 01, 2009 11:43 am  

THECherry&Whites wrote:

Then again we don't know what his budget was or what restrictions were put on him do we?

yes we do it was the same as Darren Shaws the season before, well publicised when this question was posed and given out in a lisa meeting, a lot of thgings have changed since Kelly left Widnes his health being the most significant

: Wed Jul 01, 2009 11:44 am  

Armistead hasnt been fit all year. But yet he has still looked like the only forward that can create something he has awesome hands just a shame were too lazy too follow him up into the contact.

: Wed Jul 01, 2009 1:14 pm  

Well its good to see that Millward is keeping Kelly on as football manager and not getting rid , Millward says that he has always got on with him so they will probably work well together as with Rowly too.

: Wed Jul 01, 2009 2:39 pm  

itsatry! wrote:

Well its good to see that Millward is keeping Kelly on as football manager and not getting rid , Millward says that he has always got on with him so they will probably work well together as with Rowly too.

Where you getting the quotes from?

: Wed Jul 01, 2009 2:44 pm  

Leyther_till_death wrote:

To be honest, I do feel abit sorry for Kelly. He should have at least had the whole season to finish, I don't think we helped ourselfs by changing coaches in the middle of the season, it was the same crop of players no matter what and dare I say Kelly in my eyes, is the better coach with more experience and it would have been better to see it out til the end of the season with him still in charge.

However what is done is done, and we'll just have to see what happens now as apparently Kelly and Millward havn't see eye to eye in the past. If Kelly does stay it'll be interesting to see how it works with the three of them around.

I would think Kelly who has been around for some time would be most professional about the whole thing, I would however like to be a "fly on the wall " when Millward and Rowley get started.