Quote: "I thought he should have got another 12 months anyway after all the work he put in he deserved that at least.'"
This is a decent thing to say about a decent man who was doing a decent job. However, in sport and business, sometimes a cut throat mentallity is needed. I think that is one of the areas where Nobby lost it. He put his faith in players who let him down time and again and he really needed to shake them up.
Perhaps the most lads in the reserves weren't quite up to the task, but I'm sure thay would have loved the opportunity to show what they could do and I don't think the odd appearance would have harmed them at all. It would have given some of the underachievers in the first team the kick up the backside it looked like they needed. IMO Brian patience with some of his team should have run out some time ago.
As it is IL's patience has run out on Nobby and, to be fair, not without reason either, as IMO some of his tactics were a little too conservative for my liking.
Having said that, I think we owe a big debt of gratitude to Nobby. I dread to think where we would have been without him.
So Brian, thank very much for what you did for us, I will be eternally grateful. You brought us back from the brink, put integrity back in the club and gave us some measure of success. I hope you manage to get the knee sorted out and wish you every success in your next venture.Your next club will definitely be one whose progress I shall be tracking with interest.