Post by yeoldetangerine on Nov 4, 2012 21:08:19 GMT 1
Need to get a few things off my chest, thought it might be quite theraputic to look at the positives at the same time.
Like Sherl, absolutely appalled at some of the anti Ollie rubbish elsewhere. I am very open that part of me agrees with April, I am very disappointed at the manner of his leaving, after he was so emphatic about sticking with a club when things got tough, But I have persuaded myself that in the end, if I left a job because my backside of a boss was impossible, which I did about 12 years ago, how can I condemn the man?
Anyway, the first thing he gave us was respectability, no longer were we "little Blackpool" and a bit of a joke, for a couple of years we were everyone's second team, and a byword in entertaining attractive football.
The second thing was hope, that a tiny team with next to no budget could beat top teams, will never forget Liverpool, Man City having to rely on three refereeing mistakes, Manure getting a bloody nose.
Thirdly, a four sided stadium, would never have got the East without 2010. I still get a chill up my spine walking up Seasiders Way to see that modern stadium, the old Scrattin' Shed seems a long time ago now.
Ironic, considering how we now feel, but we lost our fear of being constantly beaten. If they scored one, what the heck, we're bound to get two, if they get two, we get three. Even when Huddersfield were winning by 2 at 80 minutes, poor deluded me still expected a comeback.
Next, pride in the Town itself. 35 K of us made it to Wembley, 3 times as many for the Homecoming, even the wife came down with me in Tangerine for that hot day on the Prom. You felt a feeling of the town, for the first time in my lifetime, as a locals place to be proud of.
He was a manager who relied on the passion of the people around him, he worshipped us and we worshipped him. Haven't seen "Ollie, Ollie, give us a dance" for the last two years, maybe becoming respectable was a mistake.
Going forward, whoever is appointed, having tasted champagne, we will all be less satisfied with lemonade. We will expect success, and anyone coming in for the next 10 years will be compared to Ollie. Personally, if you look back at my past posts, I have been largely supportive, or at worst neutral, about the Oystons. I had always believed that, tight as they were, they would always grudgingly give their biggest asset the bare minimum that he needed to make them more money. I was wrong, and I do fear for our future, who would now want to work for little money with no investment.
So his final legacy is uncertainty.
Anyway, what does everyone else feel?
Like Sherl, absolutely appalled at some of the anti Ollie rubbish elsewhere. I am very open that part of me agrees with April, I am very disappointed at the manner of his leaving, after he was so emphatic about sticking with a club when things got tough, But I have persuaded myself that in the end, if I left a job because my backside of a boss was impossible, which I did about 12 years ago, how can I condemn the man?
Anyway, the first thing he gave us was respectability, no longer were we "little Blackpool" and a bit of a joke, for a couple of years we were everyone's second team, and a byword in entertaining attractive football.
The second thing was hope, that a tiny team with next to no budget could beat top teams, will never forget Liverpool, Man City having to rely on three refereeing mistakes, Manure getting a bloody nose.
Thirdly, a four sided stadium, would never have got the East without 2010. I still get a chill up my spine walking up Seasiders Way to see that modern stadium, the old Scrattin' Shed seems a long time ago now.
Ironic, considering how we now feel, but we lost our fear of being constantly beaten. If they scored one, what the heck, we're bound to get two, if they get two, we get three. Even when Huddersfield were winning by 2 at 80 minutes, poor deluded me still expected a comeback.
Next, pride in the Town itself. 35 K of us made it to Wembley, 3 times as many for the Homecoming, even the wife came down with me in Tangerine for that hot day on the Prom. You felt a feeling of the town, for the first time in my lifetime, as a locals place to be proud of.
He was a manager who relied on the passion of the people around him, he worshipped us and we worshipped him. Haven't seen "Ollie, Ollie, give us a dance" for the last two years, maybe becoming respectable was a mistake.
Going forward, whoever is appointed, having tasted champagne, we will all be less satisfied with lemonade. We will expect success, and anyone coming in for the next 10 years will be compared to Ollie. Personally, if you look back at my past posts, I have been largely supportive, or at worst neutral, about the Oystons. I had always believed that, tight as they were, they would always grudgingly give their biggest asset the bare minimum that he needed to make them more money. I was wrong, and I do fear for our future, who would now want to work for little money with no investment.
So his final legacy is uncertainty.
Anyway, what does everyone else feel?