BHmfc wrote:just like to add my pennies worth........ Jim was and is a great bloke, he had time for a chat with everybody but had many flaws as a manager, perhaps he was too nice. I think this was one of the reasons he was never sacked, not easy sacking a decent bloke. Now we have King Derek so time to move on folks and let's look forward to Monday. Just a quick point I would like to make about Ellison, I will be ignoring him on Monday, no applause,nothing. People say he was a great servant to the club, but servants get treated badly and poorly paid.He was paid well by the club the time he was here but now criticises the club (when we were broke) for offering him new contracts on reduced terms, contracts which he signed when nobody forced him to.He paints a very negative picture of his last couple of months at the club but there are two sides to every story and all respect to MFC and King Derek for their dignified silence.
Completely agree about Jim, a great bloke, a fantastic centre half, and a manager who stuck by the club in its darkest hours because of his love for Morecambe.
And I also agree about Kev... what he said in that podcast, about being annoyed that the club (who by the way Kev, were struggling with finances and ownership! It’s not all about you mate!!) weren’t offering him better deals despite being top goalscorer, was dreadful. I can’t help but think what we could’ve achieved if Kev hadn’t started most games for the last couple of seasons, look at how successful he’s being off the bench at Newport! He may have had excellent stamina, but he was a defensive liability at times (as shown by how Carlos has excelled in that position with his excellent defensive mindset).
However, what you get with Kev is an honest bloke who loves football. That doesn’t, however, mean I’ll be cheering him on Monday!!
