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Anyone remember this? http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/quinn-spoils-north-bank-party Good times!

SISU don't pick the managers. Not really. He's gone. Good for the club, wish him the best. We haven't had a successful manager at the club for a very long time.

Sure, but you'd only have to roll higher than a one to see an improvement.

I don't really want to get into this as it was done to death during the 2011- 2012 season. All I will say is that you're quite right in saying that nobody knows how things would have gone with a new manager, but sticking with one whose results and performance remained static and predictable was...

You seem to have a problem with facts, eh?

What does that have to do with anything? I never argued that Juke wasn't the highest scorer!

"Thankfully" because the club had already bled enough money letting Westwood, Gunnarsson and Clingan walk. It is by selling players that we can actually spend money on the first team; letting players walk for free will only weaken the club. And the decision to get us relegated was in keeping...

The interview with Fisher made it quite clear that the next man to come in will have to cede any ideas of a traditional manager's role. They have modernised the setup with a director of football (even if they don't use that term). They want a coach, somebody to get the best out of the first...

Gunnarsson, Clingan, Westwood? All walked at the end of their contracts which cost the club a very significant amount of money. Thankfully they did not make the same mistake with the likes of Juke, who was about to enter the final year of his contract. A club like CCFC has to wheel and deal.

Reading what we have about Waggott - his new role, his background in football, his and Fisher's fastidious approach to club management - it is hard to imagine that SW didn't have at least as much say in the signings as AT. Which is not to give or take credit from either man because it's still...

I don't think it's as crazy as all that. The following argument can be made: if they had sacked AT in the summer it would have produced more, lingering, bad PR for the club, especially if they gave resources to a new manager ("what could AT have done with this kind of backing?") Considering...

The thing that stuck out at me about the interview was how thick Fisher was laying it on. The tone. I can't quarrel with anything he had to say, but there was no diplomacy when it came to his assessment of Thorn. It is clear that no love has been lost there, but no clue as to why...

I'm really impressed with what I'm hearing from Waggott and Fisher. Sounds like the football side of things is in good hands. Time to stick some money on promotion.

Champions.

Is that really you, @rich87?

There was nothing wrong with hiring Thorn. The mistake was in not sacking him much, much sooner.

Bit of a contradiction?

The great thing about tonight was seeing Shaw and Oggy on the touchline. A slight re-kindling of the spirit from our last good days as a club - something I'm sure any survivor from the 90s can relate to!

You only need to go back to the thread for the preseason fan forum to see how many people were impressed with Shaw in contrast to Thorn. Players are probably no different - they'd likely be more responsive, too.

So he's right up there with Barry Fry.