Flitcroft parted company with Port Vale

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  1. ade

    ade Well-Known Member

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    Don't think fans were happy with him as director of football
     
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    Probably Darren Moore next if results don’t pick up
     
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    Big Daz can’t lose though, I am sure he signed a really long contract if I remember rightly
     
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    Wasn't his best decision to give Moore such a long contract. Darren has continued his Wednesday form.

    Something had to give.
     
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    Shepley Red Well-Known Member

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    I'm shocked that a club thought David Flircroft was suitable for a DOF role :D. Fans have been questioning him for a fair while now.
    I wonder if all new signings were labelled as "special human beings" :D
     
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    Port Vale would love his Wednesday form, over a 50% win rate... they wouldn't be where they are with that!
     
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    Moore signed a 5 or 6 year contract I believe

    Pretty sure he won’t be too fussed if they sack him
     
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    Yeah I should have instead mentioned his 3 wins in 30 games since then. All during his 23 games at Huddersfield and still waiting for a win 8 games in to his Port Vale stint.
     
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    So who will employ him next ? Thankfully, it won't be us.
     
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    Yes his record is pretty crap after Wednesday mate. I really like him as well so really hoped it would work out for him, seems a great bloke. I think he's a very good man-manager but unfortunately, I just don't think he's very tactically astute. I think he'd be a brilliant assistant manager.
     
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    They may be completely different in the dressing room but both Flitcroft & Moore don’t strike me as being the most intelligent. That might not matter so much in a managers role but it’s got to count in a director of football role. I’m not trying to be nasty towards either but if I went through every British manager we’ve had in the last 20 years or so - Ritchie, Davey, Robins, Hill, Wilson, Johnson, Heckingbottom, Duff & Collins I’d say they all come across as smarter & more articulate than Flitcroft & Moore.

    Flitcroft’s big thing at Barnsley seemed to be passion rather than anything tactical. He spent a lot of money on dross when he got the managers role. Extending contracts of pretty poor players & giving them pay rises after a good 3 months.
     
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    It still surprises me to see Port Vale at the bottom of the league. Not long after we tonked them - arguably against the run of play - they were 3rd in the league in September...
     
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    PV fall.jpg
    mighty decline
     
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    How about a double relegation ehh for the potteries clubs.. Stoke and Port Vale. :rolleyes:
     
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    He's probably in a pub in Bolton right now, putting the world to rights with King Keef
     
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    His one trick was as a tub thumper. He has the tactical knowledge of someone who has never been in football. How he has remained employed in the game as long as he has is a complete mystery.
     
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    Keefs been out of a job for 18months now, could be the last we see of them both, may have to get proper jobs.
     
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    they'll probably con their way into a club
     
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    Hardly surprising given his stint at Scunthorpe where he set them on their way to the National League North. I'm sure he's had plenty of time to take Sydney swimming :D
     
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    Sometimes in football things don't always work out.
    I'll remember Flitcroft for his part in the "Great Escape" like I remember Simon Davy for our great cup run.
    It's better to recall the good times and not the bad.
     
    Brian Mahoneys Waist, Mar 24, 2024
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