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Post by SuperOx on Jan 11, 2011 15:11:34 GMT
This underlines, yet again, what a top class manager Evans is. I've often said that he would be first on my list for a managers job here if Wilder moved on. People have to move on from the fraudulent stuff at Boston, he's paid the penalty and its time all that was put to bed. What is undeniable is that Evans can build a football team and play the game exactly the right way. Few clubs epitomise how I like to see the game played better than Crawley. They play extremely high tempo, pressure the opposition, attack down the flanks and pile bodies into the box. People can say he's got the cash backing and, yes, he has and his team would rightly be expected to be up there in the league but he's had three games against League 1 and championship opposition and outplayed them each time - thats no coincidence. A mate of mine - Swindon fan - claimed Crawley were the best team to visit the County Ground this season. Thats some claim when you consider some of the clubs at league 1 level and he's not missed a game all season. I like listening to Evans too. He's a bit full of himself but talks passionately and honestley and I'd guess he is the sort who makes a player feel 10' tall on that pitch. Like him or loathe him as a person you have to admire Steve Evans football manager. Agree with this. Evans is a good manager - no doubt about that - and he has put together a top side at Crawley who are playing attractive football. He's made mistakes in the past;who hasn't? I wonder if he may get the Peterborough job.
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Post by baldy on Jan 11, 2011 15:30:06 GMT
I'd still follow Oxford United if Peter Sutcliffe was the manager, Ian Huntley his assistant and Rose West the masseur. I just dont get what Berliner is saying that he would end his support if Steve Evans was appointed. That to me is most definitely NOT a true supporter of the football club. You might detest individuals within the club but the name Oxford United over rides everything. Exactly...the name of Oxford United overrides everything, and I expect the manager, players, chairman and fans to take the club and make all parties proud to wear the yellow (and blue) jersey without bringing about shame. I didn't like Rix either, to be honest, but that was more about his mind-bending ineptitude as a manager than what he did off-field. In everything Steve Evans does, he leaves a big, fat slimy trace over everything. Why not get Kassam back while we are at it, I'm sure they would be made for each other. Or is your attitude "He may be a cheating fraudster, but he's OUR cheating fraudster"? How is Evans' crime any worse than Rix's. This is the bit I don't get. Yes, he's fat, he's scottish and he speaks his mind. How the **** you can get worked up about things like that if he's bringing success on a football field I do not know. Why don't you answer what I said about other dodgy dealers in football like George Graham, Redknapp and Clough. If you really think Harry Redknapp is as clean as a whistle then I give up ! Graham was caught red handed doing a back hander and Cloughie had the odd rendezvous involving brown envelopes at motorway service stations. You're hung up about Evans more than any other. Why ? Get over it.
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Post by ConcreteBob on Jan 11, 2011 15:39:15 GMT
What a surprise! Baldy defending Steve Evans.
You can't defend his actions. Boston United paid very dearly for he did.
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Post by Agadoo on Jan 11, 2011 17:01:17 GMT
What a surprise! Baldy defending Steve Evans. You can't defend his actions. Boston United paid very dearly for he did. That's Boston's problem, maybe he's turned over a new leaf? I think because he comes across as arrogant and outspoken people dislike him and then use his chequered past to sling mud at him.
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Post by baldy on Jan 11, 2011 17:36:19 GMT
What a surprise! Baldy defending Steve Evans. You can't defend his actions. Boston United paid very dearly for he did. That's Boston's problem, maybe he's turned over a new leaf? I think because he comes across as arrogant and outspoken people dislike him and then use his chequered past to sling mud at him. You are probably right there. Do these same people dislike Mourinho and did they dislike Clough ? I love to see managers as passionate about their club as Evans. He loves Crawley, he loves his players, you can see it. Forget the past at Boston. **** me, we move on when a real convict is released and people need to accept that he's served his time out of the game with his ban. Evans has the same effect that Gary Neville has. He's hated because he pulls no punches about how much he loves and cares about his club and it rankles with opposing fans because they hate the club he plays for and is so passionate about. Give me a Steve Evans type over Houllier, Hodgson and god knows how many others who sit there motionless when their team score. If Evans could get away with it then he's the sort who would stride down to the opposition fans and give it two fingers when Crawley score a goal ! Brilliant ! He takes abuse and he wont shy away from letting his feelings spill over. That is a real football man. I hope Crawley go up and I hope Evans goes from strength to strength because football needs people with his feeling for the game.
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Post by baldy on Jan 11, 2011 17:44:52 GMT
What a surprise! Baldy defending Steve Evans. You can't defend his actions. Boston United paid very dearly for he did. You are a complete tw*t. All your anti Crawley and anti Evans posts are pathetic. Whats your problem ? Do you hold grudges like this in real life ? Crawley would grace League 2 with the football they play and if they've found a backer with a few quid and buy promotion then great, good luck to them. They are backed by a fan of 45 years, I dont have a single issue with that. Local man, made a few quid, backing his non league club as opposed to shelling it out on corporate boxes up the road at Chelsea or somewhere.
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Post by ConcreteBob on Jan 11, 2011 18:31:47 GMT
I don't have an issue with Crawley Town.
The issue I have is with their manager, Steve Evans, who is a convicted fraudster and criminal.
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Post by berliner on Jan 11, 2011 18:58:26 GMT
Exactly...the name of Oxford United overrides everything, and I expect the manager, players, chairman and fans to take the club and make all parties proud to wear the yellow (and blue) jersey without bringing about shame. I didn't like Rix either, to be honest, but that was more about his mind-bending ineptitude as a manager than what he did off-field. In everything Steve Evans does, he leaves a big, fat slimy trace over everything. Why not get Kassam back while we are at it, I'm sure they would be made for each other. Or is your attitude "He may be a cheating fraudster, but he's OUR cheating fraudster"? How is Evans' crime any worse than Rix's. This is the bit I don't get. Yes, he's fat, he's scottish and he speaks his mind. How the **** you can get worked up about things like that if he's bringing success on a football field I do not know. Why don't you answer what I said about other dodgy dealers in football like George Graham, Redknapp and Clough. If you really think Harry Redknapp is as clean as a whistle then I give up ! Graham was caught red handed doing a back hander and Cloughie had the odd rendezvous involving brown envelopes at motorway service stations. You're hung up about Evans more than any other. Why ? Get over it. We have fundamentally different opinions and principles, let's draw a line under this and agree to disagree...any further discussions over a beer next time I am over.
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Post by slappy on Jan 11, 2011 19:09:49 GMT
I do like the way he winds everyone up though. I think when Crawley played at Luton this year, Money refused to do press interviews with Evans in the room, so Evans went round all the Luton radio stations asking if they wanted to talk and took up another 10 minutes.
and in the NLP letters section, someone brought up a three year old quote from Evans saying something like 'If you haven't got a team into the play-offs within three years, you've failed', and going on to ask when he was going to quit Crawley as he had now been there three years.
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Post by baldy on Jan 11, 2011 19:12:26 GMT
I don't have an issue with Crawley Town.The issue I have is with their manager, Steve Evans, who is a convicted fraudster and criminal. Look at some of your earlier posts. I think its fair to say you absolutely despise Crawley. When can I expect a response from you about the dealings of Messrs Graham, Redknapp, Clough and I reckon I could safely add the name of Terry Venables to that list ?
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Post by ConcreteBob on Jan 11, 2011 19:15:02 GMT
I don't have an issue with Crawley Town.The issue I have is with their manager, Steve Evans, who is a convicted fraudster and criminal. Look at some of your earlier posts. I think its fair to say you absolutely despise Crawley. When can I expect a response from you about the dealings of Messrs Graham, Redknapp, Clough and I reckon I could safely add the name of Terry Venables to that list ? The reason I wanted Crawley to lose is because Steve Evans manages them. What Evans did is far beyond what those names you have mentioned have done. He was convicted of fraud after all.
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Post by Lone Gunman on Jan 11, 2011 21:13:02 GMT
I think baldy should try a career as a top class criminal defence lawyer. I'm sure he'd love to argue the case that Ian Brady, Ian huntley and Peter Sutcliffe were all really nice people and whatever you might say about them they were good human beings...
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Post by baldy on Jan 11, 2011 22:19:39 GMT
I think baldy should try a career as a top class criminal defence lawyer. I'm sure he'd love to argue the case that Ian Brady, Ian huntley and Peter Sutcliffe were all really nice people and whatever you might say about them they were good human beings... Don't be silly. I was just quoting them to try and put into perspective the case of that other notorious criminal - Steve Evans.
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Post by sihath on Jan 12, 2011 8:11:40 GMT
What a surprise! Baldy defending Steve Evans. You can't defend his actions. Boston United paid very dearly for he did. You are a complete tw*t. All your anti Crawley and anti Evans posts are pathetic. Whats your problem ? Do you hold grudges like this in real life ? Baldy. Replace Crawley and Evans in your quote with Arsenal and Wenger and you will understand how many of your posts come across. For the record I think he's done a very good job at Crawley. You don't have to be the nicest person to be a good manager. Often it helps to be a little nasty.
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Post by baldy on Jan 12, 2011 8:38:32 GMT
You are a complete tw*t. All your anti Crawley and anti Evans posts are pathetic. Whats your problem ? Do you hold grudges like this in real life ? Baldy. Replace Crawley and Evans in your quote with Arsenal and Wenger and you will understand how many of your posts come across. For the record I think he's done a very good job at Crawley. You don't have to be the nicest person to be a good manager. Often it helps to be a little nasty. Replace Crawley and Evans and Arsenal and Wenger with Man U and Fergie and you also will understand how many of yours, Moobs', KS's, Boogaloos etc posts come across. I'm hardly the only biased poster on N&I.
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Post by sihath on Jan 12, 2011 12:13:57 GMT
Baldy. Replace Crawley and Evans in your quote with Arsenal and Wenger and you will understand how many of your posts come across. For the record I think he's done a very good job at Crawley. You don't have to be the nicest person to be a good manager. Often it helps to be a little nasty. Replace Crawley and Evans and Arsenal and Wenger with Man U and Fergie and you also will understand how many of yours, Moobs', KS's, Boogaloos etc posts come across. I'm hardly the only biased poster on N&I. Glad you admit to being biased I'm biased against ALL the cheats and egos in the Premier League.
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Post by Boogaloo on Jan 12, 2011 13:08:43 GMT
Baldy. Replace Crawley and Evans in your quote with Arsenal and Wenger and you will understand how many of your posts come across. For the record I think he's done a very good job at Crawley. You don't have to be the nicest person to be a good manager. Often it helps to be a little nasty. Replace Crawley and Evans and Arsenal and Wenger with Man U and Fergie and you also will understand how many of yours, Moobs', KS's, Boogaloos etc posts come across. I'm hardly the only biased poster on N&I. I'm not biased. I've openly given credit to Fergie for what he has achieved at Man Utd, and admire the way they have built themselves up. I state the facts as I see them, but not surprisingly they fail to agree with your red-devil-tinted view of things. If I had arrived in this country from the middle of Mongolia, not knowing the first thing about football and read your posts, I would come up with the following conclusions:- 1. Man Utd are far better than Brazil in the 60s, Holland in the 70s and Argentina in the 80's 2. Arsenal are worse than Luton Town 3. Fletcher is better than Zidane, Maradona combined 4. Fabregas is worse than Emiliano Diaz 5. Alex Ferguson is god 6. Arsene Wenger is the devil My point is, at least try and look at things with a balanced view.
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Post by baldy on Jan 12, 2011 13:21:09 GMT
Replace Crawley and Evans and Arsenal and Wenger with Man U and Fergie and you also will understand how many of yours, Moobs', KS's, Boogaloos etc posts come across. I'm hardly the only biased poster on N&I. I'm not biased. I've openly given credit to Fergie for what he has achieved at Man Utd, and admire the way they have built themselves up. I state the facts as I see them, but not surprisingly they fail to agree with your red-devil-tinted view of things. If I had arrived in this country from the middle of Mongolia, not knowing the first thing about football and read your posts, I would come up with the following conclusions:- 1. Man Utd are far better than Brazil in the 60s, Holland in the 70s and Argentina in the 80's 2. Arsenal are worse than Luton Town 3. Fletcher is better than Zidane, Maradona combined 4. Fabregas is worse than Emiliano Diaz 5. Alex Ferguson is god 6. Arsene Wenger is the devil My point is, at least try and look at things with a balanced view. I think you actually believe that last sentence. Most of that post is a p*ss take but I genuinely do think you mean the last sentence. Hilarious. Practice what you like to preach. Unbiased - like *** you are.
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