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Quote from: RedJ on February 27, 2016, 06:30:30 pmQuote from: jonnydog on February 27, 2016, 01:50:17 pmQuote from: Bentley Bullet on February 27, 2016, 10:30:08 amI don't think you can single the bloke out as being much different to all the other ex Rovers managers. Each and every one of them failed, eventually.I don't consider Penney to have failed as manager either. I might get slated, but I preferred the Penney years to the SOD years. Sure it was lower down the leagues, but I just enjoyed every match back then. And consistent top ten finishes in League One is hardly a failure. John Ryan just wanted to go that extra step, which unfortunately seemed beyond Penney - though his signings laid the foundation for what was to come.I wonder if the next step would have been beyond Penney if he'd been given the funds to sign Stock, Wellens, Woods, Hayter, Sullivan and Mills in addition to the squad he built.
Quote from: jonnydog on February 27, 2016, 01:50:17 pmQuote from: Bentley Bullet on February 27, 2016, 10:30:08 amI don't think you can single the bloke out as being much different to all the other ex Rovers managers. Each and every one of them failed, eventually.I don't consider Penney to have failed as manager either. I might get slated, but I preferred the Penney years to the SOD years. Sure it was lower down the leagues, but I just enjoyed every match back then. And consistent top ten finishes in League One is hardly a failure. John Ryan just wanted to go that extra step, which unfortunately seemed beyond Penney - though his signings laid the foundation for what was to come.
Quote from: Bentley Bullet on February 27, 2016, 10:30:08 amI don't think you can single the bloke out as being much different to all the other ex Rovers managers. Each and every one of them failed, eventually.I don't consider Penney to have failed as manager either. I might get slated, but I preferred the Penney years to the SOD years. Sure it was lower down the leagues, but I just enjoyed every match back then.
I don't think you can single the bloke out as being much different to all the other ex Rovers managers. Each and every one of them failed, eventually.