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Corney blasts players
Reporter: Matthew Chambers
Date online: 04 February 2013
SIMON Corney pointed the finger of blame for Paul Dickov’s departure from the club squarely at Athletic’s players.
The chairman feels 40-year-old Dickov has been let down this season by a team that one week defeats Liverpool in the FA Cup and the next loses at Walsall in npower League One.
“Arguably, my best day involved with Latics was last week (against Liverpool) and a week later, I am parting company with the guy who gave me that day,” Corney said on BBC Radio Manchester.
“I truly believe that Paul will go on to be a top manager, I really do. A combination of factors worked against him here.
“I feel he has been let down by the players. The team that performed so well against Liverpool — where were they?
“I want to stay in this division. It is more important than beating Liverpool.
“And I want to see effort from the players. I think they have a lot to answer for.”
Dickov told Corney yesterday that he felt he could no longer continue in his role as Athletic manager after two-and-a-half years at the club.
“Paul phoned me up and said it is just not fair to carry on, that he didn’t want to take the club any further down and that things were just not working out,” added Corney.
“How classy is that? I have had many managers depart, but none have acted with the dignity that Paul has shown.”
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I wonder if that "dignified" exit will come back to haunt OAFC at some stage. Good luck to PD, as is stated above he was let down by the players, pure and simple! Total inconsistency and lack of responsibility from so-called "pro's"
I am very sorry to see PD leave BP I thought he did the best he could under the financial constraints the club put him under.I wish he had hung on a little longer to see how the new signings progressed I honestly think that with these signings we will stay up and PD job would have been save. The manager can only work with what he's got BUT the players have a lot to answer for and if Dowie does decide to return they won't get away with it. I know a lot of people will say PD was too soft.
Keep telling the dog it has been naughty...and that dog will continue to be naughty! The players are limited in their ability...young, inexperienced, talented in parts. Up until the Liverpool game, we have got what we have paid for...a relegation battle. Now we've spent a little & a new man will get the benefit. People often call a manager for losing the dressing room, but has our "leaders" rants really helped? Only for the worse! No wonder other BETTER players have turned us down in the past!
Prior to his actual demise it was obvious that P.D. was holding the poisoned chalice, his back up team having perished and despite the Liverpool victory, the inevitable! Whoever S.C. invites to the table he' s on a hiding to nothing and will need every resource available to avoid the dreaded drop. P.D. exited with dignity, his 30 month stay being laced with disappointment & dispair. He gave it his all but poor coaching & player choices brought him and the club to their knees. I wish him well....
I am very sorry to see PD leave BP , but the players have let the club down and the manager.
One can't argue some responsibility is on players heads BUT Dickov had the responsibility of managing the situation.
Perhaps PD isn't used to dealing with players in 3rd tier of English football but in any line of work if any manager went to his boss and said "I can't get the workers to do what I want" they wouldn't be employed for very long.
PD lacks tactical ability on how the team could be changed to make them effective when it wasn't going well.
dont talk to me about constraints. its the same at 90% of clubs at this level.SC backed dickov fully. it was dickovs team his selections and decisions unfortunately being hard work working and a fighter doesnt mean you can coach footballers.i do however feel for him and maybe a couple more games with the new additions we could have avoided the drop. im not so sure now.what i do know is if it wasnt for the cup run not only would we have lost dickov i think we could have lost SC as well
No doubt about it the players haven't turned up for Dickov, but look at Chelsea last season. Going nowhere until De Matteo was made manager and he transformed the same players. I think that the players we have are better than their league position and I believe a good manager will extract the best out of them - but there are no guarantees!
Dickov may have been a nice guy, but as a manager, he was awful and his record shows it. Corney has a pitiful record of his own. Yeah, blame it all on the players - all 76 of them that Dickov used - as if they all just turned up at BP by accident and did their own training and made their own tactical decisions.
Corney is entitled to say what he wants. The players must share the responsibility for our position and there is no manager around to tell them at the moment. It probably wouldn’t be a wise thing for the new manager to tell them. I don’t think the squad is relegation material but they do need shaking up. Corney is due a break with managerial appointments. Maybe he will consider someone more high profile but whoever comes in is more likely to be sacked than headhunted in time. It’s another punt.
"I The team that performed so well against Liverpool — where were they?"
Well three of them were injured Simon and the other one has gone to Blackpool?
I cannot help but laugh when I said all this some 5 or 6 months ago, and ohhh! how everyone is nearly singing my tune!, not bad for some one who talks as some put it rubbish!. Anyone with any sense could see the writing on the wall, maybe not the head in the sand brigade!, and quite a few have turned, I said all along this is a entertainment result business and that PD was not the man for the job!. Some claim to be management who scribe on here, and they could not see it?, manage what exactly?.
C'mon Ammy.... you're vitriolic about Dickov.... you claim Corney can't pick a good manager.... who do YOU suggest....? We're all ears.... prove to us that you've got the guts to stick your neck on the line....?
“And I want to see effort from the players. I think they have a lot to answer for.”
Never were more true words said by a Chairman of this club
There is NOTHING wrong with the team that PD assembled for nothing. So many inept performances by players that have proven they can play so much better. The new Manager will inherit a good team - I hope he puts a fire under their backsides and kicks them into gear - Too many games where they have finished a game with not a drop of sweat on their foreheads
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Exactly true!....It's the players fault, and I hope Corney gives the new Manager permission for a complete clearout of the players we have and forms a brand new team.....even if they are ultimately playing in division 2 next season.
A complete clearout is needed as it's the only way to get rid of the mentality that exists in the players we have now.
By skay @ 04/02/2013 13:24:02