On the subject of sugar daddies would you take a Vincent Tan or that Idiot at Hull who’d want us to play in lucky red and change ‘lousy’ Argyle to stealers or some such nonsense in exchange for the promised land? I wouldn’t but I know plenty who would.IJN":7ve4gj5r said:Yep, we can thank Todd and Kagami for that!
A more decisive case of ‘fur coat and no knickers’ it’s harder to imagine. If only he wasn’t so pig headed although that’s almost certainly what made him successful in the first place. Ah, the damned irony.up_the_line":dbhrke0u said:Dan McAuley was fair game for all kinds of abuse despite finding a big fat wedge of cash for the Shilton team then the Warnock team. He kept the club afloat over and over when crowds were sub par.
But he was fair game for all kinds of abuse.
When the time came where he felt he couldnt do anything further he sold. He didn't have any charm, he was abrasive, he didn't have the 'gift of the gab', he said ridiculous things, but he threw his wallet open time and time again to prop up the club.
I don't know if the Internet existed back then, perhaps it was, but I wonder if anyone came to 'fat Dan's' defence. I seem to recall nooses being held up...but that was when people could still occupy the Mayflower.
with-menace":1ozxim5r said:On the subject of sugar daddies would you take a Vincent Tan or that Idiot at Hull who’d want us to play in lucky red and change ‘lousy’ Argyle to stealers or some such nonsense in exchange for the promised land? I wouldn’t but I know plenty who would.IJN":1ozxim5r said:Yep, we can thank Todd and Kagami for that!
Do I hear a soul for sale?IJN":2kv5tf1e said:with-menace":2kv5tf1e said:On the subject of sugar daddies would you take a Vincent Tan or that Idiot at Hull who’d want us to play in lucky red and change ‘lousy’ Argyle to stealers or some such nonsense in exchange for the promised land? I wouldn’t but I know plenty who would.IJN":2kv5tf1e said:Yep, we can thank Todd and Kagami for that!
It's a hard one to answer really. At 64 years old, I'd love to see us buy players for £10m.
I think JB's sustainable idea is admirable and to be admired, but I'd love to see us go bat sh*t crazy. :greensmile:
up_the_line":28fyg112 said:Dan McAuley was fair game for all kinds of abuse despite finding a big fat wedge of cash for the Shilton team then the Warnock team. He kept the club afloat over and over when crowds were sub par.
But he was fair game for all kinds of abuse.
When the time came where he felt he couldnt do anything further he sold. He didn't have any charm, he was abrasive, he didn't have the 'gift of the gab', he said ridiculous things, but he threw his wallet open time and time again to prop up the club.
I don't know if the Internet existed back then, perhaps it was, but I wonder if anyone came to 'fat Dan's' defence. I seem to recall nooses being held up...but that was when people could still occupy the Mayflower.
Ham Green":2kk7nvm5 said:It wasn't completely one way traffic. He doesn't post here any more but some guy called (if memory serves) Babararacucudada wrote an interesting blog on MacAuley's tenure. He argued very cogently about all the positives. It may still be online somewhere.
McAuley's (I've spelt it both ways because I can't remember) problem was his ego. This is the man who thought the Evening Herald were enough of a threat to warrant a stadium ban. Not the worst chairman we've ever had (hello Roy) but far more Trump than Obama in his disposition. His heart was in the right place, I guess. Despite all the threats to do so, he would never have sold us down the river.