Mike Duff

levraiclaret · Post by **levraiclaret** » Thu Sep 19, 2019 9:09 pm

Not seen it mentioned but seems to be doing a fine job at Cheltenham, early days I know but he has got them into the play off places.

Good to see, I hope this continues.

Hibsclaret · Post by **Hibsclaret** » Thu Sep 19, 2019 9:17 pm

Agreed. Was hoping he’d do well. He will have learnt a lot from the great ginger one... if he does well he could be the man to take over in about 20 years hopefully

cricketfieldclarets · Post by **cricketfieldclarets** » Thu Sep 19, 2019 9:37 pm

Hibsclaret wrote:Agreed. Was hoping he’d do well. He will have learnt a lot from the great ginger one... if he does well he could be the man to take over in about 20 years hopefully

He will have learnt lots. Good and bad from Cotterill, Coyle, Laws, Howe and Dyche. Should have a bright future.

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Thu Sep 19, 2019 9:56 pm

cricketfieldclarets wrote:He will have learnt lots. Good and bad from Cotterill, Coyle, Laws, Howe and Dyche. Should have a bright future.

He doesn’t have a wrong word to say about Cotterill but that’s understandable given he gave him his chance at both Cheltenham & Burnley, but his main influence is undoubtedly Dyche.

cricketfieldclarets · Post by **cricketfieldclarets** » Thu Sep 19, 2019 10:08 pm

ClaretTony wrote:He doesn’t have a wrong word to say about Cotterill but that’s understandable given he gave him his chance at both Cheltenham & Burnley, but his main influence is undoubtedly Dyche.

Cotterill will definitely have been a good influence on many of that team. Had plenty of leaders under Cotterill. Duff, Caldwell, Carlisle, Alexander. Definitely knew how important experience and leadership was in a tight squad.

Clarets4me · Post by **Clarets4me** » Thu Sep 19, 2019 10:18 pm

Always keep a look out for Cheltenham's results, and also Michael Jolley at Grimsby Town .... both teams seem much improved on last season.

It's a precarious job, Jolley is already the 28th longest serving manager of the 91 Clubs, whilst Duffo comes in at 41st ..

Fretters · Post by **Fretters** » Fri Sep 20, 2019 1:45 pm

cricketfieldclarets wrote:Cotterill will definitely have been a good influence on many of that team. Had plenty of leaders under Cotterill. Duff, Caldwell, Carlisle, Alexander. Definitely knew how important experience and leadership was in a tight squad.

Agreed. Pairing McGreal with Sinclair when he first arrived was a masterstroke.

MRG · Post by **MRG** » Sat Sep 21, 2019 12:28 pm

Fretters wrote:Agreed. Pairing McGreal with Sinclair when he first arrived was a masterstroke.

Funnily enough, I bumped into Mcgreal a few weeks back in a hotel at Grimsby pre match (he’s currently managing Colchester). Spoke very fondly about his time with us

ŽižkovClaret · Post by **ŽižkovClaret** » Sat Sep 21, 2019 12:52 pm

Clarets4me wrote:Always keep a look out for Cheltenham's results, and also Michael Jolley at Grimsby Town .... both teams seem much improved on last season.

It's a precarious job, Jolley is already the 28th longest serving manager of the 91 Clubs, whilst Duffo comes in at 41st ..

Seeing the 91 there jarred me... jeez

Are Sky sticking with the "72" branding?

Clarets4me · Post by **Clarets4me** » Sat Sep 21, 2019 5:26 pm

Cheltenham win 2-0 at Plymouth today and go 3rd on 20 points, after 10 games last year they were on 8 points ...

Grimsby, under Michael Jolley, beat Macclesfield 1-0 at home, and go 9th on 15 points. This time last year, they were 23rd of 24, with just 5 points from a possible 30 .....

Good progress ..

Tricky Trevor · Post by **Tricky Trevor** » Sat Sep 21, 2019 5:26 pm

2-0 win at Plymouth sees them up to 3rd.

Fretters · Post by **Fretters** » Sat Sep 21, 2019 6:52 pm

MRG wrote:Funnily enough, I bumped into Mcgreal a few weeks back in a hotel at Grimsby pre match (he’s currently managing Colchester). Spoke very fondly about his time with us

He was brilliant, and at the time I thought we'd have a tough job replacing David May!

levraiclaret · Post by **levraiclaret** » Mon Sep 23, 2019 12:04 pm

Tricky Trevor wrote:2-0 win at Plymouth sees them up to 3rd.

MD's after match comments courtesy the Football League Paper:

"i think it's fair to say no-one saw this run coming, but we'll see where it takes us. We are not making anything of it.

The mantra has stayed the same 'just win the next game' and it was the same last season when I came in and we were not in the bottom two.

Just because we are in the top three now it doesn't change. It's just as important as it ever was 'win the next game'.

I am not really interested in what other people say about us. It's great when they are saying nice things about you, but again it's like last season when they weren't saying such great things about us: it's outside noise.

We need to concentrate on what is going on in our camp and the only people who can influence that is our staff and our players."

ŽižkovClaret · Post by **ŽižkovClaret** » Mon Sep 23, 2019 12:08 pm

levraiclaret wrote:MD's after match comments courtesy the Football League Paper:

"i think it's fair to say no-one saw this run coming, but we'll see where it takes us. We are not making anything of it.

The mantra has stayed the same 'just win the next game' and it was the same last season when I came in and we were not in the bottom two.

Just because we are in the top three now it doesn't change. It's just as important as it ever was 'win the next game'.

I am not really interested in what other people say about us. It's great when they are saying nice things about you, but again it's like last season when they weren't saying such great things about us: it's outside noise.

We need to concentrate on what is going on in our camp and the only people who can influence that is our staff and our players."

Just sounds like Dyche

He'll have a disc beard soon

Quickenthetempo · Post by **Quickenthetempo** » Mon Sep 23, 2019 12:26 pm

Fretters wrote:He was brilliant, and at the time I thought we'd have a tough job replacing David May!

I can't really remember much of David May playing for us, but he had the biggest fall from grace ever in football.

Man Utd-Burnley-Bacup Borough all in the space of a couple of years.

Darnhill Claret · Post by **Darnhill Claret** » Mon Sep 23, 2019 12:41 pm

I think John McGreal must have been a very positive influence on Gary Cahill. He certainly helped his playing development.

Tricky Trevor · Post by **Tricky Trevor** » Mon Sep 23, 2019 1:35 pm

levraiclaret wrote:it's outside noise.

We need to concentrate on what is going on in our camp and the only people who can influence that is our staff and our players."

That is pure SD. Bless them both.

Fretters · Post by **Fretters** » Mon Sep 23, 2019 1:45 pm

Quickenthetempo wrote:I can't really remember much of David May playing for us, but he had the biggest fall from grace ever in football.

Man Utd-Burnley-Bacup Borough all in the space of a couple of years.

From Wiki:

At the end of his contract with Manchester United in the summer of 2003, May was given a free transfer and snapped up by Burnley manager Stan Ternent,[18] an old friend of Ferguson's,[19] to bolster his leaky defence.[18] In September 2003 he scored in a 2–1 win against Stoke City,[20] while at the end of the month he was sent off against Wimbledon for two yellow cards.[21]

In December 2003, May was headbutted by Ternent following a disagreement at the club training ground.[22] They later settled their differences.[22]

He played 39 times for Burnley during the 2003–04 season,[23] and captained the side on a number of occasions.

Think we signed Andy Todd on loan from Blackburn at the same time and we suddenly looked much better (after Gnohere and Branch at centre half).

cricketfieldclarets · Post by **cricketfieldclarets** » Tue Sep 24, 2019 11:46 pm

Fretters wrote:From Wiki:

At the end of his contract with Manchester United in the summer of 2003, May was given a free transfer and snapped up by Burnley manager Stan Ternent,[18] an old friend of Ferguson's,[19] to bolster his leaky defence.[18] In September 2003 he scored in a 2–1 win against Stoke City,[20] while at the end of the month he was sent off against Wimbledon for two yellow cards.[21]

In December 2003, May was headbutted by Ternent following a disagreement at the club training ground.[22] They later settled their differences.[22]

He played 39 times for Burnley during the 2003–04 season,[23] and captained the side on a number of occasions.

Think we signed Andy Todd on loan from Blackburn at the same time and we suddenly looked much better (after Gnohere and Branch at centre half).

FFS remember stands headbuts

Fretters · Post by **Fretters** » Wed Sep 25, 2019 10:33 am

cricketfieldclarets wrote:FFS remember stands headbuts

His victims don't

claretburns · Post by **claretburns** » Wed Sep 25, 2019 1:28 pm

Mentioned above about Michael Jolley, he takes Grimsby to Chelsea this evening, good luck to them!

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Thu Sep 26, 2019 10:42 am

claretburns wrote:Mentioned above about Michael Jolley, he takes Grimsby to Chelsea this evening, good luck to them!

I think it was probably more than your good luck he needed

claretburns · Post by **claretburns** » Thu Sep 26, 2019 1:26 pm

ClaretTony wrote:I think it was probably more than your good luck he needed

Chelsea to be fair did the job expected of them unlike several other clubs in this competition this season and previous years. I just hope the Grimsby players don't take to much of a confidence knock from this, a top half finish for them will be a really good achievement and going back to Michael Duff I had Cheltenham on e/w to win League Two this season so keep them going Duffo.

Clarets4me · Post by **Clarets4me** » Sun Sep 29, 2019 2:33 pm

Cheltenham stay in 3rd with a 1-1 draw at home to in form Crewe, whilst Michael Jolley's Grimsby probably ruined a few coupons with a 1-3 away win at leaders Exeter, and move up to 7th. Grimsby are on 18 points after 11 games, it took them 18 games to reach that mark last season ....

n.b: My interest in Grimsby is not unrelated to the fact I have a small E/W investment at 50/1 !!

Hibsclaret · Post by **Hibsclaret** » Sun Sep 29, 2019 3:43 pm

Cheltenham were 20/1 the other week. Nice on an each way accumulator

Stalbansclaret · Post by **Stalbansclaret** » Mon Sep 30, 2019 6:58 am

Anyone else hear the Radio 5 Sport interview with Duffo on Saturday lunchtime ? Gave a very good account of himself and referenced the support he has had, and continues to get, from very regular conversations with SD. The team in the studio (Mark Chapman etc) were very impressed and complimentary afterwards.

Dark Cloud · Post by **Dark Cloud** » Mon Sep 30, 2019 7:32 am

Darnhill Claret wrote:I think John McGreal must have been a very positive influence on Gary Cahill. He certainly helped his playing development.

I often thought exactly this. When Cahill came to us he was young and raw, but clearly had all the potential to go massive. McGreal was just what he needed at the time. Experienced, hard and knowledgeable and he'd never been right to the very top so was totally grounded and with a fantastic work ethic which had kept him playing really well way past his probable sell by date. It was a brilliant pairing for both of them and definitely helped Cahill enormously in his development.

levraiclaret · Post by **levraiclaret** » Wed Oct 23, 2019 9:25 am

Cheltenham up to 2nd after 3-0 win last noght

Rodneyyouplonker · Post by **Rodneyyouplonker** » Thu Feb 27, 2020 9:42 pm

Cheltenham still in there fighting, 4 wins on the bounce and up to fifth, only 3 points of automatic spot. Fantastic stuff.

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