Phil Sayers
Very well known Exeweb poster
I think how well we did (points wise anyway) in the first half of AI's last season masks just how badly we were found out in the second half of that season. Far from getting better under him we were in fact playing the worst football of our time in the Conference right before he left. I believe AI himself puts this down to bringing in Gill, Carlisle in January and trying to play more football.
I do think he would probably have got it right the next season though what with the quality of player he was supposedly going to bring in. Stanno, Sills, Elding, Stanley and whoever the other two major signings were would have made for one hell of a team when added to what we already had. I know AI had his budget cut the season before and it was going to be re-instated but I wonder whether Tisdale got all the money that AI would have done as that lot looks much more expensive than what Tis signed in his first season. He got Stanno anyway and Rob won't have been cheap but the rest of his signings wouldn't have cost a fortune - was Elam that January or the following?
Interesting discussion though and makes a good comparison with this blast from the past:
http://www.exeweb.com/forums/showthread.php?t=10762&highlight=Tisdale
I do think he would probably have got it right the next season though what with the quality of player he was supposedly going to bring in. Stanno, Sills, Elding, Stanley and whoever the other two major signings were would have made for one hell of a team when added to what we already had. I know AI had his budget cut the season before and it was going to be re-instated but I wonder whether Tisdale got all the money that AI would have done as that lot looks much more expensive than what Tis signed in his first season. He got Stanno anyway and Rob won't have been cheap but the rest of his signings wouldn't have cost a fortune - was Elam that January or the following?
Interesting discussion though and makes a good comparison with this blast from the past:
http://www.exeweb.com/forums/showthread.php?t=10762&highlight=Tisdale