https://www.kentsportsnews.com/bloor-appointed-new-welling-manager-14-06-2023/

 

As its coming up to 10 years since we lost Adam & his favourite song 

was London Calling Think as act of remembrance we should have it played 

 

Brilliant Nigel....looking forward to it plus seeing games again next season after the ****e year I have had

A funny things about football is how it often lacks transparency, last season took a funny surreal twist, where it seemed each match it was some club official's turn to play "Fight the Fans!", or fans singing interesting career suggestions for the manager, yet never a word of that chaos came out in the press.

Danny has been a victim of the same sort of thing. I looked at the Eastbourne fans forum to get an idea of how they saw him, as fans can see things more clearly than anyone else, and I knew nothing about him so wanted to find out more. It was really helpful, giving a much more accurate view of things than was publicised, where the official story was he had been replaced as he was resistant to using stats to base player recruitment on.

The fans had a much clearer view of things, and saw it more simply matter of the new owner coming in, and wanting to bring a new manager in. That is standard in football, as then they can influence the new manager more easily than they could a long established one. But the unsavoury side is Eastbourne didn't come out and say any of this was the reason for the managerial change, they misleadingly came up with the "stats" explanation. As the fans put two and two together, judging by the speed with which Dorking (which is where Danny Bloor's replacement came from) sorted out a new manager, the owner's decision to replace Danny Bloor had been made a long time ago.

So knowing all this, the Eastbourne fans were really disappointed to be losing their manager, as he had got them 3rd, 6th, 8th in the last 3 seasons on a comparatively small budget, and played attractive football and significantly increased attendances. It was striking no fans were glad he had gone, which in such an opinionated world as football reflects really impressively on him. If I'd been treated like that after being so effective for so long I'd be furious, but he's a better man than me in that respect, and gave a really impressive interview about his departure "REACTION: Former Eastbourne Borough manager Danny Bloor on his departure from Priory Lane" www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0fsj7sq

So we really have been lucky to get him due to another club owner's misstep.

With Eastbourne announcing their going full time today, with some relative big names coming soon - I'd assume many Borough players who were preparing to be at Boro next season, will now not be. I'd also assume Bloor is on the Blower.

The unnecessary "change for changes sake" behind Eastbourne's new owner changing the manager (who had got three top 8 finishes in a row with a comparatively small budget) becomes even clearer when one sees the new owner is also equally unnecessarily and against fans wishes changing their crest.

That is all good news for us, I am open to correction, but I think Dartford's Dowson, currently unattached Steve King and Danny Bloor have the best managerial records in our division, so rather than gambling on an unproven manager, or backing an experienced one with a patchy record, we landed on our feet and got one of the league's best managers.

Jamison wrote:

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So instead of long posts you've now reverted to replying to yourself?

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No, like lots of other posters I just post a new post if something strikes me after I've already done a post, as unfortunately my final and full thoughts on something don't always immediately strike me. Though not sure about "Reverting", maybe you have a different understanding of that word to me, as I consider it means going back to what one has done before, but as I haven't replied to myself before maybe you have a different meaning of the word in mind. Mind you, that question is off topic, the more important thing to look at is we've a manager who understands the importance of us being a happy friendly club again, and I for one agree with that!