[Albion] Andy Naylor should be renamed…

[The Optimist]

GP final 25 games in charge:
W10 D7 L8 pts37

RDZ 25 games in charge:
W11 D6 L8 pts39

From April 2022 till Potter's departure we were amazing to watch. Even in the barren runs, we were playing great football. Absolutely RDZ is a step up, but bitter memories seem to be erasing the progress this team had already made, perhaps what were essential foundations for RDZ to quickly mould this team into his.

Does GP’s final 25 games coincide with Caicedo first playing? I know other players have joined as well but our record pre and post Caicedo, I think, is quite different.

 

[chaileyjem]

He lucked out that The Athletic decided to invest in PL coverage and that Tony Bloom/Chris Hughton had got us to the party.

Without those stars aligning, Naylor would still be a writer for a paper dying a slow death.

I do find the Naylor stuff a bit churlish but fair play if you don't rate him.

And Of course he did benefit hugely , along with everyone else they recruited- The Argus like all local journalism is struggling. The Athletic or rather the NYTimes who now own it is one of the few places left investing and hiring writers (although they are still in debt)
But if you think nearly 40 years of writing about football for a living and getting paid for it (a remarkable career in anyones book. ) is merely lucky then i'll dig out this quote. ha ha .
"I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it."

 

[Weststander]

I do find the Naylor stuff a bit churlish but fair play if you don't rate him.

And Of course he did benefit hugely , along with everyone else they recruited- The Argus like all local journalism is struggling. The Athletic or rather the NYTimes who now own it is one of the few places left investing and hiring writers (although they are still in debt)
But if you think nearly 40 years of writing about football for a living and getting paid for it (a remarkable career in anyones book. ) is merely lucky then i'll dig out this quote. ha ha .
"I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it."

Regards, Andy.

 

[chaileyjem]

Regards, Andy

Ha! I thought I was Barber!

 

[Baldseagull]

Ha! I thought I was Barber!

Your join date is suspiciously close to Barber taking on his job at the Albion, and you do seem to be pro all club admin decisions, however, your posts are too short and less patronising than I think PBOBE could manage. I reckon you are his Mum.

 

[chaileyjem]

Your join date is suspiciously close to Barber taking on his job at the Albion, and you do seem to be pro all club admin decisions, however, your posts are too short and less patronising than I think PBOBE could manage. I reckon you are his Mum.

If Paul Barber had a season ticket in the West Stand in the Goldstone in the 70s then I must have missed him. But I did. With my Dad. Not my mum or his mum. Ha!

 

[albionalex]

No tweets from him yesterday. No coverage of our game in The Athletic. No articles about the game.

 

[Terry Butcher Tribute Act]

No tweets from him yesterday. No coverage of our game in The Athletic. No articles about the game.

Odd. Maybe he's upset Barber with his recent negative articles and been banned

 

[Hiheidi]

No tweets from him yesterday. No coverage of our game in The Athletic. No articles about the game.

It was almost a year ago when he wrote about RDZ staying, promptly followed by the announcement he was off.

 

[Flounce]

Odd. Maybe he's upset Barber with his recent negative articles and been banned

That is somewhat Trumpesque if true, not a good look

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

That is somewhat Trumpesque if true, not a good look

The first though which came into my head is that maybe he’s ill.

 

[Lenny Rider]

No tweets from him yesterday. No coverage of our game in The Athletic. No articles about the game.

Andy doesn’t always do away games, but I would have thought The Athletic’s Brentford reporter would have done something.

 

[Weststander]

That is somewhat Trumpesque if true, not a good look

Put it this way, Naylor’s avoiding hotel rooms with balconies.

 

[Not Andy Naylor]

I know that Bournemouth have refused The Athletic accreditation at times this season because they don't think they're getting adequate coverage. Maybe Brentford are doing the same. The real AN certainly wasn't in the press box yesterday.

 

[chaileyjem]

There was a normal Monday analysis piece this morning from AN focusing on Saturday- “Biggest net spenders - have they under achieved?”

 

[Terry Butcher Tribute Act]

There was a normal Monday analysis piece this morning from AN focusing on Saturday- “Biggest net spenders - have they under achieved?”

Nope. Article is by Tim Spiers, not Naylor

 

[Hiheidi]

He's back (sort of).

 

[Jimmy Grimble]

He's back (sort of).

With his usual riveting content I see