We Love Sammo!

[Insider]

Name them. And don't include those to whom he gave new contracts in the summer.  Hinton, Beckwith, Gilligan and Guinan are the ones I can identify.

Whoops, mate just said Gilli signed a new contract this summer.

[Tiki-Taka]

Bingers, your imagination is far better than the humble truth !

I also recognise a trap when I see one and therefore will avoid your subliminal request for me to send you a picture of my shiny head !

I'm off to research whether this site has a "help button" like other popular social networking sites just incase you persist with your advances.

[Ralap]

I'm getting fed up of all this negativity, why only the other day Tony Clarke told us on here that the club broke even last year. He and us should be very proud of that achievement.

[Insider]

I'm getting fed up of all this negativity, why only the other day Tony Clarke told us on here that the club broke even last year. He and us should be very proud of that achievement.

What he said was "the club broke, even last year..." !

[Ralap]

What he said was "the club broke, even last year..." !

Oh s***, I didn't have my reading glasses on.

[Gen.Disorda]

Sammo is a legend , even my mum commented about how it was nice to hear a football manager who is straight talking and dosnt take s*** from  ANY of his players

[SteveRiches]

Sammo is a legend , even my mum commented about how it was nice to hear a football manager who is straight talking and dosnt take sh*t from  ANY of his players

I've been a Sammo man from the very moment DC gave him the job, despite some of the doubters who sprang up on here to say how he was the wrong choice!
He knows the game, and knows what he wants out of the players, and there's a more than reasonable chance he'll be able to shape this lot into a decent unit in time for a tilt at promotion this season. And of course he'd be the first to also acknowledge the expertise of Crosby, who also knows how people tick. I really hope they both get the success they deserve in a time of extremely difficult financial restraint.

[pattcobb]

The only thing I will say about Sammo's style of management is his tactics and team set-ups. In his day great centre half at this level possibly at his best in Atkins team which played a simple 4-4-2 or 5-3-2. I just thing for this division and for players at this level that is the way to play, nice and simple no fancy formations. This season with mixed success we have played 4-2-3-1 4-5-1 and 4-1-3-2. I'm not saying revert to Atkins style hoof ball, but lets not confuse players.

[Trotty]

Time will tell if he was the right appointment. I'd be lying if I thought he was at the time. At the moment he looks like a man under pressure and so early in the season that doesn't bode well. You don't become a good manager overnight and Sammo's still in the very much at the start of his managerial career. He's been given a long term deal by the club and i'm sure the fans will back him. Hopefully during that time he can improve and improve the team.

[The Hask]

Time will tell if he was the right appointment. I'd be lying if I thought he was at the time. At the moment he looks like a man under pressure and so early in the season that doesn't bode well. You don't become a good manager overnight and Sammo's still in the very much at the start of his managerial career. He's been given a long term deal by the club and i'm sure the fans will back him. Hopefully during that time he can improve and improve the team.

One good league win will wash away this pressure I am sure.

[DustCobb]

I had a good feeling about us beating Southend on Saturday....however with there now likely to be a big crowd i have lost that good feeling!

[Erith_Cobbler]

I had a good feeling about us beating Southend on Saturday....however with there now likely to be a big crowd i have lost that good feeling!

We never seem to beat Southend. A(nother) draw wouldn't be that bad.

[Trotty]

I'm unable to go on Saturday due to work commitments so I'm predicting a home win too. 

[Tyro]

Southend beat Torquay at the weekend so I think they'll come here with some confidence

[Gonzales]

Name them. And don't include those to whom he gave new contracts in the summer.  Hinton, Beckwith, Gilligan and Guinan are the ones I can identify.

Ahem, I think you will find that Guinan was signed on a 2 year Contract, and Beckwith and Hinton were both re-signed due to an appearance clause in their contract, all of said players were signed by SG

Ok, perhaps I exxagerated. Discounting players who signed new deals in the summer, the senior players who were committed on at least a 2 year deal, before Sammo took over are:

Dunn, Rodgers, Gilligan, Guinan, Walker and McKay

Now, whilst most of these players are wanted here and are an important part of the team, I think that there are certainly better players around who Sammo could bring in. Dunn, McKay and to a lesser extent Gilly (Sorry Marvo) are certainly talented players who will hopefully be at the club for years to come. The likes of Paul Rodgers however, are only suited to this level, and in the increasingley unlikely event that we get promoted, Rodgers and Guinan will probably leave the club. Sammo is not going to offload the entire squad, but he will have certain players that he likes, and that he will want to bring to this club, as every other manager in football does.

[Insider]

Ahem, I think you will find that Guinan was signed on a 2 year Contract, and Beckwith and Hinton were both re-signed due to an appearance clause in their contract, all of said players were signed by SG

Ok, perhaps I exxagerated. Discounting players who signed new deals in the summer, the senior players who were committed on at least a 2 year deal, before Sammo took over are:

Dunn, Rodgers, Gilligan, Guinan, Walker and McKay

Now, whilst most of these players are wanted here and are an important part of the team, I think that there are certainly better players around who Sammo could bring in. Dunn, McKay and to a lesser extent Gilly (Sorry Marvo) are certainly talented players who will hopefully be at the club for years to come. The likes of Paul Rodgers however, are only suited to this level, and in the increasingley unlikely event that we get promoted, Rodgers and Guinan will probably leave the club. Sammo is not going to offload the entire squad, but he will have certain players that he likes, and that he will want to bring to this club, as every other manager in football does.

You are still incorrect:

"Paul Rodgers has verbally agreed a new one-year contract which I'm really pleased with and when I offered him the contract he wanted to sign straight away, which was great," Sampson told the club's official website after Saturday's 3-1 win at Port Vale.   8th March, 2010

Northampton Town midfielder Ryan Gilligan has become the latest player to agree a new contract at Sixfields.
The 23-year-old is set to sign and joins Dean Beckwith, Craig Hinton and Paul Rogers, in agreeing a new deal.
"It's pleasing because 11 goals from midfield is very good going, so we are glad to have him tied down," boss Ian Sampson told BBC Radio Northampton.   26th March 2010

Rodgers and Gilligan were both new deals. Hinton and Beckwith were extensions based on appearances as you say.  But that means that if I count correctly, only the following were not Sammo decisions:

Beckwith, Dunn, Guinan, Hinton, McKay, Walker

So out of Sammo's squad of 22, well over two thirds are his signings.  Your original point is plain wrong.  And even you are questioning Rodgers' signing!

[DrillingCobbler]

Im staggered that no body has really bothered with this today but here goes.

Sammo's substitution of Harris. What do people think? I thought it was shocking, a terrible terrible thing to do and will kill the player. He's been Sammo's self confessed centreback back up all season...now apparently he's 4th choice and was given 35 minutes to prove otherwise.

He had a shocker for 20 minutes. Then 15 minutes of being fairly steady. Then he was subbed. Im sorry but that is not the way to manage a football team.

Rant over!

[auntie]

I am gobsmacked by today. Poor Seb was one thing but Jacobs dropped in favour of an out of position wedders. bonkers.

[DustCobb]

Saving Jacobs for Wednesday no doubt, shop window blah blah blah.

[auntie]

Really? Is that what it's come to. f***in 'ell.