York City chief’s appeal for a fresh outbreak of ‘positivity’ (From York Press)

producefm wrote:
I am going to Oxford to give my support to the club I love, the players and the manager. If we win fantastic, I would be happy with a point, and if we lose then its not the end of the world. York City will still be in its best position in the best part of 10 years. Throughout our history York City have had more lean times than times of plenty, but when we do have the good days they tend to be very special. Gary Mills has given us some great days in his time at the club and I hope that he will give us many more to come. At the moment things are not going well, but we have had these sort of runs before and we will have them again. Being a supporter Of York City is not all about winning and losing, Its about supporting a club that represents the great city of York and the great county of North Yorkshire , its about having good days out and having a laugh with your friends, its about meeting other York supporters who if it was not for football you would never have crossed their paths. Look what being a City supporter really means to you, get behind everyone and everything that stands for York City FC.

producefm wrote:
I am going to Oxford to give my support to the club I love, the players and the manager. If we win fantastic, I would be happy with a point, and if we lose then its not the end of the world. York City will still be in its best position in the best part of 10 years. Throughout our history York City have had more lean times than times of plenty, but when we do have the good days they tend to be very special. Gary Mills has given us some great days in his time at the club and I hope that he will give us many more to come. At the moment things are not going well, but we have had these sort of runs before and we will have them again. Being a supporter Of York City is not all about winning and losing, Its about supporting a club that represents the great city of York and the great county of North Yorkshire , its about having good days out and having a laugh with your friends, its about meeting other York supporters who if it was not for football you would never have crossed their paths. Look what being a City supporter really means to you, get behind everyone and everything that stands for York City FC.

Tug job wrote:

producefm wrote:
I am going to Oxford to give my support to the club I love, the players and the manager. If we win fantastic, I would be happy with a point, and if we lose then its not the end of the world. York City will still be in its best position in the best part of 10 years. Throughout our history York City have had more lean times than times of plenty, but when we do have the good days they tend to be very special. Gary Mills has given us some great days in his time at the club and I hope that he will give us many more to come. At the moment things are not going well, but we have had these sort of runs before and we will have them again. Being a supporter Of York City is not all about winning and losing, Its about supporting a club that represents the great city of York and the great county of North Yorkshire , its about having good days out and having a laugh with your friends, its about meeting other York supporters who if it was not for football you would never have crossed their paths. Look what being a City supporter really means to you, get behind everyone and everything that stands for York City FC.

Good post, spot on. As long as they put the effort in and work had, that's fine by me. I don't want to see another disinterested performance. COYR

producefm wrote:
I am going to Oxford to give my support to the club I love, the players and the manager. If we win fantastic, I would be happy with a point, and if we lose then its not the end of the world. York City will still be in its best position in the best part of 10 years. Throughout our history York City have had more lean times than times of plenty, but when we do have the good days they tend to be very special. Gary Mills has given us some great days in his time at the club and I hope that he will give us many more to come. At the moment things are not going well, but we have had these sort of runs before and we will have them again. Being a supporter Of York City is not all about winning and losing, Its about supporting a club that represents the great city of York and the great county of North Yorkshire , its about having good days out and having a laugh with your friends, its about meeting other York supporters who if it was not for football you would never have crossed their paths. Look what being a City supporter really means to you, get behind everyone and everything that stands for York City FC.

Head of Bomber Command wrote:
Good last few post's guy's.

I don't just support the team and Manage as they all come and go in time, I also support the Club first and formost.
Good luck to Gary and the lads on Saturday and from me 'win or lose' there will be no boos.

Head of Bomber Command wrote:
Good last few post's guy's.

I don't just support the team and Manage as they all come and go in time, I also support the Club first and formost.
Good luck to Gary and the lads on Saturday and from me 'win or lose' there will be no boos.

van the man wrote:

Head of Bomber Command wrote:
Good last few post's guy's.

I don't just support the team and Manage as they all come and go in time, I also support the Club first and formost.
Good luck to Gary and the lads on Saturday and from me 'win or lose' there will be no boos.

Yeah OK, lets all just be the band that keeps on playing, as the good ship mills goes down.

Realistic ycfc wrote:
Would love to see tomorrow a flat back four of obeng, parslow, o connel and fyfield, four across the middle with Blair and chambers on wings with McGrath and mccready in the middle with ranks and walker up top

Head of Bomber Command wrote:

van the man wrote:

Head of Bomber Command wrote:
Good last few post's guy's.

I don't just support the team and Manage as they all come and go in time, I also support the Club first and formost.
Good luck to Gary and the lads on Saturday and from me 'win or lose' there will be no boos.

Yeah OK, lets all just be the band that keeps on playing, as the good ship mills goes down.

My opinion is the good ship 'Mills' will not go down. We will see who of the two of us is correct come 4.55pm on the last Saturday of the season.

We are not one of the two worst teams in the division IMO.

Realistic ycfc wrote:
Would love to see tomorrow a flat back four of obeng, parslow, o connel and fyfield, four across the middle with Blair and chambers on wings with McGrath and mccready in the middle with ranks and walker up top

openallhours wrote:
The bloke is unbelievable! Any York fan without brain damge would concede that we've been very poor at home and to sit and watch players played out of position with poor tactics week in week out is becoming most annoying. Factor in Mills' bad attitude it's a recipe for disaster. Don't worry Gary, my support is always there for the team (it was before you came and still will be long after you've jogged on). But as for you......

producefm wrote:
I am going to Oxford to give my support to the club I love, the players and the manager. If we win fantastic, I would be happy with a point, and if we lose then its not the end of the world. York City will still be in its best position in the best part of 10 years. Throughout our history York City have had more lean times than times of plenty, but when we do have the good days they tend to be very special. Gary Mills has given us some great days in his time at the club and I hope that he will give us many more to come. At the moment things are not going well, but we have had these sort of runs before and we will have them again. Being a supporter Of York City is not all about winning and losing, Its about supporting a club that represents the great city of York and the great county of North Yorkshire , its about having good days out and having a laugh with your friends, its about meeting other York supporters who if it was not for football you would never have crossed their paths. Look what being a City supporter really means to you, get behind everyone and everything that stands for York City FC.

redbluelion wrote:
id love to think positive but i can only see negatives when ever we play a game at the moment..im going, but think it will be one way traffic and an odd york chance walker misses from a couple of yards..whilst at the other end smith makes yet another blunder that gifts oxford a goal,and then the floodgates open..and ill be on here saturday night to say i told you so.....SACK MILLS NOW..

redbluelion wrote:
id love to think positive but i can only see negatives when ever we play a game at the moment..im going, but think it will be one way traffic and an odd york chance walker misses from a couple of yards..whilst at the other end smith makes yet another blunder that gifts oxford a goal,and then the floodgates open..and ill be on here saturday night to say i told you so.....SACK MILLS NOW..

YorkCityLuke wrote:

redbluelion wrote: id love to think positive but i can only see negatives when ever we play a game at the moment..im going, but think it will be one way traffic and an odd york chance walker misses from a couple of yards..whilst at the other end smith makes yet another blunder that gifts oxford a goal,and then the floodgates open..and ill be on here saturday night to say i told you so.....SACK MILLS NOW..

You would clearly rather we lose so that you can smugly say 'I told you so', than us win and you having to swallow your words. Not what a decent fan would do.

redbluelion wrote:

YorkCityLuke wrote:

redbluelion wrote: id love to think positive but i can only see negatives when ever we play a game at the moment..im going, but think it will be one way traffic and an odd york chance walker misses from a couple of yards..whilst at the other end smith makes yet another blunder that gifts oxford a goal,and then the floodgates open..and ill be on here saturday night to say i told you so.....SACK MILLS NOW..

You would clearly rather we lose so that you can smugly say 'I told you so', than us win and you having to swallow your words. Not what a decent fan would do.

i didn't say i want us to lose luke,but i live in the real world.i can see us getting beat because theres not much chance of us winning..at least im going luke to try and help lift them.how about you..are you going.

Realistic ycfc wrote:
Arrogant get, what happened to our 2nd promotion in consecutive years gary? As to the bit about not been able yo to anything else, how about changing the formation for a start and also put players in their natural positions and drop those out of form

brahma wrote:

redbluelion wrote: id love to think positive but i can only see negatives when ever we play a game at the moment..im going, but think it will be one way traffic and an odd york chance walker misses from a couple of yards..whilst at the other end smith makes yet another blunder that gifts oxford a goal,and then the floodgates open..and ill be on here saturday night to say i told you so.....SACK MILLS NOW..

Even if it wasn't too late for a new manager to make a difference, we couldn't afford to sack Mills. We'd have to pay up his contract to it's full term and we'd have to pay whoever replaced him too. It would cripple us financially.

roobarb85 wrote:
Of course you turn up - of course you cheer the team on - of course this is the best it's been for years.

But that still doesn't stop the fact that it's hugely frustrating to watch players out of form continually be selected, players being consistently played out of position, lightweights signed and then discarded and increasingly dire home games.

If Mr Mills can't see that - and be seen to be trying to do something about that (e.g. 442/giving Potts and Reed (when here) more of a chance/ not subbing your best forward) - then I think people have every right to have a constructive go.

Tug job wrote:

roobarb85 wrote:
Of course you turn up - of course you cheer the team on - of course this is the best it's been for years.

But that still doesn't stop the fact that it's hugely frustrating to watch players out of form continually be selected, players being consistently played out of position, lightweights signed and then discarded and increasingly dire home games.

If Mr Mills can't see that - and be seen to be trying to do something about that (e.g. 442/giving Potts and Reed (when here) more of a chance/ not subbing your best forward) - then I think people have every right to have a constructive go.

I seem to remember we played 4-4-2 when we got relegated to the Conference. Either system can work well, but clearly the key is to have flexibility to respond to changing circumstances. Despite being a "happy clapper" and proud of it, I would agree that the absence of any alternative has made us one dimensional. However, I still believe that Gary Mills is the man to take the club forwards. COYR

YO1 wrote:
Sensible words by Mills. The "Nappy Cr@ppers" on here need reminding where we were when Mills took over and where we are now two snd half years later.

Some of the best football seen in decades, promotion, two wembley victories and Trophy winners. Not a bad record that.

Leaders unite and remain strong in a crisis. Weak people panic and and behave like headless chickens looking for the nearest exit. Bullies just blame others and scapegoat.

I'm really looking forward to the day we maintain league status and the Nappy Cr@pppers get a timely reminder of their vindictive abandonment of the players and management of this wonderful club.

Stuff it down their throats for the rest of the season lads!

openallhours wrote:

YO1 wrote:
Sensible words by Mills. The "Nappy Cr@ppers" on here need reminding where we were when Mills took over and where we are now two snd half years later.

Some of the best football seen in decades, promotion, two wembley victories and Trophy winners. Not a bad record that.

Leaders unite and remain strong in a crisis. Weak people panic and and behave like headless chickens looking for the nearest exit. Bullies just blame others and scapegoat.

I'm really looking forward to the day we maintain league status and the Nappy Cr@pppers get a timely reminder of their vindictive abandonment of the players and management of this wonderful club.

Stuff it down their throats for the rest of the season lads!

Your attitude of 'where we were before Mills got here' simply makes Mills believe he's even more untouchable. He came to a club that had already been to Wembly twice and he inherited a side that most Conference managers could only dream of. To think that Mills will 'crack open the champagne' should we finish 17th is an even bigger joke than 'the man' himself. Just picture it, Mills and the chuckle brothers sat around giving self congratulations for a lowly finish - absolute disgrace!

openallhours wrote:

YO1 wrote:
Sensible words by Mills. The "Nappy Cr@ppers" on here need reminding where we were when Mills took over and where we are now two snd half years later.

Some of the best football seen in decades, promotion, two wembley victories and Trophy winners. Not a bad record that.

Leaders unite and remain strong in a crisis. Weak people panic and and behave like headless chickens looking for the nearest exit. Bullies just blame others and scapegoat.

I'm really looking forward to the day we maintain league status and the Nappy Cr@pppers get a timely reminder of their vindictive abandonment of the players and management of this wonderful club.

Stuff it down their throats for the rest of the season lads!

Your attitude of 'where we were before Mills got here' simply makes Mills believe he's even more untouchable. He came to a club that had already been to Wembly twice and he inherited a side that most Conference managers could only dream of. To think that Mills will 'crack open the champagne' should we finish 17th is an even bigger joke than 'the man' himself. Just picture it, Mills and the chuckle brothers sat around giving self congratulations for a lowly finish - absolute disgrace!

openallhours wrote:

YO1 wrote:
Sensible words by Mills. The "Nappy Cr@ppers" on here need reminding where we were when Mills took over and where we are now two snd half years later.

Some of the best football seen in decades, promotion, two wembley victories and Trophy winners. Not a bad record that.

Leaders unite and remain strong in a crisis. Weak people panic and and behave like headless chickens looking for the nearest exit. Bullies just blame others and scapegoat.

I'm really looking forward to the day we maintain league status and the Nappy Cr@pppers get a timely reminder of their vindictive abandonment of the players and management of this wonderful club.

Stuff it down their throats for the rest of the season lads!

Your attitude of 'where we were before Mills got here' simply makes Mills believe he's even more untouchable. He came to a club that had already been to Wembly twice and he inherited a side that most Conference managers could only dream of. To think that Mills will 'crack open the champagne' should we finish 17th is an even bigger joke than 'the man' himself. Just picture it, Mills and the chuckle brothers sat around giving self congratulations for a lowly finish - absolute disgrace!

producefm wrote:
I am going to Oxford to give my support to the club I love, the players and the manager. If we win fantastic, I would be happy with a point, and if we lose then its not the end of the world. York City will still be in its best position in the best part of 10 years. Throughout our history York City have had more lean times than times of plenty, but when we do have the good days they tend to be very special. Gary Mills has given us some great days in his time at the club and I hope that he will give us many more to come. At the moment things are not going well, but we have had these sort of runs before and we will have them again. Being a supporter Of York City is not all about winning and losing, Its about supporting a club that represents the great city of York and the great county of North Yorkshire , its about having good days out and having a laugh with your friends, its about meeting other York supporters who if it was not for football you would never have crossed their paths. Look what being a City supporter really means to you, get behind everyone and everything that stands for York City FC.

YorkCityLuke wrote:

openallhours wrote:

YO1 wrote:
Sensible words by Mills. The "Nappy Cr@ppers" on here need reminding where we were when Mills took over and where we are now two snd half years later.

Some of the best football seen in decades, promotion, two wembley victories and Trophy winners. Not a bad record that.

Leaders unite and remain strong in a crisis. Weak people panic and and behave like headless chickens looking for the nearest exit. Bullies just blame others and scapegoat.

I'm really looking forward to the day we maintain league status and the Nappy Cr@pppers get a timely reminder of their vindictive abandonment of the players and management of this wonderful club.

Stuff it down their throats for the rest of the season lads!

Your attitude of 'where we were before Mills got here' simply makes Mills believe he's even more untouchable. He came to a club that had already been to Wembly twice and he inherited a side that most Conference managers could only dream of. To think that Mills will 'crack open the champagne' should we finish 17th is an even bigger joke than 'the man' himself. Just picture it, Mills and the chuckle brothers sat around giving self congratulations for a lowly finish - absolute disgrace!

So you won't be happy with surviving then? You think we should have been up there challenging for automatic promotion?

1968expat wrote:

producefm wrote:
I am going to Oxford to give my support to the club I love, the players and the manager. If we win fantastic, I would be happy with a point, and if we lose then its not the end of the world. York City will still be in its best position in the best part of 10 years. Throughout our history York City have had more lean times than times of plenty, but when we do have the good days they tend to be very special. Gary Mills has given us some great days in his time at the club and I hope that he will give us many more to come. At the moment things are not going well, but we have had these sort of runs before and we will have them again. Being a supporter Of York City is not all about winning and losing, Its about supporting a club that represents the great city of York and the great county of North Yorkshire , its about having good days out and having a laugh with your friends, its about meeting other York supporters who if it was not for football you would never have crossed their paths. Look what being a City supporter really means to you, get behind everyone and everything that stands for York City FC.

This the best comment on this site for a very long time. I have supported York City for 45 years, I no longer live in England but the city of York and York City Football Club will and always will be close to my heart. Last May came over for the 2 Wembley appearences, what memories! nobody can take them away from me. York City till I die.

openallhours wrote:

1968expat wrote:

producefm wrote: I am going to Oxford to give my support to the club I love, the players and the manager. If we win fantastic, I would be happy with a point, and if we lose then its not the end of the world. York City will still be in its best position in the best part of 10 years. Throughout our history York City have had more lean times than times of plenty, but when we do have the good days they tend to be very special. Gary Mills has given us some great days in his time at the club and I hope that he will give us many more to come. At the moment things are not going well, but we have had these sort of runs before and we will have them again. Being a supporter Of York City is not all about winning and losing, Its about supporting a club that represents the great city of York and the great county of North Yorkshire , its about having good days out and having a laugh with your friends, its about meeting other York supporters who if it was not for football you would never have crossed their paths. Look what being a City supporter really means to you, get behind everyone and everything that stands for York City FC.

This the best comment on this site for a very long time. I have supported York City for 45 years, I no longer live in England but the city of York and York City Football Club will and always will be close to my heart. Last May came over for the 2 Wembley appearences, what memories! nobody can take them away from me. York City till I die.

There should be a rule for posting on here: only fans who go to games can comment. Whilst I'm delighted that you have your happy Wembley memories (as do I), you haven't seen the rubbish that paying fans have frequently witnessed this season. It's the here and now that matters and as for 'happy memories' - read the posts from all of the fans who go to the matches.

neutral observer 2 wrote:
These comment pages are just full of whinging nobodies who need to get a life.
Like Mr Mills is taking notes from the largest plankton on here and is really going to listen to someone who thinks he's Frank Lampard in the sunday morning league.
No money , no ground , who wants to play for that ?
Money talks with professional footballers.
There are plenty out there who work for rail track etc. I wouldnt pay in washers and dont have to face such direct ****.

Budgie wrote:
Oxford 4 City 0, Off on my holidays whe I return bottom 3 I fear.

Head of Bomber Command wrote:

Budgie wrote:
Oxford 4 City 0, Off on my holidays whe I return bottom 3 I fear.

Keep the faith. I am confident we will get a result today.

duffy wrote:
A massive good luck to the team today. A win would make a huge difference to the feel good factor within the club and fanbase.

openallhours wrote:

neutral observer 2 wrote:
These comment pages are just full of whinging nobodies who need to get a life.
Like Mr Mills is taking notes from the largest plankton on here and is really going to listen to someone who thinks he's Frank Lampard in the sunday morning league.
No money , no ground , who wants to play for that ?
Money talks with professional footballers.
There are plenty out there who work for rail track etc. I wouldnt pay in washers and dont have to face such direct ****.

Oh dear, 1 out of 10. Your knowledge of the game is about as comprehensive as Des Lytlle's defensive coaching skills. And by the way - Mills, his side-kicks and the players, all make a good living by being employed by York City FC.

van the man wrote:

Head of Bomber Command wrote:

Budgie wrote:
Oxford 4 City 0, Off on my holidays whe I return bottom 3 I fear.

Keep the faith. I am confident we will get a result today.

Better get some sort of result today or Mills will be toast by Monday, I think if he gets one of his so called big points today, it could be the biggest of management his career.

YorkCityLuke wrote:
Lukewarm result - not losing and keeping a clean sheet are both big positives, but not scoring (and not really making many chances) is a negative. I feel like Mills had set up for a draw, and got what he was after. That's fair enough, we certainly needed to avoid being beaten. But I would have rather seen Ranks on from the start to try to nick something off a corner.

redbluelion wrote:

YorkCityLuke wrote: Lukewarm result - not losing and keeping a clean sheet are both big positives, but not scoring (and not really making many chances) is a negative. I feel like Mills had set up for a draw, and got what he was after. That's fair enough, we certainly needed to avoid being beaten. But I would have rather seen Ranks on from the start to try to nick something off a corner.

yes your right luke lets be thankful for the point its better than getting beat again .. i think if rankine had been on for at least the second have we would have won.instead mills leaves him on bench until added time.way too late.

neutral observer 2 wrote:
i wasnt expecting 4 points from Oxford this season.

openallhours wrote:

neutral observer 2 wrote:
i wasnt expecting 4 points from Oxford this season.

An excellent post. We can all sleep better knowing that we've taken 4 points from Oxford.

CRETIN!

neutral observer 2 wrote:

openallhours wrote:

neutral observer 2 wrote:
i wasnt expecting 4 points from Oxford this season.

An excellent post. We can all sleep better knowing that we've taken 4 points from Oxford.

CRETIN!

Wind your neck in and trot off to whinge to someone who cares.
4 points from Oxford is a good 4 points. If you ever pay attention or actually attend any games, you would know we were very lucky to get 3 points at home.
So instead of trapping off like a knob, try thinking of something positive.
Face it. Your never going to be a professional footballer nor a manager. Toodle pip.

duffy wrote:

neutral observer 2 wrote:

openallhours wrote:

neutral observer 2 wrote:
i wasnt expecting 4 points from Oxford this season.

An excellent post. We can all sleep better knowing that we've taken 4 points from Oxford.

CRETIN!

Wind your neck in and trot off to whinge to someone who cares.
4 points from Oxford is a good 4 points. If you ever pay attention or actually attend any games, you would know we were very lucky to get 3 points at home.
So instead of trapping off like a knob, try thinking of something positive.
Face it. Your never going to be a professional footballer nor a manager. Toodle pip.

Calm down fellas.

pip007 wrote:
Here's a fact. I mean an actual fact not just the word 'Fact' stuck at the end of some wild assertion. Gary Mills has the second highest win rate (43.3%) of any York City manager ever, coming second only to Denis Smith (46.5%). Even Tom Johnson who got us into Div 2 only had a 35.9% win rate. Something to think about when you're demanding that Mills should lose his job.

openallhours wrote:

pip007 wrote:
Here's a fact. I mean an actual fact not just the word 'Fact' stuck at the end of some wild assertion. Gary Mills has the second highest win rate (43.3%) of any York City manager ever, coming second only to Denis Smith (46.5%). Even Tom Johnson who got us into Div 2 only had a 35.9% win rate. Something to think about when you're demanding that Mills should lose his job.

The word 'cretin' also describes somebody of limited mental ability (an idiot). Quite appropriate for you as well as your 'win rate' argument isn't valid. To compare win ratios is an insult to a proper manager like Dennis Smith. When Smithy was in charge we were beating Arsenal and very nearly Liverpool (twice). We were a solid League club, where as many of the Mills' games were non-league opposition. Add all of the Trophy games to Mills' record and that bumps up his win ratio even further.

Dennis Smith = Legend

Champagne Gary = Leg end

You = Cretin

openallhours wrote:

pip007 wrote:
Here's a fact. I mean an actual fact not just the word 'Fact' stuck at the end of some wild assertion. Gary Mills has the second highest win rate (43.3%) of any York City manager ever, coming second only to Denis Smith (46.5%). Even Tom Johnson who got us into Div 2 only had a 35.9% win rate. Something to think about when you're demanding that Mills should lose his job.

The word 'cretin' also describes somebody of limited mental ability (an idiot). Quite appropriate for you as well as your 'win rate' argument isn't valid. To compare win ratios is an insult to a proper manager like Dennis Smith. When Smithy was in charge we were beating Arsenal and very nearly Liverpool (twice). We were a solid League club, where as many of the Mills' games were non-league opposition. Add all of the Trophy games to Mills' record and that bumps up his win ratio even further.

Dennis Smith = Legend

Champagne Gary = Leg end

You = Cretin

van the man wrote:

van the man wrote:

Head of Bomber Command wrote:

Budgie wrote:
Oxford 4 City 0, Off on my holidays whe I return bottom 3 I fear.

Keep the faith. I am confident we will get a result today.

Better get some sort of result today or Mills will be toast by Monday, I think if he gets one of his so called big points today, it could be the biggest of management his career.

And there you go.

pip007 wrote:
Here's a fact. I mean an actual fact not just the word 'Fact' stuck at the end of some wild assertion. Gary Mills has the second highest win rate (43.3%) of any York City manager ever, coming second only to Denis Smith (46.5%). Even Tom Johnson who got us into Div 2 only had a 35.9% win rate. Something to think about when you're demanding that Mills should lose his job.

Phil, Leeds wrote:

pip007 wrote:
Here's a fact. I mean an actual fact not just the word 'Fact' stuck at the end of some wild assertion. Gary Mills has the second highest win rate (43.3%) of any York City manager ever, coming second only to Denis Smith (46.5%). Even Tom Johnson who got us into Div 2 only had a 35.9% win rate. Something to think about when you're demanding that Mills should lose his job.

Yeah but Mills has managed us mostly in the Conference so comparison is hardly like with like. But you demonstrated nicely how you can use statistics to show what you want in a better light.

neutral observer 2 wrote:
Win at home draw away or win away draw at home = promotion usually.
We've got 4 points from Oxford.
Hopefully Bradford will be a bit jaded. So another 4 points ?
Another 8 points for City and we are safe for another season

neutral observer 2 wrote:

openallhours wrote:

pip007 wrote:
Here's a fact. I mean an actual fact not just the word 'Fact' stuck at the end of some wild assertion. Gary Mills has the second highest win rate (43.3%) of any York City manager ever, coming second only to Denis Smith (46.5%). Even Tom Johnson who got us into Div 2 only had a 35.9% win rate. Something to think about when you're demanding that Mills should lose his job.

The word 'cretin' also describes somebody of limited mental ability (an idiot). Quite appropriate for you as well as your 'win rate' argument isn't valid. To compare win ratios is an insult to a proper manager like Dennis Smith. When Smithy was in charge we were beating Arsenal and very nearly Liverpool (twice). We were a solid League club, where as many of the Mills' games were non-league opposition. Add all of the Trophy games to Mills' record and that bumps up his win ratio even further.

Dennis Smith = Legend

Champagne Gary = Leg end

You = Cretin

Clearly understands nothing about what the actual Dennis Smith legacy was.
No squad worth 2p and all very old.
Hence the reason for a number of years after, in the doldrums.
I suspect your a moron who thinks banging a drum makes an atmosphere encouraging attendance.
How was your trip to Oxford ?

openallhours wrote:

neutral observer 2 wrote:

openallhours wrote:

pip007 wrote:
Here's a fact. I mean an actual fact not just the word 'Fact' stuck at the end of some wild assertion. Gary Mills has the second highest win rate (43.3%) of any York City manager ever, coming second only to Denis Smith (46.5%). Even Tom Johnson who got us into Div 2 only had a 35.9% win rate. Something to think about when you're demanding that Mills should lose his job.

The word 'cretin' also describes somebody of limited mental ability (an idiot). Quite appropriate for you as well as your 'win rate' argument isn't valid. To compare win ratios is an insult to a proper manager like Dennis Smith. When Smithy was in charge we were beating Arsenal and very nearly Liverpool (twice). We were a solid League club, where as many of the Mills' games were non-league opposition. Add all of the Trophy games to Mills' record and that bumps up his win ratio even further.

Dennis Smith = Legend

Champagne Gary = Leg end

You = Cretin

Clearly understands nothing about what the actual Dennis Smith legacy was.
No squad worth 2p and all very old.
Hence the reason for a number of years after, in the doldrums.
I suspect your a moron who thinks banging a drum makes an atmosphere encouraging attendance.
How was your trip to Oxford ?

Didn't go to Oxford as I had to work but thanks for asking. Ask any York fan about the legacy left by Dennis Smith and I'll bet every single response would differ greatly to your assessment. I've never banged a drum at a football match but if you bring a mate I'll happily bang yer heads together (it would probably improve your mental health and I wouldn't charge you for it either).

matthewnotmatt87 wrote:
Why does the comments section always turn into petty insults and people turning on one and other?

I mean why do we need to be having a discussion about the origins of the word cretin?

It is possible to have a debate without being rude, abusive, or a p***ing competition of who knows most/been to the most matches.

For some its time to act your age not the number on the back of your shirt.

openallhours wrote:

neutral observer 2 wrote:

openallhours wrote:

pip007 wrote:
Here's a fact. I mean an actual fact not just the word 'Fact' stuck at the end of some wild assertion. Gary Mills has the second highest win rate (43.3%) of any York City manager ever, coming second only to Denis Smith (46.5%). Even Tom Johnson who got us into Div 2 only had a 35.9% win rate. Something to think about when you're demanding that Mills should lose his job.

The word 'cretin' also describes somebody of limited mental ability (an idiot). Quite appropriate for you as well as your 'win rate' argument isn't valid. To compare win ratios is an insult to a proper manager like Dennis Smith. When Smithy was in charge we were beating Arsenal and very nearly Liverpool (twice). We were a solid League club, where as many of the Mills' games were non-league opposition. Add all of the Trophy games to Mills' record and that bumps up his win ratio even further.

Dennis Smith = Legend

Champagne Gary = Leg end

You = Cretin

Clearly understands nothing about what the actual Dennis Smith legacy was.
No squad worth 2p and all very old.
Hence the reason for a number of years after, in the doldrums.
I suspect your a moron who thinks banging a drum makes an atmosphere encouraging attendance.
How was your trip to Oxford ?

Didn't go to Oxford as I had to work but thanks for asking. Ask any York fan about the legacy left by Dennis Smith and I'll bet every single response would differ greatly to your assessment. I've never banged a drum at a football match but if you bring a mate I'll happily bang yer heads together (it would probably improve your mental health and I wouldn't charge you for it either).