I tried to sign up Wise for Hull!
City chief is a Dennis fan
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A LEADER: Hull City chairman Adam Pearson
When Dennis Wise and Southampton went their separate ways at the start of 2006, Hull City chairman Adam Pearson wasted no time sourcing the midfielder's mobile phone number.
City had lost captain Ian Ashbee to a serious knee injury earlier in the season, and Pearson was anxious to add a natural leader to Hull's pack. Micky Adams had the same idea, however, and sweet-talked Wise into a transfer to Coventry.
Pearson could only watch with envy as the former England international finished off the season with an average of one goal from every two games.
The cameo was Wise's final fling as a professional player, and when he visits Hull in a managerial capacity tonight he will be watched by one of his biggest admirers from the directors' box at the KC Stadium.
Pearson will not wish Wise or Leeds United any fortune this evening, but it would disappoint Hull's chairman if their troubled season fails to conclude with a happy ending on the last day of the Championship term.
"I've got a lot of time for Dennis Wise," said Pearson. "He was a brilliant player, and a player I desperately wanted to come to this club around the time he went to Coventry.
Surprised
"He's a leader and we'd lost a key player in our captain Ian Ashbee. There was no doubt in my mind that Dennis would have done a great job for us, and that was shown by spell he had at Coventry when he couldn't stop scoring. It was something we discussed but in the end â€" for various reasons â€" we lost out.
"The season that Leeds are having is their business and something I can't really speak about, but I am surprised to see them in such a low position. It's not what I expected, and I've also been surprised to see certain players leave the club.
"But the season starts here, certainly from our point of view, and I'm sure Leeds United will be in the same frame of mind."
Pearson's cautious mantra would be echoed by Wise after a 16-game reign in which United have reeled in just 14 Championship points, but Hull are already on the crest of a promising wave following their decision to jettison Phil Parkinson in December.
Parkinson was Pearson's personal choice to replace Peter Taylor last summer, and a man who City's chairman had identified two years earlier as a potential manager of Hull.
The appointment was forthright and costly but apparently sensible, coming after Parkinson managed Colchester United to promotion from League One. But the reality of his arrival at the KC Stadium was disastrous.
Hull lost five of their first six matches, and were second from bottom by the time Pearson pulled the plug at the start of December. With Phil Brown in charge, initially until the end of the season, City's players have climbed away from the relegation positions and given hope to a club who, like Leeds, have failed to cope with the pace of the Championship this season.
Tonight's fixture carries arguably more significance for Leeds than it does for Hull, who have seven more points to their name, but Pearson is not given to knee-jerk reactions, nor the assessment that survival would be a notable achievement for Hull.
"We need to stay in this division," he declared. "It's an absolute must for a club like Hull. But we're not happy with our position, and I'm not a fan of the word 'consolidation'.
"To me that means the same as standing still, which should never be acceptable. I'm always looking to move forward and it's not impossible for teams like us to have a real go in this division.
"Sheffield Wednesday are a good example. They seemed content to hover near the bottom of the table last season, but a new manager has given them a different and more positive approach.
"Colchester are another club worth looking at â€" who seriously expected them to do as well as they have?
"In our case we had a shocking start and unfortunately for Phil (Parkinson) we had to take a big decision in December.
"You need the chemistry between the manager and the players to be spot on, and it wasn't there with him. Phil (Brown) has got that right and has given us a chance to overcome our bad start. If the results continue to go well we'll talk about something more permanent in the summer.
"Do I regret appointing Phil Parkinson? The answer would be yes â€" you have to regret decisions that go as wrong as that did. Would I make the same appointment again? In truth, I probably would. He was highly-rated and seemed to fit the bill. Sometimes appointments go wrong and the important thing as a chairman is to step in and make big decisions when circumstances require you to do so."
That job has fallen to Ken Bates â€" Pearson's counterpart at Elland Road â€" on two occasions this season, firstly when Kevin Blackwell was sacked in September and when John Carver's spell as caretaker went sour, but the tenure of Wise has not mirrored the immediate impact provided at Hull by the input of Brown, formerly Parkinson's first team coach.
Wise's players can scarcely afford to leave the KC Stadium with anything less than a victory tonight, with Barnsley and QPR contesting another fixture which will reshape the bottom of the division, but Leeds will be guaranteed a heated welcome in East Yorkshire with the home stands filled to capacity.
Pearson said: "Our stadium can be an absolute fortress when it's full, and it'll be packed tonight.
"It's an absolutely hostile environment in a true sporting sense and the best traditions of football, and the Leeds players won't have come across an atmosphere like it in a long time."
Kilde: YEP
Som kanskje de fleste vet har Pearson vært Commercial Director i Leeds United:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Pearson
Wise insists spirit is high
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Dennis Wise
Leeds United manager Dennis Wise has accused the player responsible for last weekend's team-news leak of lacking boldness and courage after failing to uncover the mole in his camp.
Wise insisted he had "no regrets" over his decision to reveal publicly that United's line-up for their game against Crystal Palace had been fed to Peter Taylor's side by a Leeds player, and claimed the individual involved had refused the opportunity to lift suspicion from his team-mates at Elland Road.
United's attempts to confirm the identity of the player at the centre of the controversy have been unsuccessful despite Wise's insistence that he would "never play for this club again".
But Wise revealed his disappointment after a meeting with his squad at the club's Thorp Arch training complex on Monday failed to yield an admission of guilt, and his attention has now turned to tomorrow's Championship fixture at Cardiff City.
Wise said: "There are other people who get mentioned, and he's the only person who can drag these people out of it and stop the speculation.
"If he's not bold enough or brave enough to come forward then maybe we'll never know.
"But it gives a warning to certain players that there are things you have to stick by. It gives them a kick up the backside, and should make them realise that it's not a good idea â€" whether it was meant in a bad way or a naive way. I've no regrets."
Wise also dispelled any doubts over the spirit in his dressing room ahead of tomorrow's game at Ninian Park, saying: "They're fine. They know how everything stands."
Jeg avventer denne til etter Cardiff kampen, og bare hvis jeg finner lovord. [:)][;)]
Jon R.
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Originally posted by Jon R
Jeg avventer denne til etter Cardiff kampen, og bare hvis jeg finner lovord. [:)][;)]
Jon R.
Tviler på vi kan slå fast hverken det ene eller andre basert på Cardiff kampen! Men spekulere kan vi [:)]
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Originally posted by Sheridan
Men spekulere kan vi [:)]
Om det er
noe vi kan, er det vel nettopp
det. [:)]
Jon R.
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Originally posted by Jon R
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Originally posted by Sheridan
Men spekulere kan vi [:)]
Om det er noe vi kan, er det vel nettopp det. [:)]
Jon R.
Tja... Er du nå så sikker på det? Selv er jeg ikke overbevist. Ennå.[:D]
Drømmer.....
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Wise eyes good note on scandal
Leeds boss Dennis Wise believes some good will eventually come from the Elland Road mole scandal.
Wise claims an unnamed member of his squad passed on team details to a Crystal Palace player ahead of last weekend's Championship clash, which his side won 2-1.
Wise is still hoping to discover who made the alleged leak, but even if that proves impossible the United manager believes a positive will come out of the events.
He told the Yorkshire Post: "It will give the players a kick up the backside, I'm sure.
"It has made them sit back and realise it's not a good thing to go and do - whether you mean to say it, or you don't mean to say it.
"Hopefully, they realise how important it is to everyone to make sure the opposition don't find out too many things. The right thing is not to say anything."
Kilde: TeamTalk
Craig Bellamy's alleged misdemeanours in the Algarve continued a long tradition of team-bonding trips gone wrong
Dennis Wise: an alternative take on While You Were Sleeping.
The logic behind Liverpool's mid-season excursion to the Algarve may be as questionable as many of Rafael Benitez's signings, but the fact is the Spaniard was merely following in a long-established tradition by taking his players on a foreign break. In theory, a holiday in the sun tans tired limbs and improves team bonding; alas, the practice is frequently different, with piss-ups turning to punch-ups, bonding being an angry headlock and bodies returning not so much golden brown as black and blue. Below we recall five of English clubs' more troublesome trips abroad, in chronological disorder.
1. Niall Quinn's disco pants are a mess:
Peter Reid has had lots of bad ideas as a manager but his decision to take Manchester City on a pre-season trip to Italy in 1992 was one of the worst. On one drunken day, the players stumbled across an empty boxing ring and decided to stage their very own royal rumble. A few playful slaps were exchanged until beanpole striker Niall Quinn landed an unintentionally brutal one on midfield hardman Steve McMahon. The striker scarpered and forgot all about the incident until McMahon found him gyrating in a nightclub later that evening - and decked him. Fortified by rage and booze, Quinn chased his team-mate into the street, caught him and threw him through a shop window. Then scarpered again. The following morning, Reid summoned the pugilists and demanded to know what had happened: McMahon, who had no memory of the events, took full blame and paid for the broken window. 2. Stanley Collymore gets into another fine mess It's February 2000 and perennial bad boy Stanley Victor Collymore is enjoying something of a comeback under the gentle wing of Leicester manager Martin O'Neill. Ten days after scoring a hat-trick on his Foxes debut, the striker is in high spirits on the team's mid-season jolly to the luxurious La Manga resort in Spain. As booze begins to flow, the team's behaviour becomes, in the words of resort manager Tony Coles, "totally and utterly unacceptable", but Stan ensures his is the name that dominates the front-page headlines by taking a fire extinguisher and spraying it around the bar. The whole team is sent home early. Four years later Leicester return to La Manga without Collymore but are again sent home early - though three players are kept behind by the local police to face charges of sexual assault. The charges are subsequently dropped.
3. Arsenal v US Marines
Arch-disciplinarian George Graham took his Arsenal troops on a break to Portugal in the middle of the 1986-87 season, unwittingly setting the scene for the Battle of the Birds. Six Gunners marched into a local nightclub and soon found themselves arguing over girls with a gang of US Marines. The footballers were chucked out but the soldiers followed them in a car, almost running them off the road. Enraged striker Charlie Nicholas hurled a bottle of vodka, which he happened to have on his person, at the car, smashing the windscreen and causing the Americans to career off the road. After fleeing back to the team hotel, the players were awoken by the local constabulary and, according to Perry Groves, the following message was sent to Graham, who was on the 17th tee of a nearby golf course: "Mr Graham, half your team have been arrested for attempted murder." A panic-stricken Graham pegged it to the police station and, after negotiations, the Marines eventually settled for £2,000.
4. Manchester City's Bangkok-up
City went to Thailand in 2005 to play in a pre-season tournament and engage in some lucrative public relations with the growing Asian market. Upon returning from a restaurant in the early hours of a Friday morning, however, Joey Barton got a bit too hands-on with a wisecracking 15-year-old Everton fan; he then took a swipe at team captain and would-be peacekeeper Richard Dunne, who was so incensed that he kicked a wall in frustration and broke his toe. Barton was sent him in disgrace, Dunne hobbled home in plaster.
5. Dennis Wise Finnished at Leicester
Whatever Leicester defender Callum Davidson was dreaming of as he slept in his room during his club's pre-season tour of Finland in September 2002, it can't have been as horrendous as the nightmare he awoke to: new team-mate Dennis Wise had broken into his room and punched him in the face, fracturing his jaw. Over a game of cards. Wise was sacked. Wise then sued for unfair dismissal but, like his Leeds team now, lost.
Kilde: Guardian Unlimited
Javel, er det noe nytt i dette da[?]
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Originally posted by kjelvi
Craig Bellamy's alleged misdemeanours in the Algarve continued a long tradition of team-bonding trips gone wrong
Dennis Wise: an alternative take on While You Were Sleeping.
The logic behind Liverpool's mid-season excursion to the Algarve may be as questionable as many of Rafael Benitez's signings, but the fact is the Spaniard was merely following in a long-established tradition by taking his players on a foreign break. In theory, a holiday in the sun tans tired limbs and improves team bonding; alas, the practice is frequently different, with piss-ups turning to punch-ups, bonding being an angry headlock and bodies returning not so much golden brown as black and blue. Below we recall five of English clubs' more troublesome trips abroad, in chronological disorder.
1. Niall Quinn's disco pants are a mess:
Peter Reid has had lots of bad ideas as a manager but his decision to take Manchester City on a pre-season trip to Italy in 1992 was one of the worst. On one drunken day, the players stumbled across an empty boxing ring and decided to stage their very own royal rumble. A few playful slaps were exchanged until beanpole striker Niall Quinn landed an unintentionally brutal one on midfield hardman Steve McMahon. The striker scarpered and forgot all about the incident until McMahon found him gyrating in a nightclub later that evening - and decked him. Fortified by rage and booze, Quinn chased his team-mate into the street, caught him and threw him through a shop window. Then scarpered again. The following morning, Reid summoned the pugilists and demanded to know what had happened: McMahon, who had no memory of the events, took full blame and paid for the broken window. 2. Stanley Collymore gets into another fine mess It's February 2000 and perennial bad boy Stanley Victor Collymore is enjoying something of a comeback under the gentle wing of Leicester manager Martin O'Neill. Ten days after scoring a hat-trick on his Foxes debut, the striker is in high spirits on the team's mid-season jolly to the luxurious La Manga resort in Spain. As booze begins to flow, the team's behaviour becomes, in the words of resort manager Tony Coles, "totally and utterly unacceptable", but Stan ensures his is the name that dominates the front-page headlines by taking a fire extinguisher and spraying it around the bar. The whole team is sent home early. Four years later Leicester return to La Manga without Collymore but are again sent home early - though three players are kept behind by the local police to face charges of sexual assault. The charges are subsequently dropped.
3. Arsenal v US Marines
Arch-disciplinarian George Graham took his Arsenal troops on a break to Portugal in the middle of the 1986-87 season, unwittingly setting the scene for the Battle of the Birds. Six Gunners marched into a local nightclub and soon found themselves arguing over girls with a gang of US Marines. The footballers were chucked out but the soldiers followed them in a car, almost running them off the road. Enraged striker Charlie Nicholas hurled a bottle of vodka, which he happened to have on his person, at the car, smashing the windscreen and causing the Americans to career off the road. After fleeing back to the team hotel, the players were awoken by the local constabulary and, according to Perry Groves, the following message was sent to Graham, who was on the 17th tee of a nearby golf course: "Mr Graham, half your team have been arrested for attempted murder." A panic-stricken Graham pegged it to the police station and, after negotiations, the Marines eventually settled for £2,000.
4. Manchester City's Bangkok-up
City went to Thailand in 2005 to play in a pre-season tournament and engage in some lucrative public relations with the growing Asian market. Upon returning from a restaurant in the early hours of a Friday morning, however, Joey Barton got a bit too hands-on with a wisecracking 15-year-old Everton fan; he then took a swipe at team captain and would-be peacekeeper Richard Dunne, who was so incensed that he kicked a wall in frustration and broke his toe. Barton was sent him in disgrace, Dunne hobbled home in plaster.
5. Dennis Wise Finnished at Leicester
Whatever Leicester defender Callum Davidson was dreaming of as he slept in his room during his club's pre-season tour of Finland in September 2002, it can't have been as horrendous as the nightmare he awoke to: new team-mate Dennis Wise had broken into his room and punched him in the face, fracturing his jaw. Over a game of cards. Wise was sacked. Wise then sued for unfair dismissal but, like his Leeds team now, lost.
Kilde: Guardian Unlimited
QuoteOriginally posted by pedro
Javel, er det noe nytt i dette da[?]Quote
Nope.
Men det ligger vel noe underholdning i det.
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Men det ligger vel noe underholdning i det.
Igrunnen ikke. Bare en ubehagelig påminnelse om en episode jeg skulle ønske jeg aldri hadde hørt om. [B)]
Jon R.
Dennis Wise
The Elland Road mole is still on the loose, but wee Dennis might want to keep quiet about any future strife after the merciless mocking you've given him here.
Se Guardian's lesernes beste bilder av Wisey: http://football.guardian.co.uk/gallery/slideshow/0,,2018106,00.html
Pissoaren er jo bare glimrende da... [:)]
Og denne artikkelen må vel være et funn for alle anti-Wise-propagandister her på forumet?:
http://www.leedsutd-mad.co.uk/news/loadnews.asp?cid=TMNW&id=327039
Change is the constant that cannot be changed.
Wise er helt ubruklig taktisk virker det som.
Skjønner ikke folk orker å hetse Wise.. Hvor lenge har han vært manager? 3-4mnder? Mindre? Klarer ikke å fokusere på annet enn det spillerne presterer lengre.! Rart det skal være så vanskelig å styre de "lissom" gode spillere vi har!
4 mnd. 23 kamper. Med andre ord en halv sesong. [8)]
Jon R.
Leeds boss still enjoying 'challenge'
The Elland Road job is proving as difficult as Dennis Wise thought it would be
"This is a massive challenge," said the former Chelsea star after defeat at Birmingham on Tuesday kept the Whites bottom of the Championship.
"It's massive for me, and I enjoy challenges.
"I knew it was going to be difficult.
"How do I cope with it? I go home to my kids and they make me smile.
"I try to keep it at work, not at home. It's best if you do that."
Kilde: http://www.fansfc.com/frontpage/frontpagenews.asp?newsid=163329
Wise in more hot water with FA
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Leeds gaffer Dennis Wise has been charged with misconduct by Football Association disciplinary chiefs for the second time this year.
Wise was sent to the stands by referee Nigel Miller towards the end of Leeds' recent 1-1 draw at relegation rivals Southend after venting his fury when a late penalty appeal was turned down.
The former Millwall and Swindon boss, who has 14 days to respond, is already due to face the FA's disciplinary panel on April 5 in relation to a previous charge of misconduct following an incident at the end of Leeds' home defeat to West Brom at Elland Road in January.
On that occasion Wise, who received 12 red cards during his playing career, was sent from the dugout for pushing Diomansy Kamara off the pitch after the West Brom striker had been substituted.
http://www.teamtalk.com/football/story/0,16368,1786_2019874,00.html
også:
http://www.football.co.uk/leeds_united/second_fa_charge_for_wise_243789.shtml
2 FA-charges på 6 uker. Ikke dårlig Dennis! Kom igjen, du greier vel hat-tricket før sesongen er omme[}:)]! Nei, pokker - det kan hende du må sone noen (6?) kamper ved å sitte på tribunen. Ja, ja man ikke få med seg alt her i verden...[:o)]
Change is the constant that cannot be changed.
For en gangs skyld vil jeg berømme DW. Synes at det var bra at han holdt hodet kaldt([:0]) og ventet med å bytte inn. Han lot seg tydeligvis ikke stresse til å foreta noen overilte bytter da det led utpå uten at Leeds hadde tatt ledelsen. Berger Leeds plassen blir vel Wise genierklært her på forumet.
Change is the constant that cannot be changed.
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Berger Leeds plassen blir vel Wise genierklært her på forumet.
No way!
Det skal DW ha. Han holdt hodet kaldt og ventet med byttene til det var nødvendig, så reint taktisk var kampen i dag greit gjennomført. ;-)
*Champions of CCC 06/07*
Dennis Wise revealed he had a hunch match-winner David Healy was going to score tonight after seeing the Irish striker snatch a priceless last-gasp 2-1 win for Leeds over Preston.
Healy stole in at the far post in the 90th minute to seal a 2-1 victory over promotion-chasing Preston when it appeared the game would finish even.
It was his sixth goal in three matches at all levels and capped a memorable week for the 27-year-old, who went into the match after firing five in two matches in the last six days for Northern Ireland.
"It was a massive win and we deserved it," Wise said. "On the chances we had in the first half, the performance, we deserved to win
http://www.sportinglife.com/football/cc_championship/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=soccer/07/03/30/SOCCER_Leeds_2nd_Nightlead.html&TEAMHD=nationwide1
Thomas
DENNIS WISE is blessed with a sense of humour, and before kick-off last night he asked David Healy to wear a Northern Ireland strip beneath his Leeds United jersey. [:D][8D]
The suggestion was a joke, but one laced with suitable sentiment. Wise's plea to Healy was transparent â€" be talismanic and be inspirational. Be everything the striker is to his country.
Statistically there is no finer international forward in Europe, and only a supporter lacking a sense of romance would have wished to ruin the most memorable week of his career.
Healy's duty with Northern Ireland brought him five goals in the last seven days. None will matter more to him than the strike which flattened Preston North End at Elland Road last night.
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