linthousebear1981
Well-Known Member
Surely not the same Simon Jordan who went through 6 managers and 4 caretaker managers in the space of nine years ?
Mind that time you told Steve Kember he had a "job for life" at Crystal Palace and you sacked him after 23 games ?
"Simon had said I’d have a ‘job for life’ at Palace, and when he offered me the manager’s role on a permanent basis after covering Trevor’s departure, I thought: ‘Let’s give it a go.’ This was 2003/04. We started off really well by winning the first three league games and a League Cup match...We were facing Wigan Athletic away in a televised 12:30 kick-off. Bags packed, we left Beckenham at half-past-12 the day before and didn’t get to Wigan until half-past-nine that night. You can’t blame anybody for that, but we had to keep calling to get dinner delayed and, after such a tiring journey up, the boys had an early start the next day.We looked dreadful and went 2-0 down within 30 minutes. I knew then it was over. I looked up to the Directors’ Box and could see Simon on the phone. On Monday morning, it was: See you later. The job for life didn’t last very long."
I struggle to believe that any chairman said you have a job for life. I suspect there was more to that conversation and I think Kember is making it so that he looks the best out of the two. If this is genuinely what was said I believe alcohol was probably involved and if Kember actually believed that then he is a very stupid man.
I think he is right to call Beale out on this. I think QPR fans and players will be right to as well.