Bazly 867 Posted 26 February 2019 Report Share Posted 26 February 2019 I was wondering when one of our departing managers was actually in demand and went on to land a 'bigger' job and you have to go back 50 years when Frank O'Farrell left to manage (very briefly) Manchester United. There have been some real jokers in the last 50 years. The list of LC managers reads like a horror story. Rodgers has a low bar to hurdle compared to the likes of: Holloway Eriksson Sousa Megson Bassett Levin McLintock Puel win ratio was actually one of the worst seen but i wouldn't put him into the list of the questionable. Good luck Mr Rodgers. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post surrifox 2,556 Posted 26 February 2019 Popular Post Report Share Posted 26 February 2019 1 minute ago, Bazly said: I was wondering when one of our departing managers was actually in demand and went on to land a 'bigger' job and you have to go back 50 years when Frank O'Farrell left to manage (very briefly) Manchester United. There have been some real jokers in the last 50 years. The list of LC managers reads like a horror story. Rodgers has a low bar to hurdle compared to the likes of: Holloway Eriksson Sousa Megson Bassett Levin McLintock Puel win ratio was actually one of the worst seen but i wouldn't put him into the list of the questionable. Good luck Mr Rodgers. So you will include Sven but don’t include Taylor, Pleat , Allen or McGee 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bazly 867 Posted 26 February 2019 Author Report Share Posted 26 February 2019 Just now, surrifox said: So you will include Sven but don’t include Taylor, Pleat , Allen or McGee If you look at the list of managers - the duffers list could go on and on and on. Then pops up O'Neill as a ray of sunshine quickly followed by FFS. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Doctor 6,358 Posted 26 February 2019 Report Share Posted 26 February 2019 Why are we talking about Sousa not going on to better things when he ended up at Fiorentina? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Xen 3,084 Posted 26 February 2019 Report Share Posted 26 February 2019 10 minutes ago, Bazly said: I was wondering when one of our departing managers was actually in demand and went on to land a 'bigger' job and you have to go back 50 years when Frank O'Farrell left to manage (very briefly) Manchester United. You're completely ignoring O'neill going to Celtic then? Which has been brought up repeatedly in the Rodgers threads because of how it mirrors this transfer... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bazly 867 Posted 26 February 2019 Author Report Share Posted 26 February 2019 2 minutes ago, Xen said: You're completely ignoring O'neill going to Celtic then? Which has been brought up repeatedly in the Rodgers threads because of how it mirrors this transfer... Celtic was more sideways in my opinion. The fact is when you look at the managerial appointments over the generations its been as a player analogy more Wise and Slimani than Lineker and Shilton. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mark 'expert' Lawrenson 2,733 Posted 26 February 2019 Report Share Posted 26 February 2019 Taylor was the worst for me, gradually dismantling all the good Martin had done, leaving Collymore out was crazy. Holloway took us down in the lamest way possible but in hindsight did us a favour as we sorted ourselves out afterwards Allen and Sousa quite irrelevant. Levein and Pleat were awful. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
broughtonblue 630 Posted 26 February 2019 Report Share Posted 26 February 2019 McGhee to wolves Little to villa Not bad moves for them at the times it happened Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TK95 2,283 Posted 26 February 2019 Report Share Posted 26 February 2019 5 minutes ago, Bazly said: Celtic was more sideways in my opinion. The fact is when you look at the managerial appointments over the generations its been as a player analogy more Wise and Slimani than Lineker and Shilton. Took Celtic to a UEFA cup final. was anything but sidewards in those days when the gap between our leagues wasn't as apparent. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dorkingfox 367 Posted 26 February 2019 Report Share Posted 26 February 2019 Frank O'Farrell had his eyes turned, did not do much at United, got sacked. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Horse's Mouth 2,795 Posted 26 February 2019 Report Share Posted 26 February 2019 Sven's first season here was actually quite enjoyable so wouldn't put him on the list, big sol, naughton taking man city to a replay and having a new debutant every week on loan from the top 4 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ThaiFox 944 Posted 26 February 2019 Report Share Posted 26 February 2019 (edited) 5 hours ago, Mark 'expert' Lawrenson said: Taylor was the worst for me, gradually dismantling all the good Martin had done, leaving Collymore out was crazy. Holloway took us down in the lamest way possible but in hindsight did us a favour as we sorted ourselves out afterwards Allen and Sousa quite irrelevant. Levein and Pleat were awful. Taylor was dreadful because not only did he spent a lot of money on very poor players, he dismantled the very decent side MON built. All the success MON brought to the club vanished within one year. Both Levein & Pleat join him in my list of the worst managers in my time watching us. The football under both of them was utterly dire. If Megson had stayed longer he'd be there too, but luckily his head was turned by the mighty pull of Bolton Wanderers. McLintock was another terrible manger, especially after taking over from the highly entertaining sides Bloomfield created. We certainly have had more than our fair share of dross! So now let's hope we have in place a manager we can all get behind and support 100% rather than the toxic hostilities we've had on this forum over dear old Claude. Edited 26 February 2019 by ThaiFox 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stadt 13,151 Posted 26 February 2019 Report Share Posted 26 February 2019 4 hours ago, The Doctor said: Why are we talking about Sousa not going on to better things when he ended up at Fiorentina? Because it was via the Goulash league Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Foxaholic ME 110 Posted 27 February 2019 Report Share Posted 27 February 2019 12 hours ago, Mark 'expert' Lawrenson said: Taylor was the worst for me, gradually dismantling all the good Martin had done, leaving Collymore out was crazy. Holloway took us down in the lamest way possible but in hindsight did us a favour as we sorted ourselves out afterwards Allen and Sousa quite irrelevant. Levein and Pleat were awful. What about McLintoch surely the worst manager ever Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KFS 3,098 Posted 27 February 2019 Report Share Posted 27 February 2019 11 hours ago, The Horse's Mouth said: Sven's first season here was actually quite enjoyable so wouldn't put him on the list, big sol, naughton taking man city to a replay and having a new debutant every week on loan from the top 4 Like real life FIFA, weren’t it? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Horse's Mouth 2,795 Posted 27 February 2019 Report Share Posted 27 February 2019 47 minutes ago, KFS said: Like real life FIFA, weren’t it? Basically like fryatt up top one week eyup heres yakubu then darius vassell is still alive? Bit of Roman Bednar on toast, was a mad season but we played really good stuff, am gutted it didn't work out but he'd turned into redknapp by that point just getting the band back together Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gamble92 1,299 Posted 27 February 2019 Report Share Posted 27 February 2019 11 hours ago, The Horse's Mouth said: Sven's first season here was actually quite enjoyable so wouldn't put him on the list, big sol, naughton taking man city to a replay and having a new debutant every week on loan from the top 4 Got fond memories of that season. Some of the football we played was incredible. Appreciated it all the more because we had had years and years or awful football. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KFS 3,098 Posted 27 February 2019 Report Share Posted 27 February 2019 1 minute ago, Gamble92 said: Got fond memories of that season. Some of the football we played was incredible. Appreciated it all the more because we had had years and years or awful football. Ricardo Naughton Bamba Mee PVA Gallagher Wellens Abe Kamara Yakubu Vassell That back four is actually Premier League 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ScouseFox 14,698 Posted 27 February 2019 Report Share Posted 27 February 2019 13 hours ago, The Horse's Mouth said: Sven's first season here was actually quite enjoyable so wouldn't put him on the list, big sol, naughton taking man city to a replay and having a new debutant every week on loan from the top 4 the run of 6 or 7 wins in a row was probably the most fun football we’d played in decades. derby away, that waghorn goal in injury time on a friday night, that game against barnsley where we scored 4 goal of the season contenders in about 45 minutes, the decent enough cup run. it obviously all can tumbling down but it was hardly horrific. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jakemoore 429 Posted 27 February 2019 Report Share Posted 27 February 2019 17 hours ago, The Horse's Mouth said: Sven's first season here was actually quite enjoyable so wouldn't put him on the list, big sol, naughton taking man city to a replay and having a new debutant every week on loan from the top 4 God we were rich in comparison to those around us! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mark 'expert' Lawrenson 2,733 Posted 27 February 2019 Report Share Posted 27 February 2019 7 hours ago, Foxaholic ME said: What about McLintoch surely the worst manager ever Before my time fortunately so I went from Jock Wallace onwards. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Captain... 7,823 Posted 27 February 2019 Report Share Posted 27 February 2019 Megson claimed he left us for a bigger club Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Great Boos Up 1,307 Posted 27 February 2019 Report Share Posted 27 February 2019 Loathed watching us under Levein, another boring draw, then Wilkinson shocked me into boring draws were the good times. I became more tolerant after that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
murphy 6,777 Posted 28 February 2019 Report Share Posted 28 February 2019 Taylor was the worst by a mile. The gold standard of god awful. What he did was tantamount to industrial sabotage. He spent a fortune turning a silk purse into a sow's ear. It took us a decade and King Power's millions to recover. Now manager of Tesco Express Dagenham & Redbridge. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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