The Managers: Gary Megson, 2007

[Koke]

7 hours ago, Poiseuille said:

Anyone actually remember that line up with 7 right backs?

 

I think I remember Kenton and Chambers were our centre mids. 

 

Sheffield United at home i think. We started with 6 or 7 defenders that game. Absolute eye bleeding stuff. Never seen a more lifeless insipid approach to a game. Even peak Tony Pulis wouldn't resort to that.

[ithuriel]

Remember walking down to the local shops and some random guy walking past me just said, " Gary Megson, for fuuchs sake"

Kind of says it all

[copunk]

Was at that game against wolves, midweek, ive never ever been so uninspired watching a game of football, truely truely horrific, can remember leaving the ground and thinking "weve really scraped the barrel getting this prat in" makes you realise and appreciate the club we have now

[Jobyfox]

Bolton being a bigger draw than Leicester.

 

How times have changed. 

[fuchsntf]

When we rate our managers over the years...this guy leaves just empty space...

We should then remember afterwards then,not just those real top managers...

But ones that at least took on a project and had success in PL top half when rebuilding...!!

Puel is high on our damn good managers..ratings (Imo)

 

 

[Fox92]

16 hours ago, Tuna said:

Don't forget he stole Mark Davies from us a year later.

That made me dislike him even more.

[Kitchandro]

5 minutes ago, fuchsntf said:

When we rate our managers over the years...this guy leaves just empty space...

We should then remember afterwards then,not just those real top managers...

But ones that at least took on a project and had success in PL top half when rebuilding...!!

Puel is high on our damn good managers..ratings (Imo)

 

 

At least Megson had the mitigating factor of us having a terrible squad. Puel was just lucky he inherited a good team (who, reading between the lines, disliked him as much as I do).

 

Completely unfair and inaccurate  to suggest Puel had a tough rebuilding job so is exempt from being hated but Megson isn’t.

 

The reality is they were both amongst the worst managers we’ve ever had but took over in completely different situations.

 

[HighPeakFox]

13 minutes ago, Kitchandro said:

At least Megson had the mitigating factor of us having a terrible squad. Puel was just lucky he inherited a good team (who, reading between the lines, disliked him as much as I do).

 

Completely unfair and inaccurate  to suggest Puel had a tough rebuilding job so is exempt from being hated but Megson isn’t.

 

The reality is they were both amongst the worst managers we’ve ever had but took over in completely different situations.

 

I don't have the vocabulary to adequately sum up the contempt I feel that this post deserves. 

[fuchsntf]

1 hour ago, Kitchandro said:

At least Megson had the mitigating factor of us having a terrible squad. Puel was just lucky he inherited a good team (who, reading between the lines, disliked him as much as I do).

 

Completely unfair and inaccurate  to suggest Puel had a tough rebuilding job so is exempt from being hated but Megson isn’t.

 

The reality is they were both amongst the worst managers we’ve ever had but took over in completely different situations.

 

Puel & a few others came with a project & plan in mind.    Plus according to many fans on this forum,who made wide ominous syatements,many of

That young talent wasn't up for purpose... Puel took on those unknown quantities and made a good base out of them.

Took 4 other players running out of favour...in Amartey & Morgan,Simpson ,and Mendy rekindled lost career paths

Obviously interfacing with club,gave every single squad member a chance to prove their worth,and dispatched on loan or stamped surplus to requirements.

In success of footprint there are failures,but even on that Puel comes on top...Ricardo,Maddison,Soyu,Tielemans,invested in Benkovic.I

I am not interested in going toe to toe, or go for tit for tat.     Puel (any manager) coming in had no easy ride,Puel didn't come for an easy ride he recognised

What had to be done and have more faith in his charges,than some of this this forum who wanted to ditch offhand such as & ..including Vardy ,Albrighton and Chilwell..!!

 

In his tenure...his path and acts were mostly correct,and unlike Megson he didn't use us for an easy ticket!!!

He stayed stubborn to his path for a far better future style,and was in the end probably too stubborn,forgetting to compromise with the now..!! but what he brought to this club,meant B.Rodgers has a solid base to work with..  Megan sold the club out ,Puel was fair ,honest and gave this club in idea and players a future to work to....And left IMO a PL top half legacy...That even with a previous title,looked ominous when Puel took over...

 

 

If you don't agree, then let's say we....have points where we simply agree to disagree on..!!     C'est la vie

 

 

 

[TheLittleBigMan]

Gary bloody Megson. Well he went on to greatness didn't he?

[TheLittleBigMan]

Didn't he have a nickname? What was it?.... Twat?

[murphy]

46 minutes ago, Kitchandro said:

At least Megson had the mitigating factor of us having a terrible squad. Puel was just lucky he inherited a good team (who, reading between the lines, disliked him as much as I do).

 

Completely unfair and inaccurate  to suggest Puel had a tough rebuilding job so is exempt from being hated but Megson isn’t.

 

The reality is they were both amongst the worst managers we’ve ever had but took over in completely different situations.

 

Puel inherited a decent ageing side with some big money flops - Musa, Iheanacho, Silva, Slimani....

 

He did have a rebuiding job with a clear brief to focus on youth,  He changed our playing style 180 degrees from counter attacking to possession based and bought in Ricardo, Maddison and the experienced Evans and highly rated centre halves for the future.  He also bought through Chilwell and Choudhury.

 

He deserves immense credit for what he achieved in rebuilding the squad adding serious quality and also by trimming it of some of the expensive and possibly disruptive (Slimani) players.  Off the top of my head, he has never signed a dud.  Perhaps Diabate but that was a justifiable low risk punt.

 

Puel has his faults but overall I am grateful for the job he did and I'm sure that Rogers is too.

 

Megson.  Well he just doesn't register.  He is a Pygmy in comparison.

 

[Strokes]

1 hour ago, Kitchandro said:

At least Megson had the mitigating factor of us having a terrible squad. Puel was just lucky he inherited a good team (who, reading between the lines, disliked him as much as I do).

 

Completely unfair and inaccurate  to suggest Puel had a tough rebuilding job so is exempt from being hated but Megson isn’t.

 

The reality is they were both amongst the worst managers we’ve ever had but took over in completely different situations.

 

You do talk some shit!

[mancunianfox]

City 1 Stoke 1 under Megson is hands down the worst game of football I have ever seen. Our starting lineup featured two right backs, a left back, three centre halves, one central midfielder and three strikers. 

 

We started with a front three of DJ Campbell, Carl Cort and Mark De Vries with Campbell inexplicably being the one through the middle. The game plan appeared to be used the 'wide players' height by booting it down to the wing at every opportunity which resulted in so many throw ins it was like watching a game of Rugby. Awful.

 

 

 

[Arriba Los Zorros]

Can remember being so glad when Bolton inexplicably chose to poach him from us!

 

Proper boring negative football under this ****.

 

I saw 2 of the home games under him and it was like watching a a Pulis or Allardyce game without having the requisite big tall bastards to do it. Pathetic.

 

 

[PAULCFC]

1 hour ago, mancunianfox said:

City 1 Stoke 1 under Megson is hands down the worst game of football I have ever seen. Our starting lineup featured two right backs, a left back, three centre halves, one central midfielder and three strikers. 

 

We started with a front three of DJ Campbell, Carl Cort and Mark De Vries with Campbell inexplicably being the one through the middle. The game plan appeared to be used the 'wide players' height by booting it down to the wing at every opportunity which resulted in so many throw ins it was like watching a game of Rugby. Awful.

 

 

 

Was that the game where Campbell was off side about 10 times....forgotten about that thankfully.

[ThaiFox]

On 30/04/2019 at 19:35, urban.spaceman said:

Lucky escape. Bolton are still in disarray and Megson hasn’t been seen in public for 2 years. 

This picture sums up why no-one has seen him in public for 2 years!

 

Utterly dreadful manager, one of worst ever appointments. (we've certainly had more than our fair share).

[Burgh foxes 01]

Tosser,left us for bigger clubs never to be seen again ,same as McGee ???

[Nickfosse]

On 01/05/2019 at 11:29, copunk said:

Was at that game against wolves, midweek, ive never ever been so uninspired watching a game of football, truely truely horrific, can remember leaving the ground and thinking "weve really scraped the barrel getting this prat in" makes you realise and appreciate the club we have now

Yep, me too and exactly my thoughts as well as I left the stadium. I’d driven over from Birmingham on a week night and didn’t get back till late. Questioned the entire point of it, it was the dullest game of football I’ve ever had the misfortune to watch. 

Fortunately, it didn’t stop me and I’ve been handsomely rewarded with fantastic evenings and weekends virtually ever since. 

From the following season onward, what a privileged bunch we are to be Leicester fans living through such magnificent times. 

[Gamble92]

You know its bad when on your first game in charge the fans are singing the name of the previous manager and the assistant manager.

 

Remember Gerry sort it out ringing around the city ground before we turned it around there.

 

Just looking at the names mentioned in this thread - Kenton, Chambers, Sergio Hellings. Does anyone else feel like an absolute idiot for thinking we'd get promotion at the start of that season? 

 

If it wasn't for Mandaric saving us because we were in such a bad way, he'd actually get alot of hate. He got very lucky with Pearson. His other decisions were unforgivable. Picking signings and teamsheets and hiring some of the worst managers we have ever had at an alarming rate. He basically only bought clubs with the intention of making a good profit at the end anyway. Can't believe he recently tried to take some credit for our title win aswell!