14 Years Ago

[The Year Of The Fox]

14 minutes ago, pmcla26 said:

 

Pearson is a better ‘builder’ and recruiter than Rodgers, no question. That’s about as far as it goes. 

Rodgers is better at throwing players under a bus to help protect his own reputation 

 

That’s about as far as he goes

[Tommy Fresh]

32 minutes ago, pmcla26 said:

 

Pearson is a better ‘builder’ and recruiter than Rodgers, no question. That’s about as far as it goes. 

Lol

[Unabomber]

Pearson also isn’t a twat and that goes a long way 

[cropstonfox]

8 hours ago, Uncle Monty said:

It won't be long until the cycle completes and reverts back to long ball but I guarantee it'll be labelled as direct/fast or some other more astute word. Already seeing teams switching to the set pieces.

 

Not saying I am a fan of long ball but the slow passing it around is insanely annoying, especially when you don't have the players for it.

 

3 hours ago, worth_the_wait said:

If we're talking about great City managers who sorted out the mess of previous administration(s) ...

 

We also need to make special mention of Jock Wallace (1978-82) and Brian Little (1991-94).     

 

Both of these guys inherited a total mess, got rid of the rubbish, instilled the right ethics, and totally transformed the atmosphere within the Club.   They completely reinvigorated a disillusioned fanbase, though never winning a major trophy.    

Spot on ,both sorted out utter dog shit and put us back on track.

[deep blue]

5 hours ago, bovril said:

How did MON leave us in a precarious position? Financially? Because in terms of the squad he left one that could've challenged for the top 6, and it was doing until Taylor really put his stamp on it. 

You're right, the word "precarious" was a bit too strong, but the potential was there for it to fall apart (though Tater did it in rather spectacular fashion).

 

The break up of the team had already started; Heskey had already left, Collymore broke his leg, Cottee was near the end of his career (and Guppy not much younger, I thnk), Walsh probably past his best, and Lennon was always likely to follow MON to Celtic.

[Fox92]

This is when the club started to turn around.

 

If anyone had a dream, it was Pearson.