dandannieldanok Posted 11 September 2006 Posted 11 September 2006 ......taken the city job. There was a small article in the mercury explaining how Levein rushed into joining city. He said he wanted out at Hearts and didn't want to wait any longer to leave. Furthermore, he mentioned that he never felt he had the full backing of the directors at Leicester.
lookwhaticando Posted 11 September 2006 Posted 11 September 2006 Strikes me as a little odd - if the board didn't give him full backing, why did they bother hiring him in the first place?
dandannieldanok Posted 11 September 2006 Author Posted 11 September 2006 Strikes me as a little odd - if the board didn't give him full backing, why did they bother hiring him in the first place? They probably did give him full backing, the article was from one point of view, that being Levein's. At the end it said city declined to comment.
filbertway Posted 11 September 2006 Posted 11 September 2006 He didn't have the full backing? Why was he allowed to carry on taking us lower and lower then? If levein had of had it his way we would be mid table of lleague one now with de vries and hammond up front.
lookwhaticando Posted 11 September 2006 Posted 11 September 2006 They probably did give him full backing, the article was from one point of view, that being Levein's. At the end it said city declined to comment. Yeah, I understand it's Craig's point of view... but he paints a very odd picture. It's a two-legged stool - the board hired me, but they didn't actually support me... yeah, right.
lookwhaticando Posted 11 September 2006 Posted 11 September 2006 He didn't have the full backing? Why was he allowed to carry on taking us lower and lower then? If levein had of had it his way we would be mid table of lleague one now with de vries and hammond up front. At least even they could score the promised twenty a season in that division. :laugh:
dandannieldanok Posted 11 September 2006 Author Posted 11 September 2006 He didn't have the full backing? Why was he allowed to carry on taking us lower and lower then? If levein had of had it his way we would be mid table of lleague one now with de vries and hammond up front. My sentiments exactly, it seems just recently Levein has launched a few subtle scathing attacks on the club for no reason what so ever. His sacking couldn't have come soon enough.
filbertway Posted 11 September 2006 Posted 11 September 2006 Even they could score twenty a season in that division. :laugh: I dno. I think De Vries would be more suited to the premiership, the opositions defence would just be on the floor laughing at how he ever made it as a professional footballer
lookwhaticando Posted 11 September 2006 Posted 11 September 2006 My sentiments exactly, it seems just recently Levein has launched a few subtle scathing attacks on the club for no reason what so ever. His sacking couldn't have come soon enough. Subtle and scathing? Bit of an oxymoron isn't it?
filbertway Posted 11 September 2006 Posted 11 September 2006 Subtle and scathing? Bit of an oxymoron isn't it? ?
Nationwider Posted 12 September 2006 Posted 12 September 2006 The FULL ARTICLE appeared in The Scotsman over the weekend. At Hearts and Cowdenbeath, although there were directors, I was really only working for one person," he reflects. "At Leicester it was a lot more difficult. There were 9 or 10 directors, no-one owned more than 10 per cent of the club. When things were tough, I knew there were a few there who hadn't been too keen on me getting the job, and I just didn't feel supported. I made a mistake in taking that job, but I was desperate to get out of Hearts, with all the protests going on. Levein makes the valid point that with a number of directors at the club not completely happy with his appointment in the first place, he was always up against it. Of course, he fails to mention his bewildering chopping and changing, the failed signings, the lack of rapport with the players, his inability to turn a game around etc etc... Good point about the board though. Very few successful clubs these days are run by (large) committee. Very few businesses, either. Thanks for saving the club, yaddda yadda yadda - now it's time to try harder to actively sell-up and find someone serious to take over. Trouble is that when people get their foot through the door of a football club and they get a whiff of the leather in the Director's room, they become difficult to shift, sometimes to the detriment of a club.
davieG Posted 12 September 2006 Posted 12 September 2006 The FULL ARTICLE appeared in The Scotsman over the weekend.Levein makes the valid point that with a number of directors at the club not completely happy with his appointment in the first place, he was always up against it. Of course, he fails to mention his bewildering chopping and changing, the failed signings, the lack of rapport with the players, his inability to turn a game around etc etc... Good point about the board though. Very few successful clubs these days are run by (large) committee. Very few businesses, either. Thanks for saving the club, yaddda yadda yadda - now it's time to try harder to actively sell-up and find someone serious to take over. Trouble is that when people get their foot through the door of a football club and they get a whiff of the leather in the Director's room, they become difficult to shift, sometimes to the detriment of a club. I think it's more to do with the nice spacious soft seat in the stand they don't want to give up because they are hard arsed bastards.
SydneyFC Posted 12 September 2006 Posted 12 September 2006 There was a small article in the mercury explaining how Levein rushed into joining city. Smart one, dumb one.
NFFC Chris Posted 12 September 2006 Posted 12 September 2006 You should have kept Levein for longer as chopping and changing managers dosen't help at all,just look at us.He wasn't that bad,he was kind of like Gary Megson for us,signed some very good players but did'nt produce on the pitch.I think Levein is a good manager really,but was unfairly criticised by a lot of your fans.
The People's Hero Posted 12 September 2006 Posted 12 September 2006 You should have kept Levein for longer as chopping and changing managers dosen't help at all,just look at us.He wasn't that bad,he was kind of like Gary Megson for us,signed some very good players but did'nt produce on the pitch.I think Levein is a good manager really,but was unfairly criticised by a lot of your fans. You should have seen the cr ap we were playing and listened to the rubbish excuses he was churning out week after week. I'd actually put him on a par with Gary Megson ie CR AP.
Dr The Singh Posted 12 September 2006 Posted 12 September 2006 You should have kept Levein for longer as chopping and changing managers dosen't help at all,just look at us.He wasn't that bad,he was kind of like Gary Megson for us,signed some very good players but did'nt produce on the pitch.I think Levein is a good manager really,but was unfairly criticised by a lot of your fans. You have no idea how poor CL was!!! He was a very defensive minded manager and as those tactics did not work, he just didn't know what to do and did not know how to go beyond his instincts. He didn't have the experience and the step up from Scottish football probably was too much for him. The thing that annoyed the fans the most that he kept putting the blame on someone else and lost all sense of reality in terms of summing up his teams performances etc!!! I think Megson was very similar to Levien, bith lack real talent!!!
newms Posted 12 September 2006 Posted 12 September 2006 to be fair the board of directors that didnt back him from the start were probably right, should have gone for an English manager possibly Mike Newell when they first had the chance
ThurmastonFox Posted 12 September 2006 Posted 12 September 2006 Yum Yum, nothing like sour grapes. I am sorry, but if I go into a job and then do worse than the person before me, I don't expect to have that job for very long. Yes, building for the future is all well and fine, but sometimes you have to consider the present. Bye Bye Craig
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