Greatest ever manager....
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Best - Bruce
Greatest - Brown
Most important - Joyce
My favourite - Taylor
Nicest - Little
Fattest - Molby
Worst - Hateley
Best at that horse-racing game at Hull Fair - Slutsky
Most obsessed with breakfasts - Adkins
Greatest - Brown
Most important - Joyce
My favourite - Taylor
Nicest - Little
Fattest - Molby
Worst - Hateley
Best at that horse-racing game at Hull Fair - Slutsky
Most obsessed with breakfasts - Adkins
Hateley worst? Not as long as Dolan and Mike Smith remain in the memory.
Wow! Takes me back to 2010 when I first encountered Dean 24 and TigerRoo on the Hull CityMad board. Dean 24 retained his user name when he came here but TR was COWBOY 1 on HCM.
Biggest fanfare when he joined, Terry Neill with his e-type jag
Cliff Brittain deserves a mention for his achievements in the mid 60's
To be honest Cliff Britton should have done well, we spent the equivalent of the world record transfer fee on 3 players whilst in division 3.
Always will recall Terry Neill’s arrival with happy memories. The first and last time I thought we would reach the top flight until we did. My most enjoyable season watching City. Of course age had something to do with that , organising our own bus and stopping out until late wherever we played. Often less than 100 there in that excellent season, sometimes as Swindon, Millwall and QPR about 50.
Sir Steven Bruce.
Should never have been forced out.
Look at the players he brought us.
Browny was like picking up a lucky dip in the lottery, lovely as it was.
Bruce’s was a planned affair.
Made us a more respected team and club due to his gravitas within the game.
Sadly all lost along with the best players ever seen at hull city.
Should never have been forced out.
Look at the players he brought us.
Browny was like picking up a lucky dip in the lottery, lovely as it was.
Bruce’s was a planned affair.
Made us a more respected team and club due to his gravitas within the game.
Sadly all lost along with the best players ever seen at hull city.
Bruce for me tbh .. followed by Neill .. and for some strange reason I have found memories of the John Kaye era .. again age is a part of that I guess. Brownie did well and given he was the first to achieve the promised land will always hold a soft spot .. but for me tarnished his image with his antics and personal ego getting in the way towards the end.
Yet Smiggy was seen as a real coup at the time, you couldn't accuse the club of not being ambitious or penny pinching.
He came across very well on the radio also- a very good communicator.
He had plenty of decent larkers too.
Despite all that, he failed and the club went into receivership.
A bold gamble that failed catastrophically. I think we never really recovered from that until Adam Pearson came in.
Tbh I seem to recall him being highly regarded after his stint as Wales manager .. and you're right it was regarded as quite the coup.. alas those skilled never transferred to club management.
Yes, it was indeed considered a bit of a coup. I remember just before he was appointed and there were grumbling about how we were doing, Bob Chapman leant over from the directors’ box to us in the well and said we would be happy shortly as we were going to make a managerial change which would please us. Not just a manager but a duo. Needless to say after a few pints after the game fevered imaginations ran riot with talk of Clough and Taylor.
No one asking themselves for one minute why they would want to leave Forest having just retained the European Cup.
I caused heads to turn round in the Central Library on a Monday once. We had just been tanked away, again, on the Saturday and I spotted a book titled ” Successful Defending-The Mike Smith Way”.
His programme notes were always worth a read. “ It was always an uphill battle after we found ourselves a goal down following an error by the pitch”. “ We have been conceding too many early goals. That will stop NOW!”
Following programme “ It was always going to be a struggle last week after going behind after 5 minutes”.
How did you cause heads to be turned?
As the saying goes .... asking for an inquisitive friend ....