Feb 07 2017 - "This (Rowett) is the standard we require,if we wish to take a step up the ladder,would he come,down to Mr L." No prizes for guessing who wrote that
He is another manager who reminds me of Warnock or even Gary Johnson in a way. He thrives at ‘underdog’ clubs, where he gets ‘lesser’ players to believe in themselves and installs an ‘us against the world’ mentality. Give him a large budget and some big egos to manage however and it all goes Pete Tonge. He won’t be out of work for long - he would do well at somewhere like Rotherham or even Bolton in my opinion - or perhaps a club in League 1.
In all fairness, he was shouting from the rafters more for Pardew and Pearson....but funny thing is, that was 2 years ago and still kneejerks after a defeat in the same way!! Question is, has any of those 3 managers done anything special since and would any of them had done a better job than LJ? I'm still happy, clapping!!!
As with all these types of debates, it’s impossible to say if any of those would have done better - because they were not given the chance. It could have gone either way - and we long-suffering City fans know which way it normally goes! There is no guaranteed success in football - and some managers strike gold occasionally before fading away again (Danny Wilson for example - not had a sniff of the Prem since Barnsley) For now let’s stick with what we’ve got. I do not enjoy the manager merry-go-round.
without repeating any of my previous comments, totally agree the manager merry go round seems to something in vented then orchestrated by foreign owners. eventually a manager falls into place with a group of players that have been put together by the outgoing and knowing he is likely to get a few months grace mould them into the way they play …. city went through 3 or more years of similar …. five pillars and all that but tried to do it in a rush. Jose is a 1 or 2 season wonder, seems to lose it after the second or third season …….. there is only 1 top, 1 bottom and a lot in between! Had gate money increased, just partly in line with transfer fee inflation % then a matchday ticket would likely cost £300! Most clubs nowadays are probably paying out 20% of their income on AGENTS and ex manager compensation payments , might even be more
