ughhhh. Why can't these so called experts see the way English football is evolving? That Dinosaur would bring nowt but trouble.
His appointment would mean nowt to the players. The fans would remember the good times but they'll also remember how one dimensional he was.
he gave us some of the best years of my life supporting the lads but i also remember him getting swilled with a pint
I'll always be grateful but this is no time for sentiment. When the Quinn/super kev partnership finished he was out of ideas. Football has changed a lot since then. Do you think he's capable of evolving this squad and bringing it into the modern era?
I just don't think a legend or past success is the answer, re living the fairytale times would be lovely but it's wishful thinking imo. Did **** all for them up the road with Keegan
Football teams are like birds.... It's never the same 2nd time round! Thanks for the memories etc etc !!
I suggested a variation of this to my old man last weekend. With bally as the number 1 and reidy as his 2ic. I honestly believe this could work. Bally has the hearts and minds of the players, and is shaping up to be a good tactitian and reidy is a fantastic motivator and he knows how to coach to get the best out of average players.
Don't think it would work, but I can see Tony Pulis using Reid has his assistant. Pulis could be the one to steady the ship, one thing he done with Stoke was organise them. Yeh the football was un attractive but effective and what we done with Quinn and Phillips. I can't imagine he would do the same, and with Reid he has someone who knows the club
I have no doubt Reidy would have players 'running thru walls' for him... BUT it's not 1980 it's 2013... We need players 'running into space' and passing a ball to 'someone they know'!!
I have no doubt Reidy would have players 'running thru walls' for him... BUT it's not 1980 it's 2013... We need players 'running into space' and passing a ball to 'someone they know'!![/QUOTE] I don't mean to sound like im being inflammatory but if memory serves reidy had micky grey at left back and chris makin at right back who both liked to bomb on and overlap their wingers allan johnston and nicky summerbee who both knew how to both run at defenders and to pick a pass. He also plucked a little known little striker from watford who went on to beat henry to golden boot. We played good football under reidy and league may have changed but thats why I'd have bally as head coach as he is more in touch with it but as the old saying goes form is tempory class is forever and reidy was a class manager who got 100% out of his players and 100% is all any of us can ask of those who wear our shirt. Listen to reid speak about anything football releated and you can see he's still got that passion and hunger and had we have had ellis short in charge back then instead of bloody murry we would not have been a yoyo club for so long and reidy would probably have become the most successful manager in our history. Like I said I don't want to sound like I'm picking a fight but I feel you may be selling reidy short.
I don't mean to sound like im being inflammatory but if memory serves reidy had micky grey at left back and chris makin at right back who both liked to bomb on and overlap their wingers allan johnston and nicky summerbee who both knew how to both run at defenders and to pick a pass. He also plucked a little known little striker from watford who went on to beat henry to golden boot. We played good football under reidy and league may have changed but thats why I'd have bally as head coach as he is more in touch with it but as the old saying goes form is tempory class is forever and reidy was a class manager who got 100% out of his players and 100% is all any of us can ask of those who wear our shirt. Listen to reid speak about anything football releated and you can see he's still got that passion and hunger and had we have had ellis short in charge back then instead of bloody murry we would not have been a yoyo club for so long and reidy would probably have become the most successful manager in our history. Like I said I don't want to sound like I'm picking a fight but I feel you may be selling reidy short.[/QUOTE] Some good points in there. edit: what`s up with this quoty thing?
Mickey Gray! I remember my brother telling me that he watched Mickey Gray, on the last home game of the season, swaggering across to the entrance into the ground from his brand new car and refusing to sign autographs for the kids (this was when we were going down with a then either the record 19 or the subsequent 15 points). I now regard him as grade A p**ck and his idea of stepping back in time and taking on a manager who has been out of the game so long, regardless of his past success is feking stupid; it brings to mind the Howard Wilkinson debacle. PDC had the right idea, but luck was against him. How different would it have been had we beaten Fulham as we should have done! We need to move forward and, hard as it is atm, KTF
