Barry Lloyd Will it ever happen again?

[Lenny Rider]

Barry Lloyd was just over a month short of managing the Albion for 7 years. In that time we went down twice, went up once and were within 90 minutes of a return to top flight football.

In today's climate I doubt he would have lasted beyond that first relegation or that losing run at the beginning of 88-89.

But will Gus or any other future Albion boss last that amount of time?

However big we think the Albion potentially can be, sooner or later* either Chelsea, Spurs or someone of that ilk will come knocking for Gus if he carries on the way he started.

* and long before 7 years

 

[Lincoln Imp]

One factor in BL's long reign was that he was much more than just the team manager. He acted as chief executive, cook and bottle-washer and to sack him would have caused much more than the ripple you get from firing a normal manager. Wasn't the long-lived Graham Turner at Hereford another of those managers who did everything bar wash the dirty kit? That said, the Albion was in a just-bumpin'-along sort of mood 20 years ago.

 

[Mackenzie]

Barry is our leader, Barry is our king, this is what we think of him and this is what we sing....w

 

[Art Vs Science]

Could not stand the bloke. On the footballing front, bloody hideous

 

[Martinf]

Could not stand the bloke. On the footballing front, bloody hideous

Arty is dead right. Every year I would turn up and every year he would play Crumplin. And he brought Richard Tiltman to the club. I don't give a flying one if he washed the feckin kit, he was utter shithouse.

 

[Mackenzie]

To be fair he also signed some decent players...Nelson, Byrne, Small, Gotsmanov, Keeley....I never took to the bloke though.

 

[Art Vs Science]

The most dullest monotonous dreary footiefuck ever.

 

[Giraffe]

What everyone has said. The fact despite getting us promotion and the play off final he never had another league management job says it all.

 

[Gully]

Say what you like about Lloyd, but how many other managers (Mullery excepted) have taken the club to within 90 minutes of the top division...I will save the time of those who genuinely haven't a clue, there aren't any.

Yeah, he made some pretty curious decisions with regards team selections, I am guessing that around that time he might have just been a puppet and the decisions were being made elsewhere...a bit like the modern Chelsea, but without the money and grinning loon, if you get my drift!

Probably my favourite season as a supporte was under Lloyd (87/88), promotion and a long run in the cup with a fairly decent pair of strikers, Nelson and Bremmner, happy days!

 

[Mackenzie]

Say what you like about Lloyd, but how many other managers (Mullery excepted) have taken the club to within 90 minutes of the top division...I will save the time of those who genuinely haven't a clue, there aren't any.

Yeah, he made some pretty curious decisions with regards team selections, I am guessing that around that time he might have just been a puppet and the decisions were being made elsewhere...a bit like the modern Chelsea, but without the money and grinning loon, if you get my drift!

Probably my favourite season as a supporte was under Lloyd (87/88), promotion and a long run in the cup with a fairly decent pair of strikers, Nelson and Bremmner, happy days!

Mine as well: Keeley, Dublin, Gatting, Rougvie, Chapman, Penney, Wilkins, Curbishley, Wood, Nelson, Bremner....classic Albion XI

 

[Steve Foster]

Some very short memories out there.
Lloyd achieved far more than Poyet has at the club (so far).
Gus name is not worthy to be mentioned in the same sentence as our Barry!

 

[GT49er]

He did a decent job for us - that team that nearly got promoted was good, and played decent football. It wasn't Lloyd's fault that (nearly) half the team weren't there the next season!

 

[Art Vs Science]

Not a case of short memories for me. One good season alot more bad ones. Some of his tactical decisions were bloody awful.

 

[nicko31]

It shouldn't be forgotten that there was a lot of hatred to Lloyd in his later years. A lot of people thought he overstayed his welcome at the Albion. I recall many a game with chants of "Lloyd Out" from the North stand..

 

[Lord Bamber]

*waits for all the Lloyd lovers to post*

*thinks about whats worse.....NSC Mafia or Lloyd Lovers?*

*for the record, I have no issue with Lloyd except all his team selections*

*in jest of course*

 

[Art Vs Science]

Have you been Reading your old collection of Asterix comics LB?

 

[Lord Bamber]

Have you been Reading your old collection of Asterix comics LB?

No it was Herge's adventures of Tintin this evening! That is of course after my wank followed by some biscuits!

 

[One4the.road]

Big part of our history he was class in his day

 

[Ernest]

As a pedant Chris Cattlin also took us to 90minutes from the top flight because if the results had gone our way when we beat Sheffield United in 84/84 we would have been promoted. That was a missed opportunity as we threw away loads of games that season by not converting chances yet still got to the last game of the season with a chance of going up.
Far better than 90/91 when we fluked our way into the play offs with a negative goal difference.

 

[Lord Bamber]

As a pedant Chris Cattlin also took us to 90minutes from the top flight because if the results had gone our way when we beat Sheffield United in 84/84 we would have been promoted. That was a missed opportunity as we threw away loads of games that season by not converting chances yet still got to the last game of the season with a chance of going up.
Far better than 90/91 when we fluked our way into the play offs with a negative goal difference.

Well put Ernest.