Bold Seagull
strong and stable with me, or...
Please give your suggestion on what Gus would say right now regarding a player we pretty much know TB would have signed had GP said he was integral to his Championship plans and getting into the Premier League. Murray now has 31 PL goals in 103 appearances, post Gus he also managed 67 Championship goals in 142 appearance. So all totalled, the striker not deemed quite good enough for a bumper contract went on to get 98 goals in 209 appearances at a level thought to be above him.
"Gus, you let Murray go on a free when you could have persuaded the chairman that he was more than capable of propelling the club to the Premier League, instead you spent £3.5m of his money on a striker that would manage 31 goals in 152 appearances, under half what Murray achieved, would you say your judgement as a manager reached a ceiling?"
"I wouldn't say it er...reached a ceiling, but I always love British culture and I associated the Golden Retriever or Labrador dog breeds with Britain and so when the opportunity arose, I said to the Chairman, look, Murray lacks dog-like characteristics, ee's not snappy like a Terrier, ee's not quick like a Greyhound, look at this guy, £3.5m, looks like ee could fetch sticks, balls, shoes, anything you like, all day, and will never stop running for you. That is what i said, and I stand by that."
"Gus, you let Murray go on a free when you could have persuaded the chairman that he was more than capable of propelling the club to the Premier League, instead you spent £3.5m of his money on a striker that would manage 31 goals in 152 appearances, under half what Murray achieved, would you say your judgement as a manager reached a ceiling?"
"I wouldn't say it er...reached a ceiling, but I always love British culture and I associated the Golden Retriever or Labrador dog breeds with Britain and so when the opportunity arose, I said to the Chairman, look, Murray lacks dog-like characteristics, ee's not snappy like a Terrier, ee's not quick like a Greyhound, look at this guy, £3.5m, looks like ee could fetch sticks, balls, shoes, anything you like, all day, and will never stop running for you. That is what i said, and I stand by that."
