Albion Rob
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Where did this myth come from that he was one of the best managers around?
He did well at Fulham and was shafted by Al-Fayed, fair enough.
He came to us and iverhauled the squad straight away, we came about 10th and had a decent season by our standards. He then overhauled the squad AGAIN and got us the title on what surely was the biggest (or maybe including Cardiff, second biggest) wage bill.
We were on the crest of a wave and got off to a smashing start the next season before he decided it was the club was going nowhere so he left to help Leicester get relegated.
So, he goes to Leicester, becomes manager the next season of a club on a high with a new ground and a board desperate to bring Premiership football to their shiny new arena. They give him an open cheque book, he signs all manner of top flight players (Ian Walker, Frank Sinclair, to name a couple) and then gets them promoted.
In the top flight they are abject and relegation is vrtually assured from about November.
He then has another try at rejigging his squad but this time the money isn't there to the same degree and the players won't come to a yo-yo club and so Leicester struggle.
He is now at Coventry who have an awesome record of five defeats on the bounce when they should be trying to impress their new leader and look like being one of the sides who are going to prevent us from playing league one football next year.
Now, I thank Mickey for everything he did at this club because he gave us one-and-a-bit seasons of glory that I personally had never seen before, but how good is he really?
When the money is there and his side are relatively big fish in smallish ponds, he seems able to 'work wonders' but when it cuts up rough, he has been found wanting on a few occasions now.
The proof will be in the pudding - Will he keep Coventry up?
He did well at Fulham and was shafted by Al-Fayed, fair enough.
He came to us and iverhauled the squad straight away, we came about 10th and had a decent season by our standards. He then overhauled the squad AGAIN and got us the title on what surely was the biggest (or maybe including Cardiff, second biggest) wage bill.
We were on the crest of a wave and got off to a smashing start the next season before he decided it was the club was going nowhere so he left to help Leicester get relegated.
So, he goes to Leicester, becomes manager the next season of a club on a high with a new ground and a board desperate to bring Premiership football to their shiny new arena. They give him an open cheque book, he signs all manner of top flight players (Ian Walker, Frank Sinclair, to name a couple) and then gets them promoted.
In the top flight they are abject and relegation is vrtually assured from about November.
He then has another try at rejigging his squad but this time the money isn't there to the same degree and the players won't come to a yo-yo club and so Leicester struggle.
He is now at Coventry who have an awesome record of five defeats on the bounce when they should be trying to impress their new leader and look like being one of the sides who are going to prevent us from playing league one football next year.
Now, I thank Mickey for everything he did at this club because he gave us one-and-a-bit seasons of glory that I personally had never seen before, but how good is he really?
When the money is there and his side are relatively big fish in smallish ponds, he seems able to 'work wonders' but when it cuts up rough, he has been found wanting on a few occasions now.
The proof will be in the pudding - Will he keep Coventry up?
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