Without Limits
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Preston Sack Brown and Horton.
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Funny how his reputation has plummetted. He was being lauded by many when he decided to keep his Hull players on the pitch at h/t at Man City and bollock them for being 4-0 down. That was arguably the very beginning of when it all went wrong for him.
middletoenail
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It was that stupid goatee I think!
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You were?
Green Cross Code Man
Wunt be druv
Lol!
Gritt23
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That is the popular perception, but I think that HT team talk was a desperate move by a manager who saw some serious problems appearing in that side, and he felt he needed to do something to buck them up again. Many people since the relegation looked back at that moment as the reason, but I actually thought their season was not so unusual that we needed to look for a specific moment to blame it on. They started fast, on the crest of a wave, but couldn't sustain it and slipped back to about where you expect them to be. It also happened with Blackpool last season, and could very well happen at Norwich this season. Why was everyonme so obsessed with blaming it all on that single moment?
Since then, I think it's a case of Brown being good at that first club, where he is full of fight and enthusiasm, in a club he knows inside out, but is unable to reproduce that anywhere else. Again we see that a lot. Where is Gannon these days?
Bold Seagull
strong and stable with me, or...
Do you mean lauded on here, or in the press or in general? I seem to remember it being largely condemned as extreme folly, and an insult to his players professionalism, no matter how badly they played. The man continues to be a legend in his own mind, and as such, you're modern day player doesn't react well to someone with an over inflated ego. Steve Kean strikes me as being from the same mould as Phil Brown.
middletoenail
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Oops, IT was supposed to say IT!
Mmhmm. A likely story. Your secret is out now, your double identity is known, you are... The Goatee!
Manx Shearwater
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Anyone who repeatedly refers to themselves in the third person deserves everything they get.
Manx Shearwater has spoken.
Manx Shearwater has spoken.
Shirty
Daring to Zlatan
Back at Stockport - albeit about 3 divisions lower down
Gritt23
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A classic one-club-wonder.
Poyetry In Motion
Pooetry Motions
soon to be 4 if they carry on losing
Pot noodles for everyone
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spot on. That well known cyclist and premiership ref (According to Spurs fans), Chris Hoy put it best.
"...Next day, Hoy meets some Scottish journalists. One puts it to him that: 'In the last 24 hours everyone has been offering an opinion on Chris Hoy. But what does Chris Hoy think of Chris Hoy?' Hoy doesn't miss a beat: 'Chris Hoy thinks that the day Chris Hoy refers to Chris Hoy in the third person is the day that Chris Hoy disappears up his own arse...'"
Durlston
"You plonker, Rodney!"
Knew it was inevitable once Ridsdale became chairman. How many clubs will he ruin? Should not be allowed to work in football that man.
Horton's halftime iceberg
Blooming Marvellous
Let sign up Mr Horton, years of experience could give us that edge...