Lenny Rider
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- Sep 15, 2010
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With the potential departure of another one, a good old fashioned football debate for us oldies
Cloughie is the obvious candidate, but in his excellent Biography of the England Football Team Paul Hayward states it would have been a recipe for disaster, with the way the FA was back in the 1970s, and probably would have similar to his public fall out with Sam Longson and eventual departure from Derby County.
My choice is a bit left field and might be a bit unpopular on here because of the Palace links, the England manager/coach role is unique, you choose your squad, there’s no transfer or wage issues with players, and latterly agents, it’s about a bag of balls, some bibs and cones and basic coaching.
Therefore my choice as ‘the one that got away’ is Malcolm Allison, lauded by many as one of greatest coaches this country has ever produced, El Tel and others have said his coaching techniques were light years ahead of anything else at the time.
No transfers, no contracts, just the best players on the training pitch.
Cloughie is the obvious candidate, but in his excellent Biography of the England Football Team Paul Hayward states it would have been a recipe for disaster, with the way the FA was back in the 1970s, and probably would have similar to his public fall out with Sam Longson and eventual departure from Derby County.
My choice is a bit left field and might be a bit unpopular on here because of the Palace links, the England manager/coach role is unique, you choose your squad, there’s no transfer or wage issues with players, and latterly agents, it’s about a bag of balls, some bibs and cones and basic coaching.
Therefore my choice as ‘the one that got away’ is Malcolm Allison, lauded by many as one of greatest coaches this country has ever produced, El Tel and others have said his coaching techniques were light years ahead of anything else at the time.
No transfers, no contracts, just the best players on the training pitch.