Quote from: LamboAlways on September 29, 2012, 09:53:49 AMQuote from: Rip Van doin' the Lambert walk on September 29, 2012, 08:46:25 AMQuote from: pauliewalnuts on September 29, 2012, 12:19:22 AMI also don't buy into this "nice guy" bollocks with McLeish.I agree, the man is a self serving prick.Me too.Dumping a club by e-mail after relegating them is not my idea of a nice guy. I resent the way he was always referring to the elite teams and knowing he was not going to attempt to compete ,slowly but surely zapping the confidence of the whole team, A total and utter coward . Balls of steel,my arse. Just a greedy feckerAgree with all three posts.
Quote from: Rip Van doin' the Lambert walk on September 29, 2012, 08:46:25 AMQuote from: pauliewalnuts on September 29, 2012, 12:19:22 AMI also don't buy into this "nice guy" bollocks with McLeish.I agree, the man is a self serving prick.Me too.Dumping a club by e-mail after relegating them is not my idea of a nice guy. I resent the way he was always referring to the elite teams and knowing he was not going to attempt to compete ,slowly but surely zapping the confidence of the whole team, A total and utter coward . Balls of steel,my arse. Just a greedy fecker
Quote from: pauliewalnuts on September 29, 2012, 12:19:22 AMI also don't buy into this "nice guy" bollocks with McLeish.I agree, the man is a self serving prick.
I also don't buy into this "nice guy" bollocks with McLeish.
I'm not sure Big Sam deserves to be bracketed there, his teams are shit to watch but he was innovative at Bolton in the way he revamped the club and embraced sports science.
Quote from: PeterWithe on September 30, 2012, 08:46:52 AMI'm not sure Big Sam deserves to be bracketed there, his teams are shit to watch but he was innovative at Bolton in the way he revamped the club and embraced sports science. I was going to say that. Allardyce worked miracles at Bolton.
McLeish belongs to the band of old style former British players for whom tactical innovation and developing young players are alien concepts. All they have is an overrated ability to get the best out of technically limited wholehearted players and depend on luck pretty much with new signings. The likes of Peter Reid, Bryan Robson, Gary Megson, Steve Bruce, Sam Allardyce are in the same boat. Give them a few quid and they will do ok in the Championship but anything more and they will struggle
I'm pretty sure McLeish didn't deny it In fact I'm sure he confirmed it was true He said that he backed it up the next day With a hard copy