chileanspursfan
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Maradona
I'd also like to throw Paul Hart into the mix. Never had a decent win percentage at any club he's ever managed, and yet still gets jobs. Very odd.
Not really when you look at the context of his employment. Leeds, Forest and Pompey were all completely desperate and he did good jobs at each bearing in mind the circumstances. He plays good football and you surely don't need a list of the young players he's brought through under his tutelage to see the value he has added to his teams. In fact, I can't think of a manager who has done better in terms of bringing through youngsters and making his club money as a result - hence his popularity with Chairmen/prospective employers.
Liam Brady was and is a ****. Useless twat. Couldn't manage a... cat.
Jimmy Case was even worse a manager but a lovely, lovely man. His pride wouldn't let him quit Brighton but he spoke to my old man once and said "Dave, you've got to sack me. We're bottom of the league and I'm not helping!" A week later and Oddie Snr did exactly that but it was a hard job as he was a legend and was unlucky as opposed to completely incompetent. He did okay (but admittedly no better) with the mighty Bashley after leaving the Goldstone.
William Oddie, you're dad was the chairman of Brighton??
William Oddie, you're dad was the chairman of Brighton??
Not exactly the most loved man in Brighton these days :lol:
No. That would be awful. He was never Chairman.
Deputy Chairman. :up:
Whatever do you mean?
The death threats? Mere flirtation!
The fact he had to change his hire car every five days as the fans beat the shit out of it when they realised it was his? A harmless hobby.
The moment fifty-odd nutters ran across the pitch and up the stands towards the executive box, forcing him to barricade himself in the board room? A tiny match of kiss-chase gone mildly out of hand.
The singing of 'Build a bonfire, build a bonfire, put Bellotti on the top...'? Virtually a love sonnet.
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Oh, tip of the iceberg, Cosmic. So many stories! I'll tell you one day! :grin:
Suffice to say I have a much broader appreciation of what it means to be on the board of a football club and the pressures of the media, errant managers and players, and the fickle nature of fan-dom. :up: