The Manager Sacked/Hired Thread 2023/24

[Templeton Peck]

Even Cruyff admitted that a lot of players were superior to him so he started to really study the game so he could get ahead of them mentally.

 

[Lupo]

We shall not discuss the managerial career of Atillio Lombardo

Or Big Walt

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Stan Cullis also springs to mind!!!

 

[Templeton Peck]

My favourite manager Saachi was a shoe salesman.

 

[Templeton Peck]

"I never realised that in order to become a jockey you have to have been a horse first." Saachi

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

My fave was Michels. Edit talked nonsense! He’s a perfect example

 

[leedswolf]

My fave was Michels. Edit talked nonsense! He’s a perfect example

Scored 5 goals on his Ajax debut. He realised that his ability had limitations so turned to studying the game. Not strange that his onfield disciple Cruyff (and Cruyff's disciple Guardiola) followed a similar regimen into coaching

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

That 1974 Dutch team is my fave. It’s easy to say Brazil 1970 but that’s where I lay my hat

 

[leedswolf]

70 Brazil followed by 74 Netherlands for me.

 

[sycophantia]

I'll throw Bobby Robson into quality player and manager hat

 

[Wolftone]

Don Revie?
Great goalscorer.
'The Revie Plan'.
Dirty Leeds and total mercenary.
Wouldn't be my favourite bloke but highly successful as manager with Leeds.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

70 Brazil followed by 74 Netherlands for me.

I will also offer 1982 Brazil. They were amazing. Sorry Lupo but Italy winning that game still riles me after 41 years!!!!

 

[Lupo]

At least they were beaten by a pretty decent side rather than a flukey giant killing

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Oh sure but that tournament west Germany were shit. England demolished France too. The whole second round set up was awful with little groups of three.

 

[Lupo]

It was a strange set up with the ultimate group of death being Italy, Brazil and Argentina. As is well documented Italy were dreadful in the 1st round and the Italian public wanted Rossi sent home in disgrace as he had looked so poor but then came the 2nd round and that hat-trick against the great Brazil and Rossi wrote himself into Italian folklore. The Italy vs Brazil game would have made a great final

 

[Sniffer]

Group A - Belgium, Poland, USSR.
Group B - England, West Germany, Spain
Group C - Italy, Argentina, Brazil
Group D - Austria, Northern Ireland, France

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Algeria were the ones really robbed by the whole World Cup set up. England beat France up so end up with West Germany and a poor Spain and couldn’t score a goal so off they popped when they should have been playing France again in the semi final.

The France v west Germany game was a classic despite being marred by the worst foul I have ever seen on battiston

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

I genuinely cant remember who got through A to play Italy. I don’t think it was Poland. I’m guessing Belgium

 

[Sniffer]

Group D - a group winner in Northern Ireland and 2 runners up!

 

[Sniffer]

I genuinely cant remember who got through A to play Italy. I don’t think it was Poland. I’m guessing Belgium

Yes