Most underrated/underappreciated manager we ever had.

[Georgewhitt]

For me it is Ken Knighton.
Cowie should have been fucked for the way his time ended here.
Thoughts?

 

[FuzzyThinkin]

Beale

 

[Georgewhitt]

Beale

Get off my thread

 

[Its Him Again]

Beale

 

[joop]

At this point it’s most certainly Beale although things seem to have calmed a little in the last week or so.
What was it, 92% wanted him sacked after a month?

 

[Boris Bear]

Alan Durban

 

[Georgewhitt]

At this point it’s most certainly Beale although things seem to have calmed a little in the last week or so.
What was it, 92% wanted him sacked after a month?

I wanted him sacked the day b4 he got the job marra.
Not now though.
I only want him sacked yesterday.

 

[PeteFTM]

Probably Bruce, most successful manager in recent times.

Thought the end of his reign was miserable.

 

[Billy Fish]

Agree with Knighton.

Smith also, but he was probably better thought of

 

[HitchBerg]

Mick McCarthy.
Thankless task having to come in and clear up the mess after the end of the Reid era and Wilkinson.
Remarkably, almost got us promoted in his first full season then did the second. Given no money when he got us up.
Kept things smooth brilliantly until Quinn came in.

 

[Sea to Shining Sea]

Mick McCarthy.
Thankless task having to come in and clear up the mess after the end of the Reid era and Wilkinson.
Remarkably, almost got us promoted in his first full season then did the second. Given no money when he got us up.
Kept things smooth brilliantly until Quinn came in.

I wouldn’t say it was that smooth at the end of the 15 point season when thousands were outside the west stand calling for a revolution at the club

 

[dred73]

Alan Durban

 

[Georgewhitt]

Mick McCarthy.
Thankless task having to come in and clear up the mess after the end of the Reid era and Wilkinson.
Remarkably, almost got us promoted in his first full season then did the second. Given no money when he got us up.
Kept things smooth brilliantly until Quinn came in.

Agree with your sentiment overall marra, but "brilliantly" is over egging the pudding a tad don't you think?

 

[NorthumberlandMackem]

Mick McCarthy

Steve Bruce

 

[Georgewhitt]

Mick McCarthy

Steve Bruce

Both good shouts.
I felt for Bruce a bit. He really was on a hiding to nowt from day one here.

 

[HitchBerg]

I wouldn’t say it was that smooth at the end of the 15 point season when thousands were outside the west stand calling for a revolution at the club

That wasn't McCarthy's fault though, you could even say because of the debt Reid left us in it wasn't entirely Murray's either ?

Agree with your sentiment overall marra, but "brilliantly" is over egging the pudding a tad don't you think?

It could have been a lot worse though, relegated twice in a row like recently ?

 

[PitYacker]

Mick McCarthy.
Thankless task having to come in and clear up the mess after the end of the Reid era and Wilkinson.
Remarkably, almost got us promoted in his first full season then did the second. Given no money when he got us up.
Kept things smooth brilliantly until Quinn came in.

Last sentence? Ultimately not his fault but I lost my respect for him when he tried to back up the club line of spending £X million on transfers when they decided to include the salaries over entirety of each signing.

 

[HitchBerg]

Alan Durban

Certainly underrated and underappreciated by the Chairman at the time.

Last sentence? Ultimately not his fault but I lost my respect for him when he tried to back up the club line of spending £X million on transfers when they decided to include the salaries over entirety of each signing.

Maybe yeah.

Last sentence? Ultimately not his fault but I lost my respect for him when he tried to back up the club line of spending £X million on transfers when they decided to include the salaries over entirety of each signing.

Maybe yeah.

 

[redgauntlet]

My Son asked him (Ken Knighton) for his autograph, the reply was unprintable. That finished me with him.
My choices would be Alan Durban and Dennis Smith, I can’t choose between them.

 

[Sea to Shining Sea]

Both good shouts.
I felt for Bruce a bit. He really was on a hiding to nowt from day one here.

How so? He was quite warmly welcomed, did a pretty good job of reorganising the squad and then almost entirely lost the plot after the sale of Bent.