ViewFromTheChickenrun 37 Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 Any takers lol :omg: Link to post Share on other sites
Changing Times 12,339 Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 Any takers lol :omg: Not Gibson that's for bloody sure! :cowboy: Link to post Share on other sites
Motor Mouth 255 Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 I would have him back in a heart beat no matter how stuck up he was. Our most successful manager in my life time. Link to post Share on other sites
Neverbefore 10,937 Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 I would have him back in a heart beat no matter how stuck up he was. Our most successful manager in my life time. The fact he hasn't done anything of worth in 13 years save a spell in Holland doesnt put you off? Link to post Share on other sites
Motor Mouth 255 Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 I would have him back in a heart beat no matter how stuck up he was. Our most successful manager in my life time. The fact he hasn't done anything of worth in 13 years save a spell in Holland doesnt put you off? He's been saving himself. :cheese: I would have Our Jackie back any bugger in place of Pulis, and he's a bloody Geordie. :oops: Link to post Share on other sites
RiseAgainst 3,792 Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 The lustre has well and truly come off McClaren's reputation in recent years after some significant failures at home and abroad. Even with us, his overall performance was questionable. He got us to Europe, true, but with a huge wage bill and playing some pretty dour football in many league games. The Basel and Steaua matches have totally eclipsed all those dull PL games where nothing much happened. For what it's worth, I think even Pulis would have us scoring goals with players like Hasselbaink, Yakubu and Viduka in the squad, as opposed to Hugill and Gestede. Link to post Share on other sites
Randy Sandwich 209 Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 The lustre has well and truly come off McClaren's reputation in recent years after some significant failures at home and abroad. Even with us, his overall performance was questionable. He got us to Europe, true, but with a huge wage bill and playing some pretty dour football in many league games. The Basel and Steaua matches have totally eclipsed all those dull PL games where nothing much happened. For what it's worth, I think even Pulis would have us scoring goals with players like Hasselbaink, Yakubu and Viduka in the squad, as opposed to Hugill and Gestede. Bad comparison though isn't it? Our Carling cup winning / prem / European team against our championship team? - tell you what though, Assombalonga, Bamford and Braithwaite wouldnt be a bad three? I Wonder if Pulis could get goals out of them? After all, their other coaches have. Link to post Share on other sites
RiseAgainst 3,792 Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 The lustre has well and truly come off McClaren's reputation in recent years after some significant failures at home and abroad. Even with us, his overall performance was questionable. He got us to Europe, true, but with a huge wage bill and playing some pretty dour football in many league games. The Basel and Steaua matches have totally eclipsed all those dull PL games where nothing much happened. For what it's worth, I think even Pulis would have us scoring goals with players like Hasselbaink, Yakubu and Viduka in the squad, as opposed to Hugill and Gestede. Bad comparison though isn't it? Our Carling cup winning / prem / European team against our championship team? - tell you what though, Assombalonga, Bamford and Braithwaite wouldnt be a bad three? I Wonder if Pulis could get goals out of them? After all, their other coaches have. It's not a fair comparison, but the original question was would anyone take McClaren back. And since that question is based in part on his achievements here back in the day, I wanted to make the point that he achieved good things with a superb team. If he came back, he'd be working with comparative dross like Hugill and Flint, and I see no evidence McClaren is skilled at making poor players into good ones. Link to post Share on other sites
ViewFromTheChickenrun 37 Posted April 2, 2019 Author Share Posted April 2, 2019 The lustre has well and truly come off McClaren's reputation in recent years after some significant failures at home and abroad. Even with us, his overall performance was questionable. He got us to Europe, true, but with a huge wage bill and playing some pretty dour football in many league games. The Basel and Steaua matches have totally eclipsed all those dull PL games where nothing much happened. For what it's worth, I think even Pulis would have us scoring goals with players like Hasselbaink, Yakubu and Viduka in the squad, as opposed to Hugill and Gestede. Bad comparison though isn't it? Our Carling cup winning / prem / European team against our championship team? - tell you what though, Assombalonga, Bamford and Braithwaite wouldnt be a bad three? I Wonder if Pulis could get goals out of them? After all, their other coaches have. It's not a fair comparison, but the original question was would anyone take McClaren back. And since that question is based in part on his achievements here back in the day, I wanted to make the point that he achieved good things with a superb team. If he came back, he'd be working with comparative dross like Hugill and Flint, and I see no evidence McClaren is skilled at making poor players into good ones. Good point well made. I concur ! Link to post Share on other sites
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