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Brian Clough
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 chris123  hove actually 05 Sep 16 3.48pm |
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Originally posted by Pussay Patrol
The greatest manager for me took a small club (derby) into the top flight and won the title. Repeated the trick with Forest and won back to back European cups Some would argue Fergie but he did it with one club. Not taking anything away but on balance I think Clough achieved more And got Derby to the semi final of the European Cup and was robbed
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| Willo South coast - west of Brighton. 05 Sep 16 4.00pm |
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At Selhurst he always used to remember the name of the Police officer who used to accompany the referee on to and off the pitch.He was a lovely chap called "Alec".They used to bump into each other in the corridor outside the dressing rooms.
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| steeleye20 Croydon 05 Sep 16 5.14pm |
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Great subject for impressionists - Mike Yarwoods take of him as 'The Great Chatsby'.
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| Nest 28 Apr 17 1.05am |
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This is a great read 'Players and others who worked with him recall the cheek and chutzpah of 'Old Big ’Ead’ '
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| leejaneagles 28 Apr 17 9.15am |
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There's a few things out-dated in his quotes (women's football for instance) but it's amazing how ahead of his time he was with most of them. The 'tactics don't lose games players do' and 'if a manager is replaced by a Chairman that hired him, the Chairman should go to' seem very pertinent to Palace recently. I agree with him on both in principle but there's a valid flip-side in that our Chairman has identified on about 4 separate occasions when a new Manager has been needed and it's worked every time. I certainly wouldn't want Parish to walk but there are lots of other teams where I think the Chairman has been disgusting and showed a complete lack of respect and football knowledge - Roman Abramovich in particular. Again, regards to tactics I agree that some idiots on Match of the Day think they're Fergie, when they've either never managed or have a shocking record and don't know anything about tactics but when you look at the performances of Townsend, Benteke and Puncheon since Sam took over you can't say it's all players. Interesting he can spark a debate on today's football even when dead. Legend.
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| Willo South coast - west of Brighton. 28 Apr 17 9.29am |
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I recall the Clough quote : “The River Trent is lovely, I know because I have walked on it for 18 years” – He used to buy the partners/wives of his players presents thinking that if you keep them happy, the players are happy.A legend.
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| jamiemartin721 Reading 28 Apr 17 4.22pm |
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Originally posted by Pussay Patrol
The greatest manager for me took a small club (derby) into the top flight and won the title. Repeated the trick with Forest and won back to back European cups Some would argue Fergie but he did it with one club. Not taking anything away but on balance I think Clough achieved more I agree, but its close. Ferguson did win the UEFA cup with Aberdeen, as well as the Scottish League. Clough had much more personality, and has a brilliant novel written about him (Not a bad movie either).
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