Troy Deeney

I appreciate it's all about managing in your time but Sir Gary Megson may never have made it with us by today's preferred managerial styles.

Yet without him pulling our club up by it's then largely empty scrote bag we'd most likely have gone down to the third tier again.

Sliding door moment when we could have recruited someone with a long term 'project' in mind and gone onto conquer the footballing world?

Probably not. I suspect we'd have slipped into oblivion along with the Brian Clough school of management. There's a time and place for everything though.

So just because Deeney's failed at the footballing Mecca of Forest Green Rovers it doesn't mean there can never be a place for strict but fairer management by others either now or in future

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Originally Posted by Albionic68

I appreciate it's all about managing in your time but Sir Gary Megson may never have made it with us by today's preferred managerial styles.

Yet without him pulling our club up by it's then largely empty scrote bag we'd most likely have gone down to the third tier again.

Sliding door moment when we could have recruited someone with a long term 'project' in mind and gone onto conquer the footballing world?

Probably not. I suspect we'd have slipped into oblivion along with the Brian Clough school of management. There's a time and place for everything though.

So just because Deeney's failed at the footballing Mecca of Forest Green Rovers it doesn't mean there can never be a place for strict but fairer management by others either now or in future

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From memory though I can't recall Megson ever digging out and being disrespectful to individuals after a defeat. I might be wrong, but I can't remember that. I also know he said certain players were unavailable/injured rather than be brutally honest about why they weren't playing.

Its okay to be a strict manager, I'm just saying you have to be a bit cute with your words around the media sometimes. Pulis for example was very good at that whilst equally being a tough manager.

Deeney could have been a strict manager behind closed doors, he didn't need to shout his mouth off in front of the world. His direct talking to the press wouldn't be an asset to me if he was managing us, its the opposite.

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Originally Posted by WBA123

From memory though I can't recall Megson ever digging out and being disrespectful to individuals after a defeat. I might be wrong, but I can't remember that. I also know he said certain players were unavailable/injured rather than be brutally honest about why they weren't playing.

Its okay to be a strict manager, I'm just saying you have to be a bit cute with your words around the media sometimes. Pulis for example was very good at that whilst equally being a tough manager.

Deeney could have been a strict manager behind closed doors, he didn't need to shout his mouth off in front of the world. His direct talking to the press wouldn't be an asset to me if he was managing us, its the opposite.

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Hmm. From memory Ifeanyi Udeze, Sekou Berthe, Lee Marshall and Bob Taylor are four players who immediately spring to mind who may dispute your theory regarding comments to the press. Pretty sure Darren Purse came in for some public stick as well.

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Originally Posted by Albionic68

Hmm. From memory Ifeanyi Udeze, Sekou Berthe, Lee Marshall and Bob Taylor are four players who immediately spring to mind who may dispute your theory regarding comments to the press. Pretty sure Darren Purse came in for some public stick as well.

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Blimey you have got a good memory. I forgot the first two played for us! I don't remember him ever being publicly critical of Bob Taylor, but I do remember he froze him out of the side and they fell out.

And something very strange happened with Lee Marshall. Lots of wild rumours about that, which I'm sure we all heard. I do remember him criticising his fitness (and timekeeping maybe?) but he barely played for us, did he criticise his performances?

Having said all of the above - you are probably right, it was such a long time ago and I can just about remember what I had for dinner last night!

He was very critical of Bob Taylor. Something about being unprofessional because of getting blisters from boots which were too small and a man of his age and experience should know better as he was unavailable for selection.

I've been in Bob's company since he retired and although he credited SGM with getting him the fittest he'd ever been during his career putting it kindly he didn't have a good thing to say about him thereafter.

Lee Marshall was called out for being unprofessional and not training properly while wildly rumoured to have made a pass at SGM's more attractive other half, something which if true I can't imagine would have ended well for Marshall.

As for IU and SB he very publicly criticised both following what he considered glaring errors. Pretty sure he had a sad on with Purse for the same reason.

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Originally Posted by Albionic68

He was very critical of Bob Taylor. Something about being unprofessional because of getting blisters from boots which were too small and a man of his age and experience should know better as he was unavailable for selection.

I've been in Bob's company since he retired and although he credited SGM with getting him the fittest he'd ever been during his career putting it kindly he didn't have a good thing to say about him thereafter.

Lee Marshall was called out for being unprofessional and not training properly while wildly rumoured to have made a pass at SGM's more attractive other half, something which if true I can't imagine would have ended well for Marshall.

As for IU and SB he very publicly criticised both following what he considered glaring errors. Pretty sure he had a sad on with Purse for the same reason.

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I stand corrected. Maybe it was just more accepted to do this 20 years ago than now?