Quote Originally Posted by The_Moog View Post
This is a very good summary tbf - pretty spot on.

He's a good manager - not a great one.

Sorted us out and got us back to where we should be after years of abject mismanagement on and off the park, but he then hit his ceiling and couldn't do any more - sadly that was 3 years ago and it took the club 3 years to realise this resulting in stultifying, dreadful football for most of that period.

My main criticism is he is unbelievably cautious as a manager. He only ever worries about stopping the opposition and what they might do to you, instead of focusing on what you could do to them. That's the case regardless of who you are playing. Its incredibly frustrating.

The result is tedious, negative, safety first football. I don't think WBA fans want that.

His style of football (certainly last few years) is also dreadful to watch. Constant hoofball to a big target man. We did play some nice stuff at the start of last season when we had 3 actual footballers up front, but that was kind of forced by accident because of injuries - he soon resorted to type.

I think from your point of view Bristol City is a good comparison. I don't think he has it at Championship level.

Aberdeen are the biggest club he'll ever manage - and that includes if he goes to WBA
Thanks for the update lads and the good wishes. Got a neighbour from Perth who is very happy right now. Nothing you've said convinces me he is the correct man for the job right now.

Dons bigger than the Baggies. I don't think so. We maybe down in Championship but we will get crowds of 25,000.

Scottish Football. About as exciting as The Boat Race. Two in it and over by Easter.