Quote Originally Posted by Andy_Faber View Post
Agreed, if BC had assembled (and importantly, maintained) a team like Liverpool I would have lobbied for him being deified. That team was something special, even I with my Derby blinkers on had to recognise that.
I think the thing about Liverpool is that they dominated English football for a quarter of a century at least. From 1964 until 1990 they were the side to beat in England. Manchester United, much as it pains me to say it, dominated in much the same way for ten years from the early nineties onwards. Managers like Shankly, Paisley and Ferguson had the knack of being able to replace fading stars with just the right signing and Shankly at least started from the low point of taking on a club in the old Div. 2 who weren't even the best team on Merseyside.
Clough's achievements at Derby and Forest were magnificent but, imo, he could never compare with those three.