Agreed, BFR was an all-around class act, at the beginning. Turned a bit ‘Dictator Ron’ towards the end.

My playing hero, Brian Little, was quite successful, but not quite with the win rate or exhilarating football, as early BFR.

Managers then had the freedom to enforce their unique identities upon their teams. But as Mondaze stated in the OP, they are now all morphed into “Footbore”.