Quote Originally Posted by sinkov View Post
He won two promotions and kept a small town team like Burnley in the PL for six years on next to no money, and you say he is not a clever manager ? I would say he's the cleverest manager I've ever known, and I've been watching football since the 50s.

But as you say UG, it's just opinions, you have yours, I have mine, we'll just have to differ.
Hmm time will prove one of us correct. He admits himself ( I have just literally watched him being interviewed for over 1 hour ) that he isn't a pep. That's what I would call a clever manager.
Like Owen Coyle did really well for us again he was not a clever manager, just one who relied on team spirit. Same as Harry Redknapp. Just popular with the players but again not a clever manager.

It is about opinions and I do understand yours and why you see it like that. I presume 9/10 people will agree with you as well. I am not daft. I just can't see him that way, I really can't.

Like I say in 12 months time, let's revisit this thread. I will happily hold my hands up, it has to be 12 months though. Lets see what football style he gets out of them.
(if he's still there )