Quote Originally Posted by mickd1961 View Post
Seemed like a nice amiable bloke but in regards to football management I never got the hype with him.

I honestly couldn’t see what he brought to the party, basic 4-4-2 and given the quality of players at his disposal such as Gerard, Owen, Lampard, Ferdinand, Terry and plenty of others we were average to watch and underachieved as usual.

Nice guy though and may he RIP after such an awful illness.
Some great achievements as a manager, but, outside of the UK probably.

He led a bunch of amateurs and semi-pros to win the UEFA cup with IFK Göteborg, vs a, then, top club in Europe (Hamburger SV).

With Lazio in Italy he won the league/Serie A and the Cupwinners cup. Won titles with Benfica in Portugal too.