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Glastotorfox

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Just to add to the post from shaneko regarding LCFC appointments / reaction, I have put together a list of managers from my first season in 1968/9 to now with my comments. What do you think?
O'Farrell - FA Cup Finalist, Div 2 Champions, good but he jumped ship to Manure.
Bloomfield - Brilliant
McClintock - Up to RVN, worst ever
Wallace - Great manager, up there in the top 6
Milne - Decent manager, good team.
Hamilton - Lousy manager
Pleat - Terrible manager
Lee - Short term but saved LCFC from relegation to the third tier. Good.
Little - Great Manager, reboot of club after above, 3 PO finals beating the sheep in 94, loved it!
McGhee - Judas, jumped ship to Wolves whilst we were in a promotion battle with them so ....... Caant
O’Neill - Brilliant
Taylor - Total out and out caant
Bassett - Took over a mess, did what he could
Adams - Decent, got us up despite administration, relegated follwing season but put up a fight.
Levein - Poor
Kelly - displeased
Worthington - Poor
Allen - Lunatic
Megson - Caant, Jumped ship after 2 months
Holloway - Completely bombed, took us down to the third tier and talked shyte, awful.
Pearson - Top manager, responsible for the rebuild of LCFC after Holloway.
Sousa - Shocking
Sven - Definitely ambivalent, some poor signings.
Pearson - Brilliant, massive points total to win the championship, the great escape, signed core of PL winning team
Ranieri - Top top manager, shame how he left.
Shakespeare - ambivalent
Puel - Awful.
Rodgers - Good start, FA Cup winner, downwards after and stayed too long!
Maresca - Championship winners so brilliant.
Cooper - Given 12 games, who knows....?
RVN - Along with McClintock, Taylor and Holloway, lousy manager
 
Glastotorfox said:
Just to add to the post from shaneko regarding LCFC appointments / reaction, I have put together a list of managers from my first season in 1968/9 to now with my comments. What do you think?
O'Farrell - FA Cup Finalist, Div 2 Champions, good but he jumped ship to Manure.
Bloomfield - Brilliant
McClintock - Up to RVN, worst ever
Wallace - Great manager, up there in the top 6
Milne - Decent manager, good team.
Hamilton - Lousy manager
Pleat - Terrible manager
Lee - Short term but saved LCFC from relegation to the third tier. Good.
Little - Great Manager, reboot of club after above, 3 PO finals beating the sheep in 94, loved it!
McGhee - Judas, jumped ship to Wolves whilst we were in a promotion battle with them so ....... Caant
O’Neill - Brilliant
Taylor - Total out and out caant
Bassett - Took over a mess, did what he could
Adams - Decent, got us up despite administration, relegated follwing season but put up a fight.
Levein - Poor
Kelly - displeased
Worthington - Poor
Allen - Lunatic
Megson - Caant, Jumped ship after 2 months
Holloway - Completely bombed, took us down to the third tier and talked shyte, awful.
Pearson - Top manager, responsible for the rebuild of LCFC after Holloway.
Sousa - Shocking
Sven - Definitely ambivalent, some poor signings.
Pearson - Brilliant, massive points total to win the championship, the great escape, signed core of PL winning team
Ranieri - Top top manager, shame how he left.
Shakespeare - ambivalent
Puel - Awful.
Rodgers - Good start, FA Cup winner, downwards after and stayed too long!
Maresca - Championship winners so brilliant.
Cooper - Given 12 games, who knows....?
RVN - Along with McClintock, Taylor and Holloway, lousy manager
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Can't argue with any of that 👍 I'd totally forgotten about Nigel Worthington.
 
I could never understand the anti Cooper animus. I thought this had gone after Wes.
In hindsight, replacing someone with a track record with someone who didn't was madness. I still think we would have struggled to get 17th but we would have given it a much better shot.
And if it was player power that did for Cooper then some folk have a lot to answer for.
Apart from that Glasto seems to have got it pretty well right.
 
Glastotorfox said:
Just to add to the post from shaneko regarding LCFC appointments / reaction, I have put together a list of managers from my first season in 1968/9 to now with my comments. What do you think?
O'Farrell - FA Cup Finalist, Div 2 Champions, good but he jumped ship to Manure.
Bloomfield - Brilliant
McClintock - Up to RVN, worst ever
Wallace - Great manager, up there in the top 6
Milne - Decent manager, good team.
Hamilton - Lousy manager
Pleat - Terrible manager
Lee - Short term but saved LCFC from relegation to the third tier. Good.
Little - Great Manager, reboot of club after above, 3 PO finals beating the sheep in 94, loved it!
McGhee - Judas, jumped ship to Wolves whilst we were in a promotion battle with them so ....... Caant
O’Neill - Brilliant
Taylor - Total out and out caant
Bassett - Took over a mess, did what he could
Adams - Decent, got us up despite administration, relegated follwing season but put up a fight.
Levein - Poor
Kelly - displeased
Worthington - Poor
Allen - Lunatic
Megson - Caant, Jumped ship after 2 months
Holloway - Completely bombed, took us down to the third tier and talked shyte, awful.
Pearson - Top manager, responsible for the rebuild of LCFC after Holloway.
Sousa - Shocking
Sven - Definitely ambivalent, some poor signings.
Pearson - Brilliant, massive points total to win the championship, the great escape, signed core of PL winning team
Ranieri - Top top manager, shame how he left.
Shakespeare - ambivalent
Puel - Awful.
Rodgers - Good start, FA Cup winner, downwards after and stayed too long!
Maresca - Championship winners so brilliant.
Cooper - Given 12 games, who knows....?
RVN - Along with McClintock, Taylor and Holloway, lousy manager
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Blimey spot on with what I’d have posted , thunder stole typing hand saved 🤭 felt for Macintosh tbh and still had a great time following the lads .
 
Glastotorfox said:
Just to add to the post from shaneko regarding LCFC appointments / reaction, I have put together a list of managers from my first season in 1968/9 to now with my comments. What do you think?
O'Farrell - FA Cup Finalist, Div 2 Champions, good but he jumped ship to Manure.
Bloomfield - Brilliant
McClintock - Up to RVN, worst ever
Wallace - Great manager, up there in the top 6
Milne - Decent manager, good team.
Hamilton - Lousy manager
Pleat - Terrible manager
Lee - Short term but saved LCFC from relegation to the third tier. Good.
Little - Great Manager, reboot of club after above, 3 PO finals beating the sheep in 94, loved it!
McGhee - Judas, jumped ship to Wolves whilst we were in a promotion battle with them so ....... Caant
O’Neill - Brilliant
Taylor - Total out and out caant
Bassett - Took over a mess, did what he could
Adams - Decent, got us up despite administration, relegated follwing season but put up a fight.
Levein - Poor
Kelly - displeased
Worthington - Poor
Allen - Lunatic
Megson - Caant, Jumped ship after 2 months
Holloway - Completely bombed, took us down to the third tier and talked shyte, awful.
Pearson - Top manager, responsible for the rebuild of LCFC after Holloway.
Sousa - Shocking
Sven - Definitely ambivalent, some poor signings.
Pearson - Brilliant, massive points total to win the championship, the great escape, signed core of PL winning team
Ranieri - Top top manager, shame how he left.
Shakespeare - ambivalent
Puel - Awful.
Rodgers - Good start, FA Cup winner, downwards after and stayed too long!
Maresca - Championship winners so brilliant.
Cooper - Given 12 games, who knows....?
RVN - Along with McClintock, Taylor and Holloway, lousy manager
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Just going back a little further to Matt Gilles. Obviously made Leicester a very decent top division side. Can't believe he decided to drop our top scorer Ken Leek out of the 61 Cup Final side. Bit like leaving Vardy out. Also let Dougan and Sinclair go too early.
 
Sammelslongshot said:
Just going back a little further to Matt Gilles. Obviously made Leicester a very decent top division side. Can't believe he decided to drop our top scorer Ken Leek out of the 61 Cup Final side. Bit like leaving Vardy out. Also let Dougan and Sinclair go too early.
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Gillies was my first manager. He took over a poor team in 58, but in the next 3-4 years made some outstanding signings. Banks, Gibson, McLintock etc. Assisted by the excellent Bert Johnson, as we know, he was very unfortunate not to win the double in 63. Nurtured some great home talent too. The Tank, Shilton, Nish etc.
I’m not too sure what truly happened but once Banks and the Doog went in the Spring of 67 things started to go wrong.
But all in all surely in the top 5 managers in our history
 
ElmetFox said:
I could never understand the anti Cooper animus. I thought this had gone after Wes.
In hindsight, replacing someone with a track record with someone who didn't was madness. I still think we would have struggled to get 17th but we would have given it a much better shot.
And if it was player power that did for Cooper then some folk have a lot to answer for.
Apart from that Glasto seems to have got it pretty well right.
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I don't understand people who think that everybody who was "anti-cooper" was so because of the connection with Forest.
 
LGFOX said:
Gillies was my first manager. He took over a poor team in 58, but in the next 3-4 years made some outstanding signings. Banks, Gibson, McLintock etc. Assisted by the excellent Bert Johnson, as we know, he was very unfortunate not to win the double in 63. Nurtured some great home talent too. The Tank, Shilton, Nish etc.
I’m not too sure what truly happened but once Banks and the Doog went in the Spring of 67 things started to go wrong.
But all in all surely in the top 5 managers in our history
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I agree definitely in the top 5 despite the frustration of being a nearly side. Still remember the names of the players with fondness.
 
Good shout from Sammelslongsho for Matt Gillies. He had some very innovative ideas and set up a good scouting system, particularly in Scotland. He dropped Ken Leek, who had terrorised Spurs in the league games, for allegedly drinking in the week leading up to the final. The minutes of a board meeting pertaining to the decision were missing apparently. He also, controversially, sold Banks to Stoke but then he did have a young Peter Shilton.
 
rob said:
Good shout from Sammelslongsho for Matt Gillies. He had some very innovative ideas and set up a good scouting system, particularly in Scotland. He dropped Ken Leek, who had terrorised Spurs in the league games, for allegedly drinking in the week leading up to the final. The minutes of a board meeting pertaining to the decision were missing apparently. He also, controversially, sold Banks to Stoke but then he did have a young Peter Shilton.
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For the reasons stated by others he was excellent up to late 66/67 when he seemed to lose the plot. He was gone in about 18 months when we were on track for relegation. Very surprisingly Forest appointed him as manager and he got them relegated which I suppose redeemed him in our eyes.
 
Hard to disagree with anything in the OP from Glastor.

I just wonder whether Sousa was too soon for us. Wanted to play tippy tappy but didnt have the players to do it. Went on to do alright elsewhere though.
 
The 6 goal mauling at Pimpey under the Dago Poof is right up there with the 5 conceded at Hull under Pleat as most embarrassing and hapless displays ever witnessed. Granted I ain't darkened the place for 12 months now.
 
Excellent post Glasto. My Top 5 (not in order); Gillies, Bloomfield, Wallace, O’Neill and Ranieri, with honorable mentions for Milne, Little and Pearson.
 
But you're missing Rudkin's two stints as caretaker manager.

One in September 2007 and another in October 2011.

Played 4 - W1 D1 L2

Can we put him in the rubbish bin with Hollowhead, McLintock, Taylor, Hamilton, and the garbage that we endured from Levine through to Hollowhead - years where I've erased memories of players and performances from my mind.

Also I'd have Pearson in the top 5 in place of Wallace - mainly for his rebuilding of the whole supporting team for the playing side of the club and recruiting and forging a team on the pitch.
Plus Wallace wasn't here that long and did leave us in the lurch to go back to Scotland - Milne actually was an improvement despite the fact that we loved Jock.
 
Elsie Heffsey said:
But you're missing Rudkin's two stints as caretaker manager.

One in September 2007 and another in October 2011.

Played 4 - W1 D1 L2

Can we put him in the rubbish bin with Hollowhead, McLintock, Taylor, Hamilton, and the garbage that we endured from Levine through to Hollowhead - years where I've erased memories of players and performances from my mind.

Also I'd have Pearson in the top 5 in place of Wallace - mainly for his rebuilding of the whole supporting team for the playing side of the club and recruiting and forging a team on the pitch.
Plus Wallace wasn't here that long and did leave us in the lurch to go back to Scotland - Milne actually was an improvement despite the fact that we loved Jock.
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Yes I agree. As much as Wallace was good I would replace him with Pearson in my top 5.
 
Elsie Heffsey said:
But you're missing Rudkin's two stints as caretaker manager.

One in September 2007 and another in October 2011.

Played 4 - W1 D1 L2

Can we put him in the rubbish bin with Hollowhead, McLintock, Taylor, Hamilton, and the garbage that we endured from Levine through to Hollowhead - years where I've erased memories of players and performances from my mind.

Also I'd have Pearson in the top 5 in place of Wallace - mainly for his rebuilding of the whole supporting team for the playing side of the club and recruiting and forging a team on the pitch.
Plus Wallace wasn't here that long and did leave us in the lurch to go back to Scotland - Milne actually was an improvement despite the fact that we loved Jock.
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I think you’re underestimating the rebuilding job that Jock had to do following McLintock’s disastrous season. A year into the mission, we were unrecognizable, with a host of really good young players allowed to break through.

But that’s the beauty of football, it’s all a matter of opinion.
 
Glastotorfox said:
Just to add to the post from shaneko regarding LCFC appointments / reaction, I have put together a list of managers from my first season in 1968/9 to now with my comments. What do you think?
O'Farrell - FA Cup Finalist, Div 2 Champions, good but he jumped ship to Manure.
Bloomfield - Brilliant
McClintock - Up to RVN, worst ever
Wallace - Great manager, up there in the top 6
Milne - Decent manager, good team.
Hamilton - Lousy manager
Pleat - Terrible manager
Lee - Short term but saved LCFC from relegation to the third tier. Good.
Little - Great Manager, reboot of club after above, 3 PO finals beating the sheep in 94, loved it!
McGhee - Judas, jumped ship to Wolves whilst we were in a promotion battle with them so ....... Caant
O’Neill - Brilliant
Taylor - Total out and out caant
Bassett - Took over a mess, did what he could
Adams - Decent, got us up despite administration, relegated follwing season but put up a fight.
Levein - Poor
Kelly - displeased
Worthington - Poor
Allen - Lunatic
Megson - Caant, Jumped ship after 2 months
Holloway - Completely bombed, took us down to the third tier and talked shyte, awful.
Pearson - Top manager, responsible for the rebuild of LCFC after Holloway.
Sousa - Shocking
Sven - Definitely ambivalent, some poor signings.
Pearson - Brilliant, massive points total to win the championship, the great escape, signed core of PL winning team
Ranieri - Top top manager, shame how he left.
Shakespeare - ambivalent
Puel - Awful.
Rodgers - Good start, FA Cup winner, downwards after and stayed too long!
Maresca - Championship winners so brilliant.
Cooper - Given 12 games, who knows....?
RVN - Along with McClintock, Taylor and Holloway, lousy manager
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Agree with nearly all but i think Mc lintock was definitely the worst, The cherry on the cake was the rainy afternoon at Walsall
 
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