EL APACHE TEVEZ
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Ooh I don’t know Pearce for meWorst City maneger of my lifetime, still hate the fucker.
Ooh I don’t know Pearce for meWorst City maneger of my lifetime, still hate the fucker.
Was this done to try and force Curle out? I've read previously that Coton ,Curle, and Quinn were high earners and Franny Lee wanted them off the books!It was, but it didn't happen until the 96/97 pre-season. Curle was captain all the way through 95/96.
He was a shit manager and it was very, very obviously a shit appointment at the time , with no hindsight required - hadn't he relegated 3 or 4 of the 5 teams he'd managed or something before he came to us? The other being southampton who scraped survival?
Also, didn't a City player (possibly Rosler!?) say in their autobiography what a terrible first speech he gave to the team? Telling them he's a world cup winner and he's done more than them etc. Basically giving it the big one which pissed them off?
I'm going off my crap memory here and haven't checked but hopefully someone can clarify
Sounds very plausible. I think they also wanted to clear out the senior players who knew Ball was hopeless.Was this done to try and force Curle out? I've read previously that Coton ,Curle, and Quinn were high earners and Franny Lee wanted them off the books!
I dunno.
He hardly made a good first impression. Getting rid of Walsh and bringing in Creaney was a shocker considering the Rosler/Walsh partnership had done so well.
Then there were stories about him arrogantly telling the players he was a World Cup winner during training etc.
I believe Phelan, who was maybe one of the higher earners also ledt on Ball's watch, but we did replace him with Frontzeck.Was this done to try and force Curle out? I've read previously that Coton ,Curle, and Quinn were high earners and Franny Lee wanted them off the books!