I really did think that we were going places under Kendall.Given as he signed Heath and Clarke I think I will give him a pass with Harper. He wasn't great, but he was able to do a role for the team in the same way Megson did(although not a Kendell signing?and believe me when I say that no one was more gutted than me when we offloaded Ian Bishop to head down the route Kendell took. Although in fairness as a City supporter since the late 70s before the current era Kendell was the best and most professional manager we had, I think given his later fall people tend to underestimate his standing before leaving.
I agree I often wonder what would have happened both for him and the club if he hadn't gone back, I remember the night the news broke that Everton had found a new manager I didn't even think for a second it would be him, but anyway...I really did think that we were going places under Kendall.
After the initial five at the back to stabilise us in his first season, we started playing some good football - apart from Sheffield Blades away - and getting good results in the three or four months before he fucked off back to Goodison.
I was absolutely gutted when he went.
Don’t forget Tony Coton. Easily his best signing.I agree I often wonder what would have happened both for him and the club if he hadn't gone back, I remember the night the news broke that Everton had found a new manager I didn't even think for a second it would be him, but anyway...
The other interesting thing even though I rate him perhaps third in the list of all managers I have seen at City as a supporter(from Book) behind Pep and Mancini, his signings seemed at best mediocre with the exception being Niall Quinn and perhaps Peter Reid as a player the rest seemed largely quite dull and unadventurous, but as you say we played some really good football with that side(the two away games against Villa spring to mind beating them when they had been top and 5-1 the following year shortly after Kendell had left I believe).
Very true I had totally forgot about Coton!Don’t forget Tony Coton. Easily his best signing.
And I thought Dissa Pointon did well for us, though I was very disappointed that Andy Hinchcliffe - he was my favourite player at the time - was sacrificed for him, though the transfer fee did help us to buy TC.
Absolute bedlam ! I can still see it now rocketing towards me. Saw him many years ago at Wembley, I was in a bit of a state and I just went and hugged him and he couldn’t have been nicer to this drunken fool invading his space - top bloke.That’s exactly why it is what it is. My first trip to the swamp, stood in the scoreboard end. If there hadn’t been a net his shot would have hit me in the face. From the moment it left his foot it was headed straight at me...and it felt like time slowed down waiting to see if Leighton would stop it. Very few celebrations have matched that one.
It was closer to the roof of the fucking stand. Never liked the gerbil faced one, think Kendall had a few too many when he signed him and Wank Wayne Clarke.Remember that well; couldn’t understand why he took it at the time.
Harper for sure. Although they were all pretty awful, that time Megson took a ball to the face and was greeted with a cheer still makes me laugh.Who was worse? Harper, Megson or Heath?
Also that’s the worst shag, marry, kill imaginable...
He missed a pen when Ward who had scored something like 8 penalties was on the pitch but Reid gave it to Harper to miss, wanker.This Super Blue does. He was wank. Great shot v Nott County in the FA Cup that hit the woodwork. Only slightly non-dull thing I ever recall him doing in a City shirt.
I think he did play sweeper in a back 5 when he first joined. He looked good in that role and we stopped leaking like a sieve. Think Everton away was he debut and we drew iirc.Didn't he play sweeper when we played at Everton?
Pretty sure it was on ITV too.