Joe Royle - has he been acknowledged enough?

[Spurs quarter 69]

I thought he was great as a player

Would recommend his performance in the 3 1 win against Liverpool in the October of 77.at MR. Crowd on fire" your the shit of Merseyside" and Joe had a worldy.

 

[Lavinda Past]

Joe Royle - Old school. Good bloke. Good player, good manager. Ran the circus well.

Kids nowadays could never understand or appreciate what he brought to the table in those years.

 

[Gone for a Burton]

The right man at the wrong time.

What could've been if he'd come when first approached.

Very important part of our lengthy climb back from our 'enjoyable' tour of the second and third divisions.

 

[Revolver]

25th anniversary jogs the memory.

We were bloody awful when Joe Royle joined us. All we knew was failure and to be mocked. If we had got the wrong manager in 1998 god know where we would be now. Not with Pep as manager I would guess.

You could think well he got us relegated from the premier league but it was the journey back there that made the modern City so unique.

He is one of our best managers.

 

[TinFoilHat]

We looked good in Kappa at least.

:)

 

[Scaring Europe to Death]

I think Royle has been acknowledged for the way he provided steel and resilience at a time when City were desperate for some backbone and leadership
However the Premier League in 2000-01 was a different beast to the one that had witnessed City's sad departure in 95-96.
The British drinking culture had long since been replaced by sports science and revolutionary dietary techniques, and suddenly our prehistoric tactics were being embarrassed and exposed by silky pesky foreigners
It would probably have been a far better fit if Royle had replaced Machin.