thats so wide of the mark.its untrue people hail dickov as a legend then royle has to be the managerial equivalent he did as much for us if not more as that little scottish bloke who ran around a lot and celebrated by jumping into the crowd when he scored the winner for leicester against us that could easily have put us down .Q-Blue said:Royle took us down to the Third Division. When he came, he had a third of the season left to lift us one place. We failed to do that because of his negativity.
He then wasted half a season at that level before we kicked on and scraped out of that division by the skin of our teeth.
He had no interest in trying to win any silverware as such. Another Sam Allardyce for my money.
bluezippy said:Royle- Enigma- very over-rated- Took us down to the 3rd tier, despite taking over a team that was admittedly struggling, but out of the relegation spots, and with the a group of players more than capable of turning this round- refused to play GIo & Rosler, because he coulnt handle the big players- struggled to get us out a a division we should have walked- did well to get us back to the top table at first time of asking, but once again showed a complete inability to handle big named players- ultimatley he took over a mid-table 2nd tier team, and 4 years later left a mid-table 2nd tier team with very little sign of any actual 'progress' during his time- but GOD!! DID I LOVE RIDING THAT ROLLERCOSTER!
Nearly forgot- Royle brought with him Jim Cassell- city's greatest ever signing! (although how much reposibility Joe had in this is questionable!)
Keegan- GENIUS- the true reason we are where we are now! Played the game the way in should be played, as long as we scored one more than the opposition, that was fine in Keegans book- established us as a mid-table Premier League football team, (a FANTASTIC acheivement considering where we had come from) whilst continuing to build on the successess at Accadamy level (ruined by his next few successers!)- left the club in a very healthy state- thank-you SIR KEV!
BoyBlue_1985 said:bluezippy said:Royle- Enigma- very over-rated- Took us down to the 3rd tier, despite taking over a team that was admittedly struggling, but out of the relegation spots, and with the a group of players more than capable of turning this round- refused to play GIo & Rosler, because he coulnt handle the big players- struggled to get us out a a division we should have walked- did well to get us back to the top table at first time of asking, but once again showed a complete inability to handle big named players- ultimatley he took over a mid-table 2nd tier team, and 4 years later left a mid-table 2nd tier team with very little sign of any actual 'progress' during his time- but GOD!! DID I LOVE RIDING THAT ROLLERCOSTER!
Nearly forgot- Royle brought with him Jim Cassell- city's greatest ever signing! (although how much reposibility Joe had in this is questionable!)
Keegan- GENIUS- the true reason we are where we are now! Played the game the way in should be played, as long as we scored one more than the opposition, that was fine in Keegans book- established us as a mid-table Premier League football team, (a FANTASTIC acheivement considering where we had come from) whilst continuing to build on the successess at Accadamy level (ruined by his next few successers!)- left the club in a very healthy state- thank-you SIR KEV!
I think you may be the only person i history from not till the end of all time to call Keegan a Genius in managerial terms
Also I dont call leaving us massively in debt struggling against relegation after numerous high cost terrible signings a healthy state
You make some worthwhile observations about Royle, but I can't agree with that final bit at all.bluezippy said:Royle- Enigma- very over-rated- Took us down to the 3rd tier, despite taking over a team that was admittedly struggling, but out of the relegation spots, and with the a group of players more than capable of turning this round- refused to play GIo & Rosler, because he coulnt handle the big players- struggled to get us out a a division we should have walked- did well to get us back to the top table at first time of asking, but once again showed a complete inability to handle big named players- ultimatley he took over a mid-table 2nd tier team, and 4 years later left a mid-table 2nd tier team with very little sign of any actual 'progress' during his time- but GOD!! DID I LOVE RIDING THAT ROLLERCOSTER!
Nearly forgot- Royle brought with him Jim Cassell- city's greatest ever signing! (although how much reposibility Joe had in this is questionable!)
Keegan- GENIUS- the true reason we are where we are now! Played the game the way in should be played, as long as we scored one more than the opposition, that was fine in Keegans book- established us as a mid-table Premier League football team, (a FANTASTIC acheivement considering where we had come from) whilst continuing to build on the successess at Accadamy level (ruined by his next few successers!)- left the club in a very healthy state- thank-you SIR KEV!