I’ve spoken of Jimmy Hogan before on here. From Nelson in Lancashire, but not remembered as a managerial great in Britain because he did most of his coaching on the continent. But he was an instrumental figure across Europe and especially in Austria and Hungary for taking success to club teams in those countries which influenced the national teams.
I think I might know who you mean. Total football ignoramus but lovely man.That caller could be a number of posters on here, although that particular line is a favourite of one in particular.
Yes, the “overthinks things” cliche winds me up too. He makes bold and innovative tactical decisions all the time (including yesterday) and the reason he’s a great manager is that he gets it right the majority of the time. It was the “No Plan B” line that I thought was the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever read though, because he doesn’t bung Crouchy on for the last 15 minutes.
Its not just City. A fair percentage of football fans don’t know anything about football. The first called on GMR after the Southampton game was wailing “YOu pLAy YoUr STroNgesT tEam eVERy weEK” for gods sake.
They will be regreting him when he will be gone. Seriously dont see a manager that could come here and match his achievements. He may not win the CL with us and another manager might come in and win it but in terms of the dominance and perfect style of play we are showing on the pitch under him we will never see. Every team fears us when they play us , they all know we are the better team and the team they have to beat to prove themselvs , this pretty much reminds me if Pep's Barca , it was the same with them but they also had Messi, so it was 50% Pep , 50% Messi. But with us theres no player to score 40 goals a season and push the team on his own so Pep's influence is even more visible.
You know, in the early days of football, British coaches/managers were seen as visionaries and their methods were adopted in Europe and around the world.
How the fuck did we get to the like of BFS, Colin Wanker and other hoof boys?
It’s slightly surprising, given that some of our managers, in the early years of our existence were in charge for years and years.
But congratulations to the great man. He’s a brilliant coach and I’m loving the journey.
A position which is not only not mutually exclusive but one which applies to many people I know. That being said they probably think the same about me…I think I might know who you mean. Total football ignoramus but lovely man.
Exactly.maybe it’s extra league cup and champions league games we didn’t have back then