Not sure i would agree with this.
To understand people like BFS you need to go back and look at what happened in the mid 80's onwards while Bert Millichip & his cronies were in charge of the F.A.
Under his tenure (and against a backdrop of declining attendancies, football hooliganism & crumbling infrastructure etc) he commissioned a report/investigation/study looking into English football, and how to make it more entertaining & appealing. They went with flawed pre-conceived concept that more goals = more entertainment, so proceeded to look at a breakdown of how goals were scored (with a view to isolating a style of play/ tactics that would produce more goals per game that could be coached from grass routes level up) .
The problem was that when they analysed a large number of games from the top divisions in England, a startling statistic came to light; one in which the average number of passes made (once a team received possession) that led to a goal was 3 or less. Therefore they concluded that possession wasn't the key to scoring more goals, but putting/keeping the ball in the danger areas in & around the opponents box would. And hence the FA used this as their blueprint for supposedly more entertaining (and hopefully more successful) football.
This led to many teams employing the often see tactic of a big guy upfront nodding it down for a (usually) smaller, nippier strike partner (i.e. like the old Wimbledon, or Graham Sharpe & co at Everton).
It was from this concept that the English then began to consider the attributes of strength, power & pace more desirable & needed than passing accuracy or technical ability on the ball.
And this is the background in which BFS (and others from that era) developed/formed their basis of football strategy & tactics.
Ironically, whilst the F.A. went down this route (practically route one), European countries that were considered backwater/second rate teams (i.e. Denmark & the Scandanavian countries etc) decided to develop a blueprint for their future teams based on the succesful club teams of that time (i.e. Liverpool etc) and a possession/ technical type of football.
No.
Because I can't name someone else who has made quite such a career out of narrowly avoiding complete failure.
Most people are in football aiming for the top. Sam & his mates, aim to reach & hang around near the bottom.
They either slither up to reach the bottom, from below, or scrabble around to try & avoid touching the bottom, from just above.
If I had to name the most similar manager to Sam, it would be Neil Warnock, but he tends to slither up, rather than scrabble above.
No.
Because I can't name someone else who has made quite such a career out of narrowly avoiding complete failure.
Most people are in football aiming for the top. Sam & his mates, aim to reach & hang around near the bottom.
They either slither up to reach the bottom, from below, or scrabble around to try & avoid touching the bottom, from just above.
If I had to name the most similar manager to Sam, it would be Neil Warnock, but he tends to slither up, rather than scrabble above.
Bolton top 6
West Ham top 10, and at Christmas we was in 4th before injuries hit us
Everton 8th, would have been higher had he been appointed earlier.
not sure what more he can do when majority of time he's taking over demoralized clubs facing relegation that do not have anywhere near the money the top 6 have had
Newcastle fans can't stand the twat either because they'd also like to see some form of attacking intent from their sides.
I'm sure they really enjoyed getting relegated the following season, in particular the total chaos of that season.
That's a bit facetious. Of course no-one enjoys relegation. But to pay bloody good money once or twice a week to watch 90 minutes of the most brain-numbing, negative, dire hoofball can't be enjoyable either.
So you're happy to finish 10th with mind numbing football?
Newcastle fans can't stand the twat either because they'd also like to see some form of attacking intent from their sides.
Everton fans weren't happy to finish 8th watching it, it's an entertainment business ffs.
Look at WBA they've had higher attendances in the championship because they're now trying to play football and win games rather than bore their supporters to death by trying not to lose them.
Bolton top 6
West Ham top 10, and at Christmas we was in 4th before injuries hit us
Everton 8th, would have been higher had he been appointed earlier.
not sure what more he can do when majority of time he's taking over demoralized clubs facing relegation that do not have anywhere near the money the top 6 have had