Mancini. Oversaw our rise back to the elite and outgunned Slurgie in the mindgames. But the very fire and personality traits that he possesses and helped us become winners, seemingly contributed also to his downfall.
That said, given another couple of seasons and a transfer kitty, I like to imagine he would have found a way to breed success here.
Also fond of Joe Royle, play offs obviously a big part of my memories of that, but he turned around a side in freefall and brought in fighters, then class, and gave us a chance to get back up. Would have said Kendall too for the on the pitch performance, but he truly stiffed us off it. Keegan was fun but lacked that certain ingredient to make him a successful manager, here and elsewhere.
Also kind of enjoyed Peter Reid's hit and run footy, saw some good seasons for us despite having limited tactics of lumping it to the big lad or working it so David White could stretch his legs.
Met Brian Horton once, a gent. Despite being accosted by several drunk lads whilst trying to have a quiet Indian with his partner, was full of smiles and more than happy to talk footy.
