Roy

[SW4Baggie]

The point was made that we could have found a better manager not whether yawn the football was more attractive. No one has given any answer to who we could have got better when he was employed or when he was replaced.

I think you’ve made this argument to suit.  Swag’s point (apologies if not Swag) was that he wasn’t sorry to see him leave.  Not that he shouldn’t have been appointed. 

He was the right appointment, he did a good job, left us as a stable PL club and laid the foundations for Clarke.   Our first genuine PL class manager.  To say there wasn’t grumblings regarding some of the home performances is revisionism itself.

Aside from the 1-5 which I was fortunate to be at   My abiding memory of that time was the Jerome Thomas half way line tackle against Man City in the 0-0

If his shot that hit the post had gone in late on the roof would have come off The Hawthorns that day!
I know some people felt celebrating a 0-0 was distinctly small time,  but that was one of the most hard fought points ever witnessed.