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Stuart McCall's managerial legacy

Discussion in 'City Talk' started by Aaron Baker, Dec 13, 2020.

  1. NorthernMonkey

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    His magnificent ginger mane. Definitely a positive.
     
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  2. Ulysses S Grant

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    To be fair it was more of a general comment rather than specifically in response to yours
     
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    Strawberry Blonde, please.
     
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    The legacy from his last spell was that listening to his, bad tempered, post match interviews was more entertaining than watching his team play.
     
  5. NorthernMonkey

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    See @king karl@king karl, its at times like these we need the poop emoji.

    #honourthevote
     
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    So the manager who left the club in June 2016 should be given credit for getting us to Wembley in May 2017, no credit whats ever for McCall also recording no home defeats that season, this post belongs in the joke thread Mclowne, have you a relative called Norman Corner by any chance.
     
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    Have you got the lottery numbers for Tuesday night ?.
     
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    Luckily Campbell is still only 20/1 with Bet Victor, same as Gary Bowyer !!!
     
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    Nope I just know Millwall were better than us and in a two legged semi would have seen us off and McCall would have suffered same fate as Parkinson did previous year.
     
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    Yet there was nothing between the two teams in both league encounters the games finishing 1 - 1 we finished above Millwall so as the format was we drew Fleetwood over the two legged semi final, not sure you can rewrite history on an assumption.
    But that's what the forum is all about opinions.
     
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    I'm gonna miss those emotional outbursts
     
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    Definitely different this time to his previous poor runs.Being asked the tough questions rather than the constant ref blaming love ins with Thornton and Ormondroyd meant no place to hide.Saturdays grilling and loss of cool would never have happened on the Pulse.
     
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    Just what I was thinking when I read the post...especially as I don't think McCall was originally spelt as McCall!

    Going undefeated at home, and the overall excellent defensive record of that season, are certainly things to remember and yes, give Stuart a lot of credit for.

    Overall this is another case of a star player not reaching the same heights as manager. From another sport, a clear parallel is Wayne Gretzky -- in the running as greatest player ever, but only middling, adequate, as coach. I suppose, as has been mentioned here recently, Alan Dowson would be an example in the other direction -- more successful as a manager than player.

    RCB
     
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    :poop: Like this one :grinning:
     
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    No, as in the ratings C&B used to have.

    But I think you knew that :unsure:
     
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