--- Paul Cundell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My point, unfortunately, is that to all outsiders > Blackwell IS a successful > manager, just like O'Leary was considered to be. If > Wilko was VERY good and > VERY successful how come he only won one title, very > nearly got us relegated > again and succeeded in getting Scumderland > relegated? > Blackwell's most optimistic target was top 6, which > he achieved. He, > therefore, IS at this moment in time successful. I, > too, doubt that he will > be this time next year but for now he is.
I don't agree with most of this. For a start, forget Mark Bright ask the championship managers who Blackwell was up against whether they thought Blackwell did a good job. All of them would have loved the money that Blackwell had and most of them given the size and quality of the squad would have managed to find a system that would have netted us more than 9 points from our last 10 games. I am sure of that. Also pundits such as Eddie Gray who rarely has a bad word to say about Leeds will admit that Leeds haven't played well all season and that we have been heavily dependent on set pieces to get us out of trouble. Wilko - sorry Paul but how can you flippantly say that Wilko 'only won one title'. For Christ's sake it was the Leagud Div One title !!! Some teams have never won that - Newcastle for one and even the great Don Revie only managed it twice despite being dominant for years. You have to remember that ssum had gone 25 years without winning it despite having such managment greats. Also 3 years prior to winning this 'only title' we were 4th bottom of the second division under Billy Bremner. Wilko took over and we immediately went on a 17 match unbeaten run. He was a good manager and nobody can doubt that. Yes things turned sour towards the end - in a manager's career things usually do - Howard Kendall being a good example. 'Only one title' - I liked that one Paul. I wonder when we will win this title again. Probably not in mine + yours lifetime. > There's a big difference as I said between worse and > successful - WHO would > have come to Leeds last summer AND won the play offs > or got automatic > promotion, guaranteed? Ok, I'll rephase. I reckon Warnock, Coppell and Boothroyd would have all taken Leeds up automatically. > > At best you can only play 2 centre forwards at once, > as I recall Healy and > Hulse were both preferred to Marlon King - I don't > think that that was wrong > and I don't recall you proclaiming that King should > be placed above Hulse or > Healy in the pecking order either. > > Rich Walker - 7/3/05 - 'Marlon King - crap.' I think my match verdict on King was as a result of playing him left wing. I'll have a trawl through my match reports but I reckon I probably also commented that he wasn't a left winger and with his pace he should be playign up front. > > Blackwell has achieved what 20 'better' 'more > successful' managers, > including at least 8 former premiership managers > failed to achieve. So > credit where its due, he's done well, he's surpassed > what was expected of > him but as you correctly say NOW he has to surpass > what he has already > achieved. Irrelevant. Just cos he spent more money and had a bigger squad and got them into the play offs does that mean he's better than the Crewe manager that whopped his ass at their place workign on a shoestring. I dont' think so. > Sorry to disappoint Rich but if we're in the top 2 > at Christmas there is NO > WAY, regardless of how dull the football is, that > Blackwell will be sacked. > In fact when Ken is faced with 2 and a half years > compo we're gonna have to > be bottom 3 at Xmas to get him sacked. Well if we start the way we finished the season we will be inthe bottom 3. If luck runs out like it did at Cardiff and a lot of times in those last 13 games or so we'll struggle and Blackwell will be out. > > Cheers > Paul > > > _______________________________________________ > the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and > the list administrators accept no liability for the > personal views and opinions of contributors. > Leedslist mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > ___________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - with free PC-PC calling and photo sharing. http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. Leedslist mailing list [email protected] http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist 12000 bulldozed homes.....
