by Big Niall » Fri Apr 02, 2004 9:41 am
I wasn't saying Evans was great (I don't think we've had a good manager since Fagan, Dalglish started well but Arsenal were top dogs when he left, start of decline) but I was saying two things.
(1) The league is all that counts and under Evans we were never outside the top 4 and never finished 40 points behind the leaders.
(2) GH and people in the media often say "he has turned the club around" does spending €100m on sh##e turn a club around (maybe the Leeds way).
Besides Fowler (who was a good sale-passed it), all his sales have been at a loss e.g buy Barmby for £6m, play him a bit and sell him for £3m. I think £3m is a hell of a big loss. It seems the norm under GH. I'd forgotten about half the players he sold (some of, I still can't remember).
Some people say "blame the players not the manager" but he buys/sells, selects and motivates the players.
I really hate him now especially his lame excuses, he doesn't remember decisions that went for us, Yeovil, the Ref in the Roma game that gave them a penalty and after complaings by Pool players said "ok, a corner then".