true - Leicester had continual top half finishes and 2 league cup wins

Steve Mclaren acheived very little at boro with far more cash to splash.

Also at Celtic he did turn the balance back to them from rangers who were superior before O'Neil arrived.

Posted By: phrankin on November 22nd 2007 at 10:39:09

Message Thread

Carragher (Other Football) - Beadle, Nov 22, 10:10:19
- Carragher's absence wasn't the fault of the management (Other Football) - mr carra, Nov 22, 10:18:02
  - My view (Other Football) - KentonCanary, Nov 22, 10:27:24
    - It would have taken the better man to back down and play though (Other Football) - pants, Nov 22, 10:31:48
      - Like Beckham? Work away and earn your place back. (n/m) (Other Football) - phrankin, Nov 22, 10:34:21
  - spot on (Other Football) - pants, Nov 22, 10:21:41
    - If he was giving away fouls, at least it would mean he was closing people down (Other Football) - Beadle, Nov 22, 10:24:23
    - 2nd rate manager who should never have got the job (Other Football) - phrankin, Nov 22, 10:23:04
      - It's a sh*t job (Other Football) - mr carra, Nov 22, 10:27:58
        
        It aint a bad job - O'neil should have got it last time (Other Football) - phrankin, Nov 22, 10:29:14
        
        its good in financial terms (Other Football) - mr carra, Nov 22, 10:30:42
        
        O'neil's record in club management surpasses steve Mcclaren's (Other Football) - phrankin, Nov 22, 10:33:25
        
        only at lower league level (Other Football) - mr carra, Nov 22, 10:36:50
        
        true - Leicester had continual top half finishes and 2 league cup wins (Other Football) - phrankin, Nov 22, 10:39:09
        
        for 'continual' read 'for about 4 or 5 years' (Other Football) - mr carra, Nov 22, 10:49:06
        
        makes me laugh he's even mentioned when Capello wants the job and Lippi is about (n/m) (Other Football) - Brandonio, Nov 22, 10:54:25
  - to be honest Mr Carra - the guy picking the team wasnt up to the job. (n/m) (Other Football) - phrankin, Nov 22, 10:19:21
    - not in this case (Other Football) - mr carra, Nov 22, 10:24:23
      - I thought he was unhappy at being picked at right/left back all the time (n/m) (Other Football) - phrankin, Nov 22, 10:27:31
        
        He was pissed off the Ledley got teh nod ahead of him when Terry was injured (Other Football) - DiscoDaleGordon, Nov 22, 10:36:03
        
        and Wes Brown was preferred at right-back too (n/m) (Other Football) - blindovabatski, Nov 22, 10:43:44
        
        He misses the fact that Ledley King is a far superior player (n/m) (Other Football) - Brom, Nov 22, 10:38:02
        
        WHo had not kicked a ball in almost a year (n/m) (Other Football) - DiscoDaleGordon, Nov 22, 10:39:43
        
        isn't that better than not playing at all? (Other Football) - mr carra, Nov 22, 10:29:53
        
        as I remember he was jerked around by mcclaren (Other Football) - phrankin, Nov 22, 10:31:30
        
        Funny that (Other Football) - mr carra, Nov 22, 10:43:12
        
        last night was about the system McClown picked (n/m) (Other Football) - blindovabatski, Nov 22, 10:45:27
        
        how? (n/m) (Other Football) - mr carra, Nov 22, 10:54:02
        
        4-5-1 Lumpard and Gerrard in midfield yet again (Other Football) - phrankin, Nov 22, 11:07:34
      - Yes, but Terry was injured, wasn't he! (n/m) (Other Football) - Beadle, Nov 22, 10:25:53
        
        and Carragher would have played last night (Other Football) - mr carra, Nov 22, 10:29:09
- The blokes a prick anyway (n/m) (Other Football) - pants, Nov 22, 10:14:21
  - You may not like him, but would you rather have him than any of the back four? (Other Football) - Beadle, Nov 22, 10:16:44
  - why? for getting peeved off at the shit management? (Other Football) - phrankin, Nov 22, 10:15:49
  - Yes, fair point (Other Football) - duke of york, Nov 22, 10:15:17
- I was thinking that last night (Other Football) - duke of york, Nov 22, 10:13:53
  - and he would have played if he hadn't been a tw*t (n/m) (Other Football) - mr carra, Nov 22, 10:18:38

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