timeEd32 Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 Sounds like things were pretty grim behind the scenes. He clearly lost the players awhile ago. Makes it even more baffling that we stuck with him through the Feb. break. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 My only surprise is that no one shoehorned Lee Clarke into that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ_NUFC Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 If one more person calls him Houghton, I fucking swear to God Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 Yeah well, we'll see if tunes change if we go down. Dalglish had no Shearer for the season and suffered the consequences. My tune won't change. SMc was a minor symptom of the disease this club is fighting and, whether we're relegated or not, he'll never be the sole reason we're down. KD had a far more damaging effect on NUFC given the respective circumstances. Aye so damaging in fact that we were finishing and 4th and 3rd a few seasons later. Including players like Solano, Speed, Shay and Dabizas that he signed, by the way. Dalglish's team were aging and on the way down. He had one bad season in which we finished 13th, beat Barcelona and reached a cup final. McClaren has quite possibly gotten us relegated with his cowardice and ineptitude. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geordie Ahmed Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 Dalglish was responsible for that aging team though by signing Barnes, Rush and Pearce Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 We weren't that far away from relegation in that season under Dalglish. Only finished a handful of points above the cut off iirc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 Dalglish was responsible for that aging team though by signing Barnes, Rush and Pearce Pearce was a good signing for a couple of years, Barnes was a good signing for a season too. And I was talking about the cornerstones of Keegan's team, not the additions. Lee, Ferdinand, Ginola, Beresford, Albert etc all over 30 in Dalglish's first full season. Bottom line: Dalglish did some good things here. McClaren didn't. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bimpy474 Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 I hated Dalglish for one reason mainly, Des 'fucking' Hamilton. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 I think the decline seemed more noticeable then, whereas McClaren came into a paddling pool of shit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BleedBlackAndWhite Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 Dalglish was responsible for that aging team though by signing Barnes, Rush and Pearce Pearce was a good signing for a couple of years, Barnes was a good signing for a season too. And I was talking about the cornerstones of Keegan's team, not the additions. Lee, Ferdinand, Ginola, Beresford, Albert etc all over 30 in Dalglish's first full season. Bottom line: Dalglish did some good things here. McClaren didn't. They were all over 30 but playing incredible football, getting rid of ferdinand, ginola, albert and also refusing to play asprilla for long periods of time was criminal. You're right he did also bring in some good signings, but he broke up a team playing insanely good football and things just went steadily downhill. Ronaldo, iniesta, pirlo, john terry, there's tons of footballers who have/still do play great into their 30's. I will agree he hasn't been as bad as SMC though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest reefatoon Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 Must say, not a fan of McClaren at all, didn't think he was remotely likeable. Apart from his hideous attempt at football management, those 3/4 word sentences he would spout, like we all had learning difficulties was infuriating. We were tremendous - pause could have done more - pause Unlucky at times - horse teeth pop out followed by little chuckle. The bloke was a c***. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenny Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 Dalglish was responsible for that aging team though by signing Barnes, Rush and Pearce Pearce was a good signing for a couple of years, Barnes was a good signing for a season too. And I was talking about the cornerstones of Keegan's team, not the additions. Lee, Ferdinand, Ginola, Beresford, Albert etc all over 30 in Dalglish's first full season. Bottom line: Dalglish did some good things here. McClaren didn't. Ultimately your bottom line is a key point, and I agree with that, but Dalglish did more harm than good for us IMO. The three most important players you've mentioned above (Lee, Ferdinand, Ginola) all went on to have a good few more years playing very well so they could have remained cornerstones. He did sign some good players but certainly didn't himself get the best out of a large number of them. Speed in particular was shocking in his first season for us. Hamann was the only thing I remember loving about that period of time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 McClaren started from shit and continued to be shit, I think Dalglish did more direct harm. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG32 Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 McClaren started from s*** and continued to be s***, I think Dalglish did more direct harm. Dog Leash had one of the best attacks in the league, finished a second and then in the following season decided to demolish the team and replace key players with burnt out hasbeens. The bloke was off his rocker. He was also ruined by Shearer breaking his ankle but also did him self no favours signing Anderson. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Logic Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 He was starting to annoy me with his comments that bore no relation to reality, but now he's gone I'll very soon forget him. Unlike that cunt Pardew who is like a stain on my mind that even Persil could not eradicate. I honestly thought he would fade from memory too, but every time I see his face I get this massive negative reaction. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holloway Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 John fucking Barnes man, turned up for the start of one season weighing in at 16 stone having spent the whole pre-season camped out at MacDonalds. Little bullet heed on a big blubbery body,like George Foreman before he brought his grill out Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanj Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 McClaren started from s*** and continued to be s***, I think Dalglish did more direct harm. Dog Leash had one of the best attacks in the league, finished a second and then in the following season decided to demolish the team and replace key players with burnt out hasbeens. The bloke was off his rocker. He was also ruined by Shearer breaking his ankle but also did him self no favours signing Anderson. Sold Ginola and Ferdinand too like right around the time of the injury right? Should have blocked that fucking move (if possible) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG32 Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 Sir Les sale was going through as shearer broke his ankle, we tried to stop the deal but sir Les didn't want to stay after that. Fcking mess Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sempuki Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 McClaren started from s*** and continued to be s***, I think Dalglish did more direct harm. Dog Leash had one of the best attacks in the league, finished a second and then in the following season decided to demolish the team and replace key players with burnt out hasbeens. The bloke was off his rocker. He was also ruined by Shearer breaking his ankle but also did him self no favours signing Anderson. Pamela Andersson - that's a blast from the past. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinho lad Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 John Barnes was mint. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holloway Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 So was Ian Rush. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenny Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 Thinking about it, I probably hate Dalglish as much as I do because it was the first time I'd ever experienced bad football times since getting really into the game. I just remember finding the whole period depressing as hell after such an amazing time supporting us the few years preceding it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG32 Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 It was awful, it was like a speed come down. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueStar Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 Remember being massively disappointed with how cagey we were under Dalglish at the 98 final and the lack of changes to try and change the game until it was too late. Was seeing our last real chance of a trophy slip away before my eyes and he didn't seem too bothered, just wanted to continue keep it tight and not lose by 3 or 4. Remember the our fans screaming "attack, attack, attack" as we passed it about in our own half with 20 minutes to go Guess he got us to the final, so there's that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holloway Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 There was 2 things stood out for me,certainly in the latter part of his reign,if we went behind we were fucking knackered,beaten. And his insistence in the post match interviews that everything was fine,having played about 8 fullbacks for an away fixture and still got beaten. ' Proud of my players' he would say every time, would boil the piss of a maiden Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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