Kevin Keegan

[BlueStar]

1 hour ago, PauloGeordio said:

It's tremendous 

Incredible levels of politeness from Kev 

[Nucasol]

40 minutes ago, Ghandis Flip-Flop said:

Did he? I seem to recall it taking nearly two years for Sir Bobby to get decent signings in and then us flying. But before then it was a case of trying to fix a really unbalanced side with cheap pick ups from South America (Acuna, Cordone, Bassedas) or free's like Gallagher.

Gavilán and Fumaca too. Mick Wadsworth’s scouting network was grade A wank. Genuinely a rogue’s gallery with one or two eventual decent ones who we made no money from.
 

Bobby’s signings 1999-January 2001:

 

Helder (loan)

Sparrowhawk Gavilan

Lucas Cominelli

Gallagher

Cripple Carl Cort

Broken Biscuits Bassedas

Wolfman Cordone

LuaLua

Any Any Andy O’B

“Colonel” Clarence Acuna

Quanne Winn

Fumaca

Pablo Bonvin

Olly Bernard 

 

 

 

 

Edited 9 hours ago by Nucasol

[Likelylad]

7m for Carl Cort man. Still annoys me to this day. 

[PauloGeordio]

19 minutes ago, BlueStar said:

Incredible levels of politeness from Kev 

“Fuck’s that monstrosity?” his first thought! 

[Cronky]

On 29/03/2025 at 21:17, El Prontonise said:

 

I'm going to get some pelters my way but bobby gets too much credit imo.  He inherited a decent team just with a shite manager.

 

I would say that we were a team on the decline, and a momentum like that is difficult to turn round. Sir Bob did that, and more.

 

It's extraordinary that so many supporters turned against him and he was sacked after three successive top five finishes. We paid a heavy price for that. The detailed story of those events would make an interesting read.

[huss9]

1 hour ago, Likelylad said:

7m for Carl Cort man. Still annoys me to this day. 

thought he was canny till he got injured.

[Likelylad]

He put himself about and looked okay early on but I just remember him getting that hamstring injury and then after that he struggled to stay fit for any sustained period of time. 

[OCOCOL]

4 hours ago, BlueStar said:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DI8N38bp073/?igsh=Zmp3NWF0Nmt3ZXNt

Could have been a UN diplomat there… wonder how long it stayed in the garage until his wife got rid or telt him to take it on a tip run.

[Elma]

33 minutes ago, OCOCOL said:

Could have been a UN diplomat there… wonder how long it stayed in the garage until his wife got rid or telt him to take it on a tip run.

 

Has vibes of the That's Life stuffed cat - 11-year-old me couldn't breathe when they unveiled that:

 

 

[Nucasol]

1 hour ago, Likelylad said:

He put himself about and looked okay early on but I just remember him getting that hamstring injury and then after that he struggled to stay fit for any sustained period of time. 

Just remember him with a Batman mask on at the Xmas party. His biggest contribution was being a wingman to the Brat Pack and his wife giving it the “Do you know who I am?” spiel in Kingston Park Tesco.

 

[Wolfcastle]

2 hours ago, Cronky said:

 

I would say that we were a team on the decline, and a momentum like that is difficult to turn round. Sir Bob did that, and more.

 

It's extraordinary that so many supporters turned against him and he was sacked after three successive top five finishes. We paid a heavy price for that. The detailed story of those events would make an interesting read.

"So many" is a bit much, would have been less than about 5% if that. Was more a case of would rather sack some of the players but you cant and Sir Bobby was leaving at the end of that season anyway but was no calls, chants or any turning against from memory and I've seen no evidence for it since.

Its always just that the ground was half-empty for a walk around after Wolves but it was half empty for a walk around after Villa in 01 too.

[christ]

The problem wasn’t getting rid of Robson - I do think his race was run and things had got a bit stale - it was how cack handed Shepherd managed the entire situation.

 

Cut his knees off from under him with the whole ‘last year’ shite and then when he finally had the bottle to sack him he had a shortlist of one manager who was available, willing and (most importantly for Freddie) British.

[80]

I think it's very hard to assess any of Robson's failings without factoring in the dogshit management and undermining behaviour of the board for much of his time here.

[Cort]

5 hours ago, Likelylad said:

7m for Carl Cort man. Still annoys me to this day. 

Boy was unlucky with injuries.

[Likelylad]

That is true. The fee didn’t help when in same window. Arsenal signed Pires for 6m, Leeds signed Viduka for the same & Chelsea got Gudjohnsen for around 4m. 

[Collage]

Keegan, Robson and Howe have all been backed in the transfer market, so you can't really hold that against any of them when comparing them. What they all three have in common is that they transformed the club and the team into a winning one, made the fans feel proud of their football club again and also genuine hope for the future. Keegan probably still #1 in this regard, then Howe and then SBR.

[Rod]

3 minutes ago, Collage said:

Keegan, Robson and Howe have all been backed in the transfer market, so you can't really hold that against any of them when comparing them. What they all three have in common is that they transformed the club and the team into a winning one, made the fans feel proud of their football club again and also genuine hope for the future. Keegan probably still #1 in this regard, then Howe and then SBR.

Howe number 1 for me and I loved Keegan and Robson.  We have silverware, simples.

[Fak]

1 minute ago, Rod said:

Howe number 1 for me and I loved Keegan and Robson.  We have silverware, simples.

 

Howe managed to win a trophy with Bruno clogging our midfield up, too. Bonus points for that.