by Vision »
29 Sep 2009 15:31
winchester_royal I'm not saying he wasn't important, just that he wasn't the KEY factor. The KEY factor was the squad, and the fact that we stayed almost entirely injury free for basically the whole season. If any of the first 11 had got injured, except maybe one of the strikers, for a significant amount of time we'd have got nowhere near 106 points. That season was the culmination of 6 or 7 years hard work from Pardew, Coppell, and most importantly the players.
I'm not trying to shit on his grave so to speak, but to suggest a manager who was easily found out in both the second prem season, and the second half of last season would waltz into the club right now and completely turn around the club is crap, and we all know it. Funnily enough it's mostly the same people who were slagging off for the last two years (looking very much at you Thou Twat) that want him back now. Rodgers' poor start is the best thing that could have happenned to Coppell's reputation, but the sad fact is through poor management in January (paying ridiculous amounts on Kitson, Little and new contracts for Doyle and Hunt) SC left BR with little hope.
Sorry to sound like a 'spacktard' but that's my opinion, and if you're offended by it then I suggest you foe me up.
The squad that he spent 3 years refining and building. People underestimate this so much because everything in football these days has to be instant. Given that you're one of those that quite rightly are saying give Rodgers time I'm amazed you can't see how important and crucial this was. It didn't just happen by fluke. Its also why people crack me up when they talk about the previous 2 seasons as failure when the squad was being built and a true team spirit being developed. These things are down to the manager and was the reason that "team" far exceeded the sum of its individual parts.
The Kitson,Little,Doyle Hunt deals have nothing to do with what Rodgers inherited either well only in the sense that we failed to get promoted. If we had done then even if Coppell had walked (and I believe he would) its doubtful Rodgers would have been given the job in the Premiership. Other than that he inherited exactly what he would anywhere else with a club with a large wage bill in their 2nd season after relegation from the Premiership. Can't really point the finger at Coppell for that given that all four aren't on the current wage bill.