Ian Royalfloyd__streeteIan Royal I was fully behind Coppell after he got us relegated.
So why were you fully against Brian being given a full season to get us back to where he had taken us, as we did with Coppell
Because I thought Coppell was the right person to do it, having demonstrated an ability to put together a team capable of playing quality football at the top level and gotten us relegated on one poor six months. Compared to McDermott who'd shown no such thing, had us performing badly for most of the season and who I thought wasn't the right person to take us further.
There was always a sense of a plan with Coppell, a goal towards which he was building the team. I never got that sense with McDermott. He just seemed to be more about short term hole plugging and getting the best out of what he had with no view to the future. Everything about McDermott's preferred system just seemed to be a triumph of spirit over quality, whereas Coppell blended the two.
Look at most of McDermott's best signings.
Griffin - twilight of his career
Leigertwood - twilight of his career
Roberts - twilight of his career
Harte - twilight of his career
He had to be short term because he had the players that he wanted to build a long term team around with sold from under him.