viva hate Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 The man who did not sign Eric Cantona. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuthaMucker Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 Reyt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoop Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 The man who rode big Ron's team, then ripped it apart, spent a load of money and got the sack. But for some reason alot of our fans still see him as some sort of managerial genius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scram Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 The man who took us to 2 cup finals, 3rd in the top division and into europe while playing some incredible football Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viva hate Posted December 12, 2014 Author Share Posted December 12, 2014 Love Tricky Trev but the thought of not signing Cantona wtffff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoop Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 Alan Irvine couldnt have failed with the side he inherited The only good thing about Francis was that his name could attract top players, much like Bryan Robson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest minsk owl Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 BFR signed Francis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vontemp Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 Alan Irvine couldnt have failed with the side he inherited The only good thing about Francis was that his name could attract top players, much like Bryan Robson Utter testicles, Big Ron managed to get that side relegated.Francis was fantastic in his first couple of seasons, that was the best football we've played in decades, just a shame he lost the plot towards the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WatfordOwl Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 We've got tricky Trevor, he will play forever Legend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parkfieldowl14 Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 (edited) We'd could only dream of having that calibre of team right now and i also think that TF was harshly treated by some sections of the fans and by the board by being sacked for finishing 12th or 13th in the Premiership.Any team outside the top 4 of the Premiership today would bite their gonads off to finishing in that position. Edited December 12, 2014 by parkfieldowl14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoop Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 The cult of Francis Nowhere near as good as the cult of megson Its weird isn't it that for such a brilliant manager, he went on to achieve diddellysh!t once he left Hillsborough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
everydayiswednesday Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 Des Walker Paul Warhurst Chris Waddle Mark Bright Paul Williams Not bad signings, what we would give to have players like that now. Also turned town 3.25 million from Man Utd for Hirsty when he was manager. I think we were about 6th in the league when Dave Richards sacked him. But i thought he made a mistake in signing Chris Woods, not needed as Pressman was about to break into team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradowl Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 Lets not forget what a great player Francis was for us even though it was right at the end of his playing days. The perfect player to bring on for last 20 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradowl Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 Des Walker Paul Warhurst Chris Waddle Mark Bright Paul Williams Not bad signings, what we would give to have players like that now. Also turned town 3.25 million from Man Utd for Hirsty when he was manager. I think we were about 6th in the league when Dave Richards sacked him. But i thought he made a mistake in signing Chris Woods, not needed as Pressman was about to break into team. Big Ron signed Williams to replace Atkinson-Dalian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WESTENDOWL Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 Love Tricky Trev but the thought of not signing Cantona wtffff. Do you really think he would have been the player for The Wednesday as he was was for Man Utd don`t forget Howard could`t tame him at L---s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Snooty Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 (edited) The team structure was in place and he added to it with quality. Tinkered it along brilliantly. Then tried to rush the process to it's conclusion and got rid of two many useful players and characters and replaced them with over the odds fees for what in some cases were lesser players. (and no I'm not on about Waddle and Walker before anyone chimes. I'm on about playing reserve centre back Coleman at left back. Letting Worthington walk and buying a right footed left back in Nolan for double the money. Letting Harkes go and spunking a vast fee on Sinton. Striking gold putting Warhurst up top. Then trying to repeat the trick at various times with Waddle, Palmer, Bart-Williams etc. Selling Pearson and replacing him with the Hod carrier. It was for a short window though some of the most swashbuckling football I have ever seen. ​Then we lost our swash with a load of paceless replacements. Then Pleat came in to repair it and destroyed it further. I prefer thinking of Trevor as the fleet footed super sub. What pace and close control at his age. Edited December 12, 2014 by Lord Snooty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
everydayiswednesday Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 Big Ron signed Williams to replace Atkinson-Dalian. Ok but still fantastic signings & they all came because of Francis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viva hate Posted December 12, 2014 Author Share Posted December 12, 2014 Do you really think he would have been the player for The Wednesday as he was was for Man Utd don`t forget Howard could`t tame him at L---s He would've been Cantona. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradowl Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 The team structure was in place and he added to it with quality. Tinkered it along brilliantly. Then tried to rush the process to it's conclusion and got rid of two many useful players and characters and replaced them with over the odds fees for what in some cases were lesser players. (and no I'm not on about Waddle and Walker before anyone chimes. I'm on about playing reserve centre back Coleman at left back. Letting Worthington walk and buying a right footed left back in Nolan for double the money. Letting Harkes go and spunking a vast fee on Sinton. Striking gold putting Warhurst up top. Then trying to repeat the trick at various times with Waddle, Palmer, Bart-Williams etc. Selling Pearson and replacing him with the Hod carrier. It was for a short window though some of the most swashbuckling football I have ever seen. ​Then we lost our swash with a load of paceless replacements. Then Pleat came in to repair it and destroyed it. I prefer thinking of Trevor as the fleet footed super sub. What pace and close control at his age. I'd go along with most of this but with Andy Sinton he was also wanted by Arsenal and he was receiving Man of match awards in almost every game for QPR who weren't a bad side themselves. At time me and many other fans thought Sinton was going to be a superstar for us. I think letting Pearson was a massive mistake, maybe a bigger one than not signing Cantona, we knew very little of Cantona at time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulva Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 We havn't had many better players, or got to many cup finals since Francis left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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