His teams were notoriously lightweight here, weren’t they. Very little physical presence: Richardson, Darby, Williams (who really wasn’t that strong for such a big bloke) Salako, Jess, Burrows, all were lightweights. Presley was pretty physical, but then he was a disaster, and I never forget Andy Cole brushing him aside and getting the winner at HR in that 2-3 defeat.
Even with Dion up front and then bringing in Liam Daish didn’t rectify the problem.
Atkinson's 1st game was the game before when we beat West Ham 2-0. The 1st thing he did was sign Kevin Richardson & Mike Marsh and they both made their debuts against West Ham.
We were 2-0 up at HT against Leicester but they scored 2 before we went on to win 4-2.