Sky_Blue_Daz
Well-Known Member
In my opinion it was Coleman a defence including Westwood, Dann, Fox Ward and he had a few quid to spend too
Starchan by a country mile. He got us relegated with great players and will never be forgiven!!
Coleman, really? I would maybe agree but I quote the OP, "with the best squad". Were we not "the entertainers"? Dublin, Keane, Huckerby, Chippo, Hadji, Boateng, Whelan, etc etc etc.
Blimey. Disagree again. He had a decent squad in the relegation season many of whom left to play for other PL clubs post relegation.It's unfair to name Strachan in this thread. Although he did a very poor job of managing the squad in his final year (either he fell out with players, or played them out of position, or didn't play those who should have done), he didn't have a good squad with which to work. Similarly, Andy Thorn can be absolved of the charge, even though he was the worst manager in CCFC history.
Coleman comfortably takes the prize in recent times.
Huckerby, Whelan, Keane, Dublin, McAllister and Boateng weren't there in the final relegation season. It wasn't a particularly good squad.
No, maybe not, but we still had enough quality to survive. Bellamy, Hartson, Thompson, Shaw, Hadji, Chippo, Breen, Hedman, Konjic...
My point was we never really set the world alight even with all those great players. Maybe if he hadn't of stubbonly played Telfer week in and week out and put his own son in (who was rubbish) then we may have done better. He also took had a £1M payoff, didn't he? Insult to injury, etc.
Blimey. Disagree again. He had a decent squad in the relegation season many of whom left to play for other PL clubs post relegation.
Most thought the writing was on the wall when Keane and McAllister were sold off. The team was tipped for relegation. There's no doubt the squad could have been better managed, but I just don't think there's that much of a discrepancy between the quality of the squad and where it ended up. Coleman, on the other hand, should have been challenging with the quality and budget he had.
You've missed Carsley who was decent and made a career with David Moyes' Everton side. Aloisi also.No, maybe not, but we still had enough quality to survive. Bellamy, Hartson, Thompson, Shaw, Hadji, Chippo, Breen, Hedman, Konjic...
My point was we never really set the world alight even with all those great players. Maybe if he hadn't of stubbonly played Telfer week in and week out and put his own son in (who was rubbish) then we may have done better. He also took had a £1M payoff, didn't he? Insult to injury, etc.
Strachan's squad was a hundred times better than Coleman's - and he was a rubbish manager too.
Comparing apples and oranges here. Contextually, Coleman's resources were strong enough to challenge for promotion and he severely underachieved. Strachan's resources in that final season were strong enough to battle relegation, but he merely underachieved.
.. and had resources that far outweighed those managers who had managed to keep the club in the top division for the previous 33 years."Merely"? Despite a good squad, unwavering support of his chairman and a healthy budget he "merely" relegated us. I think we'll have to agree to disagree. I only mentioned Coleman as you keep doing so.
"Merely"? Despite a good squad, unwavering support of his chairman and a healthy budget he "merely" relegated us. I think we'll have to agree to disagree. I only mentioned Coleman as you keep doing so.
Merely.
Which teams do you think CCFC should have finished ahead of in 2000–2001? The seven teams ahead of us: Manchester City (also relegated), Derby County, Everton, West Ham, Middlesborough, Leicester, Tottenham.
How many of them had poorer squads than City?
At least 3
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