| Who’s your Daddy? 07:29 - Jan 8 with 1216 views | Chris_ITFC |
To those who may be unaware, Tyler and Jack Fletcher are Man Utd youngsters, and sons of the new caretaker manager, Darren Fletcher - with leads to the lovely joke (credit: Rory Smith) that the Club have just given the job to one of the Dads for a bit.
What would your Dad be like at managing Town? |  |
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| Who’s your Daddy? on 07:54 - Jan 8 with 1111 views | marvellous |
My dad had the same outlook at football as McKenna - it's entertainment. He really enjoyed the "we'll score one more than you" approach and celebrated individual brilliance.
As a man manager, he was a very logical, methodical, patient bloke that had a very good knack of making the most simple of people understand the most difficult things. Getting his message across wouldn't be difficult but he wasn't an "arm round the shoulder" type. He could offer a solution to a problem, a way of implementing it but emotions are your problem.
He was my assistant manager at U18s level and to me, his son, was awkward! He decided to play me, a low scoring, high assisting, quick striker, to a left full-back as it would force me to use and therefore improve my left foot. What actually happened was I turned into the Jack Clarke of left backs and all of the opposition attacks came down my side because I couldn't defend on the outside.
I miss you, dad. You've been away long enough, you can come home now. |  | | |
| Who’s your Daddy? on 08:10 - Jan 8 with 1061 views | Keno |
My earliest memory of watching football with my dad what Brazil beating Italy in the 1970 World Cup final. I still rate the Brazil and the 2nd best team Ive ever watched
On being overawed at the skill, speed and fluidity of the Brazil players I comments to my dad ' this is a different game, we dont play like this'
his reply .... "I know son, they should stop poncing about with ir, they'd be much better getting up to a big guy" |  |
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| Who’s your Daddy? on 08:19 - Jan 8 with 1006 views | tonybied |
I don't know, but he'd kick your Dads arse! |  | | |
| Who’s your Daddy? on 08:22 - Jan 8 with 979 views | Chris_ITFC |
| Who’s your Daddy? on 08:10 - Jan 8 by Keno |
My earliest memory of watching football with my dad what Brazil beating Italy in the 1970 World Cup final. I still rate the Brazil and the 2nd best team Ive ever watched
On being overawed at the skill, speed and fluidity of the Brazil players I comments to my dad ' this is a different game, we dont play like this'
his reply .... "I know son, they should stop poncing about with ir, they'd be much better getting up to a big guy" |
“Bloody get ridda it Walton” | |
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| Who’s your Daddy? on 13:21 - Jan 8 with 742 views | PhilsAngels |
My dad had a more traditional view of playing football and there would be less of the build up from the back as now. Maybe a bit quicker from back to front through the midfield and to the forwards of which there would be two up front. | | | |
| Who’s your Daddy? on 13:30 - Jan 8 with 715 views | Blue_Uprising |
My dad would replicate Sir Alfs exact formation and style of play and I suspect we would lose every single match. |  | | |
| Who’s your Daddy? on 13:34 - Jan 8 with 701 views | Len_Brennan |
4-4-2 with wingers, big man - little man up front combination, safety first centre halves, full backs who defend & a tough tackling midfielder with a good engine. | |
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| Who’s your Daddy? on 13:57 - Jan 8 with 665 views | leitrimblue |
| Who’s your Daddy? on 13:21 - Jan 8 by PhilsAngels |
My dad had a more traditional view of playing football and there would be less of the build up from the back as now. Maybe a bit quicker from back to front through the midfield and to the forwards of which there would be two up front. |
Yer, my old man would be similar. None of that messing around with it at the back nonsense. Just hoof it up to the big lad up front. A possible knock down to his small strike partner being the closest thing to a game plan. |  | | |
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| Who’s your Daddy? on 15:03 - Jan 8 with 608 views | Guthrum |
He was always much more of a Rugger man.
But as a schoolteacher he would probably have done ok.
Edit: There are one or two of his former pupils on here, could make more informed comment than me? [Post edited 8 Jan 15:04]
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| Who’s your Daddy? on 15:13 - Jan 8 with 588 views | glasso |
My dad hates football and I think he's probably watched a full-game, at most, five times in his life.
He'd be slightly better than Paul Hurst. | | | |
| Who’s your Daddy? on 16:16 - Jan 8 with 528 views | usm |
"Hit it low and hard"
Was pretty much all the footballing advice I can remember my dad giving me |  |
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| Who’s your Daddy? on 16:37 - Jan 8 with 498 views | Mercian |
He's getting on a bit and loves attacking football so probably a late 19th century 1-2-7 formation. |  | | |
| Who’s your Daddy? on 17:16 - Jan 8 with 462 views | Godzilla |
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| Who’s your Daddy? on 17:26 - Jan 8 with 431 views | Cafe_Newman |
There'd be no cheating, diving, simulating, sh1thousing - just honest hard work and passion for the game.
He'd be stuck in the Championship nowadays, but would be content with that. |  | | |
| Who’s your Daddy? on 04:42 - Jan 9 with 297 views | Benters |
| Who’s your Daddy? on 13:57 - Jan 8 by leitrimblue |
Yer, my old man would be similar. None of that messing around with it at the back nonsense. Just hoof it up to the big lad up front. A possible knock down to his small strike partner being the closest thing to a game plan. |
This. |  |
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| Who’s your Daddy? on 04:47 - Jan 9 with 296 views | Benters |
My Father was from South Wales and loved Rugby more I think if I can remember rightly.
He did enjoy football as well but I reckon it would be hoof it none of this playing it out from the back rubbish. | |
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| Who’s your Daddy? on 12:12 - Jan 9 with 142 views | gringoblue |
My dad was one of the most sent off players in the history of the Clacton Sunday League, so his style of management would be "Get your retaliation in first!". |  | | |
| Who’s your Daddy? on 12:26 - Jan 9 with 117 views | SE1blue |
I’ve shared this before on here but my dad sold ice creams at the 1966 World Cup Final as he was one of a very few blokes in England that didn’t mind having his back to the game for 90 minutes.
When he took me to watch Town as a kid he was more interested in the bag of boiled sweets he could polish off whilst Mum wasn’t around.
Let’s just say he would need a good assistant manager. |  |
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