| George Burley - Reflection 14:11 - Aug 11 with 1158 views | ChampionsofInnsbruck |
It’s always great to hear from George Burley, genuinely our third best manager which is no shame as he’s behind Ramsay and Robson! All managed their country too!
Looking back, I know we had a disastrous start to the 2002/3 season but in hindsight it would have probably been better to have allowed Burley to fix the mess. He should have been given a bit more time, I doubt we’d have been relegated again.
I think the biggest issue he had is while he had lost some quarters of the dressing room, the banks had already moved in and were beginning to auction off players at very low values, nobody knew who was going to be there by season end, so how can anyone mount a promotion push with that going on in the background? Nobody knew what was going to happen. It was an impossible task.
Credit to Burley for recommending Joe Royle to come in though, a good manager stifled by the lack of resourced and got blood out of stones during his tenure. Lets not forget that Joes best players were largely those brought in or through by Burley in Richards, Naylor, Westlake, Wilnis, Magic, Miller, Wright, Counago and Bowditch.
|  | | |  |
| George Burley - Reflection on 14:25 - Aug 11 with 1061 views | ElephantintheRoom |
Personally I think McGarry and Lyall were streets ahead of Burley both actually won the second division in double quick time - and I think you’ll find heroes such as Hermann and Holland refused club-saving transfers so they could line their own pockets. Bit harsh to blame the banks for that. |  |
| |
| George Burley - Reflection on 15:12 - Aug 11 with 919 views | Lord_Lucan |
Nah
I loved GB but he was screwed by then.
There were a few things not great at the time but losing Dale Roberts was the big one.
Edit - and the international break after getting stuffed by Liverpool [Post edited 11 Aug 2023 15:24]
|  |
| |
| George Burley - Reflection on 15:14 - Aug 11 with 902 views | wkj |
| George Burley - Reflection on 14:25 - Aug 11 by ElephantintheRoom |
Personally I think McGarry and Lyall were streets ahead of Burley both actually won the second division in double quick time - and I think you’ll find heroes such as Hermann and Holland refused club-saving transfers so they could line their own pockets. Bit harsh to blame the banks for that. |
Now you've hit peak parody, congratulations |  |
| |
| George Burley - Reflection on 15:19 - Aug 11 with 891 views | the_toff |
| George Burley - Reflection on 14:25 - Aug 11 by ElephantintheRoom |
Personally I think McGarry and Lyall were streets ahead of Burley both actually won the second division in double quick time - and I think you’ll find heroes such as Hermann and Holland refused club-saving transfers so they could line their own pockets. Bit harsh to blame the banks for that. |
Footballer in ‘looking after the interests of his family’ shocker. | | | |
| George Burley - Reflection on 15:33 - Aug 11 with 846 views | LA_Tractor_Boy |
Getting relegated from the PL in 2002 was such a sliding doors moment.
Even if we'd been relegated the following season, we probably wouldn't have gone into administration, Evans wouldn't have bought us and driven the club into the ground and there would be no Gamechanger.
It's a funny old game... | | | |
| George Burley - Reflection on 15:35 - Aug 11 with 831 views | ElephantintheRoom |
| George Burley - Reflection on 15:33 - Aug 11 by LA_Tractor_Boy |
Getting relegated from the PL in 2002 was such a sliding doors moment.
Even if we'd been relegated the following season, we probably wouldn't have gone into administration, Evans wouldn't have bought us and driven the club into the ground and there would be no Gamechanger.
It's a funny old game... |
Saying George Burley destroyed the club twice is a bit harsh - but I see where you’re coming from | |
| |
| George Burley - Reflection on 16:39 - Aug 11 with 726 views | ITFC_Forever |
| George Burley - Reflection on 15:14 - Aug 11 by wkj |
Now you've hit peak parody, congratulations |
This is the artist formerly known as NerdyKnowAll and VoiceOfReason.
He hates Burley so much we even had a Burley Appreciation day in his honour some years ago. |  |
| |
| George Burley - Reflection on 16:41 - Aug 11 with 719 views | Swansea_Blue |
| George Burley - Reflection on 14:25 - Aug 11 by ElephantintheRoom |
Personally I think McGarry and Lyall were streets ahead of Burley both actually won the second division in double quick time - and I think you’ll find heroes such as Hermann and Holland refused club-saving transfers so they could line their own pockets. Bit harsh to blame the banks for that. |
Er, they’d have made more money making a higher profile move. |  |
| |
| |
By continuing to use the site, you agree to our use of cookies and to abide by our Terms and Conditions.
