Fonda wrote:I thought Constantine was widely considered to have been thrust upon Leroy (in a Torres to Chelsea manner) by the owner? I'm not sure LR was the instigator of that particular piece of business. And his signing hardly compensated for the players that had left. Regardless of whether we were taken to the cleaners (not for the first or last time) with the Constantine deal, there was noweher near enough investment made to give Leroy a realistic chance of keeping us up.
Thrust upon? Knowing MB's liking for deep pockets/short arms, do you really think he would have spashed out that much cash without a lot of persuading?
Heres a couple of teams for you. Last Div 3 game and 1st Div 2 game.
Van Heusden
Hazell/Woods/C. Taylor/McGlinchey
Rosenior (Bedeau, 88)/Hockley/Russell/Hill,
Graham (Woozley, 89)/Kuffour (Gritton, 84)
Subs not used: Canoville, Fowler
Bossu
Canoville/Woods/Taylor/McGlinchey
Fowler (Owen 83)/Hockley(Phillips 62)/Russell/Hill(Gritton, 70)
Kuffour/Akinfenwa
Subs not used: Villis, Van Heusden
So apart from a change at RB with Canoville coming in, a change in midfield with Rosenior having ended his loan and Akinfenwa in for Graham, does that team look like it needed strengthing much?
Leroys big failing (according to a couple of players from that time) was that whilst he was excellent on tactics and training routines for the strikers and attacking midfielders, he was very naïve when it came to the defence side of things.
[quote="Fonda"]I thought Constantine was widely considered to have been thrust upon Leroy (in a Torres to Chelsea manner) by the owner? I'm not sure LR was the instigator of that particular piece of business. And his signing hardly compensated for the players that had left. Regardless of whether we were taken to the cleaners (not for the first or last time) with the Constantine deal, there was noweher near enough investment made to give Leroy a realistic chance of keeping us up.[/quote]
Thrust upon? Knowing MB's liking for deep pockets/short arms, do you really think he would have spashed out that much cash without a lot of persuading?
Heres a couple of teams for you. Last Div 3 game and 1st Div 2 game.
Van Heusden
Hazell/Woods/C. Taylor/McGlinchey
Rosenior (Bedeau, 88)/Hockley/Russell/Hill,
Graham (Woozley, 89)/Kuffour (Gritton, 84)
Subs not used: Canoville, Fowler
Bossu
Canoville/Woods/Taylor/McGlinchey
Fowler (Owen 83)/Hockley(Phillips 62)/Russell/Hill(Gritton, 70)
Kuffour/Akinfenwa
Subs not used: Villis, Van Heusden
So apart from a change at RB with Canoville coming in, a change in midfield with Rosenior having ended his loan and Akinfenwa in for Graham, does that team look like it needed strengthing much?
Leroys big failing (according to a couple of players from that time) was that whilst he was excellent on tactics and training routines for the strikers and attacking midfielders, he was very naïve when it came to the defence side of things.