He looks a lot, lot older to be honestEven my son cheered with huge enthusiasm at Sillets image on the big screen. He was born in 1988 !
wasnt nice seeing gould disrespected either but you did that iircThe club should never have just disposed of Sillett. Despite his jocular image he did his homework on opponents and was well respected.
Fans were turning on him unfortunately but it was madness not to retain him in a director of football capacity and work with a new manager rather than appoint the hapless butcher and see the implosion.
Probably the lowest point on this forum was the abuse certain posters directed at him accusing him of being drunk, senile and a sisu puppet.
I have levelled many names at Butcher and hapless wasn't anywhere near as bad as the names I called himThe club should never have just disposed of Sillett. Despite his jocular image he did his homework on opponents and was well respected.
Fans were turning on him unfortunately but it was madness not to retain him in a director of football capacity and work with a new manager rather than appoint the hapless butcher and see the implosion.
Probably the lowest point on this forum was the abuse certain posters directed at him accusing him of being drunk, senile and a sisu puppet.
When was this? I don't recall that at all.The club should never have just disposed of Sillett. Despite his jocular image he did his homework on opponents and was well respected.
Fans were turning on him unfortunately but it was madness not to retain him in a director of football capacity and work with a new manager rather than appoint the hapless butcher and see the implosion.
Probably the lowest point on this forum was the abuse certain posters directed at him accusing him of being drunk, senile and a sisu puppet.
The end of Sillett's reign was when I was at Uni and pre-internet days so my knowledge isn't great but even if you just look at the records from the era it starts to go downhill when he's got rid of. Seemed to be the end of it being a family club, for want of a better term, with everyone playing for each other.The club should never have just disposed of Sillett. Despite his jocular image he did his homework on opponents and was well respected.
wasnt nice seeing gould disrespected either but you did that iirc
You do realise that idiot Gould sacked Sillett and the only reason we got him back was when the idiot himself was sacked and Don Mackay begged Sillett to return?
Doesn't sound right to me. Gould wasn't involved when Sillett was sacked. The decision was made by John Poynton.
They had their issues yes. But gould clearly loves the club. Also i remember his stint in 90s more. Just dont hate himYou do realise that idiot Gould sacked Sillett and the only reason we got him back was when the idiot himself was sacked and Don Mackay begged Sillett to return?
He was sacked as coach / scout and re employed when Gould himself was sacked
That is not enough to support your earlier assertion that "Gould sacked Sillett". It's well known that they didn't always get along but those decisions were made by Poynton.
Got ya. Way before my time. I’ll bow out and leave it to our, cough cough, maturer posters to discuss.I think he's referring to when Sillet was looking after the youth team, not post cup win.
I better stay out of it too then. I’ll bow out and leave it to our, cough cough, maturer posters to discuss.
Wasn’t Gould manager of QPR when Sillett was sacked? Not sure how he could have got the Coventry manager the sack while working for a different club. That’s before you even factor in that he was replaced with Butcher.
Butcher's first home game was a 1-0 loss to Liverpool. We might have sneaked a lucky 0-0 draw if he hadn't kicked the ball out of Oggy's hands straight to Beardsley who smashed it home. The Forest game was the week afterI can remember the first home game for Butcher 5-4 game v Forest in the league cup and the positive vibes that we had got a World Cup legend in our team, in our
Tony you are all over the place.
Gould and Sillett didn’t get on - hill employed Sillett as a coach in the late 70’s. Sillett was a manager at Hereford and achieved promotion I think to what’s now the championship so he had pedigree.
Gould removed Sillett from the club. The only reason he came back and we had the success we had is that Gould got the boot after a series of defeats including a complete hammering at Leicester during which he ran on the pitch during play to try and confront the referee.
His assistant - Don Mackay - re-appointed Sillett and the rest is history.
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