Londoner Posted January 5, 2016 Report Share Posted January 5, 2016 With all this talk of Cotts tactics i was thinking of some of the strangest decisions made by a City manager...whether tactical, positional or player: For me one of the ones that stands out the most is actually Martyn Woolford!! Remember being pretty poor for a year (not helped by being played in front of the awful Ryan Mcgivern. then suddenly Greg Cunningham turned up, Woolford scored against Palace, then a double against Cardiff.....only for Mcinness to drop him and hardly seen again! how could a manager drop someone after scoring 3 goals in 2 games and ultimately helping destroy two teams that got into the prem!!! Not sense whatsoever!!! Another one involving Mciness was away to millwall, when we played 352 and the whole team looked completely lost!! So much so he made two subs before half time!! anyone tell stories where they just couldn't believe/understand some managerial decisions?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearded_red Posted January 5, 2016 Report Share Posted January 5, 2016 Ricky Foster. Centre midfield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkRed! Posted January 5, 2016 Report Share Posted January 5, 2016 Bas Savage up front with Marcus Stewart warming the bench.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOTBLUE Posted January 5, 2016 Report Share Posted January 5, 2016 Oddest has to be the signing of Gus Ceasar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokey Posted January 5, 2016 Report Share Posted January 5, 2016 selling super bob taylor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamC Posted January 5, 2016 Report Share Posted January 5, 2016 6 minutes ago, bearded_red said: Ricky Foster. Centre midfield. But was it really centre midfield? I remember one game (Peterborough, I think) where the genius that was McInnes had Foster man marking someone so he was wandering all over the pitch following the bloke. Stick to beating Partick Thistle, Derek. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavlin Posted January 5, 2016 Report Share Posted January 5, 2016 At the time Alan Dicks signing John Galley with his leg in plaster. Ironically we were in the same boat as now needing a striker immediately to start scoring goals. The good thing was when he did play he scored for fun and helped us avoid relegation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowshed Posted January 5, 2016 Report Share Posted January 5, 2016 Russell Osman playing a 5-4-1 formation at Millwall with Junior Bent leading the line. He also played Nigel Hawkins alongside Bent, under tens sides have had more height. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yardy Posted January 5, 2016 Report Share Posted January 5, 2016 Wilson not having Lita even on the bench in the play off final vs Brighton. I remember getting to my seat and my old man phoned me to tell me this news, from that moment on i knew we was doomed...! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonL Posted January 5, 2016 Report Share Posted January 5, 2016 Totally agree Yardy. Never felt so angry at a game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Hitler Posted January 5, 2016 Report Share Posted January 5, 2016 Gary Johnson (late era) taking the alternative approach of trying to hamstring all the other Championship teams by buying-up every central midfield player in the country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoons Posted January 5, 2016 Report Share Posted January 5, 2016 tony pullis signing all of the chesterfield team after there good cup run... Except keven Davies the one who really would have made the difference!! Billy mercer, Shaun dyche and Paul Holland. Must have played no more than 100 games between them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoons Posted January 5, 2016 Report Share Posted January 5, 2016 recently SC bringing on wes burns after 93 minutes against charlton!!! Wow. Wes should have been on60 mins at the latest!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron-Bcfc Posted January 5, 2016 Report Share Posted January 5, 2016 33 minutes ago, Londoner said: With all this talk of Cotts tactics i was thinking of some of the strangest decisions made by a City manager...whether tactical, positional or player: For me one of the ones that stands out the most is actually Martyn Woolford!! Remember being pretty poor for a year (not helped by being played in front of the awful Ryan Mcgivern. then suddenly Greg Cunningham turned up, Woolford scored against Palace, then a double against Cardiff.....only for Mcinness to drop him and hardly seen again! how could a manager drop someone after scoring 3 goals in 2 games and ultimately helping destroy two teams that got into the prem!!! Not sense whatsoever!!! Another one involving Mciness was away to millwall, when we played 352 and the whole team looked completely lost!! So much so he made two subs before half time!! anyone tell stories where they just couldn't believe/understand some managerial decisions?! You've imagined that about Woolford. Started the following 5 games... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jambodinho Posted January 5, 2016 Report Share Posted January 5, 2016 Seem to remember Marc Goodfellow having a decent goal to start ratio and then disappearing fairly quickly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS4 on Tour... Posted January 5, 2016 Report Share Posted January 5, 2016 42 minutes ago, GrahamC said: But was it really centre midfield? I remember one game (Peterborough, I think) where the genius that was McInnes had Foster man marking someone so he was wandering all over the pitch following the bloke. Stick to beating Partick Thistle, Derek. No need to have a pop at the mighty Jags! What have the Maryhill Magyars done to be drawn into this?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chairman Mao Posted January 5, 2016 Report Share Posted January 5, 2016 Nicky Hunt being played more than once was deluded being played over 15 times was crazed The worst footballer my old man has ever seen and certainly the worst I've seen, if footballer is the right word Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
And Its Smith Posted January 5, 2016 Report Share Posted January 5, 2016 Giving Brian Tinnion the managers job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fat Controller Posted January 5, 2016 Report Share Posted January 5, 2016 7 minutes ago, RedDave said: Giving Brian Tinnion the managers job I think the decision to let him choose an inexperienced assistant* was the problem. With an old hand i reckon it might've worked, but i guess we'll never know. *not a pop at Millen, just feel he was the wrong man to assist a new manager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazred Posted January 5, 2016 Report Share Posted January 5, 2016 48 minutes ago, Spoons said: tony pullis signing all of the chesterfield team after there good cup run... Except keven Davies the one who really would have made the difference!! Billy mercer, Shaun dyche and Paul Holland. Must have played no more than 100 games between them! To be fair, both Holland and Mercer picked up career ending injuries whilst with us. Mercer was a really good keeper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoons Posted January 5, 2016 Report Share Posted January 5, 2016 1 minute ago, Gazred said: To be fair, both Holland and Mercer picked up career ending injuries whilst with us. Mercer was a really good keeper. mercer yes! Holland and dyhce awful!! And it was more they way he did it , they look good on telly were sign them!! But I am bias as I'm not a pullis fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazred Posted January 5, 2016 Report Share Posted January 5, 2016 4 minutes ago, Spoons said: mercer yes! Holland and dyhce awful!! And it was more they way he did it , they look good on telly were sign them!! But I am bias as I'm not a pullis fan. Yeh, not too many of those around here! That first game against 'Boro was an absolute cup classic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pongo88 Posted January 5, 2016 Report Share Posted January 5, 2016 Whilst Alan Dicks was a good manager, his decision to give players long contracts - e g 10 years for Clive Whitehead - was sheer lunacy. To be fair, the board have to take some of the blame for agreeing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Offside Posted January 5, 2016 Report Share Posted January 5, 2016 I have a vague memory of John Ward playing Gary Owers as a wing back in one game. I think it was early in the 1997-1998 promotion season. Owers was a fairly decent midfielder, but a pacey wing back he definitely wasn't. Junior Bent being played as a target man has already been mentioned and was a sight to behold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arpaul Posted January 5, 2016 Report Share Posted January 5, 2016 Joe Jordans decision to leave us for Hearts Unbelievable Jeff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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