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El Tel returns to Riverside?

  • 17-05-2006 3:08pm
    #1
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,972 ✭✭✭✭


    Looks like Terry Venables is about to sign for Boro, he did a decent job as fireman when Robson nearly took them down a few years back. Boro are cooling the speculation but it would make some sense I guess.

    Mike.


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  • #2
    Kingp35
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 12,325 Mod ✭✭✭✭Kingp35


    Not El Tels fan at all. Did a simply awful job at Leeds and cost us millions.


  • #3
    Big Nelly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,613 ✭✭✭Big Nelly


    Kingp35 wrote:
    Not El Tels fan at all. Did a simply awful job at Leeds and cost us millions.

    Dont think any manager could be blamed for Leeds, El Tel was thrown in at the deep end when everything was falling around the place. Did the best he could with what was going on in the board/press/dressing room.


  • #4
    el rabitos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,731 ✭✭✭el rabitos


    he wasnt given enough time at leeds and there was huge pressure there at the time, i dont think anyone could have saved leeds then.

    i thought he would have been the best man for the newcastle job, another bobby robson of sorts, wouldnt have won the league or anything but he would have got them into good shape i reckon


  • #5
    Ruskie4Rent
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,088 ✭✭✭Ruskie4Rent


    did anyone see " all in the game"? There was a distinct similarity between the manager in it and el tel.


  • #6
    Kingp35
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 12,325 Mod ✭✭✭✭Kingp35


    Big Nelly wrote:
    Dont think any manager could be blamed for Leeds, El Tel was thrown in at the deep end when everything was falling around the place. Did the best he could with what was going on in the board/press/dressing room.

    I dont think so. His signings were pretty awful and tbh Leeds did still have a decent enough side when he was there bar the defence which he should have been able to sort out. He came in, did a pretty poor job, and left a happy man with pockets full of money. He is not remembered fondly around Elland Road I can tell you.


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  • #7
    Chong
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,679 ✭✭✭Chong


    WTF is steve gibson thinking?

    Middlesboro for relegation next season then.

    Hopefully Boro will be on soon so we can get a fans opinion.


  • #8
    Big Nelly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,613 ✭✭✭Big Nelly


    Kingp35 wrote:
    I dont think so. His signings were pretty awful and tbh Leeds did still have a decent enough side when he was there bar the defence which he should have been able to sort out. He came in, did a pretty poor job, and left a happy man with pockets full of money. He is not remembered fondly around Elland Road I can tell you.

    Did he actually sign anyone? remember he sold Keane. Wasnt there for much after that, you have to remember when he was manager it all started to break about the club having no money and how much dept they where in, this caused all the problems in dressing room with the like of Viduka/Kewell complaining they wouldnt get paided(oh yeah they loved the club:D ) etc.


  • #9
    Kingp35
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 12,325 Mod ✭✭✭✭Kingp35


    Big Nelly wrote:
    Did he actually sign anyone?

    Yeah he signed a few and got in plenty of loan signings, no one worked out though. Maybe im being a bit harsh because he is a money grabber but I just dont rate him as a manager anymore, think he is past it.


  • #10
    astrofool
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,162 ✭✭✭✭astrofool


    If I remember, even the loan signings that season lost heart in the club. Sakho (sp?) had a good start to his loan move, but it all went pear shaped around christmas (when they sold even more players).

    I wouldn't blame Venables for what happened to Leeds, they could have had Ferguson/Mourinho/Rijkaard/Benitez and still gone down, they were on the road to self destruction with that massive debt, and massive wages.


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