06-01-2021, 11:54 AM
(06-01-2021, 10:54 AM)Paplane Wrote:(06-01-2021, 09:30 AM)Salvatore Matrecano Wrote: Ha, Im a bit too young to remember but Im told the letters page of the NEP was the place to vent!
I was of course drawing a comparison to our current manager and his slow start. I also wonder if the current owners were in charge in 1975 whether he would have lasted a year in the job before they pulled the trigger.
He was a championship winning manager previously, so might have been given some extra leniency. But I'm fairly sure Cloughy wouldn't have been prepared to work for foreign owners anyway. But times were different back then and Brian Clough could never happen today. His non PC attitude wouldn't have been tolerated by clubs, media etc. Can you image how his running on the pitch and punching players would've gone down, or his treatment of Fashanu, or the alleged receiving of bungs for transfers?
The nearest modern version to him is Mourinho imo. Self confident, talented, respected by players, outspoken (somewhat). I think Cloughy would like him a lot.
Chairmen were scared of Cloughie, back in the day and would bow to his requests (often after the request had been carried out unbeknown to the Chairman at that time!).
I just can't imagine for one minute EM taking a fraction of Cloughies antics and allowing him to get away with them. I don't think the ink on the contract would've been dry before Cloughie was booted out :D
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