Ossie's Red and White Army?

[Bedford Red]

Ossie was great for us but his managerial career since hasn't exactly been successful.

I'd rather remember the eras of Ardiles and Hoddle, instead of trying to recreate them. It seldom works out the same.

(Why have I just wasted a minute commenting on something that will never happen anyway?)

stupid double post!

[Arriba]

those that were too young and didn't see the play off winning side of ossies,were robbed of the best football i've seen here.
but the standard of player was higher and he was able to sign players back then.heart says yes.head says no

[blinkpip]

Having Ardiles in charge would be useless. He doesn't know the English leagues like he used to.

[Reg Smeeton]

Ossie's team was essentially inherited from Macari.....Macari had an eye for a player Ossie didn't....he signed Shaun Close, which should rule him out of any future job.

  Macari got in good players, but didn't trust them to play.....Ossie encouraged it and the players were good enough to respond.

[herthab]

Ossie's team was essentially inherited from Macari.....Macari had an eye for a player Ossie didn't....he signed Shaun Close, which should rule him out of any future job.

  Macari got in good players, but didn't trust them to play.....Ossie encouraged it and the players were good enough to respond.

So we need a Macari/Hoddle dream team?

[Dazzza]

Ossie's team was essentially inherited from Macari.....Macari had an eye for a player Ossie didn't....he signed Shaun Close, which should rule him out of any future job.

  Macari got in good players, but didn't trust them to play.....Ossie encouraged it and the players were good enough to respond.

Would you say the players he inherited and the legacy from Macari were the difference between the successful Town side and the kamikaze stuff he played at Spurs?

It was magnificent stuff but completely suicidal at Spurs.

[Reg Smeeton]

Ossie's team was essentially inherited from Macari.....Macari had an eye for a player Ossie didn't....he signed Shaun Close, which should rule him out of any future job.

  Macari got in good players, but didn't trust them to play.....Ossie encouraged it and the players were good enough to respond.

Would you say the players he inherited and the legacy from Macari were the difference between the successful Town side and the kamikaze stuff he played at Spurs?

It was magnificent stuff but completely suicidal at Spurs.

   I think Ossie had a radical vision of how football should be played, also he felt Spurs fans, would because of their tradition in having tasty individual players,  and being a cup team., share in his vision.

  Didn't quite work out that way.

[Peter Venkman]

The football under Ozzie was great but he lost the dressing room the year after we were denied promotion and I know he was on the verge of the sack after the players openly drinking on the coach GOING to a game at Bristol Rovers, which we lost coincidentaly.

But to be fair I would love a whole defence made up of Nestor Lorenzos! comedy/animal magic!

[tans]

Getting pissed on the way to play the wurzels  :shock:

[Peter Venkman]

Bear in mind those were the days of the great Stigger Foley too, who often turned up to games in a little more than pissed state, but I forgive him he was a cracking player, that season Stigger was dropped for a game when he turned up and couldnt hardly walk and had to be heled to his car by a steward...only for the steward to realise he was actually going to drive home!....a cab was called for him in the end!

[herthab]

Steve, Steve, STEVE FOLEY!!

[herthab]

Steve, Steve, STEVE FOLEY!!

[Peter Venkman]

The goal stigger got away at Blackburn in the playoffs the year we won at Wembley first time will always live with me, bloody class, he was such a class act in midfield, I would love more like him now.

[Bedford Red]

The goal stigger got away at Blackburn in the playoffs the year we won at Wembley first time will always live with me, bloody class, he was such a class act in midfield, I would love more like him now.