Bluedell 5,679 Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 I didn't think we had a chance of winning the league that season either. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RANGERRAB 3,758 Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 To be fair to MW he got us promotion from the championship in his first season which was imperative. However it became clear with his signings in the summer of 2016 that he wasn’t up to the job. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooponthewing 1,139 Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 3 hours ago, Bluedell said: I didn't think we had a chance of winning the league that season either. Yes BD but remember how many games when we thought the players had “chucked it” and how bad the football had become. Now we know why. They were never under any pressure from MW as he was happy with mid table. Not good enough imo and he was out his depth. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFK-1 1,693 Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 I bear Warburton no grudges, he gave us a memorable Championship winning season including a cup win over the yahoos. But there is indeed a difference between him and Gerrard. When Gerrard was asked about winning the league he more or less said he was looking to win everything we played in. Even when everyone including all of us had no expectation of reaching the EL group stages he insisted he was looking to do it and then achieved it. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete 2,499 Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 The problem was he was left with too many players of championship class and I think he and King did not see eye to eye and so he got little budget to improve. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill 13,717 Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 Any time I hear Warburton's name I think about that embarrassment in the SC final. That will always sum him up for me. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franc Ergs 1,706 Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 From Warburtons wiki page. May go some way to explaining why we were never going to win the league under him. Warburton took a dislike to the methods of McLintock's successor at Leicester, Jock Wallace, later saying "he was a Marine. We had runs on sand-dunes, running until we threw up. I learned a lot from that, never treating a player that way" 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soulsonic5791 408 Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 23 hours ago, Bill said: Any time I hear Warburton's name I think about that embarrassment in the SC final. That will always sum him up for me. On the money Bill. Anyone who thinks warming up for an SCF with a friendly against Spurs U20s is adequate preparation is at worst a con man, at best someone way, way out of their depth. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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