Worst ever decisions by City managers

[simon12]

Rodney Marsh
Steve Daley
Kevin Bond
Bob Taylor
Samaras

Their Mine.

[Ted Hughes]

Theres a similar thread on Bluemoon at the moment, quite interesting and always good to reminis.

I'll start with Alan Balls decision to sell Flitcroft
Peter Reid not playing Clive Allen enough
Keegan falling out with Berkovic

bit unfair on Ball, don't think it was his choice, more a matter of the club's finances at the time,

Worst decision by far was Big Mal's decision to sell Barnes and Owen to West Brom and use the funds to help but Steve Daley.

I couldn't come to terms with that for a long time. It felt like a bad dream. In fact he sold just about everyone who was any good & replaced them with players who weren't any good.

[gillie]

Whoever picked Barry Conlon.

[BobbyJ1956]

Les McDowall letting Bobby Johnstone go to Hibernian or maybe it was Oldham in 1959, thus robbing me of one of my first sporting heroes at age 10. To be followed three years from now by Mancini not substituting an exhausted Messi in the second half of the Champions League final, leading to City getting beaten and failing to retain the trophy.

[btajim]

James, I like him a lot as a player when he wants to play, and yes he was Top Scorer, but I think that is more because we have no one up front who could score. But you are only looking at 1/2 the equation. In the second season he was a crap primadonna and last I recall he was plying his trade with another club several thousand miles away.

I was not happy when he left because he is a real talent, but he mentally left long before he physically left. So to me it was a very poor first buy from the player usefulness stand piont. For PR and making a statement I will say it was a solid buy.

People are talking about Barry Conlon or Spencer Prior - yet it's criminal to bring Robinho's name in as a similar kind of player unless we're solely talking about Players who left / leave City under a cloud.

[Tony P]

Rodney Marsh
Steve Daley
Kevin Bond
Bob Taylor
Samaras

Their Mine.

Really? What's so bad about it? Not producing enough coal? Safety issues? Strikes?

[Blue In Bolton]

Trying to build a team round Kinky with utter shite - circa Alan Ball and Frank Clark

[Im_Spartacus]

The mystifying introduction of Gelson Fernandes at right back vs Liverpool was absolutely unforgiveable.

At least when Sven did it with Elano, he could justifiably say we were down to the bare bones. However, that day we had TBH on the bench, and England's incumbent right back playing at centre half. Of course that would have been too obvious.

That, right there is where Hughes started his run to the bottom 3 that season.

[Mike J]

swapping paul walsh for gerry 'the lardman' creany almost made me cry with anger.

the signings of immel, frontzeck, vonk, kernaghan, mcgoldrick, holden.

samaras - did a fucking blind man scout him!?

[Niall Quinns Discopants]

There are so many to choose from but honestly I always thought selling Colin Hendry was as fucking stupid move as any. I don't think we would've ever gone down with Hendry's öeadership and quality as central defender.

Then there's letting Coton go to Rags. Letting Flitcroft go. Not letting Lake heal properly (imo) before pushing him back again. Just about everything Frank Clark did. Steve Coppell's shower session. Signing George Weah (made us look pretty ridiculous)..... I could go all day.

But yeah, if I'd had to choose one then it's selling one of the best centerbacks of his generation and supreme leader in Hendry.

[simon12]

Rodney Marsh
Steve Daley
Kevin Bond
Bob Taylor
Samaras

Their Mine.

Really? What's so bad about it? Not producing enough coal? Safety issues? Strikes?

As purchases mate..I thought by just typing their names alone would be scary enough!!

[Niall Quinns Discopants]

Rodney Marsh
Steve Daley
Kevin Bond
Bob Taylor
Samaras

Their Mine.

Really? What's so bad about it? Not producing enough coal? Safety issues? Strikes?

As purchases mate..I thought by just typing their names alone would be scary enough!!

Think you missed the joke there.

[Rag_hater]

Recently I'd say the substitution of Robinho against the Toffees but as people have mentioned earlier in the thread there is plenty to choose from.

[dazby]

Recently I'd say the substitution of Robinho against the Toffees but as people have mentioned earlier in the thread there is plenty to choose from.

oooo he's got a biter.

[Mike J]

There are so many to choose from but honestly I always thought selling Colin Hendry was as fucking stupid move as any. I don't think we would've ever gone down with Hendry's öeadership and quality as central defender.

Then there's letting Coton go to Rags. Letting Flitcroft go. Not letting Lake heal properly (imo) before pushing him back again. Just about everything Frank Clark did. Steve Coppell's shower session. Signing George Weah (made us look pretty ridiculous)..... I could go all day.

But yeah, if I'd had to choose one then it's selling one of the best centerbacks of his generation and supreme leader in Hendry.

lol i must of missed this!? whats it all about!

ive heard rumours that he likes the boys a little bit!

[Niall Quinns Discopants]

There are so many to choose from but honestly I always thought selling Colin Hendry was as fucking stupid move as any. I don't think we would've ever gone down with Hendry's öeadership and quality as central defender.

Then there's letting Coton go to Rags. Letting Flitcroft go. Not letting Lake heal properly (imo) before pushing him back again. Just about everything Frank Clark did. Steve Coppell's shower session. Signing George Weah (made us look pretty ridiculous)..... I could go all day.

But yeah, if I'd had to choose one then it's selling one of the best centerbacks of his generation and supreme leader in Hendry.

lol i must of missed this!? whats it all about!

ive heard rumours that he likes the boys a little bit!

I forgot to add........ALLEGEDLY!

[Crossie]

Google Steve Coppell and Mickael Frontzeck