Brian Clough - best manager to ever manage in England?

Brian Clough - best manager to ever manage in England?

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philv

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4,219 posts

221 months

Sunday 20th May 2018
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Took Derby from 2nd division to 1st, and won the league.

Took Forest, a nothing team, from relegation danger in 2nd division to win tne league and european cup twice.
Competing with very good liverpool teams and a very good Hamburg side in a european final.

Clough (with Taylor) for my money are above Shankley, Fergy, etc.
Their acheivements are greater?




Edited by philv on Sunday 20th May 22:50

hilly10

7,306 posts

235 months

Monday 21st May 2018
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Cannot disagree with that.

I wish he was around now, one of the games best characters

LarsG

991 posts

82 months

Monday 21st May 2018
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philv said:
Took Derby from 2nd division to 1st, and won the league.

Took Forest, a nothing team, from relegation danger in 2nd division to win tne league and european cup twice.
Competing with very good liverpool teams and a very good Hamburg side in a european final.

Clough (with Taylor) for my money are above Shankley, Fergy, etc.
Their acheivements are greater?




Edited by philv on Sunday 20th May 22:50
Alf Ramsey, because he is the only person to have won the World Cup.

Thread closed.

anonymous-user

61 months

Monday 21st May 2018
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Shouldn’t title be ‘Best manager to NEVER manage England”?

That I do agree with smile

silverfoxcc

7,830 posts

152 months

Monday 21st May 2018
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Cloughie could play a bit as well


Came from an era where ex pros could speak their mind without fear. Derek Dougan, Allison,Joe Mercer, Pat Crerand. were great to listen to in the 70's

LaurasOtherHalf

21,429 posts

203 months

Monday 21st May 2018
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SAF for me although I appreciate it may be because he was more of my time.

Gargamel

15,216 posts

268 months

Monday 21st May 2018
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http://www.espn.co.uk/football/english-premier-lea...

Forest were promoted to League one (finished third in
League Two). And won the title in their first year in the top flight....

DocJock

8,483 posts

247 months

Monday 21st May 2018
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To paraphrase the great man, he's certainly in the top one.

Ascayman

12,925 posts

223 months

Monday 21st May 2018
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You watched the Damned United over the weekend too then? laugh

His achievements were certainly the most extraordinary, to do what he did with the clubs he did it with could not have been done by any other manager imo, However fergie because of his longevity would just shade it for me.

Cloughie certainly was one of a kind though and the biggest travesty in English football is that he was never awarded the top job.

Jacob Lawson

22 posts

78 months

Monday 21st May 2018
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Ofcourse Brian Clough was great manager but the best manager in the world was/is SAF.

Gargamel

15,216 posts

268 months

Monday 21st May 2018
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Jacob Lawson said:
Ofcourse Brian Clough was great manager but the best manager in the world was/is SAF.
They both won the European Cup the same number of times....

silverfoxcc

7,830 posts

152 months

Monday 21st May 2018
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Gargamel said:
http://www.espn.co.uk/football/english-premier-lea...

Forest were promoted to League one (finished third in
League Two). And won the title in their first year in the top flight....
Not quite true

Forest had already been in Div 1 several times before winning the league They were certainly in Div 1 in 1962 as Spurs beat them 9-2 ( i was there)

The only team to win it at the first attempt in Div 1 was Ipswich Town in 1962 ( Ramsey was the manager)



TwigtheWonderkid

44,654 posts

157 months

Monday 21st May 2018
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LarsG said:
philv said:
Took Derby from 2nd division to 1st, and won the league.

Took Forest, a nothing team, from relegation danger in 2nd division to win tne league and european cup twice.
Competing with very good liverpool teams and a very good Hamburg side in a european final.

Clough (with Taylor) for my money are above Shankley, Fergy, etc.
Their acheivements are greater?




Edited by philv on Sunday 20th May 22:50
Alf Ramsey, because he is the only person to have won the World Cup.

Thread closed.
Not true.

Scolari also won the world cup and managed in England!

Wynn Duffy

53 posts

140 months

Monday 21st May 2018
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Gargamel said:
Jacob Lawson said:
Ofcourse Brian Clough was great manager but the best manager in the world was/is SAF.
They both won the European Cup the same number of times....
and in just under 9 years, Bob Paisley won it 3 times.

19 trophies in 9 years, or to put it another way , one item of silverware every 26 matches.
To think he followed Shanks as well, which at the time was a more poisoned chalice than the one Moyes collected.
Never bettered, SAF managed one in every 48 games.

Although, I would have loved Clough at Liverpool. A great man, up there with the best.

LarsG

991 posts

82 months

Monday 21st May 2018
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TwigtheWonderkid said:
LarsG said:
philv said:
Took Derby from 2nd division to 1st, and won the league.

Took Forest, a nothing team, from relegation danger in 2nd division to win tne league and european cup twice.
Competing with very good liverpool teams and a very good Hamburg side in a european final.

Clough (with Taylor) for my money are above Shankley, Fergy, etc.
Their acheivements are greater?




Edited by philv on Sunday 20th May 22:50
Alf Ramsey, because he is the only person to have won the World Cup.

Thread closed.
Not true.

Scolari also won the world cup and managed in England!
READ THE HEADER

ray von

2,923 posts

259 months

Monday 21st May 2018
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LarsG said:
READ THE HEADER
Go on then biggrin

TwigtheWonderkid

44,654 posts

157 months

Monday 21st May 2018
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LarsG said:
TwigtheWonderkid said:
LarsG said:
philv said:
Took Derby from 2nd division to 1st, and won the league.

Took Forest, a nothing team, from relegation danger in 2nd division to win tne league and european cup twice.
Competing with very good liverpool teams and a very good Hamburg side in a european final.

Clough (with Taylor) for my money are above Shankley, Fergy, etc.
Their acheivements are greater?




Edited by philv on Sunday 20th May 22:50
Alf Ramsey, because he is the only person to have won the World Cup.

Thread closed.
Not true.

Scolari also won the world cup and managed in England!
READ THE HEADER
Yup did that. Are you going to.

LarsG

991 posts

82 months

Monday 21st May 2018
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TwigtheWonderkid said:
LarsG said:
TwigtheWonderkid said:
LarsG said:
philv said:
Took Derby from 2nd division to 1st, and won the league.

Took Forest, a nothing team, from relegation danger in 2nd division to win tne league and european cup twice.
Competing with very good liverpool teams and a very good Hamburg side in a european final.

Clough (with Taylor) for my money are above Shankley, Fergy, etc.
Their acheivements are greater?




Edited by philv on Sunday 20th May 22:50
Alf Ramsey, because he is the only person to have won the World Cup.

Thread closed.
Not true.

Scolari also won the world cup and managed in England!
READ THE HEADER
Yup did that. Are you going to.
"Brian Clough - best manager to *EVER* manage in England?"

He didn't win the World Cup did he?
Sir AR was the only one that did so by a small process of elimination.... he is the best there was because no one else got to win it.
Not only that but he got a 3rd place in the UEFA Cup in 1968 which was matched by Terry Venables in 1996.

Now obviously if the header had stated *NEVER* instead of *EVER* you might have a point but one that is probably invalid.
So yes I read it right.

anonymous-user

61 months

Monday 21st May 2018
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LarsG said:
So yes I read it right.
Sure about that ?

LarsG

991 posts

82 months

Monday 21st May 2018
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desolate said:
LarsG said:
So yes I read it right.
Sure about that ?
Sneaky cheat has changed the header because I cut and pasted the header in!!!!!!!!!!!