11-10-2015, 16:15
(11-10-2015, 15:54)consilio Wrote: Never watched us under Charlton. Wilkinson was effective but the football was dire.
My favourite manager by a distance. The promotion, cup win and he signed two of my favourite ever players, Palmer and Sheridan.
I found the football under Wilkinson exciting. He had no budget for new players but got us punching well above our weight and threatening for the title. Big Ron & Trev were given money to spend but never moved us forward like Wilko did. Ok, Trev moved us forward a bit but he spent money achieving it but we ended up with an old side & needing to invest again to stand still.
Certainly we played some good stuff under Ron but it was more show over substance in the league with one relegation & one relegation. Thankfully he got us a cup win, which will not be forgotten.
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