Sammy Lee - Liverpool's No.2

[FD]

Arse, double post.

[BWFC_Insane]

How much did Megson get to spend in January?

Compare it with how much Sammy Lee spent pre-season.

I'm sure we'll be expected to believe it was Sammy's choice to take in waifs and strays though.

Fair enough, but equally Lee had Anelka, Megson only had Anelka for part of his time.

Net Lee spent circa 5M.

Net Megson spent circa -3M.

Lee also picked Gerald Cid in the Premiership more than once. I rest my case.

[Worthy4England]

How much did Megson get to spend in January?

Compare it with how much Sammy Lee spent pre-season.

I'm sure we'll be expected to believe it was Sammy's choice to take in waifs and strays though.

Fair enough, but equally Lee had Anelka, Megson only had Anelka for part of his time.

Net Lee spent circa 5M.

Net Megson spent circa -3M.

Lee also picked Gerald Cid in the Premiership more than once. I rest my case.

You see, this is where stats fall short. You're crediting Megson with "making a profit", which factually he did - no argument.

I don't honestly believe that he did it through good management, he made a profit because he had no choice but to sell Anelka. After accusing me of trying to make out Megson to be "worse than he actually is", I feel I could level the "you're trying to make him look better than he is" back atcha.....

[Tombwfc]

It's good management in the sense that we lost £15mil worth of player, brought in £12mil and still managed to stay up.

Whether it was his decision to sell Anelka or not, it was his decision whether or not to blow £7mil on a Leroy Lita just for the sake of buying a striker. The funds were available to him, he chose not to use them because he didn't think it was worth it, he was right and now we've more funds to play with now = Good management.

[enfieldwhite]

Now officially number two at Liverpool. (BBC)

Benitez officially still a prick.

[blurred]

Seems a somewhat odd appointment - not got any qualms about Lee's ability as a coach (always did a good job with us, and you don't get to be on the England staff if you're no good), but odd that he's now teaming up with Benitez...

[enfieldwhite]

Seems a somewhat odd appointment - not got any qualms about Lee's ability as a coach (always did a good job with us, and you don't get to be on the England staff if you're no good), but odd that he's now teaming up with Benitez...

LSL will get on well with Klinnsman, though.

[Bruce Rioja]

and you don't get to be on the England staff if you're no good..

You may wish to think that one through again, fella.

[bobo the clown]

Seems a somewhat odd appointment - not got any qualms about Lee's ability as a coach (always did a good job with us, and you don't get to be on the England staff if you're no good), but odd that he's now teaming up with Benitez...

cough .... MacClaren .... cough

[Montreal Wanderer]

and you don't get to be on the England staff if you're no good..

You may wish to think that one through again, fella.

I must say this is an unusually naive intervention from blurred....

[fatshaft]

and you don't get to be on the England staff if you're no good..

You may wish to think that one through again, fella.

I must say this is an unusually naive intervention from blurred....

Heh, I may have a new signature there

[CrazyHorse]

Seems a somewhat odd appointment - not got any qualms about Lee's ability as a coach (always did a good job with us, and you don't get to be on the England staff if you're no good), but odd that he's now teaming up with Benitez...

cough .... MacClaren .... cough

Just to make sure no one missed bobo's post here it is again..

[blurred]

and you don't get to be on the England staff if you're no good..

You may wish to think that one through again, fella.

McLaren was a very good coach, as proved at United and with England. He was also a pretty average to poor as a manager, as proved with Middlesbrough and England. I was referring to 'the staff' (as in coaching staff) rather than the manager, because England have obviously had some ropey choices at the top.

[Athers]

Think it's a bit odd as well. Pako Ayesterian (sp?) was reputed to be a tactical guru, whereas Lee is well, not that.

[Bruce Rioja]

and you don't get to be on the England staff if you're no good..

You may wish to think that one through again, fella.

McLaren was a very good coach, as proved at United and with England. He was also a pretty average to poor as a manager, as proved with Middlesbrough and England. I was referring to 'the staff' (as in coaching staff) rather than the manager, because England have obviously had some ropey choices at the top.

Mate. We were playing better stuff under Phil Brown as coach. Sammy Lee is nowt more than a putter-out-of-the-cones and hander-out-of-the-bibs.

[blurred]

Think it's a bit odd as well. Pako Ayesterian (sp?) was reputed to be a tactical guru, whereas Lee is well, not that.

Aye, there's been a bit of a hole there this year since Pako left (in about September if I recall), but Sammy's not replacing him, he's replacing Alex Miller who's off to Japan to manage out there. We're still short of a Pako replacement, and have been for some time, but Ayestaran's real value was in fitness rather than tactics - you might be confused with him being placed on gardening leave until the end of his contract because he'd know valuable tactical info about Liverpool from the inside, and so he wasn't allowed to work with a rival club (as I understand it).

Mate. We were playing better stuff under Phil Brown as coach. Sammy Lee is nowt more than a putter-out-of-the-cones and hander-out-of-the-bibs.

As above, it's the fitness and training ground side of things we need, not his tactical nous (such as it is!)

It's also helpful that he's fluent in Spanish, from what I read.

[Zulus Thousand of em]

That will compensate for his lack of fluency in English.

[Batman]

Hardly like Gerrard and Carragher speak a recognisable language though, other than those grunting noises they come out with in interviews.


I always thought Sammy Lee's first language was 'bullshit' anyway.

[CrazyHorse]

Arse, double post.

Is that the name of a porn film?

[bobo the clown]

and you don't get to be on the England staff if you're no good..

You may wish to think that one through again, fella.

McLaren was a very good coach, as proved at United and with England. He was also a pretty average to poor as a manager, as proved with Middlesbrough and England. I was referring to 'the staff' (as in coaching staff) rather than the manager, because England have obviously had some ropey choices at the top.

McClaren is, was & always will be a useless gobshite.

Your defence of him simply goes to prove the debilitating impact of drug abuse in Scouseland.

Keep off it.