While this is the trend go!! One of each!
Loved - Graydon honourable mention for mr money
hated - Merson
Sir Ray and Dicky Dosh loved (except i do think dicky was a bit over sensitive to criticism)
Hated Dave Mackay for buggering off when it looked like he could have done well
Nicholl and sir Ray needed to have a love child so I could vote for him. Fabulous people both.
Merscum, Merscum, Merscum. Not hard really
I loved Alan Buckley. I enjoyed watching Walsall more then than at anytime. It could be I was younger and more enthusiastic then.
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Loved - Graydon, no doubt. 2 promotions on a shoestring. Including that magical day at Cardiff and beating Man City to automatic promotion.
Hated - wasn’t keen on Merson but now with hindsight and the fact he tried to walk but Bonser talked him out of it I’ll go for that arrogant prick Clarke.
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Loved Buckley and Graydon
Hated possibly a bit strong but Sean Odriscoll for what he did to that team in terms of confidence and the toxicity around the club
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Hates a strong word but O’Driscoll was just weird and was glad we got shot of him.
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Sir Ray obviously but a big fan of Dickie Dosh after meeting him and shaking his hand in the Bonser suite when he attended his first game after being announced as manager .
We’ve had a few managers that have got the blood boiling , but that shit Clarke still eats me away , I can just hear those toenail curling interviews he used to do , complete arsehole .
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Uncle Ray is my favourite.
At the other end of the scale Barnwell and Lee drove me up the wall but Clarke takes first prize, unbearable.
Oh god I forgot about Barnwell awful
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Best
- Buckley…best football I have ever seen.
- Graydon…worked a minor miracle at the time.
3.Smith…almost did a Graydon.
Hated
- Barnwell…lousy manager.
- O’Driscoll…never looked or acted like he wanted to be here.
- Clarke…enough already said.
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O Driscoll the biggest knob head to ever be associated with Walsall fc. And that’s some achievement.
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Cus he was a feckin dingle
A sour faced idiotic smug old cumpt.
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Sir Ray, always the greatest.
Clarke, charlatan.
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Interesting to see I’m the only one to semi put on Chris Nicholl. I probably go for Sir Ray just about over him, but Chris moved us up a division from a fairly mediocre state and was the only manager that the leech didn’t sack. Thought we played really good football under him as well, not stylish but 44 effing 2 as per Mike Bassett. He also gave the best press conferences of any I remember.
Merscum is undisputed the pits for me though. Youth teamers on the bench so daddy would pay for a Group pissup. Respected pros being ostracised for not going on the piss? Clarke is an angel in comparison.
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Sir Ray, Chris Nicholl, Coakley and Dickie D will always hold a special place when I look back.
But one manager that I detested with a vengeance was Chris Hutchings!!! Absolutely obnoxious bloke. Followed not far behind by Jimmy Mullen and that idiot O’Driscoll
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Best: Sir Ray
Worst: Merson
Quite easy and obvious.
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surprised no one has mentioned Frank Sibley as one of the worst yet!
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I was just going to…hate is not a word I use but he was the worst with Barnwell a close second. Best Bill Moore with Graydon a close second.