Spackman for me. Won't forget his poor treatment and dismissal of Big Winnie, who was instrumental alongside Danny Wilson in our promotion to the Premier League..
When he was sacked he blamed finances but what money he was given he spunked away. Dixon injured, Crooks injured, Gallen homesick, Bernard injured, Hayward injured, Donovan *****, Gorre (didn't play him). He really was a cluster fck.
I’m still self medicating with many many beers trying to forget Paul Gibbs. Played like he had concrete boots, tied together, buried under the floor, in a different country. I still can’t bring myself to say Steve Pppaaaaarrr. Nope. Can’t do it.
1 Kennedy 2 Gibbs There’s an almighty Hobson’s choice if you could only choose 1.... but I’d err on the side of Tom Kennedy being the worst left back
Steve Parkin and Paul Gibbs. Not many good words I can say here either. As my Nan used to say, If you can't can anything nice don't say anything at all.....
Parkin was a terrible manager. When he was shouting to players it was a tirade of swearing. Your players do jot want that Every other word on training ground
Steve Parkin is the worst manager in my 43 years of following the reds and Paul Gibbs the worst left back. Yes worse than TK. Here are a number of players Parkin had to show his quality- Andy Marriott Carl Regan Lee Crooks Brian O'Callaghan Mike Flynn Paul Gibbs Matteo Corbo Mitch Ward Kevin Donovan Alex Neil Kevin Dixon Chris Lumsdon Gary Jones Paul Bernard Gary Jones Leo Bertos Peter Sand Kevin Betsy Isaiah Rankin Gary McSwegan Tony Bedeau Kevin Gallen Michael Reddy Richard Naylor Quite possibly the worst quality set of players to be from the same squad in my lifetime.
Yet consider including that shower of ***** he still had the following at his disposal- Kevin Miller Dave Mulligan Chris Morgan Steve Chettle Chris Barker Darren Barnard Steve Hayward Anthony Kay Dean Gorre Bruce Dyer Mike Sheron
Spackman was brought in after he'd done a reasonable job at Bramall Lane but he arrived on his own. The real influence at S2 in the Spackman era was Steve Thompson, who took over as acting manager when Spackman departed and in this role got them to the play-offs and the semi-final of the FA Cup. As a Sheffield lad there was probably no way we were going to entice him to join Spackman and dem Blades dumped him when they appointed Steve Bruce.
One got us to the jpt final where we only had to beat a team from the league below. I didn't like hill when he was here bringing all his mates in but worst? No.
He once surprised me and had a really good game (by his standards). Sadly we still lost. Walsall away if memory serves me right.
One got us knocked out of the cup at the hands of a semi-professional team, as well as overseeing our worst league form since the 1950s. The other only avoided relegation because Portsmouth's Wigan-like spending finally caught up with them. Hill is a better manager, but comes across as a horrific person.