Yankee_Jack
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Did James make the bench even. I don't see him on the team sheet.
When players become managers I wonder if the position they used to play affects the type of football they prefer to coach? I suppose a number of factors will influence that including the style of the teams they used to play for and the managers/coaches who impressed them.He is much, much better than Coleman.
Probably explains why there aren't many ex goalkeeper managers Ivor.When players become managers I wonder if the position they used to play affects the type of football they prefer to coach? I suppose a number of factors will influence that including the style of the teams they used to play for and the managers/coaches who impressed them.
Certainly Giggs, a former forward, likes to see his teams attack and play open football whereas Coleman was a no-nonsense defender who preferred to see his team sit back and play from there. Gary Speed was an attack minded midfielder and his ideas for Wales were more reminiscent of Giggs than of Coleman. You could draw a parallel with the Swans when you compare the styles of football played by Martinez and Laudrup (both midfielders) with the defensive bore fest football served up under Monk who was a defender..... of sorts.
Did he save us ?Harry Greg was an excellent keeper and managed us for a couple of seasons.
Yes, that was Kenny 4th from the left.I remember Kenny playing for us in the early 60s and he scored 8 goals in 54 appearances. You were right, JF, in that he was a tremendous prospect and had just become United's first choice right winger at the age of only 18. This is the very last lineup of the Busby Babes when they drew 3-3 with Red Star Belgrade. From L to R. Duncan Edwards (died), Eddie Coleman (died), Mark Jones (died), Kenny Morgans, Bobby Charlton, Dennis Violett, Tommy Taylor (died), Bill Foulkes, Harry Gregg, Albert Scanlon, Roger Byrne (died). Tragic. RIP, Ken, and all those fine young lads.
Note the picture is signed by the two players with Swans' connections: Ken and Harry Gregg. And interesting to note that one of the players that Jimmy Murphy was 'forced' to sign to muster a team to complete the season, was Colin Webster who later played for the Swans. He and Gregg both played in the FA Cup Final that year when United's scratch team amazingly fought their way there. They lost 0-2 to Bolton Wanderers after Nat Lofthouse barged Harry Gregg ball and all into the net for his second goal of the game.