Reading through the "Argus" yesterday, nice to see Mullers looking so chipper and keen on the Albion.
As a Palace fan I did not welcome him managing the club in the early 1980's but he did not stay long. And after a hiatus we got Steve Coppell..enough said.
However the great rivalry between Mullery and Venables back in the 1970's, former team mates (?) at Spurs laid the foundations for the hostility between the two clubs that continues to this day. However I can't imagine "El Tel" being feted in the Palace boardroom after what he did to the club, not once but twice.
To refresh your memories, Venables left Palace's "Team of the Eighties" in their second season in Div.1 (1980-81) taking a large number of the playing and backroom staff with him. The side collapsed to finish bottom and relgated.
Amazingly he was approached again, when Palace were struggling in the Premiership having scraped in through the play-offs in 1997. A fat contract did not seem to give much incentive as the club eventually appointed a non-English speaking player (Attilio Lombardo) with a Swede (Tomas Brolin) to translate for him. Again the club finished bottom.
The point I amaking is that Gus Poyet has a very tight-knit support group of Spanish speakers. If he did go how many would stay? How many would he want to take to his new club? I wouldn't Albion to suffer what Palace did in 1980. Venables was a great coach who almost got England to the World Cup Final in 1990, but as a manager...I hope Gus treats Albion better when he decides to leave.
As a Palace fan I did not welcome him managing the club in the early 1980's but he did not stay long. And after a hiatus we got Steve Coppell..enough said.
However the great rivalry between Mullery and Venables back in the 1970's, former team mates (?) at Spurs laid the foundations for the hostility between the two clubs that continues to this day. However I can't imagine "El Tel" being feted in the Palace boardroom after what he did to the club, not once but twice.
To refresh your memories, Venables left Palace's "Team of the Eighties" in their second season in Div.1 (1980-81) taking a large number of the playing and backroom staff with him. The side collapsed to finish bottom and relgated.
Amazingly he was approached again, when Palace were struggling in the Premiership having scraped in through the play-offs in 1997. A fat contract did not seem to give much incentive as the club eventually appointed a non-English speaking player (Attilio Lombardo) with a Swede (Tomas Brolin) to translate for him. Again the club finished bottom.
The point I amaking is that Gus Poyet has a very tight-knit support group of Spanish speakers. If he did go how many would stay? How many would he want to take to his new club? I wouldn't Albion to suffer what Palace did in 1980. Venables was a great coach who almost got England to the World Cup Final in 1990, but as a manager...I hope Gus treats Albion better when he decides to leave.
