shrewdest Albion manager?

[Goring Gull]

I'd go for Barry LLoyd because he brought in some cracking players with the exception of Mark Farrington, think about it-

Mike Small
John Byrne
Mark Beeney



and who could forget Sergei Gitsmanov

even Robert Codner wasn't that bad

 

[Budgie]

Brian Horton

 

[Seagullmatt]

Micky Adams. The nucleas of the squad now is made up of players he has bought, players who have won 2 championships.

 

[Eddie the Seagull]

Mickey Adams for me.

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

Micky Adams. The nucleas of the squad now is made up of players he has bought, players who have won 2 championships.

agreed

 

[bobbyzee]

gotta be Sir Micky...

 

[oldham gull]

My Dad would say it was Clough. He wasn't there for long but it was his squad that Mullery took to the 1st division.

 

[Bobby's Gull]

Micky Adams for me too.

 

[chez]

Barry Lloyd. If your going for the shrewdist it has to be the 1 who got the best deals for players and Barry was the best at that (Byrne, Small, Beeney & bringing Chapman into the 1st team). Saying that I thought Nobby done well when he signed paul holsgrove on a free and sold him less than a week later for £120k.

 

[kevinsmith]

GOT TO BE MICKY ADAMS. PAID 100k FOR zAMORA AND SOLD HIM FOR £1.5K GOOD DEAL

 

[Balti Pie Man]

Chris Cattlin without a doubt!!

Danny Wilson, Steve Penney, Dean Saunders.....

 

[Ernest]

Tinselhead, ruined a team got us relegated and got himself promoted

 

[Brightonfan1983]

No mention of Melia? Or was his team alreay in place?

 

[sams dad]

I vote for Archie McCauley-signed Bobby Smith(who had played for England less than 1 year previously) for £5000.The crowds flocked to the Goldstone(RIP),with an average gate of 17000+ in the 4th Division.

 

[227 BHA]

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and who could forget Sergei Gitsmanov

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Always thought it was Gotsmanov - one of my all-time favourites, still remember hi waving to the crowd before slotting the ball home having just split the opposition's defense.

Certainly wasn't a git

 

[kalinski]

Mullery for me! Barry Lloyd was the biggest c**t to walk the earth, selling Dean Saunders to Oxford for 30k whos next move was to Liverpool for £1million !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Brighton Breezy]

Adams...purely for Zamora for 100k. That 100k brought us two championships and netted us £1m from transfers.

 

[perseus]

Chris Cattlin.

Barry Lloyd was the worst. Snidey would be the word I would use for him. His lack of shrewdness was a liability.

 

[bhaexpress]

My Dad would say it was Clough. He wasn't there for long but it was his squad that Mullery took to the 1st division.

Wrong ! It was Peter Taylor's squad. Clough did f*** all apart from show what a twat he was. He was too busy watching World Heavyweight Championship boxing to manage the Albion. Those of us who were there can still remember losing 8-2 at home to Bristol Rovers not to mention the disgracefull 4-0 home defeat to Walton and Hersham in the FA Cup.

 

[bhaexpress]

Chris Cattlin.

Barry Lloyd was the worst. Snidey would be the word I would use for him. His lack of shrewdness was a liability.

As was posted above Lloyd bought a lot of class players in for nothing. The selling cheap of the likes of Dean Saunders was not his decision but rather that of Greg Stanley and that bastard Archer.

In terms of signing players the only donkey he signed was Farrington. That's against the likes of Small, Byrne, Saunders and Nogan (before he stopped scoring for fun).