Baird of the land

My view of Burley is that he was a decent manager, not god's gift just somewhere in the middle. Last season's collapse came after he left and i think if he stayed we would have finsihed in mid table mediocrity. In hindsight the most annoying thing is that he didn't have a strong chairman to challenge him over the wages of players he wanted to bring in. His first half a season was getting rid of high earning players lacking motivation and his first full season saw us lose in the playoffs. At the time i thought that was an ok performance. Last year's centre back debacle did damage him badly. I wasn't gutted when he got poached but wasn't hounding him out before as i felt he should be judged on the full season.

end of 03/04 season fans and directors block hoddle appointment. Lowe forced into compromise candidate 04/05 season: Bad signings by sturrock Lowe Bad Managerial decisions 05/06 bad management by redknapp, former pl players playing terribly 06/07 season: too weak in defence but still unlucky in play off final in hindsight burley's spending on wages was allowed to spiral out of control by weak board 07/08 wage bill was allowed to ascalate rather than being slashed. No cb at start of season, not replacing burley immediately