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Originally Posted by drummindefender
I dont understand how you can put Megson in the same class as Peter Taylor. He was barely here, and results were hardly catastrophic (w3 d4 l2)-he just didn't have us playing attractive football.
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The reason I put Megson in the same class as Peter Taylor was that they both IMO damaged Leicester. I would agree that they did so in very different ways.
Peter Taylor was the usual kind of "bad manager". His judgement in the transfer market was dreadful and he was a poor motivator. These are obviously football faults. I have nothing against him as a man. He did his best and that was not good enough. So far as I know he always behaved with integrity.
Gary Megson's situation was different. He was brought into a club that desperately needed stability after Martin Allen. Although he may not have had a written contract he would have given his word. To walk out the way that he did made an unstable situation worse. I do not regard him as being a bad manager in general but I regard his behaviour here as putting the club in crisis.
Megson accepted the job and when a "better" job came up walked out on us. It is when keeping your word is inconvenient that you are most obliged to keep it.
