12-10-2015, 15:44
i was chatting with Terry Curran at the Preston match (very personable & friendly bloke) and naturally we got talking about Big Jack. Curran said that he was a top manager and I said that he didn't do much for the first two years at S6. Curran said, "I'm not being big headed but it turned around when I joined. I turned an average Div Three team into a promotion side." He was deadly serious and he was probably right because we never looked like getting promoted until the BDM. From that day forward, we had that belief. We discussed other games from that season and TC believed that we should have won every match.
For me, Wilko was the best Manager because he got the most out of the least. You look at his signings and they were waifs & strays that no-one else wanted (Madden, Chapman, Marwood, Cunningham, Worthington, Shutt, Blair & Varadi. Obviously the signing of Hirst was a master stroke although Wilko had left before he hit his peak.
For me, Wilko was the best Manager because he got the most out of the least. You look at his signings and they were waifs & strays that no-one else wanted (Madden, Chapman, Marwood, Cunningham, Worthington, Shutt, Blair & Varadi. Obviously the signing of Hirst was a master stroke although Wilko had left before he hit his peak.
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.