Quote Originally Posted by the other bob wilson View Post
He had something at the start of his coaching career and was a huge part of the success Man City enjoyed in the late 60s and early 70s, but as soon as he switched to management, his weaknesses became more apparent and it was amazing that he kept on getting high profile managerial jobs when it had been clear for a long time that he was not great in that field.

I'd seen that clash with Alan Mullery (who was a little like Allison as a personality i thought) a few months ago on You Tube when I went through a phase of watching all of the old Big Match programmes on there. I've always thought Mullery was a good player, certainly a more complete footballer than Nobby Stiles, the man he replaced in the England team, but Allsion wasn't a fan of his because he was keeping Man City's Colin Bell out of the England team at that time.
Unfortunately those who gave him high profile jobs never saw past his media personality of big hats, cigars and generally being flash. Wasn’t there some publicity/controversy about him getting in the team bath with Fions Richmond ? I think he was a good coach but did not seem to learn much about management whilst in the company of the great Joe Mercer, a shrewd operator as well as a gentleman.

Your assessment of Alan Mullery is accurate, he was more of an all round player than Stiles and a better one but i don’t think he is directly comparable to the great Colin Bell. Different styles