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He has spent only £10 thousand pounds on his squad at Ipswich using youth, lower league scouted bargains and a couple of loan players and they are on the verge of the playoffs for the 2nd successive season.
He has a history of getting up from the championship and staying up apart from one bad year with wolves, and look what happened to them when he was gone. He could be tempted by actually having access to a transfer budget.
More detailed history from wiki
1993-94 finished 3rd in championship with Millwall losing in playoffs to Derby.
In 1996 he left Millwall 14 points clear of relegation (although they still went down without him) to take the Republic of Ireland job.
1996 became Republic of Ireland boss. Narrowly missed out on qualification to 1998 world cup and 2000 euros, 2002 qualified for world cup and made it past group stages losing to Spain on penalties after missing a penalty during the game. And without the services of Roy Keane who had spat his dummy and did not play in the tournament.
2003 took over towards the end of the season at Sunderland when they looked doomed. He could not save them, but the following season they lost on penalties in the play offs to Palace who had scored a stoppage time equalizer. The following season he took them up as champions with 94 points.
2006 Wolves. Again with youth players, lower league signings and free transfers, He made the playoffs in 2006. The following season 2007 They came 7th only missing out on the playoffs by goal difference. 2008 He pulled it off in style, Top of the league for 42 of the 46 game season. And kept Wolves in the Premier League for 2 successive seasons.
2012 Ipswich. The first season was about guiding them to safety from bottom of the league and run of 13 matches without a win, He put together a run of 13 matches without a defeat and dragged them up to 14th place. The following year took 9th place. And this year 5th place with 1 game left.
All this done without virtually any transfer budget. Is there any other choice??
Forget all this talk of Paul Clement. A cold drizzly Tuesday night in Rotherham or Huddersfield is not the same as contesting champions league glory with galacticos.
He has a history of getting up from the championship and staying up apart from one bad year with wolves, and look what happened to them when he was gone. He could be tempted by actually having access to a transfer budget.
More detailed history from wiki
1993-94 finished 3rd in championship with Millwall losing in playoffs to Derby.
In 1996 he left Millwall 14 points clear of relegation (although they still went down without him) to take the Republic of Ireland job.
1996 became Republic of Ireland boss. Narrowly missed out on qualification to 1998 world cup and 2000 euros, 2002 qualified for world cup and made it past group stages losing to Spain on penalties after missing a penalty during the game. And without the services of Roy Keane who had spat his dummy and did not play in the tournament.
2003 took over towards the end of the season at Sunderland when they looked doomed. He could not save them, but the following season they lost on penalties in the play offs to Palace who had scored a stoppage time equalizer. The following season he took them up as champions with 94 points.
2006 Wolves. Again with youth players, lower league signings and free transfers, He made the playoffs in 2006. The following season 2007 They came 7th only missing out on the playoffs by goal difference. 2008 He pulled it off in style, Top of the league for 42 of the 46 game season. And kept Wolves in the Premier League for 2 successive seasons.
2012 Ipswich. The first season was about guiding them to safety from bottom of the league and run of 13 matches without a win, He put together a run of 13 matches without a defeat and dragged them up to 14th place. The following year took 9th place. And this year 5th place with 1 game left.
All this done without virtually any transfer budget. Is there any other choice??
Forget all this talk of Paul Clement. A cold drizzly Tuesday night in Rotherham or Huddersfield is not the same as contesting champions league glory with galacticos.
SIR LESLIE FERDINAND!!
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