JelavicBrate2
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For older fans who was the better manager? I've heard older fans say, our style of play under Catterick was the best they've ever seen watching Everton.
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davek
Player Valuation: £150m
Didn't see the Catterick teams but from what I've heard the 1969/70 team was a thing of beauty and artistry.
What a shame it couldn't have been built on. Ball sold (self inflicted wound); the EC chance lost in controversial circumstances; the FA Cup SF loss against the manslaughter's; Catterick's own health issues).
What a shame it couldn't have been built on. Ball sold (self inflicted wound); the EC chance lost in controversial circumstances; the FA Cup SF loss against the manslaughter's; Catterick's own health issues).
Dario Terracotta
Player Valuation: £70m
Howie for me personally gave me the best Everton days of my life,I know he just about had it over the Catt trophy wise,but purely on longevity and keeping us at the forefront of the game for a whole decade when we were vying against some truly great rivals I would say Harry shaded it......just
Dario Terracotta
Player Valuation: £70m
My old fella always says the season before 1968/69 the football was even better,just a year later they realised what they had to do to win it
….Catterick built two title winning teams so I’d have to go for him as Manager. No doubt, Kendall was the better footballer of the two.
davek
Player Valuation: £150m
My old fella always says the season before 1968/69 the football was even better,just a year later they realised what they had to do to win it
I'd recommend the Catterick book by Rob Sawyer to anyone wanting to familiarise themselves with that team.
The thing with Catterick was that he built two great teams, the team that won the league in 1963 was great but had lots of players at their peak and those players were coming into the last couple of years at the top. He then built the team that won the league in 1970, that team from1968 to 1970 was absolutely the best footballing club side I've watched, it's also worth remembering that over half of the first choice 11 were products of the Everton youth system.
I think on the basis that the football was so good and that he did it twice, I'd go with Catterick, but , maybe that's just an age thing. They were both tremendous either way
I think on the basis that the football was so good and that he did it twice, I'd go with Catterick, but , maybe that's just an age thing. They were both tremendous either way
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…that’s my reasoning too, not forgetting an FA Cup in ‘66.
Hugely different characters, Catterick distant from his players, rarely left his Bellefield office. Kendall much more ‘one of the boys’. Kendall was unlucky not having a proper go at European Cup for obvious reasons, Catterick seemed intent on building a 3rd title team rather than tweaking what he had. Selling Ball was his demise.
Catterick for me as his teams gave me the most memories , with the likes of the Golden Vision, Kendall-Harvey-Ball . Although it was certainly “ Tale of Two Cities “ stuff after 70 ….it was the best of times, it was the worst of times .
Shevin Keedy
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Wally Smiggs!
tommye
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Cameron Manning
Player Valuation: £35m
I think it is a generation thing, more for me though Harry was simply the best as were his teams and the football they played was outstanding against teams that played outstanding football themselves. I enjoyed the success Howard’s’ teams brought and gave us great pleasure but understand why, those who never saw Cattericks’s teams, would vote for Kendalls’sides.My old fella always says the season before 1968/69 the football was even better,just a year later they realised what they had to do to win it
Wouldn’t it be brilliant to see success in the near future so we could all enjoy it together!
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