After we got gubbed in the European Cup that time he shít himself and started sending teams out to kick people.
Dixon, Adams, Winterburn and Bould tasked with physically assaulting the opposition was digusting. We were no better than Stoke under Pulis and it made me ashamed.
It took Ferguson's Manyoo to get me interested in the game again. I'll never forgive George for that.
I sort of see what you mean, but Benfica did us at the start of the'91-2 season.
At the end of it, he switched Merse and Limpar's flanks so they'd cut inside onto their stronger foot and had Campbell and Wrighty in peak form.
Didn't we bear Villa 5-0 and Weds 7-1 with some sublime footie?
He then did a Dick next season, decided he didn't want any creativity and drove out anyone with any creative ability.
Well, at least that's how I remember it. I'm sure LA will be along in a bit to point out every single sentence I've written is factually inaccurate. But that was my take.
Hence the next season, we won both cups playing defensive football.
Listen mate, when you get to my age it's a miracle that I remembered it was George Graham I was talking about, never mind precise details.
He did turn us into a team that played boring football and kicked people, and that is shameful.
The title of the thread was making a point that I happen to agree with. I see no reason for any optimism, either in terms of results or in terms of the football becoming fun to watch.
Of course, the man needs time, right now it's dull, uninspiring and lacking any kind of strategy that my limited mind can discern. I saw more of a pattern in our first 10 games under the man than I do in recent weeks.
Bingo.
And that's when we had Rambo and Ozil in the team and the front 5 were being allowed to play wengerball while he tried to sort out the defence.
We were scoring sexy goals but still Mustafying it up at the back. So what does Dick do? Drop the creatives.
Just like, as you and SC say, when GG played beautiful footie at the end of '92, he dropped Kevin Campbell and forced out Limpar, which drove Merse to hit the bottle and the bookies, thus leaving only IWWW as any creative up front.