Gemmel Posted 18 January, 2013 Posted 18 January, 2013 Heard the same story twice now , that Bally never wanted to go, from people who would have known (And completely independently tell the same story) Does this ring any bells with any of the old gits on here? Top man from all accounts.
mcjwills Posted 18 January, 2013 Posted 18 January, 2013 Heard the same story twice now , that Bally never wanted to go, from people who would have known (And completely independently tell the same story) Does this ring any bells with any of the old gits on here? Top man from all accounts. Just read his autobiography , its all on there.
SO16_Saint Posted 18 January, 2013 Posted 18 January, 2013 Don't think he's any better than Mancini tbf. Not sure the likes of Mario and Tevez would get on with him
Whitey Grandad Posted 18 January, 2013 Posted 18 January, 2013 If I. Remember it correctly, he said at the time something about 'a chance to make my family financially secure'
Miltonroader07 Posted 18 January, 2013 Posted 18 January, 2013 I actually met AB and he was a very nice guy
CB Fry Posted 18 January, 2013 Posted 18 January, 2013 (edited) Heard the same story twice now , that Bally never wanted to go, from people who would have known (And completely independently tell the same story) Does this ring any bells with any of the old gits on here? Top man from all accounts. Not strictly true. He was upset we didn't fall over ourselves to keep him. The likelihood is he would have gone anyway -City offered far more than we were prepared to pay him. The "Askham didn't try to keep me" story gave him a lovely little guilt avoidance angle. If his time at MCFC was a rousing success I very much doubt he would have been saying he never wanted to go there. Edited 18 January, 2013 by CB Fry
Whitey Grandad Posted 18 January, 2013 Posted 18 January, 2013 I actually met AB and he was a very nice guy Mt daughter sat next to his son Jimmy at junior school.
'00' Posted 18 January, 2013 Posted 18 January, 2013 Great to hear this one again What have Alan Ball & the Titanic got in commom
KK the 2nd Posted 18 January, 2013 Posted 18 January, 2013 I seem to recall that Bally was the lowest paid manager in the top league at Saints and the chance to more than double his salary was one he couldn't turn down and I, for one, don't blame him. I thought the abuse he got when he came back with City at the end of the following season was shameful.
View From The Top Posted 18 January, 2013 Posted 18 January, 2013 He was a friend of my fathers and a top, top bloke. It's true he never really wanted to leave but I think we can all understand why he did.
Ken Tone Posted 18 January, 2013 Posted 18 January, 2013 Not strictly true. He was upset we didn't fall over ourselves to keep him. The likelihood is he would have gone anyway -City offered far more than we were prepared to pay him. The "Askham didn't try to keep me" story gave him a lovely little guilt avoidance angle. If his time at MCFC was a rousing success I very much doubt he would have been saying he never wanted to go there. That was the way I saw it. Didn't blame him for going for more money, but he wanted it both ways .. to be a hero as well as to earn more. He blamed saints for not trying hard enough to keep him after City offered him the job.
FloridaMarlin Posted 18 January, 2013 Posted 18 January, 2013 Not strictly true. He was upset we didn't fall over ourselves to keep him. The likelihood is he would have gone anyway -City offered far more than we were prepared to pay him. The "Askham didn't try to keep me" story gave him a lovely little guilt avoidance angle. If his time at MCFC was a rousing success I very much doubt he would have been saying he never wanted to go there. This. Love Ballie to bits, but he was being economic with the actualite when he put this story around. He was in a win-win situation, and Saints (in the form of Guy Askham) knew it. Had they refused him premission to talk to Man City, he would have kicked up a stink. So they gave him permission, only for Ballie to turn it on them, when Citeh threw a great wedge of cash at him, in saying by allowing him to talk it showed Saints didn't want to keep him. Unfortunately, he never got the Citeh players onside as he did his schtick with his World Cup winner's medal, where in his first meeting with them, he pulled the medal out of a velvet bag and told them: "None of you have got one of these, and none of you will be good enough to win one." They loved that.
yellow&blue Posted 18 January, 2013 Posted 18 January, 2013 This. Love Ballie to bits, but he was being economic with the actualite when he put this story around. He was in a win-win situation, and Saints (in the form of Guy Askham) knew it. Had they refused him premission to talk to Man City, he would have kicked up a stink. So they gave him permission, only for Ballie to turn it on them, when Citeh threw a great wedge of cash at him, in saying by allowing him to talk it showed Saints didn't want to keep him. Unfortunately, he never got the Citeh players onside as he did his schtick with his World Cup winner's medal, where in his first meeting with them, he pulled the medal out of a velvet bag and told them: "None of you have got one of these, and none of you will be good enough to win one." They loved that. Sounds similar to what Brian Clough did at Leeds...except Bally lasted slightly longer!
adrian lord Posted 18 January, 2013 Posted 18 January, 2013 Ball played an absolute blinder in the League Cup at the Dell against Citeh when we won 2-1 or 2-0, eventually going on to lose the final...never forget him for that pulsating match under the floodlights. Seem to remember Channon scoring.
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