Happy 80th birthday Dave Bassett

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diode_blade said:
Forgot who we were playing at home, think the old kop roof had been taken off.
Utd were defending when the ball broke to deano.
Suddenly a well endowed very good looking young lady escaped from the kop topless.
She ran down the touchline as deano broke away with the ball.
Deano had his eyes on her as he dribbled down the line. The young lady in question jumped on Sir Harry's lap and stuffed his head into two I shall say large melons.....

Happy birthday Sir Harry.
Always a blade in our hearts.
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There was a picture in the Green ‘Un, as I remember it, of Deane running with the ball at his feet and the streaker running alongside. It was quite surreal. The picture doesn’t appear to be online - although there’s one of a similar incident when he was at Leeds.

Whatever happened to streakers? They seem to have died out. Or, put another way, what was the attraction of the concept in the first place?
 

fifty shades of blade said:
Ahh man, life goes too quickly. Seems like yesterday when Bassett took over. I was a youth and until then, in my lifetime, we were usually shite. Then he came along and took us on a right old ride. Great days, that season in div 3 when it was us, wolves and Vale fighting to the title was amazing.
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Bassett made us think anything was possible year on year on year. We beat just about everyone under his leadership.

And whilst Wilder put lightning in a bottle, he also showed that it’s much harder to swim against the tide of money at the top these days. The sport isn’t better for it.
 
There's not many managers that transcend football rivalries, but I think Dave Bassett is one of them. He is loved by genuine football fans, more for the fact that he is simply a great bloke, than anything else. A true United legend.
 
That weds night at the sty, was at college jumped in the car to hear the 3rd goal go in. Whitehouse got the first
 
WorkingtonBlade said:
There was a picture in the Green ‘Un, as I remember it, of Deane running with the ball at his feet and the streaker running alongside. It was quite surreal. The picture doesn’t appear to be online - although there’s one of a similar incident when he was at Leeds.

Whatever happened to streakers? They seem to have died out. Or, put another way, what was the attraction of the concept in the first place?
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Pretty sure it was this match, and the headline in the Green 'Un was "Winning Streak!"
 
Sir Harry`s football tactics were get it forward as quickly as you can, to give most %%%%%% chances of getting a goal,was this just a less complicated prelude to the AI Footy , we will be having ? Worked for Hull at the lane.
 
COME BACK CHED said:
Sir Harry`s football tactics were get it forward as quickly as you can, to give most %%%%%% chances of getting a goal,was this just a less complicated prelude to the AI Footy , we will be having ? Worked for Hull at the lane.
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Seem to remember him saying the more times the ball is in the penalty area the more chances of scoring, simple really, just like Bill Shankley's philosophy on football. Plus none of this 1 striker crap.
 
Youngand70 said:
Seem to remember him saying the more times the ball is in the penalty area the more chances of scoring, simple really, just like Bill Shankley's philosophy on football. Plus none of this 1 striker crap.
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He was a proponent of the tactics developed by Wing Commander Charles Reep who coined the concept of Position of Maximum Opportunity (POMO) and took English football backwards quite a long way. It was all about constantly launching the ball into the opposition penalty area. Very little skill or finesse required, hence players like Bob Booker thriving in the system.
 
The thing I liked most about Dave Bassett was his personality….great man.

It was quite incredible that a southerner with a strong London accent could win over our tough distrusting fanbase to become a big honorary Blade.

DB acted and spoke like a true northerner. It was a real novelty to hear a manager speak so openly with honesty. When we were crap he came out and admitted it on the radio. I remember him once or twice apologising on behalf of the players and said if he was a supporter watching that he’d want a refund.

He was a leader of men and galvanised the fanbase, quite similar to Wilder regards his passion and authenticity as a Blade. The football was quite basic but very effective. Put a lot of onus on character and giving 100% working as a team, think there was only Glynn Hodges who could produce moments of real quality. Also he was lucky that the Deane and Agana partnership instantly clicked and pushed us up the leagues.
 
Nick Jansky said:
He was a proponent of the tactics developed by Wing Commander Charles Reep who coined the concept of Position of Maximum Opportunity (POMO) and took English football backwards quite a long way. It was all about constantly launching the ball into the opposition penalty area. Very little skill or finesse required, hence players like Bob Booker thriving in the system.
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Generally agree with this majority of your posts, football and general chat. Not this one though. I think you’re way off on some points on this one. Constantly launching the ball into the penalty area was a media driven myth about our play under Bassett. For every Booker, the legend, there was a Hodges, Deane, Whitehouse, Agana, Nilsen etc, etc. All fantastically gifted footballers signed by Bassett. His Blades teams regularly outplayed. both Manchester clubs, both Liverpool clubs, Every London club, Villa, Newcastle, in fact all the ‘big’ clubs, even the Pig club. We beat the lot of them not just once but often. Not by constantly launching the ball into the penalty area but by totally outplaying them with fast, exciting aggressive football. The majority of the Bassett era was sensational. The last couple of years were underwhelming which is often harped on about by the blinkered. Dave Bassett was a proponent of what suited us at that moment in time. Aided and abetted by the lately departed, brilliant coach, Geoff Taylor Dave Bassett was a truly remarkable and imaginative footballing genius.
 

Nick Jansky said:
He was a proponent of the tactics developed by Wing Commander Charles Reep who coined the concept of Position of Maximum Opportunity (POMO) and took English football backwards quite a long way. It was all about constantly launching the ball into the opposition penalty area. Very little skill or finesse required, hence players like Bob Booker thriving in the system.
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Although you’re right that Charles Reep (and Charles Hughes) did a lot of damage to the English game and therefore the England football team by advocating POMO through the FA, Bassett’s football was cleverer than that. It was specifically a way of giving ourselves an advantage against more skilful teams by being stronger, more physical, and yes, more direct, when we didn’t have the money to spend on the better players. More of the blame should lie with Howard Wilkinson and Graham Taylor who were proponents of POMO but had players skilful enough not to rely on it.
 
Nick Jansky said:
He was a proponent of the tactics developed by Wing Commander Charles Reep who coined the concept of Position of Maximum Opportunity (POMO) and took English football backwards quite a long way. It was all about constantly launching the ball into the opposition penalty area. Very little skill or finesse required, hence players like Bob Booker thriving in the system.
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And that’s why it was fucking brilliant.
 
Sheffsteel said:
The thing I liked most about Dave Bassett was his personality….great man.

It was quite incredible that a southerner with a strong London accent could win over our tough distrusting fanbase to become a big honorary Blade.

DB acted and spoke like a true northerner. It was a real novelty to hear a manager speak so openly with honesty. When we were crap he came out and admitted it on the radio. I remember him once or twice apologising on behalf of the players and said if he was a supporter watching that he’d want a refund.

He was a leader of men and galvanised the fanbase, quite similar to Wilder regards his passion and authenticity as a Blade. The football was quite basic but very effective. Put a lot of onus on character and giving 100% working as a team, think there was only Glynn Hodges who could produce moments of real quality. Also he was lucky that the Deane and Agana partnership instantly clicked and pushed us up the leagues.
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Deane and Agana mentioned and not real quality! They are two of the best in our history! Also, Whitehouse, Nilsen, Gage, Tracey, Kelly, Rees, Lake, Roberts and Bryson all produced "real quality." Its not luck either that Deane and Agana clicked. Its managerial skill.
 
Salmon Pastures said:
Generally agree with this majority of your posts, football and general chat. Not this one though. I think you’re way off on some points on this one. Constantly launching the ball into the penalty area was a media driven myth about our play under Bassett. For every Booker, the legend, there was a Hodges, Deane, Whitehouse, Agana, Nilsen etc, etc. All fantastically gifted footballers signed by Bassett. His Blades teams regularly outplayed. both Manchester clubs, both Liverpool clubs, Every London club, Villa, Newcastle, in fact all the ‘big’ clubs, even the Pig club. We beat the lot of them not just once but often. Not by constantly launching the ball into the penalty area but by totally outplaying them with fast, exciting aggressive football. The majority of the Bassett era was sensational. The last couple of years were underwhelming which is often harped on about by the blinkered. Dave Bassett was a proponent of what suited us at that moment in time. Aided and abetted by the lately departed, brilliant coach, Geoff Taylor Dave Bassett was a truly remarkable and imaginative footballing genius.
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I remember plenty of entertaining games when Bassett was in charge and plenty of skill from some players. Yes he got players punching above their weight, that's what good managers do. I enjoyed watching football then much than I do now. I can't be bothered watching the Premier League these, maybe I'm a dinosaur but for me I like to see plenty of action in the penalty area, not endless possession football and players looking for cheap fouls and feigning injury.
 
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