Sean Thornton
I say a little prayer….
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Think we had Howard Kendall as manager and had been used to watching Dave Bassett's high tempo, all action direct football.
Kendall almost instantly changed us into a continental, keep poession, lots of short passing style.
Think he bought Cowans and to be honest he was a revelation, brilliant at little short passes and amazing calmness at receiving the ball under pressure. So Cowans used to stay very close the centre circle and he's have constant touches of the ball, pass and move, pass and move.
Looked a very classy player that stood out, so experienced and knew what to do, most times keeping it simple, letting the ball do the work.
He was the main reason for the success in our new tiki taka style. We could control games, simply by keeping possession.
Kendalls work in creating a team didn't go unnoticed, he didn't stay long (think it was just 1 season) and returned back to Everton.
Think Nigel Spackman replaced Kendall and continued playing a nice, short passing, keep possession, style of play. It was all looking so promising for a return back to the Premier League then the owners sold our 2 star strikers Brian Deane and Jan Hate Fjortoft on the same day.
Had Mark Patterson doing the hard yards and minding Cowans. Good partnership.