Rudan prided himself on breaking people down and creating a bit of a bunker mentality in the squad imo. All that stuff about poor little Wellington Phoenix etc. Not for everyone I guess.
We judged his results against the turmoil of the end of Ricki’s tenure, the good and the bad of Merrick and Darje. He also had Singh, Krishna and Cacace developed through the club who were top players in their positions in the A league. Heck I enjoyed watching Krishna and David Williams carve up. Exciting stuff. Getting Taylor a total coup.
I think we’ve seen since there are other ways for managers to run a squad and also get very good results.
We judged his results against the turmoil of the end of Ricki’s tenure, the good and the bad of Merrick and Darje. He also had Singh, Krishna and Cacace developed through the club who were top players in their positions in the A league. Heck I enjoyed watching Krishna and David Williams carve up. Exciting stuff. Getting Taylor a total coup.
I think we’ve seen since there are other ways for managers to run a squad and also get very good results.