Managerial Style
Though he got his teams to play good football he was meticulous and rather cautious. He thoroughly researched opposition players and informed his players on weaknesses to exploit and strengths to watch out for. He was reluctant to use substitutions unless a player was injured as he believed in the first eleven he had selected could get the job done over the ninety minutes. He tended not to lose his temper after a bad performance, and instead Robbie Earle said that he had the "ability to make you feel guilty about playing badly".
He had the knack of spotting talented players, signing them cheaply, and then selling them on to bigger clubs for a large profit. In all he made a net income for Port Vale of almost £10 million in the transfer market.
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