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Welcome Home Sammy

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by TheRed1892 (U8327721) 16 May 2008
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Posted on the Liverpool website

"Liverpool have today confirmed that Sammy Lee will return to Anfield in the role of assistant manager.
The former Reds midfielder has agreed to a third spell at the club as a replacement for first-team coach Alex Miller, who left to take over as manager of Japanese outfit JEF United Ciba last week.

The 49-year-old first made an impression with Liverpool during the halcyon days of the late 1970s/early 1980s when, as a player, he helped the all-conquering Reds to three League titles, four League Cups and two European Cups before moving to QPR in 1986, with later spells at Osasuna, Southampton and Bolton.

He returned to Liverpool as reserve team manager under Graeme Souness in 1993 and maintained his role in the backroom staff under both Roy Evans and Gerard Houllier, with the latter promoting him to first team coach.

He would remain at Anfield until the summer of 2004, playing a valuable role in the treble success of 2001, until the arrival of Rafael Benitez coincided with Lee's decision to leave the club for a full-time position within the England camp.

He returned to the Premier League in June 2005 as assistant to Sam Allardyce at another former club, Bolton, where he would eventually take over the hot-seat in April 2007.

However, he was not given time to flourish at the Reebok Stadium and just six months later he was relieved of his duties."

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posted May 16, 2008

Welcome back Sammy - good to see you again.

I see a lot of WUM Ghosts commenting. I for one look forward to next season. I was sad to see you go, so happy to see you return.

hollybiggrinholly

Scouse heart and mind.

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comment by Trembo (U4887225)

posted May 17, 2008

Maybe he will bring some of his coaching experience from his time as an international coach as well!

I don't remember many people having a go at Allardyce when he was at Bolton only when he tried to do the same thing at Newcastle. Sammy Lee tried to get them playing football and they didn't like it so stopped playing it was only when they got a manager famous for negative football they started playing again.

Lets not start criticising managers who want to play football.

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comment by tripefc (U2086347)

posted May 17, 2008

Good luck Sammy and thanks for all you tried to do at Bolton only to be hindered by a fool of a chairman.

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posted May 17, 2008

sammy lee is a good coach and when rafa came to england he was the only member of staff he wanted to keep. so why give him grief he is as red as anyone also he aint there to replace pako and for the guy who's name is as long as his teams budget how do you know how great pako was?????

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posted May 17, 2008

For all the doubters, you should remember that Brian Kidd and Steve MacLaren are former first team coaches at Man Utd. Pat Rice is the coach at Arsenal, and Steve Clarke is at Arsenal. Not exactly the stuff of legends (with the exception of the "legendary Steve MacLAren!!)
Did anybody know what Pako did before being a coach? At least we know what Sammy has done, where he has been, including that he once put a bun through a window (typical coppers son "my dad nicked him"...grow up!).
"He' fat, he's round, he bounces on the ground, Sammy Lee, Sammy Lee!"
Welcome home scouse!

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posted May 17, 2008

I think there are certain people in football who are destined to be great number 2's ( although how happy with that tag they'll be I'm not sure) Sammy Lee is one of those men.
I think this is a masterstroke from Rafa as I feel aswell as pleasing the local lads in the team and the fans you get the impression lil Sam is an excellant man manager and motivator.
Why these types of people never manage to transmit it into being a successful number 1 is another of the great myths of football as said before McClaren Kidd Queiroz (don't know how to spell his name) all in the same mould

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posted May 18, 2008

Funny how now he has been brought back he is an "Anfield legend"

He was a joke at Bolton.

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posted May 18, 2008

comment by MUFC10XPremChamps (U11685025)
posted 31 Minutes Ago

Funny how now he has been brought back he is an "Anfield legend"

He was a joke at Bolton.

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poor United and their useless memories.
after that comment i have 2 words
Bryan Robson.

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posted May 25, 2008

it is good to sammy back home where he belongs and im sure he will do a crackin job as an assistant manager to rafa

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posted May 26, 2008

Welcome back Sammy! all the best!

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