Quote ="PopTart"Apart from the debacle at Leeds, Clough has always been a star.
Kear is a more educated rugby version of him to me.
The similarity of the two is that they are best with a right hand technical man.
Peter Taylor was a great partner for Clough, just as Chester worked well with Kear.
On their own they are still good but miss that little extra. Clough knew he needed Taylor.'"
For me the only real similarity between Kear and Clough is that they do have personality and thus the ability think for themselves, styles for me are different.
I agree regarding Taylor. For me the true signs of a great leader is the ability to recognise your weaknesses as well as your strengths. Clough did and Taylor did what he couldn’t. Two became one.
I don’t think it quite the same with Chester and Kear, in that so far Chester has yet to break out in the way Clough did. Kear though is a proven product. That said I do think that when Kear was helping Chester we looked better, although I doubt Kears presence would have made any difference in 2019, a season that started of brilliantly for Chester only to see him robbed through injury and some poor responses from some players.
On balance I’d say Clough/Taylor was true partnership and essential to both whilst Chester/Kear was good whilst it lasted.
