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The College Dropout

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  1. Time for another freepost.
  2. Freepost in this bitch!
  3. lol this is not the Nazi regime.. he'll put skill/knowledge over loyalty in this case.
  4. it's a small plastic toy tank Thanks. i assume we can close this thread now.
  5. yes..........means i'm petty aswell /wants to join the club. Fuck him. Sounds immature but.... fuck him. Smarmiest of the cunts. Henry was arrogant, Cantona was a bonafide prick but this fella, he's too much. I would've much preferred him & Terry to swap roles on that final. I dislike both of them with a passion but Ronaldo tops it easily.
  6. 32 pages and I do not know what the fuck is a Arda Turan.
  7. First of all Sir Alex will probably leave in about three years so it's kind of hard to say who will be hot and who won't be at the time. If he left Man U today I think the likes of Rijkaard, Scolari, Queiroz, Ancelotti etc are more suitable then Hughes, Keane, Coppell or Bruce. Especially if you take in to consideration that the manager needs to have play an attacking minded football. I also think the board at such a successful club don't want to gamble when appointing the next manager. Appointing Roy Keane as the next manager of Man U would be a big gamble. Appointing someone who has proven himself at a big club earlier on in his career wouldn't be much of gamble. I wasn't suggesting any of those managers you listed but there are no real top quality managers around these days who have had consistent success. My point is.. that with some very good progress with Man City Hughes could have a fair chance of becoming their next manager. Scolari is about to join the 60 something club and all the others have reputations to rebuild... it would seem Carlos is the front runner and he hasn't achieved anything in management (except that one bad year @ Madrid)
  8. Id disagree with that - cant remember Allardyce ever having a question mark hanging over his head, i always got the impression that he needed to test his skills at a bigger club becasue Bolton couldnt match his ambitions. Id also think its fair to say he didnt come up short at NUFC and that his rep hasnt been damaged in the world of football - he was given 22 games and left the club in 11th position(?). No sane football analyst could find any substantial evidence in those 22 games to suggest that he;d of been a guaranteed failure here. Only Nufc fans have a real idea of what went on here and even we dont know how things would of turned out, we just know that his football and philosiphy didnt fit into nufcs traditions and something needed to be done. This is a no brainer for Hughes - he'd be at a club which has all the tools to break the top 4 and if he stayed at Blackburn it'd be a disastorous decision. No there was a question mark on whether he only used that style of football at Bolton because of the limited resources. When he was after the England job he was on about "adapting" his style of play to fit the players. Now everyone knows.. he is only a long ball specialist and nothing else.
  9. Hiddink and Lippi are both 60 somethings who would prefer to be on the international scene. There are no obvious candidates for that job. Imo the front runner most be Carlos so Hughes has a fair chance if he strives forward with Man City. I took Hiddink and Lippi as examples. I might as well have taken anyone else from abroad with a world class reputation. Give examples of these world class managers. The top teams don't stick with their managers so it's difficult to see who are teh real top quality managers. Then you've got to take into consideration that any future Man Utd. manager will need to play attacking football which limits the field even more.
  10. Hiddink and Lippi are both 60 somethings who would prefer to be on the international scene. There are no obvious candidates for that job. Imo the front runner most be Carlos so Hughes has a fair chance if he strives forward with Man City.
  11. Allardyce always had that question mark hanging over his head of whether he could manage a big club and whether he would change his style. He came up short and it has damaged his reputation. Hughes has achieved pretty much all he can at Blackburn. He may stay longer like Bruce did when we came knocking and lose his stock. He may have already stayed too long and end up jumping at any chance to manage a bigger club (like Curbs). Difficult decision. Man. City are in that UEFA cup band of 6 or so teams.. the Evertons all the way down to us.. financially it seems West Ham and Blackburn are the weakest members of that group and could soon fall out. Big decision.
  12. Might as well get a freepost in.
  13. Capello doesn't manage Italy anymore.. he's with some Islander nation. lol @ the fans here. Get excited over the smallest thing.. would be great if they could score.
  14. they aren't too clever when teams sit back and they are asked to break teams down. Campbell in particular isn't too fond of holding a high defensive line either.
  15. Not my favourite but i haven't seen it mentioned in the 1st or 3rd page. Nikos getting skinned in the most elegant and dirtiest of fashions by Bergkamp.
  16. Portsmouth are hardly comparable to Chelsea, they have a wealthy owner, but there's no indication he's willing to run the club as a charity.. Erm 90% of the revenue on wages seems to indicate that he's/them are in it for the long haul. Showing no signs of easing up either.
  17. lol we are a very deluded bunch aren't we. We haven't finished in the top 6 for some years and haven't done it back-to-back since about 2003/4. Finished in the lower half of the league more often than not in the last 5 years. In the last 5 years we've been through about 5 managers. Portsmouth have been doing well in the league for about 3 years now. Won the FA Cup are in Europe. Spurs have been getting stronger and stronger for the same time we've been on the decline minus last year. They kept conceding goals last season and went some way to curb that by bringing in 2 good quality defenders. They have a young team and keep adding to it and a manager who is respected and known throughout Europe. Also in Europe this season.
  18. Remembers when we turned our noses up at Campbell in favour of Rozehnal.
  19. James, you need to find a new hobby, a more stimulating job or just masturbate.
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