Parky

it's not so much about milner as team balance and positioning. True and i was only being half serious but to think that Milner was going to turn that game around is f****** idiocy. Plus the people singing it were the same embarrassing twats who booed Zog going off and believe there is a replacement lined up for allardyce who is prepared to come here in this climate and to get us consistently playing decent winning football in less than his first 14 games. Get rid of that lot in January and the 20,000 seats they occupy fair enough it's getting cold but i doubt that would put off a serious manager You know what i mean. aye but too easy an opportunity. the likes of everton and blackburn,villa should be enough to let you understand that team balance and organisation can be as important as individual talent. All of which have had time to achieve that. You don't need time to play a right winger on the right wing. You just need a braincell and a pair of eyes. No you need time to turn a shit hole of a club around. You need slightly more than one braincell to understand that. Dont worry, thousands of others dont quite get it either. ...we need some decent players as well. Jan window will be crucial.

Half the problem is that he seems to like his CM to sit deep. THe MF and the forwards are disconnected most of the match.

But that wasn't the point was it? Our problem was we had nothing coming down the right, no width, fuck all. If we were ever going to get through a tight Liverpool defence then our best hope would have been to stretch them out using width, that way we can create gaps in between their defenders to play through balls into, by replacing N'Zogbia with Milner he wasn't doing anything to rectify the problem about our formation. N'Zogbia was awful though, he seems to have escaped criticism on here for some reason. I cant understand why he doesnt use N'Zogbia and Milner on their natural sides and tell them to get out wide when we are in possession. As has been said already, he didnt have the bottle to take off either Butt or Smith but when N'Zogbia had offered so little all game, i can understand why he did a like for like replacement. Still no idea what he was trying to acheive by leaving them on anyway... That aside, i've no idea what instructions N'Zogbia was given and whether he was following them. Milner did offer some width when he came on but did very little of note. They simply have to play in their natural positions.

And who to cure our lack-of-creativity blues, Parky? I'd get bids in for Basturk (Stuttgart), Diego (Werder Bremen - would cost) or Arteta. All three clubs involved aren't must stay clubs imo and if MA got obsessed with either of those he could get them IMO.

Rather have Diouf tbh. Why? Because he's the sort of player that bridges midfield and attack, has good movement and gets in behind defenders in wide positions. Anelka's a better player but Diouf would improve us as a team more. Yes Diouf too would work. But personally I'd have Nico.

Smith - Pushing 30? No prem experience? African? Barton - Pushing 30? No prem experience? African? Rozehnal - Pushing 30? African? Enrique - Pushing 30? African? Yep got him down to a T. Viduka has no prem experience, is shit with the ball as well as being African, too.

And who to cure our lack-of-creativity blues, Parky? Let me think. It's harder if it has to be realistic.

I'd be fucking livid too. Cheeky twats. (If true) It's also why he left his last job. Mind you he was brought in to deliver the League and he is no nearer that.

Anelka.

Parky closes in on his prey Jol, Rafa...Who next?

Good post. He is one lazy fuck. Although I'm sure he isn't fit.

Benny is just trying to keep the spotlight off himself something which he is very good at. He might also have seen signs that he might not have the final say in purchases any longer.

I think he should have moved him up front and took Viduka off yesterday Yup.

How did Kaboul get on?

Phil doesn't really want it tho iirc. Kien englaise speaking either. I have a feeling Mourinho can be swayed.

Already had a foreign manager. I'd go for Mourinho.

Shearer would be making a huge mistake if he took it.

He didn't get much to spend regardless what he said to the media and he was landed with the huge expectation that comes with a billionaire owner...The worst of both worlds.

You'd think so wouldn't you.

Is it the intense pressure he's under you think?

Being passionate isn't enough as England's continued failure stands testament. Success doesn't come with huff and puff and high tempo either...It comes with insight and a good understading of the modern game. Shearer doesn't have that yet. On what evidence is there to base this on? For what the obvious? Answer the question Parky. On what evidence are you using for your judgement that Shearer doesn't have good insight and understanding of the modern game? Well he hasn't even had one coaching job yet. Coaching badges aren't all their cracked up to be as we are witnessing with SA. What evidence do you have that he does posess the requred knowledge...? Yeah I thougt so. Did I ever say he did though Parky? You're just jumping to conclusions based on no concrete evidence. The evidence is there if you read the post instead of trying to be clever dick.

Believe me there are better managers out there for us if it came to it. Name them? With the money the new owner has we could get almost anyone. I want names. Fred Flintstone.

Being passionate isn't enough as England's continued failure stands testament. Success doesn't come with huff and puff and high tempo either...It comes with insight and a good understading of the modern game. Shearer doesn't have that yet. On what evidence is there to base this on? For what the obvious? Answer the question Parky. On what evidence are you using for your judgement that Shearer doesn't have good insight and understanding of the modern game? Well he hasn't even had one coaching job yet. Coaching badges aren't all their cracked up to be as we are witnessing with SA. What evidence do you have that he does posess the requred knowledge...? Yeah I thougt so.

Believe me there are better managers out there for us if it came to it. Name them? With the money the new owner has we could get almost anyone.