Parky

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javier_Clemente Javier Clemente. Good solid record at many clubs and a good knowledge of European football. Tactical know how. Van Basten. A players manager if ever there was one and a cool head. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marco_Van_Basten My favourite. Thomas Doll. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Doll Bart Van Marjiwk. Had success at Feynoord and coached at PSV before moving to Germany. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bert_van_Marwijk Ronald Koeman. Bags of experience played at Barca under Cruyff etc. Tough cookie.

If he has time, might as well do it properly for a change when we appoint another manager. I don't think we should even consider him till he has had at least one job under his belt at a lower league club.

I've nothing against Oba at all, I can see he is giving his all. If anything this is a veiled attack on Glenda. bluebigrazz.gif

Then why did we buy him as we already have a striker crisis? If I go along with the time and age and new league criteria, then surely he is a striker you buy if you already have 2 or 3 strikers at the club who are slotted in? You know you can give him a year to bed in. Glenda after all his farting around with Kuyt has bought the wrong striker surely?

''Quite possibly Oh-Park one but the time to judge that is not now..'' Chix My judgement is instantaneous and few escape the consequences. tongue.gif

In that case in our perilous one striker situation surely it would have been wiser to by someone who is used to the PL?

He looks like the type to get 10-12 goals a season, the way he snatched at a couple of chances on Sunday shows two things: obviously a lack of composure (doesn't have the deadly gift of an Owen or Van Horse), but it also reveals a desperation to do well as soon as possible and he is acutely aware that all eyes are on him. I would have absolutely no grumbles about him if we had spent say 5m on him and also bought another forward or defender. Part of his problem is that we have spent nearly all out remaining money on him and this has increased the pressure on him, this isn't a good thing for a striker to feel every time he goes onto the pitch. On the downside I said very early doors he will fail (ie not a 15-20 goal a season man) and I haven't seen anything to change that. I do hope he can prove me wrong.

Will Shearer have his coaching badges by next summer?

I'll re-set it then.

I try and keep them entertaining you see.

All I ask for is a modicum of sanity in SOME of our transfer dealings. Is that too much to ask?? bluesigh.gif

There is no excuse for not shoring up the defence in the summer and it will be this I feel above everything else that brings the axe down on his heed.

Just wondered how people are feeling now we are a few games in??

"Providing we don't expect too much, he'll be okay for us." Bobyule. Expect a bit more after all the hype and the money spent really. Has it really come to this already with Oba?

I said he was a wrongun from day one. Anelka is 10 times the player and would have cost £3m less.

Teams ahead of us now are: The top 4.. and Spurs West Ham maybe even Pompey.. bluebigeek.gif

Who is in charge of this ship?

Sensible words S9. Badly need a def tbh. bluecry.gif

The failure of the Hitzfeld campaign. tongue.gif

Sometimes I think he's doing it on purpose to get a move away. I mean he was never this bad...You have to ask yourself why we aren't starting to see the best of him?

Not enough research and aforethought on the Luque buy really.

Football is a very fickle business and the buying and selling of players is often a lottery regardless of reputation. You can only put stops and checks in place to make the business as successful as it possibly can. Although with the high amount of generated income footabll is almost guranteed now, this is a very fertile time to grow the business and descisions made now will be very important for the club in the coming years.

He was never a striker. For the short period he played (more or less upfront) at Depor he was the 99th best striker in Europe. He is more rotating forward type. Or perhaps a divider in the classic Dutch mould like a Sneidjer. He doesn't really have the attributes to be a front man in the PL imo.

At your service.

It seems to have escaped everyone's attention and as much I hate to be the bringer of even worse news....Nocluque has never played in a 442 in his life.