KaKa
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1 minute ago, kisearch said:
Fonseca wouldn't be seen dead in a regular fit shirt
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2 minutes ago, SUPERTOON said:
That looks like Campos next to him
There you have it!
We've gone for the Portuguese double. Get in!
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2 minutes ago, SUPERTOON said:
Looks a bit like Emery ?
It's a very strong head of hair. That's Fonseca
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Martinez scares me man. I really like the guy, but I just don't think it would work for some reason.
The worry is that if they start getting too into the experience of the league malarkey he will be one of the favourites.
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52 minutes ago, Conjo said:
Someone posted a video of Xavi on here a week or so ago, where he was talking about his tactics and how he is obsessed with possession. Imagine him trying to get the current batch of players to play a possession style of football
Have we had even one match in the league with more than 45% possession the last 3 seasons?
These other managers work on this stuff in training constantly though, and so the team will surely improve on it a lot.
We look so bad and think our players are totally incapable of playing any kind of possession football because they only train 3 days a week, and when they do actually train only God knows what nonsense they were doing under Bruce.
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Looks like this is some way off and they are going to be talking to lots of people a number of times. Not sure we are close on any one individual.
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24 minutes ago, greydos said:
I’m all in for Fonseca. Improving ball retention can take the pressure off of our defence for long periods in games. Buy him a new spine of the team in January and he keeps us up no problem.
This is the thing, we are so bad defensively because we literally cannot keep hold of the ball for more than 2 passes, and so the opposition always have so much possession they just end up bullying us the whole game and pushing us further and further back.
We also cannot ever press the other team for more than 5 mins in a match it seems before we then just end up standing there watching them will they pass the ball comfortably and drift around us like it's a training session for them.
These are our two biggest issues regarding our defensive problems, rather than a general inability to defend, and so we really need someone that is going to encourage and organise the team to both press the opposition more, and do far more with the ball when we have it. Both would make a huge difference.
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Yeah, it's strange because so many people wanted Biesla at one point and his defensive structure isn't the best either.
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19 minutes ago, Willow said:
Does anyone know if Fonseca speaks English?
Seems like a potentially excellent candidate
Yes, he does.
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5 minutes ago, The Bonk said:
Easily his best work.
Brilliant
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6 minutes ago, NEEJ said:
Why did he leave Roma?
New ownership. Want to build a new stadium. Wanted a bigger name in Mourinho heading up the team in light of that. Made the change as Fonseca's contract was up end of last season.
Lots of info here, which someone posted earlier, sorry forgotten who it was now:
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7 minutes ago, HTT II said:
And Steve Bruce in 2 + years
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Great news, and really fantastic the club sent that out.
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Just now, LRD said:
I love your optimism.
I'm not that optimistic really
It's just going to be fun getting to see what this squad of players is really all about now. By God it had all become so tedious.
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1 minute ago, WarrenBartonCentrePartin said:
What's unfortunately being lost in the news is that this is ultimately the end of Jeffrey Patrick Hendrick, too.
One thing that's going to be so interesting is to see who the new manager ends up liking for his system and who he may surprisingly get more out of.
If we do get Fonseca for example, who worked with a lot of Brazilian prospects at Donetsk and who of course speaks Portuguese, we might finally see big Joe unlocked
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1 minute ago, TRon said:
I was reading something in the paper this morning about some pressure group meeting with NUFC to discuss refraining from dressing as arabs. Surprised the club took any notice though, seems an infringement of civil liberties to me.
Yeah, I'm very surprised, but they've worded the statement very well, and I think it's a fair enough request by the club so as not to attract any unnecessary attention, even though it shouldn't really, but it's good the leadership at the club are sensitive to the situation.
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1 minute ago, Optimistic Nut said:
"You don't win anything with eleven James Milners" rings a bell.
That's the one
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What was the thing he said about James Milner again?
All the more funny because Milner has since gone on to be one of the most disciplined and best professionals this country has probably ever seen
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Wow, that is really interesting. Surprised by that tbh.
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5 minutes ago, TRon said:
Not at all, if players are allowed to do as they please, why wouldn't they? It's fine if you want to scrabble around at the bottom of the table every year, but if we want to improve, we'll need far more ambition and professionalism.
ASM was criticised by Favre I believe for a lax attitude in France, if he wants to go on to the next level, he'll have to get used to stricter standards. He's still young, so he's got everything to gain by being led properly, this could be a massive opportunity for him.
Yeah, going to be interesting to see how things work out for him going forward.
Vieira had no time for him at Nice, and it was under Vieira we were able to snap him up, because he had pretty much written ASM off.
You see how hard Vieira's Palace side play and how disciplined he has them, and it begins to make some sense why he felt he couldn't use him.
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6 minutes ago, Consortium of one said:
I'm so glad this POS is finally gone. Setting every thing else aside have you ever seen a manager in any sport recite the names he has been called as he walked out the door? I've been following sports for nearly 60 years and have seen some whoppers who were spectacularly shit on during their reigns. From Joe Bugel to Richie Kotite to Stump Merrill, every guy kept their mouth shut ands moved on with some measure of dignity. But not Bruce. He has to actually toss some of the insults out there, begging for sympathy. I hope he retires. He's not fit to be a leader.
He is completely shameless and lacks character. Loves to use family members to garner some sort of sympathy and victimhood points too, with his parents previously and today his wife.
You'd think this man had been stripped of everything including the clothes off his back and flung out onto the street. The nitwit has pocketed millions in a payoff for skiving off work most days of the week and taking trips abroad to sun himself in Portugal as soon as the internationals come around.
He has taken an absolute liberty at the club man. He was happy to come here because it was an opportunity to do all of that with no consequences because he knew all he had to do was paddy up to Ashley and go with everything Ashley wanted and his position would be secure, with no accountability for the quality of his actual work.
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59 minutes ago, gdm said:
Just listened to an interview with graham sourness about Gerrard being linked saying Gerrard should stay clear and waffled on about fan expectation and said he personally wouldn’t ever take that job coz of human rights
My goodness Souness is impossibly pathetic. How long is this man going to continue to whinge and moan about Newcastle? He can't get over it and move on. And he fancies himself as a hard man? Comes across as such a whiny bitch.
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4 minutes ago, SUPERTOON said:
He’s already done more than Bruce
Strategies. Actual strategies for our opponents. Going into games with the players having some sort of plan and approach.
It's enough to make a grown man cry ...
Eddie Howe
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Can't lie I've been impressed by the wide range of people we're looking at and considering. Seems very thorough.