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fuckers cost me my bet this week.

been bloody superb for Dundalk both in league and done well in europe. Always the worry how he'd step up to a higher level as the normal thing instead of the special occasion type of thing he's currently going through with dundalks europa league stuff but low risk gamble all things considered.

only took them 7 months to notice

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he's just not a footballer

dunno, january market is usually peak value. I like him but he's hardly a world beater imho and the only reason I can think of for Chelsea to sign him is to fill out the english trained quota

liverpools defense is pathetic

At the start if the season, I would have totally agreed with you. I'm not so sure now. What's clear is he's a manager that needs time, he needed it and got it at Everton. He didn't get it at his previous two jobs. Now though starting to think, his methods are just not working in today's game, he may just have been in the perfect situation at Everton, bought the right sort of players. His signings so far with Sunderland have an air of scatter gun desperation about them and seems like no thought has been put into what the team actually needs, just thnakful for getting players over the line. Don't think he's ever been the most inspiring of managers, but the respect he gained at Everton kept the players believing in him. I think that respect is gone now from players that have not grown up under his stewardship. Perhaps Sunderland would be better off getting rid, going for their quick fix, Hodgson here would be an ideal appointment for them. Whoever comes in though will have a tough job, that squad is shocking it really is. Moyes isn't a quick fix guy tbh, Everton under him tended to start slow iirc and they went up and down in the early seasons before settling on the 5-8th position. And quick fixes ain't what Sunderland needs they need a rebuild from the ground up

seems they get a little bit worse every time they sack a manager, not exactly sure how you for what 5 years are verging on relegation and make 0 improvement despite the tv money going through the roof and its not like they've been employing utter morons the entire time (well except dicanio). A relegation purge on paper seems a good idea but will Short finance that and if it goes wrong it really could be a long time before they get back.

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1-0 southampton

tbh he's always appeared very hands off when it comes to the day to day stuff, sure he may broadly dictate the policy but the guys he's appointed to run the club for him have done a fairly piss poor job in implementing that policy and more importantly communicating what they're trying.

my thoughts too, makes no sense from Ashleys pov to sell now when he could wait and see if we get back up stabilize for a few years and see if the tv cash goes even further up and get a much better price. If he wants to sell at all, god only fucking knows what he actually wants, part of me still kinda thinks he wants to prove he can be successful in football without throwing lots of cash at it and having it be self sustaining

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what was he even trying?!!

huh forgot about that so thanks for the reminder Every time they do that it seems to be a complete abomination of a game

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every promotion he's had has been at the first time of asking.

Bruce would be a solid appointment tbh, good track record of promotion (4 times?) and is a safe pair of hands

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/top-premier-league-clubs-fa-to-make-it-easier-to-sign-young-prospects-under-16-years-old-teenagers-a7345121.html

why are fifa and uefa trying to ruin their tournaments

I'm only surprised he isn't tweeting his thoughts on whether to sack Di Matteo or not

fantastic header

Wasn't the Pearson thing to do with his son getting the boot for the problems he and 2 others caused in thailand last year?