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I think Laudrup has the makings of an outstanding manager, but he does seem a bit big headed. He wants to manage a big club so I don't think he'd be impressed with a chairman who thinks finishing 10th deserves a bonus.

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Yesterday I heard an interview on the radio with a Swansea journalist talking about the appointment of Gary Monk and the contrast with Laudrup. 

 

He said that the Chairman had been really irritated that Laudrup constantly talked down Swansea and saying how the Premier League was made up of 3 leagues and the club was doing as well as they should within their "own" league.  The Chairman had made some veiled criticism of this attitude is his programme notes post Laudrup's departure by saying that the club should never restrict itself in terms of ambition but to always try to do the best that it can.

 

What a contrast to our board.

 

On that basis, Laudrup might be a good fit for Ashley but he would alienate the fans soon enough!!

 

 

 

What sort of alternate reality is this? :lol:

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Redknapp would give Ben Arfa complete freedom on the pitch

 

For sure. He let D'Alessandro do his thing for goodness sake. And Van Der Vaart who literally didn't know there was another half of the pitch behind him.

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Redknapp? The same Redknapp who couldn't QPR promoted automatically with the most stacked Championship squad since like ever? No thanks.

 

I know people desperate for someone other than Pardew but i'd much rather get someone of genuine quality in than be stuck with someone we will be angry about a year down the line.

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From the options above, I'd go for one of: Neil Buchanan, Jeremy Beadle or Aaron Hughes.

 

What's your take on Fred Dineage?

 

Not arty, small handed or Irish enough.

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reading the palace forums, Pulis has palace playing some decent stuff.

 

the football we were playing in the second half at Cardiff and during the Chelsea game shows his perceived 'anti football' style is nonsense.

 

we were playing short crisp passing, going from one end to another very quickly and getting down the wings. Take the move against Chelsea, with Ward breaking down the left, feeding it into Jerome (?) who slots it over to Puncheon, who produces superb skill to beat his man and fire in a shot. Did the ball go in the air once? Yes, but only because JP used some supreme tekkers to beat the left back.

 

people got whipped up in the media conjecture and also the stuff arm chair fans spout about Pulis, for those of us that go to the games, I've found the football ten times more satisfying to watch than the opening 10 games (regardless of results). Finally we are not naive, we try to take every advantage we can get and play as a team.

Spot on, and bar one or two exceptions we haven't played any more long balls under Pulis than we did under IH or under Dougie before 'that 8 game run'.

 

I've been impressed with just how effective our play has been at times and the counter attacking style has been fast and purposeful.

 

Whilst Dougie may have been reading books on 'how to control the game without the ball' - we might just have a manager who wrote the bloody thing!

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