Skeletor Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 7 minutes ago, Interpolic said: There's loads of reasons to want it to be true and the top one isn't even how shit Southgate would be there. It's that it would prove straight away that owld J-Rat ain't got the first fucking clue what he's doing. J-Ratshley Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbandit Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 Gazza Southie and a National Stadium that no one wants, King Rat’s making moves Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magpie Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 Looks like Alonso is going to stay at Leverkusen. Fair play to him. Things you love to, but very rarely these days, see. I reckon Liverpool were desperate for him to join them. Interesting to see who they target now. RDZ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 3 minutes ago, Magpie said: Looks like Alonso is going to stay at Leverkusen. Fair play to him. Things you love to, but very rarely these days, see. I reckon Liverpool were desperate for him to join them. Interesting to see who they target now. RDZ? Howe Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 Another German manager I think. They’ll want someone that has managed a decent league and European campaign. Like a Nagelsmann. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magpie Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 6 minutes ago, The College Dropout said: Another German manager I think. They’ll want someone that has managed a decent league and European campaign. Like a Nagelsmann. Possibility, especially with the uncertainty around him staying as German national coach Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collage Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 12 minutes ago, The College Dropout said: Another German manager I think. They’ll want someone that has managed a decent league and European campaign. Like a Nagelsmann. Tuchel? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Choppy Chop Chop Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 José Mário dos Santos Mourinho Félix a shoe in Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 Good on Xabi Alonso for staying at Bayer Leverkusen. Clearly waiting for the Newcastle job to open up Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pablo Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 7 hours ago, Magpie said: Looks like Alonso is going to stay at Leverkusen. Fair play to him. Things you love to, but very rarely these days, see. I reckon Liverpool were desperate for him to join them. Interesting to see who they target now. RDZ? Whoever they bring in is likely to be a step down. Hoping for a collapse similar to when Wenger left Arsenal Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjohnson Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 2 hours ago, Pablo said: Whoever they bring in is likely to be a step down. Hoping for a collapse similar to when Wenger left Arsenal Please be Gerrard, please be Gerrard, please be Gerrard Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Butcher Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 12.8m. Would. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 1 hour ago, gjohnson said: Please be Gerrard, please be Gerrard, please be Gerrard I wonder if they would with Gary O'Neil as head coach Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbandit Posted March 30 Share Posted March 30 This is desperate from Poch https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/68694784 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cf Posted March 30 Share Posted March 30 2 hours ago, gbandit said: This is desperate from Poch https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/68694784 There's a certain merit in it though. Stats aren't everything of course but at the same time they do help paint a picture of where things could be had the dice settled differently. You can do all the right things but still lose on the day. It's the nature of the game. People say it's a results game and it is but at times you need to be able to look past the results and stick with a manager when things aren't going too well if you think the underlying job is good. This works the other way round too. Think of us every time we thought Pardew was under pressure and he'd pull out a series of wins. And that fluke 5th season. He deserves a certain amount of credit for it but we could all see it was a statistical anomaly for us to end where we did. See also West Ham and Moyes. The European win was great for them in terms of a trophy but they've been naff beyond that for some time but it's hard to bin a manager when he's won you something. West Ham are one of this seasons over performers in terms of xPTS. To claim they "should be 4th" is obviously silly. The league isn't going to end with everyone where they "should" be and would be boring if it was. Understat has them 6th fwiw. And us at 5th. Biggest over performers are Man Utd who should be 11th. If they were actually down there ETH would be gone by now. And arguably he should be already but their current league position is masking where they are. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbandit Posted March 30 Share Posted March 30 I’m not disagreeing with the idea that stats can indicate longer term trends that results don’t necessarily show. I actually agree that Chelsea, in the second half of the season, have looked a lot better. I just think coming out and putting it in those terms will do him no favours with Chelsea fans and it feels incredibly defensive and desperate Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cf Posted March 30 Share Posted March 30 5 minutes ago, gbandit said: I’m not disagreeing with the idea that stats can indicate longer term trends that results don’t necessarily show. I actually agree that Chelsea, in the second half of the season, have looked a lot better. I just think coming out and putting it in those terms will do him no favours with Chelsea fans and it feels incredibly defensive and desperate Yeah agreed. There's certainly a way to articulate it and it wasn't that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 Such a PFM Brexit comment Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wormy Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 It's so weird how half the stuff he comes out with would make me hate most other managers but I can't help but still love the mad old bastard. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbandit Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 He’s quality. An angry old gammon but one who’s able to laugh at himself Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 2 minutes ago, The Prophet said: Absurdly good appointment for them Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fezzle Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 41 minutes ago, The Prophet said: Isnt that the bloke who said he definitely wasnt going there last week when the rumours started? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
janpawel Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 Don't know anything about the guy, is this a good appointment for them? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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