The Managerial Merry Go Round™

[Manxst]

7 minutes ago, KaKa said:

Expecting them to announce Gattusso any second now.

Or Howe.

[Billy Pilgrim]

27 minutes ago, HTT II said:

He will improve them massively without a massive spend, give him top money and he will deliver, he’s of that calibre. I mean In Kane and Son they have two of the best in the world up front and if he can get a tune out of Ali he’s not too shabby when on form either, that’s 3 world/top-class players.

I don’t think they could get a better manager than conte, but I have seen a lot of spurs and they are 200m away from top 4 minimum. Conte will be looking at spurs and thinking there are players here I wanted for years, but just like mourinho he will get started and quickly realise that they aren’t as good as he thought and levy will slow walk his maniac spending. They are the 7th or 8th best squad in the league and miles behind the likes of West Ham, never mind city, Chelsea and Liverpool. It will require serious money to do anything with them, I reckon this is going to go exactly the same as mourinho. 

[Guest HTT II]

Just now, Billy Pilgrim said:

I don’t think they could get a better manager than conte, but I have seen a lot of spurs and they are 200m away from top 4 minimum. Conte will be looking at spurs and thinking there are players here I wanted for years, but just like mourinho he will get started and quickly realise that they aren’t as good as he thought and levy will slow walk his maniac spending. They are the 7th or 8th best squad in the league and miles behind the likes of West Ham, never mind city, Chelsea and Liverpool. It will require serious money to do anything with them, I reckon this is going to go exactly the same as mourinho. 

I disagree, again in Kane and Son they arguably have the best attackers in the league up front outside of Liverpool and also have a lot of talent throughout their squad which hasn’t been utilised or given the right conditions to excel. They also have a very promising youth system. Conte and some money and they will be looking at the top 4 again easily. I do hope you’re right mind!

[MrRaspberryJam]

Fair play if Levy pulls off Conte. Not literally.

 

 

Edited November 1, 2021 by Mr Raspberry Jam

[jackyboy]

No surprise with Nuno really. I thought his last season with Wolves he was sackable and living on his previous success

[The Bonk]

33 minutes ago, jackyboy said:

No surprise with Nuno really. I thought his last season with Wolves he was sackable and living on his previous success

 

Players loved him, wasn't Jimenez fucked? They sent Jota to Liverpool, who was almost more essential to their attack than Jimenez. 

[Wullie]

Conte's an amazing appointment if they manage it. God I hate Spurs.

[Armchair Pundit]

5 minutes ago, Wullie said:

Conte's an amazing appointment if they manage it. God I hate Spurs.

 

Really hoping they don't, they're not big enough for a manager like him, I can see him a Man Utd or Barca perhaps (funding permitting).

[Dokko]

17 minutes ago, The Bonk said:

 

Players loved him, wasn't Jimenez fucked? They sent Jota to Liverpool, who was almost more essential to their attack than Jimenez. 

 

Said at the time they sold their best player when he left. For relative peanuts as well.

[joeyt]

£45mil is peanuts?

[Dokko]

3 minutes ago, joeyt said:

£45mil is peanuts?

 

Relative. Yes.

 

 

[nufcnick]

Personally, I’ll give it a year at most before him and Levy start falling out. It’s well known that Levy sticks his nose in way too often and Conte just won’t stand for it.

Levy apparently has a nice big office at the training grounds. Owners who are businessmen but not football men should be nowhere near the training ground or the dressing rooms.

[The Bonk]

6 minutes ago, Dokko said:

 

Said at the time they sold their best player when he left. For relative peanuts as well.

Yup, he was the link in midfield and a constant threat for goals. Drew players to him that would create space for Traore as well. They've not been anywhere near the exciting team they were with Jota.

 

2 minutes ago, joeyt said:

£45mil is peanuts?

 

To buy him now, I'd say he's closer to a £70-80mill player.

[triggs]

Jimenez was far more important to Wolves than Jota. Madness to suggest otherwise

 

Jota wasn't even a guaranteed starter sometimes. Came off the bench 7 times

[The Bonk]

6 minutes ago, triggs said:

Jimenez was far more important to Wolves than Jota. Madness to suggest otherwise

 

Jota wasn't even a guaranteed starter sometimes. Came off the bench 7 times

 

Pre head injury Jimenez was fantastic, no dispute, but Jota was their key playmaker and that's evidenced by Liverpool coming in for him. Playing 30+ games every season for Wolves is as close to guaranteed starter as you're going to get. 

[The Prophet]

Jiminez was key to the way Wolves play under Nuno. Much like Kane, he'd drop in and feed runners such as Jota and Traore. He was so integral, they had no go to plan B following his head injury.

 

Jota is a great player, but Jiminez was key to everything Wolves did well.

[Dokko]

13 minutes ago, triggs said:

Jimenez was far more important to Wolves than Jota. Madness to suggest otherwise

 

Jota wasn't even a guaranteed starter sometimes. Came off the bench 7 times

 

Jimenez goals were huge, it's was the return for all the good work the team did. Doesn't change for me that Jota was their best player. It's why he's at one of the best clubs in the world and Jimenez is at one of the best clubs in the West Midlands. 

 

Jota is massively underrated even now at Liverpool, would love him to come here and be the main man. Think as time catches up with mane & salah thats his destiny at Liverpool and he has it in him to fill the void one of them with leave. 

[Kid Icarus]

I was surprised when Liverpool went for Jota and not Jiminez tbh, he seemed perfect as a bit of a Firmino understudy. Jota seems to be doing really well though.

[The Bonk]

4 minutes ago, The Prophet said:

Jiminez was key to the way Wolves play under Nuno. Much like Kane, he'd drop in and feed runners such as Jota and Traore. He was so integral, they had no go to plan B following his head injury.

 

Jota is a great player, but Jiminez was key to everything Wolves did well.

 

 

1:20 against Bournemouth, that is what I remember, but maybe I'm being bias because I rate Jota so highly.  

[The Prophet]

1 minute ago, The Bonk said:

 

 

1:20 against Bournemouth, that is what I remember, but maybe I'm being bias because I rate Jota so highly.  

 

They were, or in Jota's case are, fantastic talents who had a great understanding of each others game.

[The Bonk]

5 minutes ago, The Prophet said:

 

They were, or in Jota's case are, fantastic talents who had a great understanding of each others game.

 

That Wolves team was great to watch as a neutral and I remember being envious from an NUFC standpoint. If we can play like that in a couple years, we'll all be quite happy.  

 

[triggs]

1 hour ago, The Bonk said:

 

Pre head injury Jimenez was fantastic, no dispute, but Jota was their key playmaker and that's evidenced by Liverpool coming in for him. Playing 30+ games every season for Wolves is as close to guaranteed starter as you're going to get. 

He didn't start 30 games in either of his PL seasons at Wolves

[rgk_lfc]

1 hour ago, kisearch said:

I was surprised when Liverpool went for Jota and not Jiminez tbh, he seemed perfect as a bit of a Firmino understudy. Jota seems to be doing really well though.

 

Jiminez was 29 years old when we bought Jota. Jota was 23 around the time we bought him. Both would have cost approximately the same. Makes sense we went for the younger player.

 

Even if both players were the same age I think most fans would have preferred Jota out of the two. Jiminez is quality, but I think Jota has a higher ceiling. It is not just the goals and assists. He  has much better technique and a lot of intangibles . 

 

Of course, all of this is with the benefit of hindsight. 

[Wullie]

Dave Challinor's walked out on Hartlepool to go back into the National League at Stockport. Absolute disaster for them.

[stlouismag]

7 hours ago, steve_69 said:

I'm struggling to think why you ever stopped?

Aye. That bastardized funeral dirge version of "When the Saints Go Matching In" that their fans sing ad nauseam is more than reason enough to despise them.