Tom Van Persie
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Mark Ogden. Take it with a huge pinch of salt.
Oh well if you are on the recordTerrible take.
I'm on record saying EtH should be given a chance under the Ineos-led structure and thus far no argument has persuaded me otherwise.
We need to avoid hyperbolic reactions to form and also hyperbolic talking up of prospective coaches.
One thing: I'm glad Brendan Rodgers is out of the frame. Could you imagine the 'he won the cup with Leicester' and 'if only for Slippy G' narratives?
We got battered and won a lucky penalty shoot out he did not beat De zerbie in 90 or 120 minutes !!Ratcliffe would need to find a replacement who could improve United. All the candidates are underwhelming or about EtH's level. As I say, give EtH a shot with Ineos' structure in place. Then judge.
We've seen EtH improve players and make the type of hard calls the likes of Moyes, LvG or Ole would never make. We've seen him err and make bad mistakes. Happens to all managers.
As for de Zerbi and EtH's head to head record, please remember EtH won their most important duel in last season's FA Cup.
The cohesion is mitigated by injuries and personnel crises.
Also, the manager salary for a mid table team versus Man United is a huge difference. De Zerbi is making 1.5m/yr, ETH 9.5m per year…Because they wouldn’t be working under the former structure. They’d likely be speaking to Berrada, Ashworth, Brailsford and SJR instead of Arnold, Murtough and The Glazers.
The new group will be much more persuasive as to this being a stable long term project.
Terrible attitude.Anyone, but ETH.
I prefer Zidane.
Wtf?
Wtf?
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When we were linked with Amorim this forum moaned about it, he’s been linked with Liverpool now and the discussion around him is a bit brighter (not saying this is what you’re doing of course)My first choice would be Inzaghi but I really like Amorim aswell.
I’ve always liked him. I think his teams play really good football. And if he goes to Liverpool I think he’ll do well there.When we were linked with Amorim this forum moaned about it, he’s been linked with Liverpool now and the discussion around him is a bit brighter (not saying this is what you’re doing of course)
It’s always fecking hilarious that Southgate gets slated on here.There is no way we're getting Southgate. All of the decisions SJR made after the take over have been ridiculously competent. He doesn't seem like a guy that will stand for mediocrity - Sure it's possible Berrada and co will get the signing wrong - many people with much better structures who have done it longer than we have keep getting it wrong (Barca with Xavi, Bayern with Tuchel most recently, hopefully Pool and then City later)
But we'll do it for the right reasons.
Maybe but if we had a more attack minded manager then we probably win a couple of them tournaments. His decisions have been poor, especially when he plays 2 DM when we’ve got Rice who can sit on his own and have 2 more advanced players. We’ve got a lot of talent that he’s wasting.It’s always fecking hilarious that Southgate gets slated on here.
A final and a semi final & a quarters (knocked out by World champions) like is that seriously what us English fans are like? Almost entitled really.
If you’d said in 2016 that in the following 6 years you’d be in a semi final of a WC, a final of a European championship and a quarter final of a world cup, only to be knocked out by a France team who were 2018 world champions, of whom, you gave a good performance against and made them look like a team you can actually beat. You’d have said we’d be on drugs.
Southgate is under appreciated. He may not be able to replicate that in club football but a bad manager he is not.
It’s always fecking hilarious that Southgate gets slated on here.
A final and a semi final & a quarters (knocked out by World champions) like is that seriously what us English fans are like? Almost entitled really.
If you’d said in 2016 that in the following 6 years you’d be in a semi final of a WC, a final of a European championship and a quarter final of a world cup, only to be knocked out by a France team who were 2018 world champions, of whom, you gave a good performance against and made them look like a team you can actually beat. You’d have said we’d be on drugs.
Southgate is under appreciated. He may not be able to replicate that in club football but a bad manager he is not.
I genuinely think only an lazy watcher of the sport would rate Southgate as a top coach. If they bothered to look at his open goal routes to finals theyl see how he got that far. Still, to choke the way he did despite being favourites in those ties is impressively bad.It’s always fecking hilarious that Southgate gets slated on here.
A final and a semi final & a quarters (knocked out by World champions) like is that seriously what us English fans are like? Almost entitled really.
If you’d said in 2016 that in the following 6 years you’d be in a semi final of a WC, a final of a European championship and a quarter final of a world cup, only to be knocked out by a France team who were 2018 world champions, of whom, you gave a good performance against and made them look like a team you can actually beat. You’d have said we’d be on drugs.
Southgate is under appreciated. He may not be able to replicate that in club football but a bad manager he is not.
Maybe but if we had a more attack minded manager then we probably win a couple of them tournaments. His decisions have been poor, especially when he plays 2 DM when we’ve got Rice who can sit on his own and have 2 more advanced players. We’ve got a lot of talent that he’s wasting.
I dont think the Southgate slating is based on his results but more on the way he plays. Although he should, based on the available talent, likely have won against Italy in that Euros final.
I genuinely think only an lazy watcher of the sport would rate Southgate as a top coach. If they bothered to look at his open goal routes to finals theyl see how he got that far. Still, to choke the way he did despite being favourites in those ties is impressively bad.
Wtf?
Southgate is under appreciated. He may not be able to replicate that in club football but a bad manager he is not.
Not really, considering we’ve been linked with Southgate before.You just know this list is bullshit considering Southgate is on it instead of Potter.
No his domestic record isn't great and tactically he has been inept for England. He's been blessed with easy draws and still mucked it up. As soon as England play a top team e.g France, he isn't good enough to adapt tactically. He is just woeful. I'd be surprised if a mid table or higher club came in for him after England.Most of the ire towards Southgate seems to be underperforming with a strong England side, and being too cautious. I dont think he'd take us to the top but for a transition manager he'd have more cred in the bank than Potter.
Only Nagelman should be sounded out as a replacement.
Id actually prefer him to Southgate. At least it would be funnyJust add Steven Gerrard to the list and we are sorted.