EPL 2021 / 2022
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@kiwipie said in EPL 2021 / 2022:
@sparky said in EPL 2021 / 2022:
OGS fired. Worst coach of a big team I've ever seen in any sport. Absolutely clueless.
It was always crazy to give him the job permanently once he had cheered everyone up when he was the caretaker. He got away with it with no crowds and a freakish away record where almost every game they would have a woeful 1st half and sheer talent would rescue them in the 2nd. In fact that was his coaching talent - putting out sides which always looked like strangers in the 1st half - that Watford calamity was an epic way for him to leave.
A bit sad to see him go as the soap opera has been fun and there is always the worry that someone might make United a good side and nobody wants that.
We can all have our Derby "hate" but it's a tight togetherness in disliking Man U
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@mariner4life We're Norwich without Delia
One season of getting cocky - the world's your oyster, then the reality check.
Next year will be different.......
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How do all these managers command such big salaries simply to hop on hop off teams and walk away with half the club's money?
With the track record most have (club hopping through failure) you have to question the smarts behind signing them with such ridiculous sums.
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@crucial said in EPL 2021 / 2022:
How do all these managers command such big salaries simply to hop on hop off teams and walk away with half the club's money?
With the track record most have (club hopping through failure) you have to question the smarts behind signing them with such ridiculous sums.
With great power comes great responsibility.
A good manager is worth every cent.
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@majorrage also from the day you are hired you are just waiting to be sacked.
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@majorrage said in EPL 2021 / 2022:
@crucial said in EPL 2021 / 2022:
How do all these managers command such big salaries simply to hop on hop off teams and walk away with half the club's money?
With the track record most have (club hopping through failure) you have to question the smarts behind signing them with such ridiculous sums.
With great power comes great responsibility.
A good manager is worth every cent.
That's my point. There is a monied merry go round of those that aren't good but egos of owners keep employing them thinking that the problem belongs to other owners not themselves.
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@crucial said in EPL 2021 / 2022:
@majorrage said in EPL 2021 / 2022:
@crucial said in EPL 2021 / 2022:
How do all these managers command such big salaries simply to hop on hop off teams and walk away with half the club's money?
With the track record most have (club hopping through failure) you have to question the smarts behind signing them with such ridiculous sums.
With great power comes great responsibility.
A good manager is worth every cent.
That's my point. There is a monied merry go round of those that aren't good but egos of owners keep employing them thinking that the problem belongs to other owners not themselves.
Easier to hire a new manager than sell all your players
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I still can't believe that Spurs fired Pochetino, to replace him with Mourinho of all people. Dumbest managerial sacking since Newcastle got rid of Bobby Robson for only finishing 5th in the league.
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@crucial said in EPL 2021 / 2022:
@majorrage said in EPL 2021 / 2022:
@crucial said in EPL 2021 / 2022:
How do all these managers command such big salaries simply to hop on hop off teams and walk away with half the club's money?
With the track record most have (club hopping through failure) you have to question the smarts behind signing them with such ridiculous sums.
With great power comes great responsibility.
A good manager is worth every cent.
That's my point. There is a monied merry go round of those that aren't good but egos of owners keep employing them thinking that the problem belongs to other owners not themselves.
No, it's about trying new things. Look at the success Moyes has had at West Ham after a succession of failures. Sometimes the square peg for the square hole takes a while to find.
It takes a colossal ego to manage the colossal ego's of players. And whether you like the money part of it or not, there is huge money in football and that's the way it is. Why would a manager sign off for a pittance of what his best players are earning?
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@gibbon-rib said in EPL 2021 / 2022:
I still can't believe that Spurs fired Pochetino, to replace him with Mourinho of all people. Dumbest managerial sacking since Newcastle got rid of Bobby Robson for only finishing 5th in the league.
He'd lost the locker room by then. The dumb part was not backing the best manager since I can remember when he said we needed to retool the squad. We are still trying to fix that error now
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@gibbon-rib said in EPL 2021 / 2022:
They need to bring in someone like Ralf Rangnick as director of football, maybe get him in as interim manager short term until they can find the right manager longer term. Zero chance of that happening though, CR7 wouldn't stand for it
Called it.
(Well, you could say I called the exact opposite because I said it wouldn't happen, but that's a minor technicality)
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@gibbon-rib said in EPL 2021 / 2022:
@gibbon-rib said in EPL 2021 / 2022:
They need to bring in someone like Ralf Rangnick as director of football, maybe get him in as interim manager short term until they can find the right manager longer term. Zero chance of that happening though, CR7 wouldn't stand for it
Called it.
(Well, you could say I called the exact opposite because I said it wouldn't happen, but that's a minor technicality)
Great reverse jinx. Well played
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Burnley-Spurs called off because of Snowflakes. Wokeness is getting out of control.
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Chelsea Man U game was ridiculous.
For a start, Carrick benched Ronaldo for his first game in charge. That seems kind of strange.
United really are awful though. Chelsea were playing around them at will & if Lukaku had started, we may well have been 2 or 3 nil up at the half time. Plenty of ball, plenty of balls in, just lacking the killer edge. Then we make one mistake and Sancho runs away for the goal to put us behind. United then concede a completely pointless penalty and we start to push.
Ended one nil which is an awesome return for United - away to Chelsea. But crap for us.
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@majorrage said in EPL 2021 / 2022:
For a start, Carrick benched Ronaldo for his first game in charge. That seems kind of strange.
If Ole had told Man Utd not to waste their money on Ronaldo he might still have a job.
Utd are at their best playing a pressing counter-attacking game. Ronaldo might get you 20 goals but he can't play that system and thus will lose you more games than he wins.
Of course the money he brings in off the pitch will keep the Glazers happy.
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