Home Community General Football Silly Season

Viewing 20 posts - 141 through 160 (of 496 total)
  • Author
    Posts
  • #196634
    Editor
    Keymaster

      Frustrating indeed Threeps. At this point, I’d even consider throwing Harry Redknapp in who will at least just let then play. It’s worth just throwing the dice now as we won’t be winning the WC under Southgate. We can worry about a long term manager after the WC. Will not happen though.

      _____________________________

      React below 👇

      *hover/click on the number below the reaction to see who reacted

      Loading spinner
      #196635
      nine nine nine
      Moderator

        Terrible performance and result Southgate will take us to Qatar and I suspect be gone not long afterwards. Whoever was in charge England wouldn’t win the World Cup. Where England go after Southgate’s is anyone’s guess it’s certainly not with Dyche imo Howe is an option maybe but I doubt he would want it and we would probably need to cast our net further afield.

        _____________________________

        React below 👇

        *hover/click on the number below the reaction to see who reacted

        Loading spinner
        #196637
        Editor
        Keymaster

          I don’t think there are many sides with better squads than England. Brazil are the favourites but they have a good few players who wouldn’t get near our squad. Fred, Telles, Richarlison, Dani Alves etc. France, second favourites are in the same boat as England. Bottom with 2 points, albeit from an easier group than England. Even looking at Belgium’s team with Batshuayi, Lukaku, Hazard. Even Adnan Januzaj still gets games for them. I’m not saying we’d win it with a better manager but we stand as good a chance as any. For me, only France have a better squad but they’re in as much a crisis as England.

          _____________________________

          React below 👇

          *hover/click on the number below the reaction to see who reacted

          Loading spinner
          #196638
          Editor
          Keymaster

            I think Spain or Germany will win it as they have the best managers. Again, I don’t think either squad is any better than England’s.

            _____________________________

            React below 👇

            *hover/click on the number below the reaction to see who reacted

            Loading spinner
            #196639
            nine nine nine
            Moderator

              Southgate on 4 nil Hungary defeat.

              “We picked a young team with energy and when the game started to go against them it started to look that way. That’s my responsibility in the end. I thought at half-time we needed to go for the game.

              “We made changes that gave us a little bit more of an attacking impetus but then we were a little bit more open as well and, in the end, you’re pushing and we’ve got so many attacking players on the pitch that we left ourselves wide open.

              “So I’ve just said to the players there that across the four match that’s my responsibility. I tried to balance looking at new players, tried to rest players that we couldn’t keep flogging our more experienced and better players but, in the end, the teams I’ve selected haven’t been strong enough to get the results in the two Hungary games.”

              _____________________________

              React below 👇

              *hover/click on the number below the reaction to see who reacted

              Loading spinner
              #196640
              nine nine nine
              Moderator

                I would throw Potter’s name into the mix for England too but again I doubt he would want it currently either.

                _____________________________

                React below 👇

                *hover/click on the number below the reaction to see who reacted

                Loading spinner
                #196641
                Editor
                Keymaster

                  You might be right Nine re Potter. He’s probably be my first choice. Would someone really turn down the England job to stay at Brighton though? (no disrespect to Brighton). Maybe he would. The PL has arguably become so big now that the England job is no longer the pinnacle of a coach’s career.

                  I’d imagine Howe will be available as soon as a big name becomes available who Newcastle feel they could attract. Almost pointless even speculating though as we all know Southgate will be there until at least Christmas, before which anything could happen re potential names in the hat.

                  _____________________________

                  React below 👇

                  *hover/click on the number below the reaction to see who reacted

                  Loading spinner
                  #196642
                  Editor
                  Keymaster

                    Threeps, which country is yours btw? I’d always assumed you were English, or at least British or Irish based on your writing. You’re based in Germany, right?

                    _____________________________

                    React below 👇

                    *hover/click on the number below the reaction to see who reacted

                    Loading spinner
                    #196643
                    sean the sailor
                    Participant

                      Good call on potter nine. Be a huge step up but he plays football in the right way.

                      _____________________________

                      React below 👇

                      *hover/click on the number below the reaction to see who reacted

                      Loading spinner
                      #196644
                      Editor
                      Keymaster

                        England under Southgate are pretty much Utd under Ole.

                        Boring football but somehow still get to latter stages of tournaments. Individual moments save the manager repeatedly, rather than tactical nous. Players who play great elsewhere come in and suddenly look poor. Harry Maguire. Eventually, their luck runs out and they get a hammering at home to a much lesser side (0-4 Hungary & 0-5 Liverpool) 😁. Joking aside, there are many similarities. In both cases, you kind of always know the manager is not good enough but (until now) they’ve not really done enough wrong to warrant being sacked.

                        _____________________________

                        React below 👇

                        *hover/click on the number below the reaction to see who reacted

                        Loading spinner
                        #196645
                        Mikus LFC
                        Participant

                          Spot on Ed. You could just never imagine either manager, Solskjaer or Southgate, lifting a dressing room into battle. They should only have ever been considered interim managers, neither was ever good enough to take their respective jobs permanently. And, like the Utd board, it’s now awkward for the FA who don’t know what to do with a WC coming in the winter. Perhaps Ralf Rangnick is available from Austria? 😁

                          _____________________________

                          React below 👇

                          *hover/click on the number below the reaction to see who reacted

                          Loading spinner
                          #196646
                          threeps
                          Participant

                            Ed, Northern Irelend. Hence I don’t really care much for international tournaments. If we get there the most entertaining part is our fans! But yes based in Germany.

                            _____________________________

                            React below 👇

                            *hover/click on the number below the reaction to see who reacted

                            Loading spinner
                            #196647
                            threeps
                            Participant

                              La Liga step up their legal actions against PSG and City for their alleged breaches of FFP. Looking forward to Adlabs take on this!

                              La Liga: Top Spanish league steps up Financial Fair Play attack on Manchester City and PSG – https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/61810148

                              _____________________________

                              React below 👇

                              *hover/click on the number below the reaction to see who reacted

                              Loading spinner
                              #196648
                              sean the sailor
                              Participant

                                Absolutely nothing will happen there threeps chum.

                                Especially psg are taking the absolute piss

                                _____________________________

                                React below 👇

                                *hover/click on the number below the reaction to see who reacted

                                Loading spinner
                                #196649
                                threeps
                                Participant

                                  Yeah I know I just put it up for a giggle with Adlab. In fact I find it hilarious, it’s like La Liga are throwing a strop because they couldn’t get their fancy new toy. City and PSG may or may not be doing things unfairly but the top La Liga teams are not exactly the bastions of fair play are they? La Liga are just upset they couldn’t get the next big thing in order to maximise their subscription base.

                                  _____________________________

                                  React below 👇

                                  *hover/click on the number below the reaction to see who reacted

                                  Loading spinner
                                  #196650
                                  Adlab
                                  Participant

                                    Here we go again with that racist fascist bastard ( excuse the language). He never mentions the financial impropriety of Real and Barcelona. He cannot stand the fact that Spain do not dominate.
                                    We have been very careful to be within FFP.
                                    He is another Boris Johnson all puff and populist rhetoric and no substance.
                                    For interest you should look up his background.
                                    A total racist arse

                                    _____________________________

                                    React below 👇

                                    *hover/click on the number below the reaction to see who reacted

                                    Loading spinner
                                    #196651
                                    Adlab
                                    Participant

                                      Ps
                                      Is that enough of a rant Threeps 😀😀😀

                                      _____________________________

                                      React below 👇

                                      *hover/click on the number below the reaction to see who reacted

                                      Loading spinner
                                      #196652
                                      Adlab
                                      Participant

                                        Just on a more sane level we have just sold an Irish keeper to Southampton for £12m. That brings our net spend in this window so far at £39m. I also believe we will have one or two more in and out.

                                        _____________________________

                                        React below 👇

                                        *hover/click on the number below the reaction to see who reacted

                                        Loading spinner
                                        #196653
                                        Adlab
                                        Participant

                                          Ed. I have always felt Maguire looked better playing for England along side Stones

                                          _____________________________

                                          React below 👇

                                          *hover/click on the number below the reaction to see who reacted

                                          Loading spinner
                                          #196654
                                          threeps
                                          Participant

                                            Pretty good Adlab, pretty good.

                                            _____________________________

                                            React below 👇

                                            *hover/click on the number below the reaction to see who reacted

                                            Loading spinner
                                          Viewing 20 posts - 141 through 160 (of 496 total)
                                          • You must be logged in to reply to this topic.