Could you explain why it’s so draining please?
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Could you explain why it’s so draining please?
Do it mate, take a break - trust me you'll feel better.
Well yes that's one side of the story, he was shafted with the Berbatov thing and then Keane fucking off, the problem is that he didn't like Defoe and Defoe was open to staying until Ramos gave him the cold shoulder and he ended up leaving for Portsmouth. Poor management on his part because he tried to lay down and act like a disciplinarian, had he not have done that he would have still had Defoe the following season.
Secondly he didn't get on with Commoli and then started to ask the club for players like David Villa and Samuel Eto'o - we obviously couldn't afford them however that wasn't what he was bought in for, we bought him in to get the best out of the ctop ot talent that Redknapp eventually benefited from . He also had Modric and Bale in his team and totally mis-managed them, he ended up alienating a lot of the players and they got pissed off with him and stopped playing for him.
He was a really good tactician though but generally an arsehole who couldn't manage Premier League players.
Every time we've played Newcastle since that little ginger prick took over they've been the same. We need to anticipate it.
Can’t count Richi
He never criticises the refs
10 players please name all 10 that have been missing for which games. Luxurious position ffs! So what are dippers in then if we are in luxurious pos?
FA cup champions surely you don’t follow English football
This is the best one yet. Turns out being 12th is a luxury, can't worry about the league if you've got nothing to play for!
Haven’t b’mouth , Brighton and a few others plenty of players injured?
So what? Our squad depth is shit, so only a few injuries is a problem. Who really gives a fuck about other teams?
Richy, Odobert and Moore been out for months.
All of them would normally get minutes, which keeps others rested and fresher.
Johnson, Solanke, Son are being relied on too much as the only other option is Werner. Lankshear not fancied for whatever reason.
This causes fatigue and players to not play to their highest level, miss passes and chances that are normally easy.
Which other teams are regularly having to play 2 newcomers to the PL as their main choice CBs, and are only 18 and 22 Y/o. Gray at 18 is not even a CB. We have 4 CBs out ffs. Romero, VDV, Davies and Dragusin, who if just the bug should be back soon. So 3 long terms there though. I don't know of any other teams with such concentrated injuries. Now our main left back out for months too.
Oh really? We're in 12th a point ahead of MUFC and SPAM. Seen the upcoming fixtures? We are very likely being pushed further down the table. Spam are pulling the trigger on Loppy while we carry on with our dud.
NB - they've lost FEWER matches than we have this season.
Oh! That's all right then! Phew!
We've dropped 11 places in the league since the initial honeymoon. Since then? Well it looks like every other PL manager has worked Ange out. So - other managers are suddenly going to cut us some slack?
There's a trend here going back 14 months, and it's worse than mid table. Sorry to break it to you.
You have seen who we're up against next? Over 2 matches? And in the final it would be a team who've doubled us already this season or another one who probably will have done in the next week or so?
Gala
Roma
Rangers
even little Qarabag
there's your evidence under Ange
The EL is our get out of jail card this season, but under Ange it'll be wasted.
THEN FUCKING PLAY ACCORDINGLY NOT FUCKING KAMIZAZI
How long did we hold onto a lead v Barcodes? 2 fucking minutes because the keeper rolled the ball out and we lost possession.
In the first minute v Dippers FORSTER PASSED THE BALL TO THEM IN OUR BOX.
This is on Ange. Luncatic tactics.
Used to work with a Femi Zazi in Docklands.
Tiny little thing with enormous boobs. Super religious.
Wonder if they are related?
Kinsky coming in will help... he looks made for how we want to play. It doesn't matter who is on the pitch we will continue in this way, at least now we seem to have signed a GK who can handle this. He looks to have far better distribution too, so going long we should retain possession.
I agree we should be a little more canny sometimes, don't always go short and fast.. take a second to analyze and go long sometimes. The handball was dodgy though, nobody can convince me otherwise. There are lots of laws in football that are not stringently followed, but when its us, suddenly the noble ref / var want to bring up the law and enforce it properly.
100% correct. That is all on the manager. It will never change and that’s why he’ll lose his job. I love Ange’s attitude to do it a certain way because he believes in it what he does but he’s in the most unforgiving league in the world where even the worst team will hurt you if you play suicide football. As you said,we held the lead for two minutes then basically give them the game through stupidity within those two minutes. It’s tough to watch because you can see it coming. I’d still be worried playing that way with Xavi,Inuesta and Busquets in our midfield
Vicario, Romero, VDV, Davies, Bentncur, Richarlison, Moore, Odobert are the 8 players who have missed nearly every game for the last 2 months.Then Udogie and Forster both missed the weekend so there is your 10.It wasn't that hard really. We also have Maddison and Sarr suspended this week. Werner, Son and Solanke missed some games during that period too! So we have been down atleast 8 players every game, and plenty of times its been 10!
Luxurious was clearly the wrong word as its rattled so many of you. I'm just saying that for the first time since 07/08, we are not in the race for European spots so can actually focus on going full strenght in the cups and treat the league as a secondary competition. Because next year we'll be back to going all out for top 4 while we rotate in the cups! To me thats really obvious but for some reason its rattled so many of you!
yeah look if your worried about falling behind United and West Ham in the league then I can't help you. For me I'm happy to just bin off the league and go all out for the cups. If we finish the season in 14th or 15th then Ange is obviously going to get sacked anyway so why stress now. I only care about the cups this season. Thats where I'm at. Ange will be gone in MAy anyway unless he finishes top half of the league and wins a cup and right now thats looking unlikely on both fronts
it doesn’t need to be both mate.
We can go hard for EL and Cups but still climb the table. People love the drama but we have been better than Wham and United this year despite our worst results in years. When we return to the mean in terms of results, we’ll probably be somewhere around 8th.