I hope he goes there and breaks both his legs in his first training session.
Coz I'm nasty like that.
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I hope he goes there and breaks both his legs in his first training session.
Coz I'm nasty like that.
I have no doubt whatsoever that there'll be an instant improvement in how we play under Frank. It might be a lot more defensive but at least we won't have 10 clowns running around the pitch like it's schoolyard footie.
We are useless.
We flirt with this guy for literally years, we then assume we can have him when we want and then look confused when someone actually "puts a ring on it".
Good player at a small club where he can do whatever the fuck he wants, show up or not if he feels like and with no real pressure and expectations. There is (as always) a good chance that he will fail at a big club and in a different system, let's hope that will be the case if he joins Woolwich.
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Dude, he played for the 2nd worst team in PL history.
It's hard to look good there.
If we finished 2nd on goal difference and lost on penalties in the CL final, many cultists will say Ange did better.
You know, deep down, he's going to do well wherever he ends up at. Cause it ain't us.
The way you talk about players that have won us the first decent trophy we've won this century is disgusting, you should be ashamed of yourself. The fact you then big up average players like Szoboszlas does make me wonder who the fuck you support
Yeah right , like you never wanted the GOAT
What if he wins the Super cup, finishes 11th the first season and then 5th the second season - he will have delivered the trophy, matched Ange’s highest finish whilst also not finishing as low as 17th
Wonder will we still let his family have a box to themselves in our stadium when Woolwich play us? Madness how much groundwork we did on him only for him to join our rivals.
I wasn’t really judging him on stats. More on his ability, taking the ball, playing on the turn, composure, holding players off, got something definitely. I wouldn’t be expecting him to have great goals and assists playing in the premier league for Southampton anyway.
Goals and assists is a by product of how a team functions, we should be more concerned about that to start with. We need to look after the ball better, we need to transition through the pitch better. We need better ball retention in the final third. All things I think he is or will be very strong on.
No, what we do know is that a 27 year old doing good at a small club where he is 'the man' doesn't necessarily mean that he will do well when he goes to a big club where the expectations of him as a player and the pressure in general are completely different. We've all seen it before many times.
Same with Cunha at United or Kudus if he joins us.
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I think if anything, this season has just proven that league position is the only metric that managers get judged on. Winning trophies is just a bonus but not the important metric.
Owners want consistency and a guarantee that the income and cashflow keeps coming in at a consistent rate. Finishing top 7 in the league regularly and qualifying for Europe most years is all our owners want. The league position is all Frank will be judged on. Very easy to just say we were unlucky in the cups without really trying! While you can't hide your league position.
Ange proved all this. He binned off the league to target a trophy and he got sacked for it and most people on here don't rate him as a good manager now. League position is all that matters anymore apparently.
Sure but I just haven’t seen anything from the lad that is impressive - he wasn’t in the U21’s or U19’s for England either.
We can’t be dropping £50m on this guy when the likes of Eze are £60m - that is proper pants around the ankles stuff
Who have we not signed today?
Yeah who wants quality footballers.
Yeah the best managers do both, Howe won a league cup and qualified for CL, Chelsea did similar and Villa made CL QF, FA cup SF and finished 6th.
What Villa did is what I’m wanting to see with Frank, battling for CL football via the league whilst making a good fist of things in the cups - we will likely fall short, we usually do, but the win this year means with the cup runs over the next couple of years that hope will be there that our names on the cup.