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Better than Poch apparently 
So,
Eskimo
, come on mate, money where the mouth is and all that.... 
Eskimo
, come on mate, money where the mouth is and all that.... 
6-1 loss good preparation for cup final!
Why do people laugh at him? Thanks to that result he has a chance to build on his win ratio next season #missionaccomplished
Poor result, honeymoon over. They could win FA Cup as its a one off. Sherwood takes the credit when all's well so should get flack when shite. AV were shite. I understand turning off for the cup final pending although not turning up , no excuse? Where was the TS motivation influence (just shows its all bollocks?
So, if he wins the FA Cup, that's a one off, but yesterday's game is symptomatic of him being utter shite?
I dislike the guy as much as the next bloke, but that's ridiculous.
i have no feelings for him. I just feel he is not a good coach.
Its all down to players attitude. They will not have to be motivated for a cup final. The players will motivate them selves. I could go as far to say the players didnt need much motivation to stay up other than TS reminding them of the fact they could go down if they carry on the way they were playing without conviction.
The evidence is clear, he is a good coach. What has yet to be proven is if he is a good manager, that will become clearer after he has had a transfer window and a pre-season with his team played the way he wants them to without the threat of relegation hanging over every game and playing in a half empty stadium.
I am pleased they got battered yesterday because if they set up the same (3 at the back) against the scum in the FA Cup Final the result would be the same.
I am pleased they got battered yesterday because if they set up the same (3 at the back) against the scum in the FA Cup Final the result would be the same.
Why sack Lambert if it's that easy? Why pay fortunes to Gaurdiola or Mourinho if it's that easy? Why not employ a manager from Tesco or Debenhams who are good at motivation and available for £80k per year?
The Chaves won the CL without a Mourinho or Gaurdiola, the team motivated itself, they knew what was at stake and wanted it. The good managers get their teams focused on the bread and butter games with the big games taking care of themselves. IMO.
Sherwood is a massive bellend, but come on now, if Villa were offered 16th and an FA Cup final when he took over that would've been about the height of what they thought possible to achieve. Cunt's done well, and being able to motivate a talented, underperforming squad to get them to perform is a managerial strength, not a caveat.
That would suggest that after our matches against Chelsea and Woolwich and others against Stoke and Villa, our manager isn't very good then?
Possibly? However it is a two way thing?
When the stakes are high? - 90 WC the England side, for me motivated itself, players changing the formation to suit their needs. BR had nothing to do with the success, he gave in to the players suggestions which proved best in the end. PG of DP might have never got a game if BR had his way. The players were up for it and wanted it. Even the great SRR ( interfered too much at the end and became a liability??
TS will be exposed next season unless he is the next AF.
The 90 England WC side was fucking awful and played fucking awfully. Quick recap of results:
England 1-1 ROI - meh
England 0-0 Netherlands - decent result
England 1-0 Egypt (Mark Wright header from a freekick) - Egypt are and were terrible
England 0-0 Belgium, 1-0 AET - took 120 minutes and another goal from a freekick to scrape past a crap Belgian side
England 2-2 Cameroon, 3-2 AET - went behind to fucking Cameroon and managed to scrape through on two penalties
England 1-1 Germany, Germany win on penalties - the first actually good performance of the tournament and England are eliminated
England 1-2 Italy - England beaten by a better Italian side.
In total that's P7 W1 D5 L1, F6 A6 GD 0, the one win being a 1-0 victory over Egypt with a goal from a set piece. Four goals from open play in the whole tournament. Only England could consider that an historically good tournament
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