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    New New Manager Poll (The Lets Get It Right This Time Edition)

    That's precisely my point: no, he won't. Gross was a good manager. If you look at his record when he was at his peak, his time at Spurs was an anomaly. Of course, he made a few mistakes (the evening at the circus, his first press conference...) but the bottom line is that the players simply...
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    New New Manager Poll (The Lets Get It Right This Time Edition)

    I think one point a lot of people are missing is that, while fans' opinion is important, the players' is even more important. Anybody remember Herr Gross? He achieved thremendous results with Grasshopper and he did even better with Basel afterwards. However, our players clearly never accepted...
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    Antonio Conte - officially NOT the coach of THFC

    Sounds like guesswork more than anything else but even if it's true, he's got every right to be disappointed. These guys are human beings after all and when things turn sour, 95% of the population's first reaction is to blame everyone else. He seems rather emotional and hot-tempered so I...
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    New New Manager Poll (The Lets Get It Right This Time Edition)

    As I said, I'm being just curious. I might add that you find many in-depth analysis of practically any manager on the Internet these days. I'm getting on a bit now and I tend to trust my own eyes but, in any case, your opinion on this matter is as valid as mine. I'd be a tad more cautious about...
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    New New Manager Poll (The Lets Get It Right This Time Edition)

    I see a lot of people voted for Gallardo. Just out of curiosity, they show a lot of River Plate games in England? I can't say I've watched a single game with a team managed by Gallardo - just read a couple of articles about him. A few posters on here seem to have strong opinions about him and I...
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    New New Manager Poll (The Lets Get It Right This Time Edition)

    I think your last sentence nails it on the head. It could be argued that your opinion on his Dortmund stint is a bit harsh though because they're a weird club that goes through cycles of rising and rebuild. Add to that the fact that the Bundesliga is about as competitive as the Scottish league...
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    New New Manager Poll (The Lets Get It Right This Time Edition)

    At the same time, the gaps between the leagues were much closer back then. Sure, Serie A was ahead of the rest but, as you say, there was a lot of 'rest'. That's what allowed Crvena Zvezda to win the Champions' Cup in 91. Either because I was younger or because there was less football on...
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    New New Manager Poll (The Lets Get It Right This Time Edition)

    But he played some good football at Mainz and Dortmund. I voted for him myself but after a few days thinking about it, I think the choice should be made on criteria that, unfortunately, supporters can't see. We've appointed two of the best managers of the past ten years in terms of results in...
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    New New Manager Poll (The Lets Get It Right This Time Edition)

    Yeah, I almost forgot about him. If he'd been Brazilian, he'd be considered one of the best of all times. He played one season with Cantona there, I think. All talented individuals working with managers who, for the most part, had zero clue what they were doing and club owners who'd sack them if...
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    New New Manager Poll (The Lets Get It Right This Time Edition)

    I was a season ticket holder at PSG at the time (just to see Safet Susic and Hoddle, once a year) and I can tell you it wasn't even close to being the 5th best league in Europe. It was certainly more entertaining but it wasn't competitive at all. Marseilles bought their way to a couple of league...
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    Antonio Conte - officially NOT the coach of THFC

    It's the ultimate kiss of death for a manager. Margins are so fine in modern-day football that the little extra you don't give anymore when you know the guy in charge won't be there next season makes it impossible to achieve anything. Robson was a living legend at Saudi Sportswashing Machine but once he said he'd...
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    Antonio Conte - officially NOT the coach of THFC

    And he did so well last time around...
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    Antonio Conte - officially NOT the coach of THFC

    Yeah, unlike Pochettino, who didn't do anything special before or after managing Spurs. That won't deter people from demanding he's hired back to 'work his magic'. Quite frankly, the bolded sentence is true for 99% of managers. Ancelotti didn't win the league with Everton either. There's only so...
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    Antonio Conte - officially NOT the coach of THFC

    Completely. It was a just a tongue-in-cheek comment and while I agree that the debate on stats and their use is an interesting one, I don't have enough time to add something meaningful!
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    Antonio Conte - officially NOT the coach of THFC

    It's the other way round: you appoint Mourinho and Conte and you say 'I wish we'd won a trophy to make up for watching this crap'.
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    Antonio Conte - officially NOT the coach of THFC

    While you're obviously entitled to your opinion, I do find it strange that so many people would actually think top managers would be stupid enough to build a career on 'pass the ball to X and hope'. I read the same things about Mourinho a couple of years ago. It's completely absurd, even more in...
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    Antonio Conte - officially NOT the coach of THFC

    Losing to mediocre teams is an unfortunate but unavoidable consequence of battling on many fronts with a squad like ours - a decent one overall, a strong one in some positions but ultimately a very unbalanced one. Plus, he's been unlucky with injuries. To his credit, he knows people aren't happy...
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    Antonio Conte - officially NOT the coach of THFC

    I agree for the most part. It's difficult to say whether the game has passed them by or not because Mourinho is never going to enjoy the spending power he had at Real or Chelsea. I wouldn't be surprised if Conte won a couple of Serie A titles before he retires. The lifespan of a top manager is...
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    Antonio Conte - officially NOT the coach of THFC

    It's completely a case of speaking in hindsight, I agree, particularly with Mourinho. I also agree that the situation was dire after Espirito Santo but that's a debacle of our own making. Also, I would expect (perhaps wrongly) a much higher level of consideration from the board when the time...
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    Antonio Conte - officially NOT the coach of THFC

    Most puzzling thing about Conte's and Mourinho's appointments is that they're what could be considered as 'last mile managers'. They're the kind of guys you want to hire if your team is good enough to win the league or the Champions League but can't get there for some reason. However, we've...
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