• Dear Guest, Please note that adult content is not permitted on this forum. We have had our Google ads disabled at times due to some posts that were found from some time ago. Please do not post adult content and if you see any already on the forum, please report the post so that we can deal with it. Adult content is allowed in the glory hole - you will have to request permission to access it. Thanks, scara

Search results

  1. B

    Igor the Interim

    A lot of fond memories around having Croatian players here. Hopefully he can recreate some of that.
  2. B

    These jokers…

    Wouldn't really trust any of them (Levy, Paratici, Lange, VV) to make the right managerial hire. On Frank we don't really know who was calling the shots on that do we? With how long we waited to fire him I'm guessing hiring Frank at the very least wasn't done against the will of VV and Lange.
  3. B

    Next Manager Thread (2026 Edition)

    Alonso Nagelsmann If those aren't gettable Poch is very much one of the better candidates left imo. Not too concerned about what he did or didn't do at PSG. We need someone good for our circumstances, Poch has shown that. On the other hand there are concerns for me at least a out him...
  4. B

    Thomas Frank - Former Head Coach

    Bit early to say on Bournemouth? Iraola struggled at first, in part because of the big change from the previous style to his? What would they do next? Arguably a bit early to say on Brentford too. Frank was there a long time, they seem to have succeeded with the replacement, but that's one...
  5. B

    Igor the Interim

    That's part of why I brought that up, the word pragmatic is used in various ways and different people will have different associations to that word. Very much agreed that the route he chose to getting wherever it was he wanted wasn't the route to take.
  6. B

    Igor the Interim

    Yeah, agree. But at some times at least that would for me be the opposite of pragmatic in the way the word is typically used. Frank never got (or earned) the chance to show if he could do more here over time, but for what he showed he seemed very much like a one trick pony. Far from the...
  7. B

    Igor the Interim

    What does being pragmatic even mean in this context? Surely we want Tudor to do whatever it takes (within some level of reason) to make sure we don't get relegated. Whater he thinks that is will be pragmatic. Whatever he thinks that is may be different to what Frank thought that was. Not...
  8. B

    Yves Bissouma

    Yeah, they did run through brick walls for Ange. Says a lot about Frank that he couldn't get the same out of them.
  9. B

    Yves Bissouma

    There are managers who will impose their authority through fear. Doubt that was Frank - and I respect him for that. One other way of imposing authority is through mutual respect, belief, the players really believing in the manager and what he's doing. A manager not finding a way to have that...
  10. B

    These jokers…

    Welcome 😊 Obviously just rumours, but there being some conflict behind the scenes culminating in Paratici packing his bags certainly makes sense. Us going for a very much Paratici style interim manager in Tudor certainly does make for some further interesting speculation. But we should also...
  11. B

    Interim Manager Discussion - Igor Tudor joined until end of season

    It would have been crystal clear anyway that barring something almost unbelievable he would be done come the summer. One of the potential benefits with him is that he's been in similar situations before. It seems rather likely that the relationship between Frank and the players had soured. I...
  12. B

    Interim Manager Discussion - Igor Tudor joined until end of season

    On him preferring a more high intensity style I can understand the concerns with our injury situation. But we have two weeks off now and in terms of league games there's way more a game a week than two games a week coming up. If we're in the mud when the CL fixtures start back up I'm assuming...
  13. B

    Interim Manager Discussion - Igor Tudor joined until end of season

    Definitely not me. Not seeing anyone we could realistically get that wouldn't have downsides of similar magnitudes to no PL experience. Dyche was just fired by Forest for not getting them out of the relegation scrap they're in? Another potential problem would be the similarities in style of...
  14. B

    Interim Manager Discussion - Igor Tudor joined until end of season

    To dare is Tudor (Any better?)
  15. B

    Thomas Frank - Former Head Coach

    I hope and think we will be moving towards spending more on wages. Not just the change of owners/chairman, but also that this probably being part of the plan for quite a while. We've had to (or chosen to) replace essentially the whole squad in around 4 years, other than Kane getting limited in...
  16. B

    These jokers…

    For me Levy failed at recruiting the right people in charge (DoFs, managers) too many times post Poch (and during Poch on the DoF side). That was probably his biggest and most costly mistake. Why he didn't insist on the DoF model I don't understand. For sure Levy can't be absolved for our...
  17. B

    The Overlap - some interesting comments from Ange

    I think we agree. Other than on Gray, really happy we signed him. He's the kind of player we should have been signing all along and didn't, since we for whatever reasons mostly stopped signing super talented young players while Pochettino was still here and didn't start again until Paratici...
  18. B

    Thomas Frank - Former Head Coach

    We may be in full agreement. The potential benefits of having a fairly clear identity anchored with the DoF is that it means that when the ointment gets infested with flies you can move on and the time you've already invested in player purchases and development can be more valuable in the time...
  19. B

    The Overlap - some interesting comments from Ange

    Mostly agree. Only thing I don't agree with is those players having to be around 100m rather than around 70m. There have been some really great deals done by us and others for way less than that. But we need to be willing to pay what it takes if it's a "he's THE guy" situation. I'm guessing...
  20. B

    The Overlap - some interesting comments from Ange

    Has there ever been a manager who has taken accountability of their own failures in public after being sacked? (Genuine question, not having a go, just can't remember any). Most will still be looking for that next job, coming out blaming the club makes them look better, taking accountability...
Back