Mags embarrassing themselves yet again

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Smug in Boots said:
On MOTD Foster and Nevin were both praising Eddie Howe as they all seem to do. Carragher and Neville are the same on Sky, fair enough but I don’t really get it.

Whatever the case another catastrophic transfer window, like the summer, and they’re in trouble both financially and football wise. Their current strikers have at least halved in value which can’t keep happening. They got lucky with Isak but they’re back to square one.

They have players who are nowhere near as good as the believe in my opinion …

… their recruitment stinks.
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Their squad is in a mess.

By summer of 2028, according to my very disgruntled mate, JoeLinton, Barnes, Livramento,Tonali, Guimares, Pope, Burn, Murphy and Willock will all be out of contract, some next summer. So some fat offers will have to be made this year, or a lot of that lot will enter the final year of their deals in June 27. Few deals are made then, the value diminishing sharply every window. Or they buy replacements, at their usual £50m a pop!

Also, he says that too many of the squad are over thirty, especially in defence. Eddie and his nephew doing great work there. All very well planned out.
 
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Iraola may be a decent coach but he’s also a nuclear grade bellend, as evidenced by his touchline antics here in November.
That said I’d be very surprised if he rocked up at Visitorville. I’m currently crediting him with much more common sense than taking on a rapidly ageing and declining squad, disinterested owners and wildly delusional fanbase.
 
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ab65 said:
Iraola may be a decent coach but he’s also a nuclear grade bellend, as evidenced by his touchline antics here in November.
That said I’d be very surprised if he rocked up at Visitorville. I’m currently crediting him with much more common sense than taking on a rapidly ageing and declining squad, disinterested owners and wildly delusional fanbase.
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I'm a believer in that certain managers suit certain clubs/types of club/situations. Take them out of that and put them somewhere else and they struggle. Thomas Frank had a great reputation for what he did at Brentford but struggled at Spurs, Potter was well regarded in Sweden, did well at Swansea and really well at Brighton but then failed at Chelsea and West Ham. There are other examples as well. Iraola might suit Bournemouth or a similar set up somewhere else, but it doesn't mean he'll suit the mags because of the set up, expectations and demands there. If the rumours starting now are right, Howe doesn't get along with the CEO who's supposed to be involving himself in team and transfer matters. Would Iraola be happy having to accept a CEO over ruling him on transfers or contracts? Iraola could wind up there, find it's not a good fit and struggle and end up just thought of as a mediocre coach. Football is full of bright young coaches who ended up being considered journeymen.
 
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There aren't many times I'm genuinely lost for words about something, but this is one of them. It's genuinely beyond comprehension, it's so awful and bizarre.

I will say that whenever you think that they can't get any worse and have hit rock bottom, they pull out a shovel and start digging.
 
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Cant see that going down to well with the mags if true,

Richest club in the world and all they can attract is Alfred Molina?
and as he has a chance of European football with Bournemouth, why leave that?

the fans want a "name"
 
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