Fats you really have to let go of that clean sheets thing....it will be your turn again at some time. Curses....I gave him a like
Comes with my line of work my friend. Odds, probabilities, and sport. Not much to not like, except the last result at Royal Ascot which cost me a chance of winning a share of the Scoop 6 today.
I blame my mum and the doctors. When I was a young lad, I used to get a blue sticker on a chart for a clean sheet and then a gold one for 4 or 5 in a row. Amazing that I'm such a happy clapper now, when I was a proper bed-wetter back then
Thing is, I tend to pay little attention to so-called ITK's. Whether their scatter-gun news actually manages to hit occasionally or not.
Those so-called ITKs have been consistently accurate, and also consistently positive regarding the intentions of the board, for that matter. As is DTLW, who dug it up. I fear that we're falling into the same old trap; people created a fictionalized version of Koeman who would never leave a club during his contract (despite having done so previous), who much preferred the challenge of working with a small budget (despite repeatedly stating that the team needed to spend more) and relished a long-term project (despite stating flatly that for him, management is about getting results today, and you cannot worry about the future). We'll do the same with the next manager, and we're doing the same with the board. And we'll be oh so shocked when the actual versions of each fail to live up to the versions in our imaginations, heh.
That's the world of a fan. I love it I'm convinced this new bloke is going to live up to all the promises he has made. Who we getting?
It's expecting him to live up to the promises that we make on his behalf that strikes me as being self-defeating, heh.
it sounds like a lot of sour grapes. he's gone but we seem to be forgetting that in his first season we were the first team to score five goals in both halfs and won a game 8-0. i hate the fact that he's betrayed us, but he does deserve some praise for what he did. i actually thought we played more attractive football under him than MP
Probably right Schad, but I've brought a ticket and I'm just waiting at the bus stop to jump on with whoever that driver is! Europa league winners and top 4 here we come
Of course he does. You won't find me criticising him for his tactics. He played starting 11s because sometimes he had to. He changed the defence around from leaking to watertight. He out thought several managers such as Mourinho, LVG, Wenger, the Liverpool blokes, etc... Good tactical manager. Untrustworthy git as well.
Why did it take so many losses before he sorted it out...partly because personnel problems forced him to. But as I have said before, sometimes managers learn as they go along....just like players. Our performances in 2016 were very good, but he has to be grateful for Shane Long hitting form.
Very good and pretty accurate article from Jacob Steinberg - as I've said, the structure here makes managers look good. https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...everton-goodison-southampton?CMP=share_btn_tw
Already put up, but never mind. Reasonable article, though exceeding expectations is wrong. He matched them. An ambitious club doesn't appoint a manager to do worse than the previous guy, so 7th and 6th was OK.
What is JWP like week in, week out? Heavily linked with trying to tempt him north, with Osman and Pienaar both going we need someone with a bit about him on the ball..
No chance. He dislikes Koeman and is Saints through and through. And he has 5 years left on his contract.
