You might want to take Tuchel off your list there. Doesn't really help your cause...he was never a top player.
Just read the latest Athletic hatchet job. I've always rated their writing and pieces on the club, up until the "maybe...yes...possibly...they sacked him...ish" one and this one. It frankly sounds like we have a whole bunch of whinging babies for players (if it's true). They'd be much better off sticking with their detailed tactical analysis rather than over-reliance on these 'sources' that seem to be as leaky as Braverman, and not really doing the reporting any favours at all.
True, my apologies. I thought he played in the Bundesliga. Must say I’m quite surprised how well the Jones appointment is going down on here. I’m properly gutted. Letting Ralph go is such a tough one to take, I was hoping for a big appointment and a big lift for the club. I have watched Luton a few times and not once have I ever thought that they look like a team we should be poaching the manager from. I seriously don’t get it at all. He is just a plucky lower league manager. If we were going to go for one of those, why not go for Sean Dyche? At least he’s done it in the PL before
The greatest manager in our club's history never played at the top level but was a superb man manager...Lawrie Mac. Plus he had only managed in the lower leagues at Doncaster and Grimsby before us.
Must say, I don't think your point really holds water. There's a lot more managers that did play in the data pool because of the nature of the beast. Hence there are as many that were top players that fail horribly, as there are that make it to the top. If you go through the list of elite managers, taking into account the fact that you're going to get more ex-players going into management, there's very little that points toward it necessarily being an advantage.
Yes indeed. I was about to post something similar. Lawrie Mac oh Lawrie Mac, when are you coming back?
I don't think it's going down well. I just don't think people are willing to dismiss it as a poor choice out of hand. Big difference.
Ralph is sacked. Isn't that the positive you've been harping for? Not having a pop but its reality check time. Vote for man eating tigers by all means but don't bleat about getting mauled.
There are many, many, many others you could add to that list. Neville, Keane, Giggs, Hughes, Ince, Bruce - and that's just from one year in one team.
Tbf I haven't seen one poster, or spoken to any one at all, that is genuinely excited or happy about his potential appointment. It has either been outrage, confusion, underwhelmed, concerned or at best not really rating him but a willingness to trust SR as they (Rasmus) has a good track record and they have taken their time with this decision. I am in the underwhelmed and have my concerns camp - but hoping SR know what they are doing - ultimately it will affect them more than us!
Nothing normal about Ralph. He's been brilliant, ****e, batshit mental, pre-menstrual and perfectly reasoned. Sometimes within one game.
Coaching now is a career path starting at youth level and a lot of the coaches coming through never played but have studied the game and the role for years. They are psychologists, managers, tacticians but not players because none of them will ever need to step onto the pitch. thats someone else's job.
They have been playing to the crowd this season, everything has a negative edge on it, clicks pay the bills and sniping and hinting at problems keeps the interactions going. I don't like Tanswell's articles, much preferred the two before him.
Yeah, it's gone down the swanny a bit recently. It's quite immature reporting, to be blunt. I think he can write well (as could Sheldon), but this isn't proper journalism now. I don't know if that's a directive from above, to make it more sensationalist, but it's not for me. It would also be a poor directive, because it'll drive fans away from subscription, not encourage them.
