Having got to the top early last season I would have said yes, maybe not all individually, but as a collective unit yes, the close season incomers have upped that slightly I’d say, so as a squad in whole yes I think we’re a championship team, however under Ainsworth the team spirit was badly fractured in my opinion. It now remains to be seen if Martí can rebuild the team spirit quick enough to get a bloody good tune out of them !!! I’m feeling positive to be honest, anybody that learnt his trade under Cruyff cannot be an idiot ! Surely.
It's 100% to ensure we get good compensation should he do a good job and other teams come knocking at our door wanting his services !
Thanks, I have just informed over 1,000 supporters; so my street cred has fallen through the floor!!!
Our rabble ...as you call them, were bought in to play football, some by Warburton, some by Beale, some we developed ourselves. They were not built to play hoof ball, and be aggressive thugs. Quite a few of them will be happy to play a calmer, more possession based form of football. It said in the managers blurb he likes to play with 2 fluid no10s. We have some excellent no10s waiting to play like that. I can see Chair, Willock, Richards and Smyth thriving. Get all our players back from suspension... And I can see a steady climb up the table. How we are going to pay for this without breaching FFP, I have no idea though[/QUOTE] Richards? You must have seen a lot more of him than the rest of us
Yes but there's nothing new or particularly inspiring about 3 at the back with wingbacks. In fact even Ainsworth played that from time to time
Agreed, and as with all these things, easy to say the right things in a press conference...but if you then play three at the back, with wing backs and still hoof the ball forward to Armstrong, it really makes no difference. I guess what came across listening to him is that he is a thinker who wants his team to play good football, and is willing to experiment with different formations and change things around until he gets it right. I'd rather that than sticking to your guns, and not being willing to change. As I say though, easy to talk the talk...he and his team need to walk the walk, and quickly!
Hope so. But I'm not ready or willing to excuse or explain away Willock's lack of effort or forgive his unwillingness to play his part because of some delusions to being a football purist who regards some managers' football as beneath him.
Well done for having any street cred to start with Flanman. Just blame someone else for messing up (it’s the way of football and business anyway).
I guess Ainsworth might have been put on gardening leave, thereby deferring most of the payoff until next year. The stadium naming revenue would then cover the extra costs this year.
Think you have all missed the Achilleus Securities name rights for the school end. Announced in August.. That must add millions (!!!!!) to our budget too
Cifuentes is already showing signs of being a lucky charm. He doesn't have to worry about playing Dozy for at least one game. Hopefully he'll notice on the training ground that Andre is the worst to play in the hoops since Zesh Rehman and we never have to see him again. This is my benchmark for the standard of the new manager...
OK Marti - let's see what you have - first up is Rotherham, a bogey team for us if ever there was one
