Attendance

[cidered abroad]

23000 capacity today for safety reasons. But a big majority of that would be on season ticket holders. So basically 500 season ticket holders did not turn up.

St's are counted in whether there or not.

 

[oneforthebristolcity]

Rarely, if ever, do managers say anything detrimental about a fellow manager.
They're in a precarious profession and don't they know it, it's you scratch mine and I'll scratch yours.
It's a joke that Benitez knows anything about Junior including his record at Oldham and Barnsley.
However I do think Junior has a plan :
Buy good players and then he won't need to give instructions. It's beyond belief that he could tell O'Neil or Tomlin anything at all.
All we've seen so far is Junior carrying on where Pembo left off and given financial backing from the only man who would employ him at Championship level.
If Lansdown's decision to employ Junior is successful we must congratulate him and forever grateful to be watching Premiership football at A G.

Makes you wonder how Jose tells any of his players what to do, I do believe he never played professional football..... ever!!

 

[Redprintt]

Bertie Mee was another, the exception proving the rule.
You've made my morning 1For - Junior and Jose in the same breath.

 

[Redprintt]

'I honestly have no idea what LJ's style or Plan A is'

Rafa knows - ‘a war of long balls, second balls, and things like this’.
But we were told, admittedly by Ashton, that our head coach was part of a new breed of managers.

Sounds like Adebola and McCombe all over again.
Still, if we get to the P/Os who cares but I worry the Championship standard has moved on incredibly since GJ.

 

[Cliftonville]

'I honestly have no idea what LJ's style or Plan A is'

You may be jesting but ..

Playing through the thirds to feet, one and two touches and adding a bit of complexity to unlock defences in the final third e,g. Freeman, Tomlin ...

Hordur Magnusson's passing ability is a step up and is there to distribute v being Aden Flint.

 

[Redprintt]

Clifton, I was quoting ibodyslamrhinos but I do agree with him re Junior's lack of a game plan.
Of course I can see 'Playing through the thirds to feet, one and two touches' with Tomlin, O'Neil and Reid in particular but not enough.
I can't mention Freeman without swearing.

What I saw the complete Wigan 1st half was O'Donnell launching it at Joe Bryan.
It was replicated more often than not against Newcastle aimed at Tammy Abraham right in front of Benitez.
Benitez said afterwards ‘a war of long balls, second balls, and things like this’.
That's as near as you get to Junior's game plan.

 

[johngalleyfan2]

Years Team Apps (Gls)
1980–1982 Rio Ave 16 (2)
1982–1983 Belenenses 16 (2)
1983–1985 Sesimbra 35 (1)
1985–1987 Comércio e Indústria 27 (8)
Total 94 (13)
Teams managed
1994–1996 Porto (assistant)
1996–2000 Barcelona (assistant)
2000 Benfica (assistant)
2000 Benfica
2001–2002 União de Leiria
2002–2004 Porto
2004–2007 Chelsea
2008–2010 Inter Milan
2010–2013 Real Madrid
2013–2015 Chelsea
2016– Manchester United
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

an interpreter turned good .. or .. what did he interpret in 2000 ...

 

[bcfcredandwhite]

Rarely, if ever, do managers say anything detrimental about a fellow manager.
They're in a precarious profession and don't they know it, it's you scratch mine and I'll scratch yours.
It's a joke that Benitez knows anything about Junior including his record at Oldham and Barnsley.
However I do think Junior has a plan :
Buy good players and then he won't need to give instructions. It's beyond belief that he could tell O'Neil or Tomlin anything at all.
All we've seen so far is Junior carrying on where Pembo left off and given financial backing from the only man who would employ him at Championship level.
If Lansdown's decision to employ Junior is successful we must congratulate him and forever grateful to be watching Premiership football at A G.

Apart from Warnock that is - especially about GJ!!