General Football Thread

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JM Fan said:
I was very impressed by how they closed Citeh down and prevented them from playing their normal game.
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This is why I'm not sure why so many were against his appointment for Norwich had it have been on the cards. Not an exciting appointment, but super experienced and a good solid organiser. Look at the latest inexperienced experiment, could we be doing any worse with Woy?

Bah!
 
KIO said:
What was Chris Coleman thinking when he took on the Manager's role at Sunderland? He was really on a hiding to nothing IMO, they really are a car crash of a club right now. How on earth can a club of their stature be bottom of the Chumpionship staring relegation in the face?

  • Seasons spent at Level 1 of the football league system: 86
  • Seasons spent at Level 2 of the football league system: 30
  • Seasons spent at Level 3 of the football league system: 1
  • Seasons spent at Level 4 of the football league system: 0
Interesting to note they have spent only one season outside of the top two divisions in their entire history which was 1987-88.

Poor old Dave must be beside himself <laugh>
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It's because they were sold to an American billionaire who lost interest in his new plaything and is now desperately trying to sell the club without investing any more money in the team.

Be very careful what you wish for.
 
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canary-dave said:
It's because they were sold to an American billionaire who lost interest in his new plaything and is now desperately trying to sell the club without investing any more money in the team.

Be very careful what you wish for.
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There is no guarantee whatsoever that external investment leads to a 'crash & burn' situation.
You pro-Delia types love to spread rumours to that effect but it doesn't have to be that way.
And isn't, in many well run clubs with foreign ownership / investment.
 
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General Melchett said:
This is why I'm not sure why so many were against his appointment for Norwich had it have been on the cards. Not an exciting appointment, but super experienced and a good solid organiser. Look at the latest inexperienced experiment, could we be doing any worse with Woy?

Bah!
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Excellent post General and I have to agree with you.
However - Whilst I admire Roy and what he has achieved, I am still in favour of NCFC's current approach and I'm still 'glass half-full' that it will work out.
Edit - Having said, my previous statement is only valid if both JM and AP are still at CR 4 weeks tomorrow. <ok>
 
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JM Fan said:
Excellent post General and I have to agree with you.
However - Whilst I admire Roy and what he has achieved, I am still in favour of NCFC's current approach and I'm still 'glass half-full' that it will work out.
Edit - Having said, my previous statement is only valid if both JM and AP are still at CR 4 weeks tomorrow. <ok>
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I agree with the urrent DoF approach, just think a more experienced man at the helm might have worked better than Farke. With that said, half the speculation about Woy was as DoF so who knows how that might have worked out and who he would have hired as HC?

Bah!
 
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A 3-4-2-1 formation can work, but it puts a lot of pressure on the two WBs. Pinto is not in his best form of late and at 19, Lewis, with only two games under his belt, might feel additional pressure as well. The other disadvantage is that it's more defensive (adding Zimmerman at the expense of Josh in this case). At the moment I feel the defense, shielded by Trybull and Tettey, is coping well so I'd prefer to go with Josh's pace, trickery and goal scoring abilities rather than adding a third CB.
 
Cromercanary said:
Good to see VAR is to be used during the Chelsea v Arsenal Haribo cup semi final.
High time refs were given some on-field assistance - hope this 'trial' is a success <ok>
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RiverEndRick said:
It's long overdue. Cricket and rugby have used it for years to reach the right decisions but FIFA yet again has dragged it's feet where any change is concerned.
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I've been in favour of this for years now and I'm sure it wouldn't even be being trialled if that 'dinosaur' Blatter was still in charge at FIFA!!! <doh>
 
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