Ive not commented in the last few days but on reflection I’m good with Beale.
Having been involved with Chelsea and Liverpool he’ll surely have high standards and be used to high expectations.
I’m hoping the experience of being the main man in a high pressure job will have been a huge learning curve and he’ll be better for it. I’d expect he’ll want to prove a point as well. If he bombs here he’ll not get another chance anywhere decent.
The coaching in Brazil and learning Portuguese to get the job is pretty impressive tbf. I hope that unlike LJ he learns lessons and improves due to a failure.
I would have liked one of the Scandinavian coaches linked but have not been that fussed on Still. I wasn’t too impressed with his video (coaches voices I think) where he got a 0-0 against a weakened PSG who played with ten men for an hour.
Another point is that most of the linked names including Still and Hellburg had received their praise for doing great jobs with plucky underdogs, they’d not had any expectations on them and therefore as far as I can see, done very well but with no pressure. Nobody knows how they would do with a big crowd and a massive expectation on them.
There can’t be many people who were happy with Alex Neil and Mowbray but I was one and got a bit stick for backing both appointments so I’ll stick my neck out again and say I think MB will do well but it might take a little while.
(I’m also pissing the prediction league so you should listen

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