New Manager Thread

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One reason: we are in another ****ing selling spree and I bet a few of the guys are hoping for a big name manager and his awesome assistant to make them feel they are at the right club. That aint happening.
 
One reason: we are in another ****ing selling spree and I bet a few of the guys are hoping for a big name manager and his awesome assistant to make them feel they are at the right club. That aint happening.

Spree = two players that everyone knew were going for about a year (including the players) C'mon.
 
Iam drunk and off to bed, but some of you claiming this is ipa good signing would be laughing if this combo was off to someone else. There is no "black box" for managers. They chose the lowest maintenance, cheapest manager who happened to be unemployed right now, we didn't take the Latvian second division coach tearing up the rule book. We didn't take the Armenian no one jas heard of but who turns **** to gold. We chose an unemployed Frenchman who doesn't mind us selling all,the good players.
 
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Yeah, I don't get that.

Sold one with 12 months left on his deal who tried to force his way out.

Sold another for near-on £40m after he and his agent tried to manufacture a move last season. It's crazy money.

Two players. £49.5m.

I don't get much of the forum this evening. Has Artur had one of his famed parties, but didn't invite me!?
 
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I wouldn't worry about the players. Players want the new manager to be a success and provide good leadership...unlike some fans, they will give him a chance. Much as I would rather not quote a certain Dutchman, he said players play for the club and not for the manager.
 
Iam drunk and off to bed, but some of you claiming this is ipa good signing would be laughing if this combo was off to someone else. There is no "black box" for managers. They chose the lowest maintenance, cheapest manager who happened to be unemployed right now, we didn't take the Latvian second division coach tearing up the rule book. We didn't take the Armenian no one jas heard of but who turns **** to gold. We chose an unemployed Frenchman who doesn't mind us selling all,the good players.

Right. Okay.
 
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One reason: we are in another ****ing selling spree and I bet a few of the guys are hoping for a big name manager and his awesome assistant to make them feel they are at the right club. That aint happening.

Maybe, maybe not. I'm not sure players are that fussed on an assistant manager, or even just a regular coach. Manager yes, but Puel isn't exactly a nobody who hasn't achieved anything over his career...
 
Will be interesting to see how much leeway he gets. His year-to-year results have been highly variable, both good and bad, but French teams are a little less eager to push the red button than their compatriots in Spain and Italy. If this is a long-term project with a youth focus, as has been suggested, the board had better be prepared to exercise caution if we find ourselves further down the table.
 
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I didn't realise we'd reached the positives vs negatives stage of the summer.
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Iam drunk and off to bed, but some of you claiming this is ipa good signing would be laughing if this combo was off to someone else. There is no "black box" for managers. They chose the lowest maintenance, cheapest manager who happened to be unemployed right now, we didn't take the Latvian second division coach tearing up the rule book. We didn't take the Armenian no one jas heard of but who turns **** to gold. We chose an unemployed Frenchman who doesn't mind us selling all,the good players.

Well that whole paragraph explains a lot of things to me. Night.
 
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