I think this is why Sam Allardyce brings a large backroom staff with him, yes they all have different jobs that complement what he wants to achieve but also means the managers clique is bigger or as big as any player clique.
There’s the dilemma. I would love the Bournemouth Eddie Howe. But there’s a good chance we’d get the Burnley Eddie Howe. Really glad I don’t have to make the call. I hope whoever they chose it’s done with an eye to the bigger picture and creating a structure and style for the club we can all get behind
Agree with both posts. I loved the football when he first arrived, the league Cup run and the miracle when we stayed up, but second season he lost his way badly after the Southampton thrashing, particularly after Christmas. He didn't seem to know what to do to change things when they were going wrong and towards the end it felt as if it was as bad as we've ever been. I remember a game against Villa towards the end of his time where fans were streaming out at half time. I wasn't there because of work commitments that Saturday, but I remember seeing fans pouring over the bridge and past my office before 4 o'clock, we were 4 nil down at half time against a not very good Villa team, and it could have been a lot worse. He certainly wouldn't be my first choice, but I'd guess he'd be better than Parky, but I'd rather it was someone else over all
Been a few snippets of good news on here again tonight, thats a good enough excuse to have a wee dram of Aberlour 12 I think.
This is my worry with Gus mate, like some already posted he would bring a style we could build around....the prob is this season we are running out of time, we NEED promotion simpke as, if it looked crap & got us up id be ok with that, its horrific now but if Parkinson had us top doing it id settle, but he wont take us up & id worry Gus would need more time & would not budge on style to get the job done. Id bite yer hand off for BSA, football was fantastic at end but hes not scared to mix it up & let it be **** if got the job done. might be to much to ask to get him
It's all mad isnt it mate. Storey offering to buy the club, during a period of exclusivity, without doing due diligence. Bob's a lad isn't he, claimed there would be no takeover ... ... now he's discussing it like he believes there is one.
If the takeover goes through with absolutely no connection to Storey and he never mentions us again it'll be one of the most baffling scenarios I've ever come across. If all he wants is publicity then pretend to be buying Liverpool FFS. Maybe he's insane but he doesn't seem it. If it's a wind up then it's the ****test wind up ever because it's not remotely funny. We're an easy target for a piss take but nothing he's said has been anything other than sincere sounding. Real head scratcher.
This is all bloody exciting. As others have said if someone comes in and gets it even half right they will make serious money. All we ask for is a bit of hope, a bit of passion and we will back them more than they will ever experience. Its not a lot to ask is it?
I’d like to see BSA back in the fold he left us with a big job to finish and I felt at the time we were heading in the right direction if he came back he’d have a hell of a job just to get us back where we were
Picking up on Gus not hands on manager for some time he could be a DoF setting our playing style and running recruitment with a young go ahead manager, whoever that might be.
Love to see that too. I wonder if Sam as DoF with a young manager like Howe learning from him might be the dream setup though. Might suit Allardyce more at this stage of his life, less pressure on matchday but plenty of behind the scenes stuff to work on.
Getting Poyet back would be a bad decision in my opinion. Easy /cheap? for Sartori to sort and he's just told a fanzine he would like to come back. He lost the plot at Safc after Soton and has not managed for 2 years. We need someone who has recent experience of getting a team out of league 1, not ten years ago. Cook/Jones/Stendel/maybe even owl faced twot Bowyer. If we did get Poyet back it would take some pressure off Grigg, Graham and Wyke as we'd spend so long passing it around at the back the balls up front would be a lot less ergo less sitters to miss. Is the now the time for a reset or club identity or to get out of this division this season before its too late and then build?
I’m not sure a decent manager on his own is enough. We have a salary cap of £2.5m which severely limits buying our way out of trouble. As far as I can work out £2.5m only applies to player wages so a big backroom team of scouts, assistants fitness experts etc wouldn’t be subject to the salary cap. We could put together a continental-style management team to make sure we get the best players available, set them up well and train them well. Would be nice to pension off a lot of our overpaid ****e and replace them with younger, hungrier players. SD was kind enough to sell our youth so a few of them would be good too, especially if they are also exempt from the wage cap and able to play in the first team now and again.
Ha ha ha there is no takeover, there is no takeover, there is no takeover, hold on, ok there is 2 takeovers there is 2 takeovers couldn't make some of this stuff up
