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Like i've said before, Ralph has written the playbook for the playing staff right down to the lower level of the Academy and I think it would be prudent for him to have a trusted understudy like SKD or another ex player (maybe Jose as I know he has written before that he has taken courses already) to learn all aspects of that playbook so that when Ralph leaves there could be a seamless transition much like Tindall at Bournemouth and similar to the old boot room at Anfield.

I think it would be prudent, having put all that work in, for him to stay for twenty years.
 
I think it would be prudent, having put all that work in, for him to stay for twenty years.

Personally I think that he has fallen in love with the club just by his emotion after matches, that might be naive and we have been burnt before but he also strikes me as liking to be in control of the playing staff and he sees us as his project that he wants to fully form and realise all of the potential of it in time.
 
Personally I think that he has fallen in love with the club just by his emotion after matches, that might be naive and we have been burnt before but he also strikes me as liking to be in control of the playing staff and he sees us as his project that he wants to fully form and realise all of the potential of it in time.
The way he was leading the players hailing the crowd after Sunday’s game showed how much he loves us.

On the predicted table, it shows we are to get 13 points from the next 5 games, which is 4 wins and a draw from Arsenal (A), Man City (H), Fulham (H), West Ham (A), and Liverpool (H). I assume the draw must be the Fulham game... <whistle>
 
Ralph is the only person I fear losing (which tells you everything about the fact he has created a real team).

I include Danny in that. It would be a massive blow, but I would trust us to replace him well with the money we would get, and for Ralph to get that replacement rocking and rolling...

Yeah none of the players going I’d be that bothered about, individually I don’t think any of them are particularly great. Hassenhuttl clearly knows what he wants and how to get players playing a certain way that can be successful. How many of these players did he inherit? 7/8 of the most used 11? If he could bring his own players in we could be even better
 
The way he was leading the players hailing the crowd after Sunday’s game showed how much he loves us.

On the predicted table, it shows we are to get 13 points from the next 5 games, which is 4 wins and a draw from Arsenal (A), Man City (H), Fulham (H), West Ham (A), and Liverpool (H). I assume the draw must be the Fulham game... <whistle>

Funnily enough, the predicted draw is with West Ham.
 
Oh no doubt. But I don't think we'd crumble like we would if we lost Ralph.

Yeah I don't think we'd crumble but don't think we'd be anywhere near the side we are.

Agree that we're ****ed once Ralph goes. That's why I'm desperate for him to win a cup, preferably beating Leicester in the final.

I was hoping for at least one more season out of him but quite worried about Dortmund and Arsenal.
 
Yeah I don't think we'd crumble but don't think we'd be anywhere near the side we are.

Agree that we're ****ed once Ralph goes. That's why I'm desperate for him to win a cup, preferably beating Leicester in the final.

I was hoping for at least one more season out of him but quite worried about Dortmund and Arsenal.

It's that horrible feeling of believing that "he's different". Argh!!!
 
From today’s Times...


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I like it, but that means they have us down as only dropping two points from: Arsenal, West Ham, Man City, Fulham, Liverpool.

Enthusiastic in the extreme, unless I’m not understanding it.

I think 9/15 points from the next five would be a good return.

On another note - Sheffield United P17 Pts 1 :emoticon-0104-surpr
 
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Yeah I don't think we'd crumble but don't think we'd be anywhere near the side we are.

Agree that we're ****ed once Ralph goes. That's why I'm desperate for him to win a cup, preferably beating Leicester in the final.

I was hoping for at least one more season out of him but quite worried about Dortmund and Arsenal.
Personally I can't see Ralph leaving at the end of this season. The amount of work he put in during the first lockdown and the fact he is loving life here suggests he is in no rush to leave. I really don't think he'd join Arsenal. Like the United job post Ferguson, the job is a poisoned chalice since Wenger left. He's also getting paid more than Arteta so he's not exactly on bad money at Saints.
 
Just watching Ralph's presser, he's so smart he says they are not so focussed on practicing goalscoring but rather the means to get into the positions to score as the former could add pressure and a mental block and he'd rather his players do it instinctively than thinking too much about it.
The team's expected goals ie finishing chances created is much improved this season.
 
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Liverpool, Leeds and Villa on Sky, Leicester and Arsenal on BT (plus Shrewsbury on the 9th)
 
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