Sorry Spark, can't give you the Sunderland game because the Mad Hatter had already ejected Malky from the party, so not Malky's team. Why did Ole only have £6m to spend? We have a self proclaimed philanthropist who's a billionaire? Surely a few more million would have secured a better chance of Premiership success? As for the teams Ole played that's how the dice role, Malky didn't get to chose who we played, where and when. I'm afraid Ole was a fantastic footballer but is now a former Manyoo player and celebrity that Tan plucked out of obscurity and is out of his depth in an unforgiving for all managers league.
Bob - no probs with your opinion of Ole, only time will tell. You'd better ask Tan why Ole's budget was restricted - maybe it was something to do with the waste he's experienced before. As for the Sunderland game, as I said, Kerslake was in charge but it WAS Malky's team and methods - the fact he wasn't around for the game had sod all to do with it. Kerslake was his man and he followed the same pattern of safety first instead of killing off a no confidence side that was there for punishing. He invited them back into it by replacing two attacking players with defensive options, and they duly obliged. Tan as the Mad Hatter? Maybe so, but replacing Malky was a more positive move than some will appreciate. Whether he's got the right guy in his place is still up for debate.
Spark! We'll have to agree to disagree on the Sunderland game m8. I think he would have won that game had he been there to prove he could turn things around. All hypothetical I grant you but I believe we would be in a far better position had he stayed. Why was replacing Malky more positive than some will appreciate?
Maybe because even as Mad as a Hatter that he is, he could see we were going downhill and decided to do something about it? Now whether anyone liked that or not, it's far more positive than sitting on your hands waiting for doomsday. He may or may not have made a mistake appointing Ole to the job, but I've no doubt he was guided to that decision by Dalman - Tan wouldn't have known Ole anymore than father Christmas. Doomsday may yet come and we will never know whether it could have been avoided by keeping Malky in the job. The point is that Tan did something positive and didn't hold back. Other clubs down around us have done the same and felt the benefit. We seem to have to wait to see any, and it might all be too late.
a manager that aston villa and blackburn also wanted. yes his reputation has helped him get the job but thats football, and indeed life. he's had 7 games for crying out loud, with 7 new players to bed in.... as for medel before, thats on the grapevine and you either believe me or not with that one..... all i'm saying is that navas went for less than £15m, sevilla must have thought they hit the jackpot selling medel for £11m plus....
hull got jelavic for £7m, i was praying we were going to get gary hooper in the summer for £5m, both players can score goals at this level easily given the service, that was clear before they signed for their respective clubs. malky sought to defend his freak signing by saying proven players who score goals in the PL cost £20m +, not true...
