F1Brits_90
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yeah the chairman tragic accident & leicester downfall seems to be linked. because of aging squad & poor recruitment got them relegated, & then spending money poorly, was it an 80m loss when they got promoted
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Pompey got the best result they could have imagined today - Portsmouth v Ipswich Town: Championship stats & head-to-head
Bristol City did that thing where they can't decide if they want to be any good or not and promptly lost.
The Artist.....
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Well, within hours of stating that he wouldn't be staying beyond the end of his contract at Manchester United, Ruben Amorim has been sacked... It would be poetic justice if this pushed them over the financial fair play limits. This is a club that just expects greatness, and expects more money than everyone else.
F1Brits_90
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i was disappointed our game was called off if im being cynical, maybe when the chance arose, the club didn’t fight too hard. festive schedule was brutal, 4 games in 10 days. Wilder was critical after Stoke win on 29th, this game didn’t need to happen, there were plenty of weeks it could’ve been played
ive heard things from undersoil heating broke at 4am to the pitch was fine but the linesman couldn't run the line as his part was frozen
ive heard things from undersoil heating broke at 4am to the pitch was fine but the linesman couldn't run the line as his part was frozen
Watching the decline of Sky Sports FC back to where the were pre-Fergie has been delightful. Not so many Man Utd Shirts on the streets now.
But watching the rise of Man City has been similar distressing the other way, especially as the "miracle" Pep Guardiola has managed (wherever he has gone) is solely based on spending more cash than most other clubs combined. I did laugh the other day when they lost to Bayer Leverkusen and Pep said his squad needed to be strengthened. Those sitting on the City bench at kick off cost more that the entire Leverkusen squad. Tosser.
F1Brits_90
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I'm not saying he isn't a good coach, simply that he has spent more money in recent years than many (any?) other manager, so his success should be viewed through that prism. He has also bought many players simply so they aren't available for other teams. I suppose the model goes back to Blackburn winning the Premier League 94/95. Jack Hayward threw millions at Kenny Dalglish, who won him the league.
And more annoyingly, how many years have we known been waiting for Man City to have their financial charges dealt with?
Further to my last, seventeen years since the first charge was brought and one year since the case was heard.
F1Brits_90
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I said on social media when Ten Hag got the sack that he isn’t 100% to blame for Man United’s failings. as the scouting and recruitment have been a mess for over a decade. We’ve seen this pattern again and again: theyll look like world-beaters under a caretaker, then with time like they threw Van Gaal, Mourinho, Ole & Ten Hag under the bus. The same will happen to the next manager within 18 months. It feels like Groundhog Day.
United keep hiring a highly rated manager, A year later the pressure ramps up, 6 months that the manager is gone, and the narrative becomes “he couldn’t handle a big club”. If it’s Glasner or McKenna next, we’ll hear the same story.
I think they should’ve stuck with Amorim. Given his squad, being 6th, only 3 points off the CL places, isn’t bad at all. If anything, that’s slight overachievement, even if the performances haven’t always been convincing.
The bigger issue is expectations. they looked at Ten Hag’s Ajax — beating Real Madrid at the Bernabéu, reaching a CL semi-final & Europa League final, expected that version instantly. same with Amorim. 10 wins from 10 in Portugal, beating Man City 4–1
United keep hiring managers based on what their completed projects looked like elsewhere, then lose patience when the rebuild phase actually starts & players dont help as theyve got too much power they’ll stay stuck in this loop.
The irony is that all of this contradicts how fans view Sir Alex Ferguson. Rightly, he’s seen as the greatest British manager of all time. But in today’s environment, he gets sacked in May 1989, 11th place, 2 wins in final 11 games, & that era never happens.
United keep hiring a highly rated manager, A year later the pressure ramps up, 6 months that the manager is gone, and the narrative becomes “he couldn’t handle a big club”. If it’s Glasner or McKenna next, we’ll hear the same story.
I think they should’ve stuck with Amorim. Given his squad, being 6th, only 3 points off the CL places, isn’t bad at all. If anything, that’s slight overachievement, even if the performances haven’t always been convincing.
The bigger issue is expectations. they looked at Ten Hag’s Ajax — beating Real Madrid at the Bernabéu, reaching a CL semi-final & Europa League final, expected that version instantly. same with Amorim. 10 wins from 10 in Portugal, beating Man City 4–1
United keep hiring managers based on what their completed projects looked like elsewhere, then lose patience when the rebuild phase actually starts & players dont help as theyve got too much power they’ll stay stuck in this loop.
The irony is that all of this contradicts how fans view Sir Alex Ferguson. Rightly, he’s seen as the greatest British manager of all time. But in today’s environment, he gets sacked in May 1989, 11th place, 2 wins in final 11 games, & that era never happens.
The Artist.....
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Oh, how many people wish that version of history played out. Manchester United were such an insufferable club in the 90s - spending more than all of the other teams, the biggest stadium in the league, and Sky throwing money at them through televised matches.
