Does anyone know anything about his footballing style? What are we looking at here, big strong lads, difficult to beat? Fast paced, short passing? Direct, attacking play? Many lower league managers fail because they attempt to introduce their own style of play / formation. Rather than look at the p...
I mean, it isn’t particularly cultist to believe the owners, privy to 99% more information than the average fan while wanting pretty much the same thing in terms of success, might sign a decent candidate. If that’s Leam Richardson, fine. I get that what the owners want/can spend doesn’t always alig...
Sure he's a decent guy. The right person to turn around and transform though. Two wins in 24 matches whilst at Rotheham doesn't inspire confidence. Something cleverly edited out in the press release. This isn't an easy job. There's little time to change the current playing style with limited trainin...
Football has become a soulless money driven business. The club's investors just want a return on their money. Building something takes time. Multiple transfer windows to achieve the right blend and create stablity. A constant revolving door of managers rarely brings success.
The Man United analogy is interesting.... From an owner's perspective, Man United is a hugely successful commercial entity... Man United enjoyed the benefit of the stewardship of Sir Alex Ferguson between between 1986 and 2013. That's a long period in which to ingrain a culture throughout every fac...
How do you work that out ? Surely 3 teams can finish on 6 points. West Ham beat Swindon and Swindon beat MK Dons then if will be on GD Yea thanks, can`t see that hammers team beating Swindon. I can't either, but I don't know if Swindon deliberately played stronger side against us than they would fo...
Robbie Savage is actually a really good shout!! The guy was a great professional footballer who is well regarded and a bit of a tough guy so would command respect. He also seems to be an all-round good likeable person and at Macclesfield the players loved him, yes, he is only a baby in terms of his...
Esteban The squad is better than 21st in the league.
Anybody can play fantasy football based on data. Real life is very different. Everybody else was able to do their transfer business earlier. Building a team from what's left. Was always going to require a degree of luck. No preseason to gel either.
Swindon were 92nd at one point in the football league last season. The transformation underway with Holloway is what all football fans dream of. Worth noting that Swindon also finished the game without a centre half/centre back. Three fullbacks aged 19, 20 and 21. Not just big chequebooks that matter.
Do wonder if Hunt's being set up for a fall, was that a vote of confidence in the week Owner's are impatient for instant results. A revolving door creates instability. Successfull clubs stick wth their manager's. Phil Parkinson is now the 7th longest serving manager out of the 92. Building teams is...
Your wage bill is the main determinate of the quality of your squad in L1, not transfer budget. Sheffield Wednesday had the 4th lowest wage in the Championship in 23/24 season - £22.3 million . When the owner runs out of readies as hasn't hit the big time payout. The disintegration of the club star...
Any Pheonix Club will have to start small.... I once worked out that a Sunday pub team is 12 promotions and sh*t loads of money and luck away from winning the Premier League. So, to begin with we need to form a team ourselves made up of fans. I actually think this is the ultimate challenge and achi...
Agree This season is purely about survival. Thanks to Selles and his brilliant team (now gone), we have some decent points on the board….we’ll be fine Chill People speak about Selles but I reckon it is the loss of the rest of his backroom team that is just as impactful as I doubt we have anyone of ...
After last weeks no show, and nobody can convince me now that the players weren`t aware of the off field issues how much the players will be up for this or they`ll all be thinking bugger this if we`re busting a gut for this club why aren`t higher management doing the same? Hope I`m wrong, and I usu...
Say that one of us won £100m on Euromillions, the Couhig deals falls through and it's a case of us buying the club or it going bankrupt. Even out of administration you have to spend something like £30m to buy the club, stadium and training ground. You're then presented with the current running cost...