Recent content by Joga_Bonito

Yeah, I did consider that, but in general he’s made a lot of good decisions in those areas. And by all accounts McKenna is a very good coach at youth levels. What’s baffling is why both McKenna and Carrick, two incredibly inexperienced coaches at the level they’re at, and given the evidence...

Unlikely, I know, but it occurred to me that Ole would probably make a very good director of football, or head of football operations. The attributes that role demands are the areas where he has been most impressive: signing players and staffing, throughout the club on the football side. As a...

When you’re down to ten men with a lot of time to play, it’s imperative that you maintain possession and a threat at the other end. We gave up both with the substitutions and effectively tried to see the game out with 55 minutes to go. That was all the encouragement that Young Boys needed...

The manager, of course. Nobody else is responsible for any of issues that I mentioned in that post. I thought that would have been clear?

Tonight was not a good performance, but it was hardly surprising. We’ve been relying on individual moments of brilliance all season. These players do not know how to win as a collective and that’s never going to good enough if the aim is to be successful. We can talk about the details, and...

It’s really not as complicated as people often make it out to be. At least, not on the scale that supporters have access to. Good managers create good teams. They develop systems that suit their current players and/or bring in players that can execute the ideas that they have for the team...

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Aaron Wilbraham, formerly of Norwich, now of Crystal Palace. Played with and against him dozens of times as a youth footballer in Cheshire. He used to score 50-60 goals a season for Frodsham.

Right, but even those figures suggest more questions than answers. For example, United appear to be much more cautious than certain other clubs in terms of offering high-end wages. We appear to be more than willing to pay market rates to players who already have a relatively stellar record of...

In the 'Last Message' column, click on the time since last post (which should be red).

Looking good, smelling good, feeling…tops! (The Undateables)

He'll never be accepted as our next manager the way he is carrying on. Having said that, maybe the two are related and he's trying to dampen expectations in preparation.

It also says "deceives or distracts an opponent", and I would argue that we can't possibly know whether Evans was attempting to block the shot and/or prevent the ball reaching from Ba. And If we can't know with any degree of certainty whether Evans was attempting to prevent the ball from...

You down with RVP (Yeah you know me) You down with RVP (Yeah you know me) You down with RVP (Yeah you know me) Who's down with RVP (Every last muppeeeeeet) RVP, how can I explain it R is for Robin, V is for van (but not a Transit) The last P...well...that's not that simple It's sorta...