I don't buy the Southgate links at all. He's been on record saying he won't be in talks with any club before the Euros and Ineos won't wait until the Euros is over. If he leaves, England I think he takes a break and gets back into club football mid next season at the earliest.
Not really, it's the same FA who appointed Allardyce. They just haven't got any better ideas. He's done well to galvanise the group, but he's literally the only manager across the England set up that hasn't won anything. The only negative story is the whole Ben White scenario, but that seems to be with Holland, under Southgate, rather than directly with him.
To me he doesn't fit with what I know of Brailsford. First he is too old and doesn't have a track record of success, if I look at the way he managed Team Sky or INEOS grenadier, he has relied on young promising sporting/assistant managers or successful older sporting managers. And he seems to have done something similar with Nice.
The France game was the only "even "game I've seen. I was at the Euro final and we got played off the park and toyed with for a solid 70 minutes in our own back park. We were also a one on one scuff form Muller away from being rattled by an absolute shite Germany side. We were shite against Croatia when we were KOed of the WC in 2018. We were lucky to scrape past Colombia on penalties in fact.
A completely different question. Based on what you see, is McKenna good in rotating the squad match to match?
Much prefer a young upcoming manager
I hope you're right, that would be the way I would go.
I'd add Iraola to the mix, especially if he has another solid season with Bournemouth.
That's also my preference in general, though I don't know if it's the best move for their first appointment. I think that Tuchel would be a safer hand for a couple of seasons while Wilcox and Ashworth try to put everything in place. The other options that I would entertain are Valverde or Mancini.
I'm only guessing but I really don't see how Southgate would fit with anything Brailsford has done in the past. The only thing that makes with the link to Southgate is his relationship with Ashworth.
Because it’s a forum and a fan base full to the brim of YouTube fans where they expect everything done at the click of a button.
That is a lot of conjecture. There is nothing that indicates there is a broken work relationship there, it is completely made up.
Propah Brexit. The man schooled Southgate with a bunch of low-quality players, has actually won the PL and has an idea how to implement a style.
Good manager.
Would be the equivalent (factoring in where Dyche is and where United are respectively) of the Moyes appointment in 2013. Moyes either had or exceeded Dyche's best club season, again even factoring in relative resources, about 6 times with Everton before joining Utd. And we saw where that went...
Ah ok. Thanks.
Yes! I’d say it’s one of his strengths. Our two central midfielders are both key players (‘first name on the team sheet’ style), but also both 32. McKenna has had to find the optimal way to make use of them and he’s done a great job. I’d add Tuanzebe to that too. It’s really only in the last month that Axel has got strong and fit enough to play Saturday-Tuesday-Saturday etc. He’s been rotated in and out all season and I don’t think he’s had an injury, which given his record is a great achievement. He also does a decent amount of in-game management with the forwards. He’ll normally sub 2 of our 4 forward players on the hour mark. We’ve scored a crazy amount of late goals this season and I think that is part of it. No one wants to come on at 87 minutes and be expected to find a winner, but the subs knowing they’ve got 30 mins plus injury time seems to keep them really engaged even if they’re not starting.
It is hard to imagine a result and performance where they will finally pull the trigger. Palace are happy to stay up and managed to ragdoll us. They still think he deserves more games as manager for Manchester United.
Agree that he's better than both, but the main reason (aside from Southgate) that Italy won that final was because their midfield was just...better than England's in terms of technique and smarts. They took back control (there's your Brexit link!) of that game 10 minutes in and had England on a string of most of it, albeit without having a ruthless end product.
Don’t even think he’s anywhere near Moyes pre-United level.
Would you be able to integrate a still fairly promising but 'raw' midfielder who we haven't been able to find an optimal position for, say for a season on-loan and subbing in for the aforementioned 'mature' midfielders? We're trying to place Hannibal, since he's not really ready for the 1st team now, if at all, and the Sevilla sale the club had lined up seems to have fallen through. There IS a player there (aggressive, some decent technical ability, if in need of coaching re/. decision-making; bits of flair; was very highly sought after when we bought him) and the speculation was McKenna might be able to polish him.
For some reason, reading that made me think that he is closer to Curbishley than Moyes.
It’s not going to happen… they‘ve made their mind up but aren’t going to give the media easy headlines for days and days as we build to the cup final.
I was speaking to someone about this earlier. I’d love to see him come regardless of his loan spell in Spain which I gather is not going overly well. For a start we are going to need fighters, players who don’t give up, and I think it’s safe to say Hannibal doesn’t like giving up! The two Premiership academy loanees we’ve had this season both started out looking like talented youngsters, and ended up having a material effect on the outcome matches, which is, I guess, the holy grail of youth development. Turning potential into actual end product.
It’s cos he’s so tall.
I'd be all for it over Southgate.
Thanks a lot for the input. When I have time, I always try to check Ipswich town’s results due to McKenna. I look at stats, and also the starting 11 and substitutes. It gives me the impression that he always rotates the squad both inter and intra matches.
I think we are almost sure about McKenna’s creativity. Remember that ole coach team is very creative, McFred, Pogba on left advanced role, William’s use on left, etc.
You spoke to me
At least I get to keep my Bald is Best mug.
Would 4-0 loss v Palace classify as “meltdown”
It sure seems like it is entirely a defence of ETH!
