The Europa league is where he should be judged. The performances were quite remarkable as they had to go through 2/3 rounds of qualifying before entering the group stages.
I think it is more of an indication of where the Premier League is (£££) than anything else. Conte could have the pick of most sides challenging for the title in Italy or Spain, for example, yet has gone to a Europa Conference team in England.
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Hmm maybe a bit of a stretch to get 7th..
Because that was your own pov and not relevant for what we were discussing and what you replied to. It was the fact that a presenter chose the words 'he had massive success as a player' which started this discussion. We were literally only talking about how many trophies he had won in his career. Which barely screams 'massive success' to me.
Yep, Premier League is a different kettle of fish to everyone else, people asking why he’d leave Rangers now but fail to see Villa spending over £300m the last few transfer windows, the like of Rangers can only dream of that sort of money to spend.
Why would that be crazy? Although he’s very individualistic and I think they have good enough talent offensively, they just need to utilise Ings and Watkins properly.
@RedSky Not a lot to say one way or another. McRorie got plenty of time but probably wasn't quite good enough and is carving out a decent career for himself at Aberdeen. He's tried to gamble on a few kids from elsewhere with Hagi and Bassey the most successful so far. Patterson's the biggest prospect though and he's had some time but has the awkward task of unseating our captain and top assister/scorer in Tavernier at right-back. Basically if the quality is there I reckon age won't be an issue.
Because of the price tag I suppose but it would be a statement signing and give them something they are missing on the left. I was thinking about Ings too and maybe Gerrard could get the best outa him and maybe Watkins.
Could be wrong but I don’t think Liverpool were such big rivals when Sit Matt played for them and joined UTD
I think he's only got 18months on his deal so might not be that crazy - probably more of a summer signing
If he proved himself to be a fantastic manager then yeh. It would also make Liverpool fans furious.
Definitely the latter.On the one hand I want to see him get relegated but on the other I want him to just do well enough to con Liverpool into hiring him as manager and destroy any good work Klopp has done. He’s an even bigger legend to the scouse than Ole is to Utd and look at the amount of slack our fan base have cut him, he could have them in the relegation zone and they’d still back him.
yup. plus the heel turn against Liverpool would be orgasmic.
I was just thinking about what the reaction would be if he took over at Chelsea. I don't think the fans would take to him, even if he came with all achievements and credentials in the world. Rafa was chased out of the club, and some Chelsea fans still hate/dislike him despite him not really being relevant at Chelsea's level for a long time.
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We have a squad set up to play a certain way and mid-season it doesn't allow us much room for a bedding-in transition period. So ideally someone who uses a similar tactical model. I would expect any appointment to align with the wider strategy in place with the DoF and he should have names of managers who can fit in without missing much of a beat. Van Bronckhorst is the favourite with the bookies, having had a successful spell with us as a player, is out of contract and also plays a fairly similar style of football. Lampard has been suggested as well and would, like Gio, would bring some of that big-name gravitas that Gerrard had for attracting new talent. I don't see many viable options in the Scottish managerial market to be honest.
Yeah he might admit that he's struggling, but will he openly call for him to be sacked like everyone wants the Utd lads to say it about Ole.
Lampard should take that job instead of Norwich if he's smart.
Yes, because my post implied that you can employ managers against their will, didn’t it?
Quality from Carragher! Can’t wait to see Nevilles response.He is done in Italy for the time being… for all his greatness as a coach, he is just too polarising and controversial: you can jump ship once (Juve), even twice (Italy), but after the third (Inter), every fool and his dog understand you are just your own, self-centred master, if not a blatant nutter.
Hmm
Cheers, it'll be interesting to see if he gives any of them a go. They've got some fantastic talent coming through playing for England right now. Smith for whatever reason was hesistant to give them a shot other than in the cups.
