Re: Close Season Football Chat : Thu Jul 01, 2010 10:46 am  

4th? NOT A CHANCE

6th or 7th

The snakes at this club will finish Roy off

The big question I have is with the anti Rafa mob who wanted him out because he didnt win the league, wonder if you have woken up yet? or maybe you still think think Jose is on the way.

Re: Close Season Football Chat : Thu Jul 01, 2010 11:22 am  

Wire_85 wrote:

:lol: 4th? NOT A CHANCE

6th or 7th

The snakes at this club will finish Roy off

The big question I have is with the anti Rafa mob who wanted him out because he didnt win the league, wonder if you have woken up yet? or maybe you still think think Jose is on the way.

I'm still trying to work out if you're happy with the appointment or not?

Re: Close Season Football Chat : Thu Jul 01, 2010 11:31 am  

Heres a clue.

I rate Rafa (Current manager of the CL and Serie A winners) 20 times the manger Roy is.

Re: Close Season Football Chat : Thu Jul 01, 2010 11:34 am  

Wire_85 wrote:

Heres a clue.

I rate Rafa (Current manager of the CL and Serie A winners) 20 times the manger Roy is.

Now I'm with ya!!

[Matt_Horton]

Re: Close Season Football Chat : Thu Jul 01, 2010 12:52 pm  

WOW!!! Martin Petrov is a good deal. Robbie Blake? WTF Riquelme, yes please.

WOW!!! Martin Petrov is a good deal. Robbie Blake? WTF Riquelme, yes please.

Re: Close Season Football Chat : Thu Jul 01, 2010 3:54 pm  

Whilst I was slightly impressed with Hodgson's achievements at Fulham, appointing a British manager after 10+ years of continental management isn't the right move. British coaching is generally crap, there are the odd exceptions, but I've seen nothing in Roy that makes me think he's what we need.

I like his character, he seems genuine and he'll have my backing, but in terms of what I wanted, he'd have been about middle of the list.

Re: Close Season Football Chat : Thu Jul 01, 2010 5:37 pm  

Don't give Hodgson a lot of money to spend,this is a man that spent £5 million on Christian Dailly while at Rovers.

Re: Close Season Football Chat : Thu Jul 01, 2010 5:51 pm  

Robbie Rotten wrote:

Whilst I was slightly impressed with Hodgson's achievements at Fulham, appointing a British manager after 10+ years of continental management isn't the right move. British coaching is generally crap, there are the odd exceptions, but I've seen nothing in Roy that makes me think he's what we need.

I like his character, he seems genuine and he'll have my backing, but in terms of what I wanted, he'd have been about middle of the list.

Roy is a yes man, he wont rock the boat.

"what really impressed us was Roy wanted to get the best out of the current squad and never asked how much money have I got to spend or said can I bring this player or that player in and he has a proven track record of doing just that"

Weareupshitcreek

Re: Close Season Football Chat : Thu Jul 01, 2010 6:20 pm  

Wire_85 wrote:

Roy is a yes man, he wont rock the boat.

"what really impressed us was Roy wanted to get the best out of the current squad and never asked how much money have I got to spend or said can I bring this player or that player in and he has a proven track record of doing just that"

Weareupshitcreek

Until you get new owners you haven't got a dime to spend. Moaning about it, won't do the manager any good, he needs to get on with it. Hodgson is ideal in that respect, he's good at signing unknown players who turn good and he's also good at getting the best out of average / decent player. Sure he's no Mourinho, but he should do a solid job with limited resources. He's got a pretty good playing staff to work with, especially if he can keep the likes of Reina, Carragher, Johnson, Agger, Gerrard, Mascherano and Torres.

Re: Close Season Football Chat : Thu Jul 01, 2010 6:36 pm  

PAUL M wrote:

I assume Silva and Toure both arriving will signal the departures of De Jong and Robinho.

I can see Mancini wanting to keep De Jong. It will take time for Toure to adjust to the PL and we do have the extra european fixtures. It wouldnt surprise me to see both Toure and De Jong line up in a 4-2-3-1 in the season opener at Spurs, when I expect Mancini to lay down a marker that we wont be a soft touch away from home. I think Barry's more vulnerable than De Jong.

I expect Robinho to move to a warmer country in a player exchange deal, probably in the last few days of the transfer window.