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Post by Razzle Dazzle on Apr 22, 2018 15:59:56 GMT 1
I was never really convinced by Enrique. He did great with Guardiola's team, Messi drove them to the champions league and the title playing the Guardiola way...fast forward 24 month and Barcelona were floundering, Enrique had failed to transition the team into his team, he fell out with Messi, all they won was the Copa Del Rey and he resigned before he was sacked. He could be a good fit but there are question marks
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Post by frag on Apr 26, 2018 9:01:01 GMT 1
Diego Simone, he likes his teams to play like Mourinho, 10 men behind the ball, full of graft, no luxury players. Arsenal don't have a single player that has it in them to adapt to that style of play, it would be such a messy transition and at the end if it even works, best case scenario they will be playing some of the most boring football they have ever seen, they needed a high press, dynamic, high tempo manager that enhanced what Arsenal already have not a Big Sam, Mourinho, Conte type, I think they missed the boat on the two best candidates, all the rest are a big gamble I'd like to see Simeone or Allegri take over, but they're both pragmatic managers and they've already mentioned they want to keep the attacking style. Maurizio Sarri from Napoli could be a good fit - they were around fifth when he took over a few years ago, and this season they might still win the league.
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Post by Razzle Dazzle on Apr 26, 2018 10:32:16 GMT 1
I'm not sure why Emery isn't higher up in the running, he is leaving PSG in the summer, on course for a quadruple and won the Europa league two years in a row with Sevilla
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Post by Paddy on Apr 26, 2018 22:10:01 GMT 1
You can have Mick and Terry
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Post by Robbie on Apr 29, 2018 15:15:31 GMT 1
Sunderland have sacked Chris Coleman. The guy didn't stand a chance of making an impression at the club with the chaos going on around him. At least for the fans it looks like the club will have new owners as Ellis Short has agreed to sell the club, subject to EFL permission. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43941723
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Post by o on Apr 30, 2018 10:28:53 GMT 1
I'd heard that the Eastleigh owner was buying Sunderland? If he didn't have enough money to get Eastleigh out of the Conference, will he have enough money to get Sunderland out of league 1?
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Post by Razzle Dazzle on Apr 30, 2018 12:21:07 GMT 1
He nearly got Eastleigh out the conference...just the wrong way, they only stayed up by 8 points.
I'm going to say they have no money and it looks like a team in the conference was too difficult for them to run.
Sunderland have the money coming in if they can sort out the outgoings they could do ok. Parachute payments in the 2nd year are 45% of the Premiership tv deal so 40/45m which nobody else in that league will have. They will also get 20k fans a week and have a good 20m in player sales coming up, it all depends on balancing the books rather than pumping money in
There wage budget was slashed from 90m to 30m last season and with 14 players leaving next month and Gibson released it must be down to 15/18m now so hopefully they can get the remaining high earners off the wage bill and start rebuilding
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Post by o on Apr 30, 2018 12:51:33 GMT 1
Maybe the chap is just in for the parachute payment then, I would be worried by someone who was keen to help Eastleigh, and now wants to help sunderland.
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Post by suedehead on May 4, 2018 22:28:45 GMT 1
Twenty-one years and one day ago today Brighton got a draw at Hereford to stay in the Football League by the narrowest of margins. It was in the brief period when goals scored counted before goal difference. If it had been decided on goal difference, a draw would not have been enough. Tonight a win over Man Utd secured another season in the Premier League.
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Post by Razzle Dazzle on May 4, 2018 23:29:43 GMT 1
They have been excellent. Very well deserved
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Post by Robbie on May 5, 2018 20:57:51 GMT 1
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Post by raliverpool on May 5, 2018 21:10:33 GMT 1
I want to wish Sir Alex Ferguson a speedy recovery so he can enjoy plenty more Fergie time with his family. YNWA.
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Post by Shireblogger on May 9, 2018 16:58:25 GMT 1
2017/18 CHAMPIONSHIP
MANAGERS PERFORMANCE
Exclusively to Haven, a table showing how many points each manager would have earned in the Championship, if they'd been in charge for the whole season.
Obtained by taking their points-per-game record, and multiplying by 46.
All managers / head coaches / caretakers who were in charge for 4 or more league matches are included.
AUTOMATIC PROMOTION
1. Nuno Espirito Santo [ Wolves ] 99.0 2. Neil Warnock [ Cardiff ] 90.0 ====================================================
PLAY-OFF QUALIFICATION
3. Slavisa Jokanovic [ Fulham ] 88.0 4. Steve Bruce [ Aston Villa ] 83.0 5. Tony Pulis [ Middlesbrough 2 ] 79.5 6. Gary Rowett [ Derby ] 75.0 ====================================================
PLAY-OFF CONTENDERS
7. Alex Neil [ Preston ] 73.0 8. Neil Harris [ Millwall ] 72.0 9. Garry Monk [ Middlesbrough 1 ] 70.0 10. Dean Smith [ Brentford ] 69.0 11. Chris Wilder [ Sheffield Utd ] 69.0 12. Thomas Christiansen [ Leeds 1 ] 67.5 13. Lee Johnson [ Bristol City ] 67.0 14. Garry Monk [ Birmingham 3 ] 66.9
MID-TABLE OBSCURITY
15. Jos Luhukay [ Sheffield Wed 2 ] 62.1 16. Mick McCarthy [ Ipswich 1 ] 61.3 17. Daniel Farke [ Norwich ] 60.0 18. Mark Warburton [ Nottingham For 1 ] 57.0 19. Ian Holloway [ QPR ] 56.0 20. Carlos Carvalhal [ Sheffield Wed 1 ] 54.0 21. Nigel Adkins [ Hull 2 ] 53.1
RELEGATION OUTSIDERS
22. Aitor Karanka [ Nottingham For 2 ] 48.3 23. Bryan Klug [ Ipswich 2 ] 46.0 24. Paul Heckingbotham [ Leeds 2 ] 46.0 25. Paul Clement [ Reading 2 ] 46.0
RELEGATION CONTENDERS
26. Leonid Slutsky [ Hull 1 ] 43.7 27. Jaap Stam [ Reading 1 ] 43.6 28. Phil Parkinson [ Bolton ] 43.0 ====================================================
RELEGATED
29. Paul Heckingbotham [ Barnsley 1 ] 41.4 30. Nigel Clough [ Burton ] 41.0 31. Steve Cotterill [ Birmingham 2 ] 40.5 32. Jose Morais [ Barnsley 2 ] 39.9 33. Chris Coleman [ Sunderland 2 ] 37.8 34. Simon Grayson [ Sunderland 1 ] 30.7 35. Harry Redknapp [ Birmingham 1 ] 23.0
Commentary on the clubs who changed manager
Middlesbrough's decision to sacrifice Garry Monk in favour of Tony Pulis just tipped the balance in favour of reaching the Play-Offs. Monk would have missed out by 3 points, with Alex Neil guiding Preston into the knock-out stages instead.
However, Monk's achievements at Birmingham were extraordinary, when compared to Steve Cotterill and Harry Redknapp. With Monk in charge for the whole season, the Blues would have just missed out on a top half finish. Cotterill and Redknapp were certainly taking Birmingham into League One, and Redknapp was, by a huge margin, the Championship's worst manager of 2017/18.
Sheffield Wednesday, Nottingham Forest and Ipswich all changed manager during the season, pointlessly. They were heading for mid-table finishes both before and after.
Leeds made the worst management change of the season. Plucking Paul Heckingbotham from Barnsley to replace Thomas Christiansen caused their points per game to drop by one third. He'll need to improve next season, or Leeds will be on the edge of the relegation fight.
Joining Monk as a saviour was Nigel Adkins at Hull. They'd have been in contention for relegation until the last day of the season if they'd stuck with Leonid Slutsky. Adkins outperformed the highly regarded Aitor Karanka at Forest, and came close to Ian Holloway at QPR.
Jaap Stam and Paul Clement at Reading were equally disappointing. Another meaningless switch.
Barnsley were going down until Leeds pinched Heckingbotham from them. Jose Morais made things marginally worse.
And Sunderland's problems run so deep, not even Pep Guardiola could have saved them. Chris Coleman's performance was 23% better than Simon Grayson's, which is to say, Sunderland were still easily the worst club in the division with him in charge. (Apart from Birmingham with Redknapp at the help).
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Post by Tom on May 10, 2018 16:29:28 GMT 1
Interesting seeing the Reading stuff in there, especially as I was hoping the other day you'd doing these manager posts again! Given what I said before and figures posted whilst it doesn't look like there was much difference between Stam and Clement, ultimately it was the new manager bounce that saw us get wins against QPR and Preston that kept us up. Yes we got lucky but there was little sign that we'd have got that luck under Stam, and from listening to those games there was a proper atmosphere for the first time in months which I think helped the players. Had Stam not been sacked when he was I think he'd have taken us down, (it was the right call at the time imo) though Clement's record is exactly why I was so unsure about bringing in a new manager until then. Already Clement's been more supportive of the fanbase, rather than Stam's constant digs...
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Post by raliverpool on May 10, 2018 19:56:26 GMT 1
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Post by Earl Purple on May 11, 2018 9:53:13 GMT 1
So we go in at half time 0-1 down in the playoff semi-final. We had some chances but didn't really trouble them that badly. Both goalkeepers made a good save. Second half we created virtually nothing and they seemed to work out how to play against us.
Still we beat them 2-0 at their place already and if we can do the same we will progress.
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Post by Shireblogger on May 13, 2018 15:49:07 GMT 1
At the start of play, Swansea and Southampton needed a 10-goal swing for Swansea to stay up. That's 1 goal every 9 minutes.
At half-time it is now an 11-goal swing that is needed. 1 goal every 4 minutes. I think the Saints will be OK.
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Post by Shireblogger on May 13, 2018 17:33:19 GMT 1
2017/18 PREMIER LEAGUE
MANAGERS PERFORMANCE
Exclusively to Haven, a table showing how many points each manager would have earned in the Premier League, if they'd been in charge for the whole season.
Obtained by taking their points-per-game record, and multiplying by 38.
All managers / head coaches / caretakers who were in charge for 4 or more league matches are included.
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
1. Pep Guardiola [ Manchester City ] 100.0 2. Jose Mourinho [ Manchester Utd ] 81.0 3. Mauricio Pochettino [ Tottenham ] 77.0 4. Jurgen Klopp [ Liverpool ] 75.0 ====================================================
EUROPA LEAGUE
5. Antonio Conte [ Chelsea ] 70.0 6. Darren Moore [ W.B.A. 3 ] 69.7 7. Sam Allardyce [ Everton 3 ] 64.6 8. Arsene Wenger [ Arsenal ] 63.0 ====================================================
UPPER MID-TABLE
9. Sean Dyche [ Burnley ] 54.0 10. David Unsworth [ Everton 2 ] 53.2 11. Claude Puel [ Leicester 2 ] 51.9 12. Roy Hodgson [ Crystal Palace 2 ] 49.2
LOWER MID-TABLE
13. David Moyes [ West Ham 2 ] 46.4 14. Rafael Benitez [ Newcastle ] 44.0 15. Eddie Howe [ Bournemouth ] 44.0 16. Carlos Carvalhal [ Swansea 2 ] 42.2 17. Marco Silva [ Watford 2 ] 41.2 18. Javi Gracia [ Watford 1 ] 40.7 19. Chris Hughton [ Brighton ] 40.0
RELEGATION CONTENDERS
20. Mark Hughes [ Southampton 2 ] 38.0 21. David Wagner [ Huddersfield ] 37.0 22. Mauricio Pellegrino [ Southampton 1 ] 35.5 23. Mark Hughes [ Stoke 1 ] 34.5 24. Ronald Koeman [ Everton 1 ] 33.8 ====================================================
RELEGATED
25. Paul Lambert [ Stoke 2 ] 32.9 26. Tony Pulis [ W.B.A. 1 ] 31.7 27. Slaven Bilic [ West Ham 1 ] 31.1 28. Craig Shakespeare [ Leicester 1 ] 28.5 29. Paul Clement [ Swansea 1 ] 25.3 30. Alan Pardew [ W.B.A. 2 ] 16.9 31. Frank De Boer [ Crystal Palace 1 ] 0.0
Of the clubs which changed manager during the season:-
WBA had three managers. Only their final pick, Darren Moore, scored points at a fast enough rate to avoid relegation. In fact, he was a whisker short of matching Antonio Conte at Chelsea.
The damage was already done at Swansea before Paul Clement was replaced by Carlos Carvalhal. This table suggests they should definitely stick with him next season, as he almost did as well as Rafa Benitez and Eddie Howe.
Conversely, Stoke were wrong to get rid of Mark Hughes. They would just have survived if they'd kept faith.
And, to compound the stupidity of their decision, it left him free to save Southampton. Although Mauricio Pellegrino was possibly picking up points fast enough for the Saints to be safe too.
Roy Hodgson at Crystal Palace was the best appointment of the season, when comparing a before-and-after points haul.
But actually, Everton's much maligned Sam Allardyce was the best of the permanent appointments made after the season started. He did better than Arsene Wenger. Like Darren Moore, David Unsworth did a cracking job as caretaker.
David Moyes saved West Ham, after Slaven Bilic had taken them into deep trouble. And Claude Puel's terribly boring football took Leicester into comfortable mid-table after Craig Shakespeare was on track for relegation.
Watford's mid-season switch was absolutely pointless.
Surprisingly, and unusually, every replacement manager in the Premier Division did better than their predecessor except Pardew vs Pulis at WBA and Lambert vs Hughes at Stoke. As neither WBA nor Stoke were in the relegation zone when they sacked their managers, it is the decision makers at those clubs whose wisdom fans have the right to question.
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Post by Shireblogger on May 13, 2018 17:37:48 GMT 1
MANAGERS' PERFORMANCE AT SWANSEA, STOKE & WBA IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE
Average points per game, seasonalised by multiplying by 38.
Covers all managers with 10 games or more during each clubs' recent Premier League run.
SWANSEA CITY MANAGERS IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE 2011-18 1. Garry Monk :: 49.9 (67 matches) 2. Francesco Guidolin :: 47.9 (23 matches) 3. Brendan Rodgers :: 47.0 (38 matches) 4. Michael Laudrup :: 42.9 (62 matches) 5. Carlos Carvalhal :: 42.2 (18 matches) 6. Paul Clement :: 42.1 (37 matches) 7. Bob Bradley :: 27.6 (11 matches)
STOKE CITY MANAGERS IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE 2008-18 1. Mark Hughes :: 47.8 (174 matches) 2. Tony Pulis :: 45.0 (190 matches) 3. Paul Lambert :: 32.9 (15 matches)
WEST BROMWICH ALBION MANAGERS IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE 2010-18 1. Roy Hodgson :: 50.7 (51 matches) 2. Steve Clarke :: 46.8 (52 matches) 3. Tony Pulis :: 44.5 (106 matches) 4. Robert di Matteo :: 39.5 (25 matches) 5. Alan Irvine :: 34.0 (19 matches) 6. Pepe Mel :: 31.7 (18 matches) 7. Alan Pardew :: 16.9 (18 matches)
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Post by o on May 13, 2018 18:24:36 GMT 1
Harrogate Town FC in the Conference/National, oh my!
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