Soda Jerk Posted September 24, 2015 Report Share Posted September 24, 2015 (edited) Bunted out of the cup by Sheffield Wednesday reserves. McClaren is shite. He is bad. I think the Newcastle squad is decent too. Solid midtable quality. How he is below Sunderland, the worst side on planet earth currently, is unthinkable. How does he keep getting jobs? Does his CV just say "I was Fergie's assistant that one time" and that gets him the nod? Should have snagged Vieira. Newcastle might still have been bottom of the league, but it would have been more entertaining, with his "everybody get in their half!" all out attack that he had City's reserves playing. Edited September 24, 2015 by Soda van Jerk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moose Posted September 25, 2015 Report Share Posted September 25, 2015 He is bad. I think the Newcastle squad is decent too. Solid midtable quality. How he is below Sunderland, the worst side on planet earth currently, is unthinkable. How does he keep getting jobs? Does his CV just say "I was Fergie's assistant that one time" and that gets him the nod? Should have snagged Vieira. Newcastle might still have been bottom of the league, but it would have been more entertaining, with his "everybody get in their half!" all out attack that he had City's reserves playing. TBF, his record in Netherlands and Germany is pretty special. Its just so strange that his good spell at Twente and Wolfsburg is surrounded by so much terribleness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodsinho Posted September 25, 2015 Report Share Posted September 25, 2015 TBF, his record in Netherlands and Germany is pretty special. Its just so strange that his good spell at Twente and Wolfsburg is surrounded by so much terribleness. Sorry, I think you're all forgetting something here. MIDDLESBROUGH FC: 2006 UEFA CUP FINALISTS. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delboy1969 Posted September 26, 2015 Report Share Posted September 26, 2015 You have to give McClaren credit where its due - he is quickly becoming even more incompetent and useless than John Carver! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murrr Posted September 26, 2015 Report Share Posted September 26, 2015 He seems like a decent guy, so I don't actively dislike him yet, he's just not cut-out for the job (on current evidence). At least he's probably got the self respect to resign if it's unsalvageable, unlike the two previous incumbents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murrr Posted September 26, 2015 Report Share Posted September 26, 2015 Well shit, Schteve: I'm just gonna have to eat my hat now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Jerk Posted September 26, 2015 Report Share Posted September 26, 2015 Mbabu. This kid has had Pedro in his pocket all day, and then just put Hazard on his face with a great challenge. Gung-ho full backs are just the best thing to watch. It's impossible to not like Mitrovic too. As I type, they've made a bollocks of it. Willian with his trademark jammy goal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alkaline Posted September 26, 2015 Report Share Posted September 26, 2015 Mixed emotions today, passed a kidney stone during the Spurs vs Man City game which somewhat soured the experience for me. Then Jackie Mac/ Dundee Utd managed to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory against 10 man St Johnstone and has been given the dunt as a result. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murrr Posted September 27, 2015 Report Share Posted September 27, 2015 Mbabu. This kid has had Pedro in his pocket all day, and then just put Hazard on his face with a great challenge. Gung-ho full backs are just the best thing to watch. It's impossible to not like Mitrovic too. As I type, they've made a bollocks of it. Willian with his trademark jammy goal. Felt like a 5-0 loss in the end. Fantastic stuff from Perez (the GOAT), Mitrovic, Mbabu and Colback (!!!). More of that please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Jerk Posted October 3, 2015 Report Share Posted October 3, 2015 Sacked in the morning? Mourinho is in meltdown. A meltdown of Kevin Keegan proportions. He's thrown everyone but himself under the bus He's done further interviews with Bein Sports and Talksport and he is still ranting. The internet, Twitter specifically, is just chaos right now. He just doesn't do third seasons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ca_gere Posted October 4, 2015 Report Share Posted October 4, 2015 Chelsea schadenfreude is in full effect. Great stuff. Watched the man city game today. Newcastle looked steady first half. They have some quality players, it's a shame they'll see a relegation fight. As superb as a 5 goal haul from one of the world's best strikers is, you've got to question the management of schteve. How can you go from snuffing out every attack at the source in the first half to giving the best players on the pitch time to think in the second? I reckon schteve fancies himself, thinks he can take on every team he faces. Sometimes you have to play to your strengths and frustrate the better teams through stubborn tactics not go for back page headlines. A laudrup or a koeman would have won that game.The last goal won't go down as one of the best goals of the season but it was fucking phenomenal. The run from de bruyne, the pass to him then the fact he's thinking about the next pass just knowing aguero's in there without seeing him... 3 quality players doing exactly what they're paid for. Lovely to watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delboy1969 Posted October 4, 2015 Report Share Posted October 4, 2015 Mourinho was talking utter bollocks as usual post-match, no way was that a Chelsea penalty, Falcao went looking for it and the ref made a good call. Whilst the Saints had one clear cut penalty possibly two. They were worthy winners, the way Chelsea give the ball away is ridiculous. It looks like Advocaat is going to resign, the talk is Big Sam is going to come in now which would make sense, he will try and kick and hoof themselves. Quite a few Prem league managers could be out of a job soon! Defeat to Everton today and Rodgers will go I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Owl PhD Posted October 4, 2015 Report Share Posted October 4, 2015 Defeat to Everton today and Rodgers will go I think. Or even a draw... Kind of feel bit sorry for Rodgers. He's made mistakes but has had successes too. I wonder if Liverpool's action is at least in part because they want to get the pick of available managers before Chelsea seek a new appointment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waltz Posted October 5, 2015 Report Share Posted October 5, 2015 Harsh on Brendan I think, although I'm certain that the next post about him will influence a total sway of my opinion.He's been incredibly unlucky with injuries and recruitment (although the bizarre set-up Liverpool have for transfers has stunted the development of potentially very good Liverpool teams), signing a bunch of players who, on paper, looked excellent (Markovic could yet develop into a real talent), and others that really didn't do anything to justify their fees (Aspas, Balotelli).He did provide one of the most exciting and unlikely title challenges in recent years (sure, they had the league's best player in Suarez, but even then few would have predicted them genuinely challenging for the league title), and for that he'll probably always have favour amongst the majority of LFC support, but his tactical inconsistency (admittedly, forced by injuries a lot of the time) and the lack of motivation some players showed under him towards the end of his/their time at the club would dictate that the club needs a change of manager.Klopp would be a good long-term option; he's proven as a manager who can bring through young talent, and his teams are exciting as well as good at keeping the ball, which Liverpool fans will like. But honestly, if I had the option of picking Ancelotti over him, it seems like a no-brainer. A proven winner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TR!ΔNGL€ T€€TH Posted October 5, 2015 Report Share Posted October 5, 2015 Pros for Jurgen Klopp: Proven to be a good football manager. Cons for Jurgen Klopp: Klopp sounds very similar to the word "plop", leading to associations with poo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Soda Jerk Posted October 5, 2015 Report Share Posted October 5, 2015 I agree. The incoming players this summer have been fine. Gomez in particular is a standout, and Milner for nothing is a solid buy. The poor buys are mostly from the last couple of years. The likes of Allen, Assaidi, Aspas... All the A's, among others. I predict Klopp will have more of a pulling power, if it is him. Ancelotti too. But they may still struggle to bring in top targets due to not being in the Champions League. Klopp or Ancelotti may improve them in the short term, but I still don't see Liverpool finishing in the top 4 this season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ca_gere Posted October 5, 2015 Report Share Posted October 5, 2015 I like how BR is being treated as some kind of dearly departed saint just now on various blogs. All these stories coming up about him sending letters to fans with cancer and things like that. Shame it was all 'Arsenal fan MERKS rogers 'ere wiff a tweet' whilst he was in charge. He's clearly not a bad manager, and by all accounts a decent guy, just didn't get any form of consistency with his side. It's been ages now since Liverpool were decent. Even under Benitez they were teetering on falling out the then 'top 4' - despite winning the champs league. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Murrr Posted October 5, 2015 Report Share Posted October 5, 2015 Rodgers did fine. 7th, 2nd and 6th. Pretty, pretty good indeed. I'm not sure how much input he had on transfers, as I've heard Liverpool have some kinda "transfer committee," but the current squad is all kinds of mediocre, especially in defence. That doesn't help. The guy's a grade A David Brent/Alan Partridge expy, but he did well enough. His inability to create a functioning, consistent defence is quite alarming, but every single one of their current CBs is a clanger merchant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murrr Posted October 5, 2015 Report Share Posted October 5, 2015 I really hope these Klopp talks break down, though. I like Klopp a lot, and when you join Liverpool, that's it. You're done. You've crossed over, and we can never be friends again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Android Posted October 6, 2015 Report Share Posted October 6, 2015 Getting rid of him now was the right thing to do, there's been enough this season to see that he didn't have a clue how to turn things around. He's got some ability as a manager but a lot of failures too and I'll be surprised if he gets another big job anytime soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Jerk Posted October 6, 2015 Report Share Posted October 6, 2015 Rodgers did fine. 7th, 2nd and 6th. Pretty, pretty good indeed. I'm not sure how much input he had on transfers, as I've heard Liverpool have some kinda "transfer committee," but the current squad is all kinds of mediocre, especially in defence. That doesn't help. The guy's a grade A David Brent/Alan Partridge expy, but he did well enough. His inability to create a functioning, consistent defence is quite alarming, but every single one of their current CBs is a clanger merchant. Skrtel is a wrestler, but I do like Sakho and Lovren. The latter especially had a great season before moving to Liverpool. Sakho has games where he looks unbeatable, then has a couple where he looks worse than Jonny Evans, but I think a lot of that is down to the role he is given to do. Rodgers' 3-4-3 is asking a lot of players who aren't too comfortable on the ball, Skrtel especially, but the other two aren't comfortable on it either. He seems to want total football from all 11 players, which is a little far fetched. You can see it from the runs forward from the Left CB and Rright CB in the back 3. Emre Can is good at it, because he's a solid all-rounder. But when you see Lovren or Sakho running out of the back like they're Beckenbauer, it's a bit silly. There was a game a few weeks ago when Lovren bolted through the midfield and tried a couple of stepovers. It was shades of Phil Neville. He got tackled, and it looked ridiculous. Nothing wrong with centre backs not being dribblers, but forcing them to be dribblers is mental. Play it short and give it to players who can move the ball. Rodgers seems more intent to be known for style over results. Klopp will no doubt turn them into a counter-attacking machine, which will be a shame, because it means we can't like Klopp anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Owl PhD Posted October 6, 2015 Report Share Posted October 6, 2015 For all those of you who are worried about Klopp going to Liverpool, remember that there's a cheery side to it as well:https://twitter.com/piersmorgan/status/536541909896798209 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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