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i thought i had gone on to the bbc prank site by mistake. Worst appointment ever!
You have a squad that has had man management issues, has some rude boys and thugs. Who do you appoint, anyone but graeme souness, Every player that leaves blackburn says he is a t**t, even some that stay say it.
Next we come on to his management record, Blackburn have scraped survival the last couple of seasons and he has ruined the solid squad of 2 seasons ago and made random crap signings.
What a joke, i will confidently say the big 5 is now the big 4.
worst appointment......EVAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
You have a squad that has had man management issues, has some rude boys and thugs. Who do you appoint, anyone but graeme souness, Every player that leaves blackburn says he is a t**t, even some that stay say it.
Next we come on to his management record, Blackburn have scraped survival the last couple of seasons and he has ruined the solid squad of 2 seasons ago and made random crap signings.
What a joke, i will confidently say the big 5 is now the big 4.
worst appointment......EVAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
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I dont understand why we didnt go for Hitzfeld. A man who took an unfancied Borussia Dortmund to Champions League success. A man who took his Bayern Munich side, who had been denied the trophy in the cruelest possible manner to Man Utd, back to the final to win it. A man who rebuilt his Bayern team on no less than 3 occasions so that they continued their path of success.That is the sign of a good manager. A man who spots weaknesses and then replaces them with strengths before it's too late. A man who knows when his already successful team is in need of reshaping before that successful team becomes stale and starts to underachieve. Why we appointed Souness is beyond belief, this is a man who doesn't fit the attributes above and fear we may be in decline.
How good a manager is varies on how you look at it...
Glen Hoddle in charge of England... awful right? But he did win a friendly competiton against Italy, Brazil and France...
I see it as being partially down to luck. You watch, the environment, the players and the manager could work out.
You won't be screaming worst appointment ever when Newcastle become the surprise team of the premiership.
Glen Hoddle in charge of England... awful right? But he did win a friendly competiton against Italy, Brazil and France...
I see it as being partially down to luck. You watch, the environment, the players and the manager could work out.
You won't be screaming worst appointment ever when Newcastle become the surprise team of the premiership.
you reckon that souness is good for discipline?
he is like that annoying teacher who thinks every one respects him and fears him, shouts and screams and everyone ignores him and thinks he is a twattt.
he is like that annoying teacher who thinks every one respects him and fears him, shouts and screams and everyone ignores him and thinks he is a twattt.
Gerrard may be taking over at Blackburn. That would be a bit of a change of style for them, but I think a good move for them.
Graham Souness is a crap manager. I can't believe Newcastle got rid of Robson and appointed this stupid, moaning nobber.
Four words: Discipline, Dyer, Bellamy, Souness.
Go figure and you'll realise why he's been appointed as manager.
Go figure and you'll realise why he's been appointed as manager.
I quite like Souness though, he sold us Damien Duff....
Come to think of it, there's no-one really on the Newcastle team that I'd want....
Come to think of it, there's no-one really on the Newcastle team that I'd want....
Honestly... I go to school for one day... and this happens....
Ashley wrote:
> oooh and could the fact that he is scottish have even slightly of
> influence your opinions? he is utter pants, he makes glenn hoddle
> look like personnel handler of the year and has been taking a pretty
> good squad dangerously close to the relegation zone every season
> proving he is tactically inept.
No, you don't take Blackburn from promotion into the UEFA Cup in a season or two if you're a crap manager. Yeah, recently, he's been off form, but I'd say that's more to do with not having as strong a squad to select from as he did a couple of years before.
> To be honest there are at least 15 mangers in the premierleague alone
> i would have had instead.
Yeah, and how many of them would actually be willing to take the job? As far as I've heard, at least 5 turned it down. I didn't say he was the candidate I would have chosen if everyone in the Premiership put their name down, but I was arguing against your opinion that he's the "crapest appointment in Premiership history", which is blatant crap.
> I would have strongly considered paying birmingham the 5 million they
> wanted, as at least you get a dcent manager and it will work out
> cheaper that having to pay souness of when they sack him in 9-21
> months time and have to pay him compensation and appoint a new boss.
Ever thought of the possibility that Bruce might want to stay on at Birmingham and build on the strong team he's produced since their promotion? If I were in his situation, I wouldn't take the Newcastle job, even if the pay was greater, because quite simply I'd know I'd formed a team by myself, and I'd want to build further. The same for Steve McClaren, David O'Leary and Sam Allardyce, other managers who have been linked with the job.
> Ask strachan in till may would probably have been the best option.
> Get a good little motivator in, ask shearer to assist and at least
> you have a motivator and someone who knows the squad to hold it
> together, then the situation can be reassessed. And they would have
> huge amounts of choice in june next year of better callibre managers,
> or ask strachan to stay if they like him.
I doubt Strachan would accept either, even although I agree that he is an excellent manager and would do well at Newcastle, as well as any other club. He left Southampton because he wanted a break from football management altogether, not so he could go and join Newcastle a couple of months down the line.
Never did I say I believed Souness was the ideal man for the job and the candidate I would have chosen, but he isn't a bad manager as you appear to be thinking.
> oooh and could the fact that he is scottish have even slightly of
> influence your opinions? he is utter pants, he makes glenn hoddle
> look like personnel handler of the year and has been taking a pretty
> good squad dangerously close to the relegation zone every season
> proving he is tactically inept.
No, you don't take Blackburn from promotion into the UEFA Cup in a season or two if you're a crap manager. Yeah, recently, he's been off form, but I'd say that's more to do with not having as strong a squad to select from as he did a couple of years before.
> To be honest there are at least 15 mangers in the premierleague alone
> i would have had instead.
Yeah, and how many of them would actually be willing to take the job? As far as I've heard, at least 5 turned it down. I didn't say he was the candidate I would have chosen if everyone in the Premiership put their name down, but I was arguing against your opinion that he's the "crapest appointment in Premiership history", which is blatant crap.
> I would have strongly considered paying birmingham the 5 million they
> wanted, as at least you get a dcent manager and it will work out
> cheaper that having to pay souness of when they sack him in 9-21
> months time and have to pay him compensation and appoint a new boss.
Ever thought of the possibility that Bruce might want to stay on at Birmingham and build on the strong team he's produced since their promotion? If I were in his situation, I wouldn't take the Newcastle job, even if the pay was greater, because quite simply I'd know I'd formed a team by myself, and I'd want to build further. The same for Steve McClaren, David O'Leary and Sam Allardyce, other managers who have been linked with the job.
> Ask strachan in till may would probably have been the best option.
> Get a good little motivator in, ask shearer to assist and at least
> you have a motivator and someone who knows the squad to hold it
> together, then the situation can be reassessed. And they would have
> huge amounts of choice in june next year of better callibre managers,
> or ask strachan to stay if they like him.
I doubt Strachan would accept either, even although I agree that he is an excellent manager and would do well at Newcastle, as well as any other club. He left Southampton because he wanted a break from football management altogether, not so he could go and join Newcastle a couple of months down the line.
Never did I say I believed Souness was the ideal man for the job and the candidate I would have chosen, but he isn't a bad manager as you appear to be thinking.
oooh and could the fact that he is scottish have even slightly of influence your opinions? he is utter pants, he makes glenn hoddle look like personnel handler of the year and has been taking a pretty good squad dangerously close to the relegation zone every season proving he is tactically inept.
To be honest there are at least 15 mangers in the premierleague alone i would have had instead.
I would have strongly considered paying birmingham the 5 million they wanted, as at least you get a dcent manager and it will work out cheaper that having to pay souness of when they sack him in 9-21 months time and have to pay him compensation and appoint a new boss.
Ask strachan in till may would probably have been the best option. Get a good little motivator in, ask shearer to assist and at least you have a motivator and someone who knows the squad to hold it together, then the situation can be reassessed. And they would have huge amounts of choice in june next year of better callibre managers, or ask strachan to stay if they like him.
To be honest there are at least 15 mangers in the premierleague alone i would have had instead.
I would have strongly considered paying birmingham the 5 million they wanted, as at least you get a dcent manager and it will work out cheaper that having to pay souness of when they sack him in 9-21 months time and have to pay him compensation and appoint a new boss.
Ask strachan in till may would probably have been the best option. Get a good little motivator in, ask shearer to assist and at least you have a motivator and someone who knows the squad to hold it together, then the situation can be reassessed. And they would have huge amounts of choice in june next year of better callibre managers, or ask strachan to stay if they like him.
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