He still managed to lose 4-1 to Birmingham with Berbatov in the team. And 4-1 to Newcastle who weren't very good at the time either. Yeah, we sold Berbatov and Keane but we also bought the best midfielder we've had for decades. He still had a very good squad yet managed to start the season by losing to the likes of Middlesbrough, Sunderland, Portsmouth and Hull. Maybe he was cajoled by the interviewer, but a lot of that reads like he's still got a massive chip on his shoulder.
Always knew that. That's why I used to roll my eyes at all those "I'd have him back in a heartbeat" posts during various transfer windows.Fucking hell, Berbatov really was a ****, wasn't he.
Fascinating interview. Ramos alludes to exactly why the DOF system as we implement it is ultimately flawed.
Between winning the cup and his sacking we played about 25 games and only won 3.
That was the problem
Yes, not mentioning all of that makes the points he did discuss or raise completely invalidYes, funny how he skips over that bit. Funny how he doesn't mention his failure to get the best out of Modric, funny how he doesn't mention the multitude of players we bought for him prior to his sacking, the Woodgates, the Corlukas etc.
Also funny how as soon as he left, Harry got that same team scoring goals, without rainbows.
He was learning the language I remember the painful interviews in spanglish.And Juande's side of the blame? Never bothered to learn the language, so we hear nothing from him. He was a man in the background to us, he could never explain himself so why is it so hard to believe that we blamed him?
I don't think he's missed that, look at the comments regarding Modric and Bale in there. Reads to me like the thing he's complaining about is that it was done to a level that was at the expense of the team, and without taking into account the thoughts of the head coach.
Hardly a million miles away from things said by Ramos' predecessor or from AVB.
And what if Levy had calmed his hard negotiations and done the deal quietly and quickly before Barcelona come calling?Mullers, you do know where Villa ended up? Barcelona right? I'm sure if Levy had even slightly calmed his hard negotiations we wouldn't have been able to compete with Barcelona getting David Villa in his prime
But the things they say are we want player X, Y, Z at a combined cost of £100M.