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24 votes for a bus conductor to be our next manager, WTF?!
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24 votes for a bus conductor to be our next manager, WTF?!
Vastly? Really? I'd say there isn't a huge amount in it personally - they have a couple of clangers but so do we, they have a couple of top notch players and so do we and lastly, they have a fair few who aren't at the level needed to push for top 4/cups and so do we.All this media talk re. Emery but Arsenal are 4 points above us with a vastly inferior side. Incredible how little pressure Pochettino seems to be under. The longer this drags on the more we are accepting mediocrity.
Our defence is much better than theirs as well as our creative options. Other than that in other positions we are no worse.Vastly? Really? I'd say there isn't a huge amount in it personally - they have a couple of clangers but so do we, they have a couple of top notch players and so do we and lastly, they have a fair few who aren't at the level needed to push for top 4/cups and so do we. This squad should be comfortably top 4 and challenging City for 2nd/3rd spot.
It's not far off though is it?
We've played 3 teams with worse form than us. 1 win, 2 draws.
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I haven't read the whole thread but are people seriously suggesting Kovac as an option? As you say he's been really poor for Bayern and they only hired him in the first place because they couldn't get any of their preferred targets for one reason or another. I think Kovac was about their 4th or 5th choice but they just brought him in as a stopgap. I don't know why anyone would suggest him as an option to take over from Poch.
Have to agree to disagree here I think, we are shipping goals (Bayern!!) so I'm not convinced we are so much better defensively and as for creative options surely the demise of Eriksen and knock on effects of this should show how lacking we are here? I think our front players are pretty much on par, both have sub standard midfields and the defences are suspect.Our defence is much better than theirs as well as our creative options. Other than that in other positions we are no worse.
Our defence is much better than theirs as well as our creative options. Other than that in other positions we are no worse.
We’re not going to be relegated.
He's the guy you bring in if you've got no ambition.
Ridiculously harsh on Howe.
He's essentially taken a League Two team with a -17 point start all the way up to being a stable PL side that knows how to play against the top teams, all with the infrastructure of a league two side (Inc stadium), and a squad much worse than most PL sides.
I have to wonder what young managers like him need to do to convince anyone they can manage a bigger club.
Even if he's not our choice over big names, he's very likely to smash it even he steps up imo.
We are shipping goals because of Poch. You honestly think Toby, Verts, Dier, Sanchez, Foyth, Davies, even Aurier are bad players. We arguably have the best centre halves in the league.Have to agree to disagree here I think, we are shipping goals (Bayern!!) so I'm not convinced we are so much better defensively and as for creative options surely the demise of Eriksen and knock on effects of this should show how lacking we are here? I think our front players are pretty much on par, both have sub standard midfields and the defences are suspect.
Hopefully the introduction of Lo Celso and improved fitness of Ndombele will see improvements here but then again maybe Ozil will come out of retirement for them?!?!?
Exactly, we should be looking at elite level managers, not up and coming prospects.How's next step is a club like Everton or Leicester, not us.
I agree, however would you back us in a scrap with our current mentality? I wouldn’t.
I think Toby and particularly Jan are now showing their age but that could be down to the manager and system of play. I have high hopes for Foyth and Sanchez but they are understandably not the finished article and so make mistakes. Davies is steady and Aurier I'm not at all convinced by. As for Dier, who knows what's going on there - it feels like more than a year since he has played regularly.We are shipping goals because of Poch. You honestly think Toby, Verts, Dier, Sanchez, Foyth, Davies, even Aurier are bad players. We arguably have the best centre halves in the league.
Anyone got 'Arry's number? He'd get us playing some decent football and winning a few games.
We'll be back to never having it so good in no time at all!
my problem with Poch is that the players that are running down their contracts or are wanting out =Eriksen/ Aurier/ Vertonghen/Alerwield/ Rose are the main culprits with underperforming and for me he must stop including them not only in the team but the squad .
The players that would come in for them Foyth/Tanganga/ Sessegnon / LE Celso /Winks / Parrot in my eyes would be an improvement on the dross these want out players are producing . The argument about who is better does not come into it in my opinion as it should be who is going to give 100% commitment . Don't get me started on Eriksen he is like a cancer and should not be anywhere near the first team squad .Will the play get better with these youngsters playing instead of the old guard ? who knows but performances like yesterday would be more acceptable than playing these players who for whatever reason are not giving anything like their best.