I think it reeks a little bit of Rodgers/Liverpool at the moment though, if you excuse the prematureness and hyperbole a little. He was comfortable at Swansea because the philosophy was already there. I wonder sometimes if Pep and Barca was the same. Will be interesting to see how he does somewhere else.
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Football Thread 2012/13 |OT3| Two-sided triangles
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I think it reeks a little bit of Rodgers/Liverpool at the moment though, if you excuse the prematureness and hyperbole a little. He was comfortable at Swansea because the philosophy was already there. I wonder sometimes if Pep and Barca was the same. Will be interesting to see how he does somewhere else.
I suppose the questions remains if he could do it on a rainy night at Stoke.
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I've just won another £57 by placing a £5 stake on 4 Brazilian matches.
For the United fans here, which managers do you guys think are capable of taking over the job from Fergie? Guess I'm looking for a list or whatnot.
Mourinho definitely. To be honest as much as his public image is appalling at times, so is Fergie's (although not to the extent of poking assistant managers in the eye...). He's really the only person I could see taking over and not being fazed by the job. Plus he's almost a guarantee for success.
Moyes will be a candidate, as will Pep (if he hasn't taken a job by then). But I'm not sure about either.
Maybe if Conte stops being corrupt and escapes prison. Klopp could be a good choice, but it's such a daunting job I can only see Mourinho handling the pressure.
Just Jose.
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Would be the perfect man given the money situation at United.
Broder Salsa
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Bielsa at United or similar English team would just be a trainwreck, one hilarious one though.
I'll be happy with either Mou or Pepe to be honest. Gus hiddink wouldn't be bad but can't think of too many.
It'll have to be someone whose one of the top managers in the world and i'm hoping they'll change the style in which the team will play. I want someone who's focused more on passing and movement than repeated wing play which we do quite often now.
Swapped him in for Hazard and made him Captain
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Wenger going to Utd lol? Over my dead cold body
Wouldn't be the first time Arsenal's talent has gone to Manchester.
Ice cold...
Pep would be perfect for this but I think it would be a risk bringing him somewhere that doesn't have Messi, Xavi and Iniesta.
I never understood the Mourinho anti-football brigade. His first season with Chelsea they were banging in four goals every week, and the other two didn't necessarily have them going 2-0 up and then hanging on ala Chelsea at Wigan the other week. They just did what Barca do and kept the ball to kill off the game. Madrid are an extremely exciting team to watch, and I can't say I watched enough of Inter outside the Champions League (and the Barca match wasn't anti football, it was fucking brilliant).
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What would a Magpie fan know about talent
Baconsaurus Rex
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Too soon
thinking about the next united manager is so weird. everytime i think about t's still staggering that for the entirety of my life manchester united have had the same manager.
it's really such a luxury. you don't have to deal with the extra pressure on the team of a manager facing the sack or a new manager like avb struggling a bit at the very start, never in a weird state of constant transition between managers with different plans like liverpool these days. hope there's a long period of fergie time before he finishes up.
it's really such a luxury. you don't have to deal with the extra pressure on the team of a manager facing the sack or a new manager like avb struggling a bit at the very start, never in a weird state of constant transition between managers with different plans like liverpool these days. hope there's a long period of fergie time before he finishes up.
Cristiano "I didn't celebrate the goals because I'm upset. It's about a professional matter and the club knows what it is. Iniesta? No, he doesn't have anything to do with it. I'm not going say any more on the subject. I'm now only thinking about Portugal and that's it. I'm not going to talk about the matter further. The club knows what's going on with me".
I can see to Cristiano in the City next season.
I can see to Cristiano in the City next season.
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Quality persiflage
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Oh man :lol
At the end of the day winning is all that matters. You can play lovely football ala Arsenal and that's nice but they ain't got jack shit to show for it.
I'd rather win ugly than play nice and win nowt.
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anyone has Porto goals today?
Results are important, but the kind of game we had today was despicable. We shouldn't have to rely on RVP like that.
This is only the third time I've ever seen this word used.
Don't even have an idea what it means. Lol
Wenger to United would shatter me but no way. Wenger talks about loyality way too much for that, imo but Wenger would be great for United if he went there.
Yeah, I've never once felt he's in danger of getting sacked, which is lovely. I think he'll leave unannounced though, we went off the boil 10 years ago when he announced it. That day will fucking horrify me. That day and the day Bob Dylan dies are the two big cultural things I'm really not looking forward to.
Same age as well. MY GOD ALL MY HEROES ARE THE SAME AGE AS MY GRANDMOTHER
I agree; I'm just disputing the myth he played ugly football.
If Fergie retired tomorrow and I had the pick of everyone, it would be Mourinho.
He's coming home
He's coming home
he's coming, ronnys coming home
look how happy he looks in red
See!!? You get this loyalty stuff. That's why I can't see Ronaldo goong to City or Chelsea.
Ronaldo still very much adores United since it's where he got his big break with Fergie's help.
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I can envisage huge ramifications, not just for Madrid, but the entire league if Ronaldo were to leave
Tevez. He takes pens too
Tevez. He takes pens too
There's some gifs of their game last night if that's what you meant, they're a fair few pages back though. They were definitely up last night.
I was simply suggesting who I thought could take over from SAF, once he retired.
It will definitely be interesting to see what happens with the higher tax rate. Wasn't that a major boost for La Liga over pretty much everyone else?
They, Madrid are brilliant and i'm guessing it'll come down to if we have the players avilable for that style of play. Knowing Mou, if he wants a player and if he really wants him, he'll most likely get him. He has more experience than Pep too which is something Fergie and United will look at and he'll probably be suited to handle the pressure more than any other manager.
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Don't know why but I could see this next on Marca, "Irina Shayk seen cheating on Ronaldo with team-mate Sergio Ramos".
If Ronaldo ever rejoined United and we got a competent midfield, I'm pretty sure that fear that eminates from Barcelona that scares teams would be the same exact one that United will start to exude as well. Would be insane. But alas, muppetland.
You could say the same thing if Cesc ever left Barcelona. Cesc loves Arsenal, it's obvious, but does that mean he wouldn't go to City, United or Chelsea if the opportunity arose? He says he wouldn't, only Arsenal and Barca for him according to his own words, and I would like to think he wouldn't but you never know.
Barca was his boyhood club though. Pretty sure City isn't Ronaldo's boyhood club.
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You're gonna hear more of it. Banter can fuck off, its persiflage's turn
Meus Renaissance
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Till you actually play Barca and immediately become underdogs
he is a one man, fergie already said he is the only player that he would take back in a heartbeat. 100million is nothing compared to what he brings to a team, both on and off the pitch.
the swagger man utd had in 06-09 was unbelievable to watch, you can never recreate that without a player of his caliber
thats why he's going to psg
So, like Real Madrid?
Lol Pretty much. Haha
On another note, some will give the example of RVP, but you also haveto remember that he didn't win jackshit with Arsenal. I'm positive RVP would have stayed if the hunger for trophies was still there from Arsenal as well as winning a fee as well.
Scarier. Red freaks out opposition more than white!
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