Barney Rubble
International Coach
Probably. He and Robinho would work great together, one playing left wing and one at left back.marc71178 said:
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*Official* English Football Season 2005-06
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Tom Halsey
International Coach
Nah, was intended.Scaly piscine said:
BoyBrumby
Englishman
We're buggered, it's official. We couldn't even dominate a ManUre midfield that contained O'Shea & Fletcher. No disrespect to them, but hardly Keane & Scholes, are they?Tom Halsey said:
Interesting article in today's Guardian about our alledged "youthfulness" too. Of the big 3 we actually fielded the eldest XI in this last round of fixtures: Chelsea are the youngest @ a shade over 25.5, then Moan U @ 26.5 & finally us with an average age of 27.5!
http://football.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,9753,1678328,00.html
Tom Halsey
International Coach
Well I've been getting more and more annoyed at the lack of English youth at Arsenal to be honest. All the Worthless Cup teams they field that are filled with youth don't have many English players in them.BoyBrumby said:Interesting article in today's Guardian about our alledged "youthfulness" too. Of the big 3 we actually fielded the eldest XI in this last round of fixtures: Chelsea are the youngest @ a shade over 25.5, then Moan U @ 26.5 & finally us with an average age of 27.5!
As for United, I genuinely think we need to get rid of Ferguson as soon as possible. Granted, he's one of the greatest managers ever, but all things run their course, and Ferguson has run his. All these people who say that Ferguson has rebuilt before and will do it again are seriously deluding themselves. The guy is 64, and does he really want to do it again? Can he really be bothered? Also, at 64 he's not going to be as sharp as he once was.
As for who replaces him, anyone with a proven CV for managing top clubs will do.
Tom Halsey
International Coach
Hope he doesn't get the England job to be honest, would rather an English manager.
To be honest, I wish Ferguson had quit in 2002 when he planned, and Hitzveld was our manager, all would be good now. But, atm I wouldn't mind Hiddink at United though, when Ferguson goes (which with Glazer at the club will hopefully be the summer, don't think he'll stand much rubbish).
To be honest, I wish Ferguson had quit in 2002 when he planned, and Hitzveld was our manager, all would be good now. But, atm I wouldn't mind Hiddink at United though, when Ferguson goes (which with Glazer at the club will hopefully be the summer, don't think he'll stand much rubbish).
Tom Halsey
International Coach
Will a foreigner care? I've often wondered if Sven actually cares - doesn't give a very good impression of it.BoyBrumby said:
Barney Rubble
International Coach
I say employ a foreigner with Pearce doing what McClaren does now. I'd like to see a player try and be unmotivated with Psycho screaming down his ear.Tom Halsey said:
Tom Halsey
International Coach
Yeah but Fletcher's applied for British citizenship, which counts for something.BoyBrumby said:
Might be Sven's way, but he doesn't give a good impression of caring. And it is debatable as to how good a job he's done. I think he probably has done, but I have to say he has got his tactics badly wrong at times.
Tom Halsey
International Coach
Yeah he has got it - forgot about that.BoyBrumby said:
Yes, but Keegan wasn't very good was he?!
BoyBrumby
Englishman
That's kinda my point. Showing you care doesn't mean you're any good or actually that you care any more. I happen to think Sven has been really lucky as our manager in that he's got the best crop of English players I can remember in my 20+ years watching the game. Whether he has always got the best out of them is another matter. If he goes tho (& I suspect he will unless we win the WC) I don't necessarily think we need an English manager. We should just go for the best qualified (& available). It's no coincidence that none of the top five teams have a English manager; I just don't think there's one out there up to it.Tom Halsey said:
Tom Halsey
International Coach
I know that just because you care doesn't make you good, but you can be the best manager tactically in the World, but it all means sod all if you don't give a flying ****.BoyBrumby said:
If there's a non-English manager that shows he cares about us, I'm all for it. But I've never been convinced with Sven.
BoyBrumby
Englishman
TBF I don't think any manager would last long if they didn't actually give a monkey's. The point I was trying to make is that just because you seem to care more doesn't necessarily mean you do; witness Steve Waugh's apparent cold detachment & compare it to Ponting's occasional schoolboy histrionics, would you say Waugh cared less?Tom Halsey said:
I suspect we view Sven with suspicion still because he doesn't quite comform to our stereotype of what a "leader" should behave like. Me, I say judge him on his results. This time I suspect another gallant QF won't quite cut it.
Tom Halsey
International Coach
1) Steve Waugh showed he cared in other ways (such as playing through the pain barrier for his team, and I could go on for ages).BoyBrumby said:
2) IMO, a gallant QF didn't cut it in 2004.
BoyBrumby
Englishman
No, fair enough. We should've beaten Portugal, the fact that when we went behind we scored another relatively quickly shows for me we sat back too much. The trouble is Sven wasn't about to walk out on (a reputed) £5million pa & that's a lot of money the FA has to cough up to get him to walk.Tom Halsey said:
