Don't forget the Peace Cup.
Again, I never said we would be competing now. However we have in the past which is the time frame you were using from a few years ago. There were 2 next big things in management in 2012, they signed one and we signed the other. Klopp onwards it's a different ballgame as we had an idiot with a shortlist of one, and it's that kind of thinking that has led to where we are now. That over the last decade they've won the same number of trophies as small heath shows, to me at least, that they haven't exactly excelled when it comes to managerial choices.
to be better than Bruce is not going to be hard, but I wouldn't want Rogersalways comes over as a bit of a twat and bullshitter I think, I know that's not a good enough reason but it's good enough for me
Quote from: PeterWithesShin on September 24, 2018, 11:23:32 PMAgain, I never said we would be competing now. However we have in the past which is the time frame you were using from a few years ago. There were 2 next big things in management in 2012, they signed one and we signed the other. Klopp onwards it's a different ballgame as we had an idiot with a shortlist of one, and it's that kind of thinking that has led to where we are now. That over the last decade they've won the same number of trophies as small heath shows, to me at least, that they haven't exactly excelled when it comes to managerial choices.Fair enough I guess, but we got the one they didn't want, and we've not been on the same level as them in my lifetime, and I'm 40. See Barry, G. for evidence.
Quote from: Sexual Ealing on September 24, 2018, 11:27:54 PMQuote from: PeterWithesShin on September 24, 2018, 11:23:32 PMAgain, I never said we would be competing now. However we have in the past which is the time frame you were using from a few years ago. There were 2 next big things in management in 2012, they signed one and we signed the other. Klopp onwards it's a different ballgame as we had an idiot with a shortlist of one, and it's that kind of thinking that has led to where we are now. That over the last decade they've won the same number of trophies as small heath shows, to me at least, that they haven't exactly excelled when it comes to managerial choices.Fair enough I guess, but we got the one they didn't want, and we've not been on the same level as them in my lifetime, and I'm 40. See Barry, G. for evidence.Edit: they've signed Suarez, Torres, Salah, Firmino, and Keita during the same spell that we signed McCormack, Hogan, Snodgrass (loan), Joe Cole and Onomah (loan).
But they're Liverpool. If we wanted Fulham's or Swansea's manager at the same time they did (which was, I believe, the case when they/we wanted Rodgers from Swansea) we're not going to prevail.
Quote from: paul_e on September 24, 2018, 07:29:23 PMQuote from: Chris Smith on September 24, 2018, 06:45:52 PMThe Plymouth Herald says that Andrea Stramaccioni is being considered. I am sure they have a hot line to events in B6 so I convinced. I now just need to figure out who he is.I think he was at Inter a Roma, I remember his name coming up before so I checked who he was, has a decent reputation from what i remember.Not according to this write up http://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2018/05/29/do-hes-a-complete-failure-aston-villa-fans-stunned-by-andrea-str/
Quote from: Chris Smith on September 24, 2018, 06:45:52 PMThe Plymouth Herald says that Andrea Stramaccioni is being considered. I am sure they have a hot line to events in B6 so I convinced. I now just need to figure out who he is.I think he was at Inter a Roma, I remember his name coming up before so I checked who he was, has a decent reputation from what i remember.
The Plymouth Herald says that Andrea Stramaccioni is being considered. I am sure they have a hot line to events in B6 so I convinced. I now just need to figure out who he is.
Pretty much any PL side can get a top notch manager now if they wanted to such is the wages they could pay if they chose to. My point was though that using Liverpool as an example doesn't work that well as they've taken the managers of Fulham and Swansea recently so it's not like they were operating on a completely different level to us at the time. Sadly even fecking Bournemouth probably are at present.