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Offline chrisw1

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Re: Manager for next season
« Reply #4590 on: May 16, 2016, 10:17:19 AM »
I'd have taken two or three years of Pulisball, a bit of stability and continued Premier League status, instead of two or three years of ThickPaulLambertDimTimCackBlackSurrenderBall and relegation. 

That's one of those in hindsight things though isn't it?  I'd rather have had my fingers chopped off than have my balls put in that vice... 

Offline Jimbo

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Re: Manager for next season
« Reply #4591 on: May 16, 2016, 10:17:42 AM »
I'd have taken two or three years of Pulisball, a bit of stability and continued Premier League status, instead of two or three years of ThickPaulLambertDimTimCackBlackSurrenderBall and relegation. 

Perhaps, but I think Pulisball in the Championship would be too much for me to bear. I'd start following netball instead until it was all over.

Everything depends on the owner situation. But yes, Pulisball against Burton Albion would be the stuff of dry dreams.

Offline Phil from the upper holte

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Re: Manager for next season
« Reply #4592 on: May 16, 2016, 10:46:10 AM »
It won't be Pulis.  There is no way our Board can be that stupid.  They must know the fans won't accept him.  Tell me I'm right?

I don't think it will be Pulis. Although the club is absolutely stupid enough to try and appoint him, I don't think he'd be stupid enough to accept.



To me some of the comments he has made about the club and the supporters make him an automatic no go.

I wouldn't want us to offer it him because he'd go straight to the mail to tell everyone how he turned us down. Horrible cap wearing wanker

Offline passitsideways

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Re: Manager for next season
« Reply #4593 on: May 16, 2016, 11:55:53 AM »
I'd rather go into League 1 than have Pulis. Seriously.

Offline Hookeysmith

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Re: Manager for next season
« Reply #4594 on: May 16, 2016, 01:12:22 PM »
I'd rather go into League 1 than have Pulis. Seriously.

I'm with you on that

Malandro

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Re: Manager for next season
« Reply #4595 on: May 16, 2016, 01:18:09 PM »
I'd rather go into League 1 than have Pulis. Seriously.

I'm with you on that

We've gone into the championship because we failed to get someone like Pulis

Offline gpbarr

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Re: Manager for next season
« Reply #4596 on: May 16, 2016, 01:20:25 PM »
I'd rather go into League 1 than have Pulis. Seriously.

I'm with you on that

We've gone into the championship because we failed to get someone like Pulis

No we have dropped into the Championship because of 5+ years of terrible financial, business, and football management. 

Offline Ads

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Re: Manager for next season
« Reply #4597 on: May 16, 2016, 01:26:47 PM »
Not really. We failed because we had poor players and poor managers. It wasn't a choice of what we have now or Pulis football.

Offline oswald funkletrumpet

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Re: Manager for next season
« Reply #4598 on: May 16, 2016, 04:30:20 PM »
I'd rather go into League 1 than have Pulis. Seriously.

I'm with you on that

We've gone into the championship because we failed to get someone like Pulis

have to agree

with pulis it may be dour football but it would be dour football in the right division

bugger me its not like we have been watching attractive football over the past 5 seasons

Malandro

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Re: Manager for next season
« Reply #4599 on: May 16, 2016, 04:41:44 PM »
I'd rather go into League 1 than have Pulis. Seriously.

I'm with you on that

We've gone into the championship because we failed to get someone like Pulis

No we have dropped into the Championship because of 5+ years of terrible financial, business, and football management. 

If Pulis had been given 50 million to spend in the summer, I don't believe we'd be in this situation.

Offline PaulWinch again

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Re: Manager for next season
« Reply #4600 on: May 16, 2016, 04:43:21 PM »
I fundamentally disagree agree with the basic idea that it was two choices, either being relegated or surviving with Pulis or his ilk. We would have survived had we just been run properly. Playing diabolical football is not the only way to survive.

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Re: Manager for next season
« Reply #4601 on: May 16, 2016, 04:45:13 PM »
I'd rather go into League 1 than have Pulis. Seriously.

I'm with you on that

We've gone into the championship because we failed to get someone like Pulis

have to agree

with pulis it may be dour football but it would be dour football in the right division

bugger me its not like we have been watching attractive football over the past 5 seasons

Despite not only finishing above us, they finished 23 points ahead of us and watched us go down with a whimper and quite a few of them are still not happy. Says it all about Pulis really.

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Re: Manager for next season
« Reply #4602 on: May 16, 2016, 04:47:56 PM »
I'd rather go into League 1 than have Pulis. Seriously.

I'm with you on that

We've gone into the championship because we failed to get someone like Pulis

No we have dropped into the Championship because of 5+ years of terrible financial, business, and football management. 

If Pulis had been given 50 million to spend in the summer, I don't believe we'd be in this situation.

I don't think we'd be in this situation had we given £50m to Koeman, Bilic, Flores or Ranieri either. And they probably would have kept us up without playing four centre backs and four defensive midfielders.

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Re: Manager for next season
« Reply #4603 on: May 16, 2016, 04:53:16 PM »
I'd rather go into League 1 than have Pulis. Seriously.

I'm with you on that

We've gone into the championship because we failed to get someone like Pulis

No we have dropped into the Championship because of 5+ years of terrible financial, business, and football management. 

If Pulis had been given 50 million to spend in the summer, I don't believe we'd be in this situation.

I don't think we'd be in this situation had we given £50m to Koeman, Bilic, Flores or Ranieri either. And they probably would have kept us up without playing four centre backs and four defensive midfielders.

The same manager who played Cameron Jerome on his own up front and who's tactic for goals came from a very long Rory Delap long throw. People have short memories on how bad that Stoke team of his were.

Offline clash city rocker

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Re: Manager for next season
« Reply #4604 on: May 16, 2016, 04:56:21 PM »
Well without a decent manager and money we are fucked. We don't have the basis of an even half decent squad. The fans don't want any of the players here and none of the players ( bar a couple) want to be here either. We may get one last throw of the dice with new owners but no new owners or the wrong choice of manager and we could be the next Portsmouth.

 


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