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Offline sickbeggar

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Re: Next manager?
« Reply #1230 on: October 03, 2018, 11:53:55 PM »
He's apparently a good coach and could well become a good manager but i'm not sure having an interview can be classed as very nearly getting the Arsenal job.


yep, from memory, no-one was talking about Arteta being highly-rated UNTIL he had the interview. Then its.....well if Arsenal are taking him seriously, we all should.

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Re: Next manager?
« Reply #1231 on: October 03, 2018, 11:55:47 PM »
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulo_Fonseca

Says on his wiki that he is the new manager of Aston Villa

Someone's been reading this forum and is on the wind up.

We always do this. We talk between ourselves about who would be ok, good, and great and then appoint someone incredibly dull.

Piffle and nonsense. We are going to appoint someone absolutely amazing.

I know I said the same the last eight times, but... I don't want to talk about them.

We are. We must, we simply can't not. We're going to do the most un-Villa thing in decades.

Yes. Win the FA Cup. It’s our year, again.

Fuck, shit, and cunting right we are.

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Re: Next manager?
« Reply #1232 on: October 03, 2018, 11:57:19 PM »
He's apparently a good coach and could well become a good manager but i'm not sure having an interview can be classed as very nearly getting the Arsenal job.

I think a lot of people were certain it was a done deal right up until the last few days, so either Arsenal played a blinder in keeping Emery under wraps or there was a late change of plan. Maybe I'm wrong though but either way no one seemed to think the job was beyond him.

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Re: Next manager?
« Reply #1233 on: October 04, 2018, 12:01:13 AM »
Frank DeBoar anyone?
No.
So tried to find if Van Bronckhorst was the new hot Dutch coach and came to the 'Telegraph's' '20 seriously underrated coaches who should be in the Premiership'
Well kudos for Nuno. But ...But  in the list...apart from Van Bronckhorst.
Lambert (Wolves) and Bruce !!!!!! The article was published in Feb 2017 just when Bruce out discussion was started by Risso.
Also included were Slutsky ex Hull and Alex Neill.
The press or H& V ? Have faith in the 'Mad few'

I mentioned van Bronckhorst as an option a while back, he's done a very good job at Feyenoord.

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Re: Next manager?
« Reply #1234 on: October 04, 2018, 12:05:38 AM »
Matt Law has poured some cold water on the Fonseca link. It is hard to see why he would come here when he could have had West Ham and Everton in the summer.

I am voting Rodgers. I know things have stalled this season at Celtic, but he has done a good job there, had Liverpool playing great football, same at Swansea and is for me, a top 10 premier league manager. He is thoroughly pissed off up there, has won promotion playing football from this league before and I reckon would love our squad right now.

Would have Smith as my second choice, and Terry as my 3rd. I simply don't think we would get our hands on Fonseca sadly.

Offline PeterWithesShin

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Re: Next manager?
« Reply #1235 on: October 04, 2018, 12:07:22 AM »
The poll is for who you want, not who you think will be our manager. I don't think it will be Fonseca but I voted for him.

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Re: Next manager?
« Reply #1236 on: October 04, 2018, 12:07:31 AM »
Matt Law has poured some cold water on the Fonseca link. It is hard to see why he would come here when he could have had West Ham and Everton in the summer.

I am voting Rodgers. I know things have stalled this season at Celtic, but he has done a good job there, had Liverpool playing great football, same at Swansea and is for me, a top 10 premier league manager. He is thoroughly pissed off up there, has won promotion playing football from this league before and I reckon would love our squad right now.

Would have Smith as my second choice, and Terry as my 3rd. I simply don't think we would get our hands on Fonseca sadly.

I agree with all that, except option 3 (although I have no idea how realistic - or even who - Fonseca is).

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Re: Next manager?
« Reply #1237 on: October 04, 2018, 12:09:15 AM »
I've bet on Fonseca so we won't be appointing him.

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Re: Next manager?
« Reply #1238 on: October 04, 2018, 12:17:11 AM »
I've bet on Fonseca so we won't be appointing him.

This is reverse ITK, folks. I can spot it from a mile off. Lump on Fonseca. It'll be Fonseca before the postman comes. Fonseca it is. That's a cast-iron cd guarantee!

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Re: Next manager?
« Reply #1239 on: October 04, 2018, 12:19:01 AM »
The poll is for who you want, not who you think will be our manager. I don't think it will be Fonseca but I voted for him.

Pedantic git.

I don't know what I want. Good football, and to win games. Get one that gives us that.

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Re: Next manager?
« Reply #1240 on: October 04, 2018, 12:21:26 AM »
I've bet on Fonseca so we won't be appointing him.

This is reverse ITK, folks. I can spot it from a mile off. Lump on Fonseca. It'll be Fonseca before the postman comes. Fonseca it is. That's a cast-iron cd guarantee!

You've rumbled me. Damo, The Scourge of the Bookmakers, tipped me off.

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Re: Next manager?
« Reply #1241 on: October 04, 2018, 12:23:41 AM »
He's apparently a good coach and could well become a good manager but i'm not sure having an interview can be classed as very nearly getting the Arsenal job.
But it shows that he is prepared to leave Donner Shishkebab FC

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Re: Next manager?
« Reply #1242 on: October 04, 2018, 12:25:06 AM »
I've bet on Fonseca so we won't be appointing him.
And here. Hard earned £50 at 9/2.

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Re: Next manager?
« Reply #1243 on: October 04, 2018, 12:25:12 AM »
Rui Faria could be the dark horse in all this. Depends on Mendes' power of persuasion.

I'm sticking with Marco Rose but fear we'll end up with either Rodgers, Carvahal, Ranieri or Flores.

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Re: Next manager?
« Reply #1244 on: October 04, 2018, 12:33:22 AM »
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