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Author Topic: Next Manager Speculation and wishful thinking thread  (Read 249232 times)

Offline SoccerHQ

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Re: Next Manager Speculation and wishful thinking thread
« Reply #2685 on: November 10, 2021, 08:49:00 PM »
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That pic is Euston isn't it?

Honestly though that yellow sign in top right was Do Not Slip.......
Looks like Euston. Definitely not New St.

Wes lives in London dosen't he when he's over here? And imagine Purslow probably has a place down there after his spell at Chelsea so probably makes sense to trash out the small print down there away from Brum.

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Re: Next Manager Speculation and wishful thinking thread
« Reply #2686 on: November 10, 2021, 08:49:55 PM »
I don’t think he will make the same mistake that his namesake did on his return to Anfield. 
If..  he joins. 

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Re: Next Manager Speculation and wishful thinking thread
« Reply #2687 on: November 10, 2021, 08:50:50 PM »
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That pic is Euston isn't it?

Honestly though that yellow sign in top right was Do Not Slip.......
Looks like Euston. Definitely not New St.

Wes lives in London dosen't he when he's over here? And imagine Purslow probably has a place down there after his spell at Chelsea so probably makes sense to trash out the small print down there away from Brum.

Naseef is based and lives in London and the offices of one of his Orascom companies are there as well.

Offline Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air

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Re: Next Manager Speculation and wishful thinking thread
« Reply #2688 on: November 10, 2021, 08:51:32 PM »
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That pic is Euston isn't it?

Honestly though that yellow sign in top right was Do Not Slip.......
Looks like Euston. Definitely not New St.

Looks like Tony Pulis standing on the platform by the train door.

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Re: Next Manager Speculation and wishful thinking thread
« Reply #2689 on: November 10, 2021, 08:56:46 PM »
The more I think about it, the more I think it is just a way of getting a new, marketable, face for the project now Joes fucked off

It sounds like he plays a lot like Smith does, and has a set up similar to that.  I think he'll do his best and be like JT and professional.

I don't think he would achieve any more than Smith would - but I think this is a "commercial" appointment by our CEO rather than a footballing one.

So,based on performance in the premier league, which is only fair,  if Gerrard finishes 16th, 10th and makes a cup final he’s achieved more than Smith? I’ll take that bet if you offer it me
Give it a rest.  He is starting from a considerably stronger place than Smith was when we were first promoted.

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Re: Next Manager Speculation and wishful thinking thread
« Reply #2690 on: November 10, 2021, 08:57:29 PM »
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That pic is Euston isn't it?

Honestly though that yellow sign in top right was Do Not Slip.......
Looks like Euston. Definitely not New St.

Looks like Tony Pulis standing on the platform by the train door.
Maybe we're looking at a Gerrard Pulis combo?

*shudder*

Offline kippaxvilla2

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Re: Next Manager Speculation and wishful thinking thread
« Reply #2691 on: November 10, 2021, 08:59:11 PM »
Great news.  Steve Bruce is in Dubai watching the cricket.

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Re: Next Manager Speculation and wishful thinking thread
« Reply #2692 on: November 10, 2021, 09:06:39 PM »
The more I think about it, the more I think it is just a way of getting a new, marketable, face for the project now Joes fucked off

It sounds like he plays a lot like Smith does, and has a set up similar to that.  I think he'll do his best and be like JT and professional.

I don't think he would achieve any more than Smith would - but I think this is a "commercial" appointment by our CEO rather than a footballing one.

So,based on performance in the premier league, which is only fair,  if Gerrard finishes 16th, 10th and makes a cup final he’s achieved more than Smith? I’ll take that bet if you offer it me
Give it a rest.  He is starting from a considerably stronger place than Smith was when we were first promoted.

He is and will be when players are fit again. It'll be interesting to see what the board's expectations are...

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Re: Next Manager Speculation and wishful thinking thread
« Reply #2693 on: November 10, 2021, 09:36:58 PM »
Great news.  Steve Bruce is in Dubai watching the cricket.

As he would've been if he was still manager of Newcastle.

Offline Mossie Hennebry

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Re: Next Manager Speculation and wishful thinking thread
« Reply #2694 on: November 10, 2021, 09:37:05 PM »
If we are to appoint SG, and it looks like this scenario is gathering considerable momentum, then I sincerely hope that we are already tracking his replacement.
Should he do well, he'll be off to Liverpool in 2-3 years, should he do badly, he'll be off in 1-2 years. There is no scenario where he stays.

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Re: Next Manager Speculation and wishful thinking thread
« Reply #2695 on: November 10, 2021, 09:38:00 PM »
Great news.  Steve Bruce is in Dubai watching the cricket.

Yeah, HE turns up and we bloody lose!

Offline Clive W

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Re: Next Manager Speculation and wishful thinking thread
« Reply #2696 on: November 10, 2021, 09:40:57 PM »
If we are to appoint SG, and it looks like this scenario is gathering considerable momentum, then I sincerely hope that we are already tracking his replacement.
Should he do well, he'll be off to Liverpool in 2-3 years, should he do badly, he'll be off in 1-2 years. There is no scenario where he stays.
Presumably then Klopp will be fired no matter how successful he continues to be in order to make way for Gerrard?

Offline The_ads

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Re: Next Manager Speculation and wishful thinking thread
« Reply #2697 on: November 10, 2021, 09:43:18 PM »
The more I think about it, the more I think it is just a way of getting a new, marketable, face for the project now Joes fucked off

It sounds like he plays a lot like Smith does, and has a set up similar to that.  I think he'll do his best and be like JT and professional.

I don't think he would achieve any more than Smith would - but I think this is a "commercial" appointment by our CEO rather than a footballing one.

So,based on performance in the premier league, which is only fair,  if Gerrard finishes 16th, 10th and makes a cup final he’s achieved more than Smith? I’ll take that bet if you offer it me
Give it a rest.  He is starting from a considerably stronger place than Smith was when we were first promoted.

Sort of. Dean had one of the best players in Europe for 2.5 seasons

Offline The_ads

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Re: Next Manager Speculation and wishful thinking thread
« Reply #2698 on: November 10, 2021, 09:44:03 PM »
If we are to appoint SG, and it looks like this scenario is gathering considerable momentum, then I sincerely hope that we are already tracking his replacement.
Should he do well, he'll be off to Liverpool in 2-3 years, should he do badly, he'll be off in 1-2 years. There is no scenario where he stays.

My head hurts

Offline Mossie Hennebry

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Re: Next Manager Speculation and wishful thinking thread
« Reply #2699 on: November 10, 2021, 09:46:05 PM »
If we are to appoint SG, and it looks like this scenario is gathering considerable momentum, then I sincerely hope that we are already tracking his replacement.
Should he do well, he'll be off to Liverpool in 2-3 years, should he do badly, he'll be off in 1-2 years. There is no scenario where he stays.
Presumably then Klopp will be fired no matter how successful he continues to be in order to make way for Gerrard?
Klopp won't be there forever. And none of us are getting any younger.

 


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