Premier League 2020/2021 Thread

[theforceuk]

Spurs, Man Utd and Arsenal owners will always sack their manager instead of investing in the sqaud. It's perfect for the owners, they get a new manager in back him for a couple of windows, the team starts to progress and then they stop backing him, wait for results to go down hill. The fans turn on the manager which takes the heat of the owners poor running of the club, they give the fans a new manager and the cycle starts again. It's been happening at Man Utd for nearly a decade now, the Glazers love it every 2 or 3 years a new manager comes in and the share price shoots up, they sell some more shares and fill their boots. Piss take!!

 

[edd_jedi]

Not that he ever showed any interest in Spurs, but Nagelsmann has confirmed he's going to Bayern. Rodgers has pretty much guaranteed top 4 with last night's victory, so he's not going to want to leave Leicester. So that leaves us with... Eddie Howe, Tony Pulis, Scott Parker? :shock: I think the sad truth is it doesn't matter who Spurs appoint right now as they don't seem to be in a position to spend money on players (probably due to the stadium and then Coronavirus.) whoever ends up in charge will have the same frustrations Poch, Jose and now Mason are having.

 

[weasel]

Spurs, Man Utd and Arsenal owners will always sack their manager instead of investing in the sqaud. It's perfect for the owners, they get a new manager in back him for a couple of windows, the team starts to progress and then they stop backing him, wait for results to go down hill. The fans turn on the manager which takes the heat of the owners poor running of the club, they give the fans a new manager and the cycle starts again. It's been happening at Man Utd for nearly a decade now, the Glazers love it every 2 or 3 years a new manager comes in and the share price shoots up, they sell some more shares and fill their boots. Piss take!!

I would agree but surely the pay offs to managers, Jose got £16m apparently and Utd paid Moyesy up until 18months ago, surely take some of the shine off their genius "be tight as ****"/stop backing the manager policy.

Not that he ever showed any interest in Spurs, but Nagelsmann has confirmed he's going to Bayern. Rodgers has pretty much guaranteed top 4 with last night's victory, so he's not going to want to leave Leicester. So that leaves us with... Eddie Howe, Tony Pulis, Scott Parker? :shock: I think the sad truth is it doesn't matter who Spurs appoint right now as they don't seem to be in a position to spend money on players (probably due to the stadium and then Coronavirus.) whoever ends up in charge will have the same frustrations Poch, Jose and now Mason are having.

I saw rumours of yer man Den Haag at Ajax being linked. He's decent enough, [mention]Capetown[/mention] won't be happy if you poach him!
Guy on ShoutSport this morning was pushing Sean Dyche for the Spurs job. Decent manager but I would be a tad underwhelmed if I was a spurs fan and he was appointed.

 

[edd_jedi]

What I really want to see is somebody that has some experience (not an Arteta or OGS) but has not already peaked (not another Jose) and will be given some time. It took Pep and Klopp a couple of seasons to start winning things. Poch was going in the right direction until he got frustrated with the management. But this is football, so we all know whoever it is will get 10 months to perform a miracle and then be fired! I quite like Sean Dyche but he has that Championship/relegation battle aura around him, a bit like Eddie Howe. Spurs really need to aim higher than that.

I've also read some interesting theories around why Ledley King isn't in charge. I personally don't think it's got anything to do with race, I think he would love to manage Spurs one day but doesn't want to make the same mistake Lampard did and take it on too early.

 

[theforceuk]

I would say the pay off's to managers are pretty low compared to what the squad would really need spent on it. The season Jose finished second in the league and won 2 cups he wanted to spend big that summer, but they didn't back him and he was sacked by Christmas. It's happening now, Eric Bailly has just been given a 4 year contract, he hardly ever plays! Our net spend for the last 3 summer windows has been about £70 million. So you can gauranty that's no new centre back this summer (not world class anyway) and Ole will be playing a back 6 again next season. People will say Man Utd have spent £1 billion on players in the last decade which is a good point, but the Glazers have stolen £2 billion since they took over, just not right.

If they went out and spent £300 million this summer it would prove me wrong, but I'm pretty sure their is more chance of me shitting out a VC Jawa. Chelsea and City will spend big again and Man Utd will be battling with Everton and West Ham for a Europa league spot next season.

 

[weasel]

Yeah, Baily's new contract seemed strange. I got the impression both parties where happy for him to move on. So why give him a new deal, and why sign it if you are him? He's not going to get any more game time and signing a new deal reduces the chances of him moving as it increases the price Utd will ask.
There's no logic there, but that sums Utd's transfer dealings up since Fergy left.

 

[theforceuk]

Exactly, he's never fit, he had 3 injuries the season before we bought him! That's saved the Glazers £50 million. The spin will start now, we will be linked with every player that's for sale and probably buy an 18 year old for £15 million and get told he's one for the future.

 

[Capetown]

Spurs, Man Utd and Arsenal owners will always sack their manager instead of investing in the sqaud. It's perfect for the owners, they get a new manager in back him for a couple of windows, the team starts to progress and then they stop backing him, wait for results to go down hill. The fans turn on the manager which takes the heat of the owners poor running of the club, they give the fans a new manager and the cycle starts again. It's been happening at Man Utd for nearly a decade now, the Glazers love it every 2 or 3 years a new manager comes in and the share price shoots up, they sell some more shares and fill their boots. Piss take!!

I would agree but surely the pay offs to managers, Jose got £16m apparently and Utd paid Moyesy up until 18months ago, surely take some of the shine off their genius "be tight as ****"/stop backing the manager policy.

Not that he ever showed any interest in Spurs, but Nagelsmann has confirmed he's going to Bayern. Rodgers has pretty much guaranteed top 4 with last night's victory, so he's not going to want to leave Leicester. So that leaves us with... Eddie Howe, Tony Pulis, Scott Parker? :shock: I think the sad truth is it doesn't matter who Spurs appoint right now as they don't seem to be in a position to spend money on players (probably due to the stadium and then Coronavirus.) whoever ends up in charge will have the same frustrations Poch, Jose and now Mason are having.

I saw rumours of yer man Den Haag at Ajax being linked. He's decent enough, @Capetown won't be happy if you poach him!
Guy on ShoutSport this morning was pushing Sean Dyche for the Spurs job. Decent manager but I would be a tad underwhelmed if I was a spurs fan and he was appointed.

I believe it's Ten Hag that you mean, weasel. And no we would rather not lose him yet.

 

[weasel]

Spurs, Man Utd and Arsenal owners will always sack their manager instead of investing in the sqaud. It's perfect for the owners, they get a new manager in back him for a couple of windows, the team starts to progress and then they stop backing him, wait for results to go down hill. The fans turn on the manager which takes the heat of the owners poor running of the club, they give the fans a new manager and the cycle starts again. It's been happening at Man Utd for nearly a decade now, the Glazers love it every 2 or 3 years a new manager comes in and the share price shoots up, they sell some more shares and fill their boots. Piss take!!

I would agree but surely the pay offs to managers, Jose got £16m apparently and Utd paid Moyesy up until 18months ago, surely take some of the shine off their genius "be tight as ****"/stop backing the manager policy.

Not that he ever showed any interest in Spurs, but Nagelsmann has confirmed he's going to Bayern. Rodgers has pretty much guaranteed top 4 with last night's victory, so he's not going to want to leave Leicester. So that leaves us with... Eddie Howe, Tony Pulis, Scott Parker? :shock: I think the sad truth is it doesn't matter who Spurs appoint right now as they don't seem to be in a position to spend money on players (probably due to the stadium and then Coronavirus.) whoever ends up in charge will have the same frustrations Poch, Jose and now Mason are having.

I saw rumours of yer man Den Haag at Ajax being linked. He's decent enough, @Capetown won't be happy if you poach him!
Guy on ShoutSport this morning was pushing Sean Dyche for the Spurs job. Decent manager but I would be a tad underwhelmed if I was a spurs fan and he was appointed.

I believe it's Ten Hag that you mean, weasel. And no we would rather not lose him yet.

That's the fella, sorry. When I read the headline the first time I read it as "ADO Den Haag" and I couldn't work out why Spurs would be linked with a Dutch football. Then the penny dropped and my dyslexia pissed off. Seems like I did it again when I was typing that message. Genius me!

Ps, you could have Mourinho in exchange! Who wouldn't want Jose!?

 

[theforceuk]

Looks like City have 1 foot in the final, really thought PSG would do them last night, but they seem to run out of steam. Still you never know, Chelsea could end up winning it.

 

[edd_jedi]

Yep, it would be just my luck for City to get knocked out of the FA Cup and CL but win the EFL Cup :roll:

 

[theforceuk]

Yep, it would be just my luck for City to get knocked out of the FA Cup and CL but win the EFL Cup :roll:

You will win something sooner rather than later I think. Not going to be easy with the way City and Chelsea splash the cash. At least you have the best stadium.

 

[edd_jedi]

I think that ship has sailed sadly, this team's best days are behind us. We're the modern day mid 90s Newcastle, so close on many fronts but nothing to show for it. I reckon it will be at least a couple of seasons to become competitive again, we're not going to get a decent manager and six or seven new players by August.

 

[weasel]

I think that ship has sailed sadly, this team's best days are behind us. We're the modern day mid 90s Newcastle, so close on many fronts but nothing to show for it. I reckon it will be at least a couple of seasons to become competitive again, we're not going to get a decent manager and six or seven new players by August.

Hard to argue with that. Sadly.

 

[weasel]

Ten Hag signs a new deal with Ajax. That's him out.
Rodgers has ruled himself out.

Eddie Howe, Sean Dyche, Mark Hughes, Rafa or ehhhh Scott Parker.


Jesus that is an uninspiring list.

 

[theforceuk]

Theirs always David Moyes!

 

[edd_jedi]

I think Eddie Howe is a great manager with future potential, but as many Championship managers have found in the PL the problem is without that winner status, the ego-fuelled PL players just do not perform. Unless you're Pep, Klopp or a handful of other managers, I don't see our defenders (who are allegedly all international stars but can't string a pass together at club level) putting in a shift for a manager like Howe or Potter. Even Jose couldn't get anything out of them. We need somebody at the top of thier game, and there aren't any.

 

[edd_jedi]

Well a win against already relegated SFU is hardly proving a point, but there were some things I liked about the game yesterday. Our third consectutive game with the same back four all season and a clean sheet, who'd have thought?! Bale and Alli starting, both had a point to prove and delivered. Kane still looking a little out of form but everyone else proved we're not a one man team. And Aurier doing a superb job on right wing, I'd rather see him there in place of Sissoko than at right back. I wish 'that' Spurs had played against City last weekend, obviously a different class of opponent but there was some real creativity last night.

And I don't know how the hell Fleck wasn't sent off for stamping on Lo Celso's face.

 

[Cazza]

Theirs always David Moyes!

Why would he make a step down? :lol:

 

[Snaketibe]

And I don't know how the hell Fleck wasn't sent off for stamping on Lo Celso's face.

I agree. Red cards have already been given out this season for far lesser offences, and that was extremely dangerous. Lo Celso could easily have lost an eye with studs raking down his face.