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From: lescor on 30 Jun 2010 07:33

"bofh" <lancj2(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
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> On 30 June, 06:40, "Boris Punk" <khg...(a)hmjggg.com> wrote:

>> We sign a manager based on a decent run in the UEFA cup with an average
>> team. Yes he's got Euro connections but I hope these directors know what
>> they're doing.

>
> They don't know what they are doing. Absolutely not. Proven

He is very likely to bring stability and common sense to the club, plus a
far
better degree of man management than for the past few years.

The ability to do well with an " average team" might be just what is needed
because this is what Rafa has left him with after 6 years and millions
wasted.
If the transfer market takes one or two key players away the squad will
hardly
reach" average " status and he will face a massive task to get them there
unless
the yanks pass a lot of the received money back to him.

How well he will do is guesswork, but considering all things, I think that
his
appointment is a sensible one and certainly far more sensible than the
last contract they gave Rafa.

LC

From: Mentalguy2k8 on 30 Jun 2010 08:42

From: Mentalguy2k8 on 30 Jun 2010 08:48

"lescor" <lescorbett(a)btinternet.com> wrote in message
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>
> "bofh" <lancj2(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:d534e6cf-c9d7-4acf-a6ef-088a4e2046f6(a)t10g2000yqg.googlegroups.com...
>> On 30 June, 06:40, "Boris Punk" <khg...(a)hmjggg.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>>> We sign a manager based on a decent run in the UEFA cup with an average
>>> team. Yes he's got Euro connections but I hope these directors know what
>>> they're doing.
>
>>
>> They don't know what they are doing. Absolutely not. Proven
>
>
> He is very likely to bring stability and common sense to the club, plus a
> far
> better degree of man management than for the past few years.
>
> The ability to do well with an " average team" might be just what is
> needed
> because this is what Rafa has left him with after 6 years and millions
> wasted.
> If the transfer market takes one or two key players away the squad will
> hardly
> reach" average " status and he will face a massive task to get them there
> unless
> the yanks pass a lot of the received money back to him.
>
> How well he will do is guesswork, but considering all things, I think that
> his
> appointment is a sensible one and certainly far more sensible than the
> last contract they gave Rafa.

And you hear nothing bad said about him by anyone he's ever coached. Which,
I suspect, will be the key factor in whether we keep our best players or
not. My opinion is that he's been brought in to keep things steady until the
club is sold and money becomes available. He's "safe". He's never going to
set the Premiership alight but he's not going to get us relegated, plus he's
more likely to persuade the players not to leave than a lot of other
managers. *Some* people still don't seem to understand the state our club is
in, and the choices that had to be made, probably the same people who'll be
whining if we don't finish 4th or better next season.

If anyone can list the other managers who put themselves forward for the
job, I'd love to hear it. All I could see was the "big" names issuing polite
statements "sorry, I'm under contract" which is the polite equivalent of
"wouldn't touch it with a barge-pole, mate".

From: michael adams on 30 Jun 2010 09:39

"bofh" <lancj2(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
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> On 30 June, 06:40, "Boris Punk" <khg...(a)hmjggg.com> wrote:
> > We sign a manager based on a decent run in the UEFA cup with an average
> > team. Yes he's got Euro connections but I hope these directors know what
> > they're doing.
> >
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Hodgson
>
> They don't know what they are doing. Absolutely not. Proven

Hodgson is as good a stop-gap as any IMO. No big names, either players or managers,
will want to commit until the ownership is sorted out. Along with the money side,
transfer policy, backroom staff and all the rest. And you get the impression that
if he messes up, Hodgson's got enough pride to walk away and waive any payoff and let
Dalgleish have a go. Which may already be part of the plan if the worst comes
to the worst*, rather than putting Dalgleish in straighaway.

michael adams

* Obviously they won't publicise the fact, as that might undermine confidence
even further.

....

From: Mentalguy2k8 on 30 Jun 2010 09:46

"michael adams" <mjadams25(a)onetel.net.uk> wrote in message
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>
> "bofh" <lancj2(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:d534e6cf-c9d7-4acf-a6ef-088a4e2046f6(a)t10g2000yqg.googlegroups.com...
>> On 30 June, 06:40, "Boris Punk" <khg...(a)hmjggg.com> wrote:
>> > We sign a manager based on a decent run in the UEFA cup with an average
>> > team. Yes he's got Euro connections but I hope these directors know
>> > what
>> > they're doing.
>> >
>> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Hodgson
>>
>> They don't know what they are doing. Absolutely not. Proven
>
> Hodgson is as good a stop-gap as any IMO. No big names, either players or
> managers,
> will want to commit until the ownership is sorted out. Along with the
> money side,
> transfer policy, backroom staff and all the rest. And you get the
> impression that
> if he messes up, Hodgson's got enough pride to walk away and waive any
> payoff and let
> Dalgleish have a go. Which may already be part of the plan if the worst
> comes
> to the worst*, rather than putting Dalgleish in straighaway.
>
>
> michael adams
>
> * Obviously they won't publicise the fact, as that might undermine
> confidence
> even further.

Agreed.

He's stuck with the inherited squad, he's got no money to spend and we
shouldn't expect anything great. If this squad was such a good one, we
wouldn't have had such a disastrous last season. Hodgson's just being
trusted not to do anything drastic, win enough games to keep us in the top
half of the table, and that's it. Just keep the whole thing ticking over
until "the money comes". Then he'll be off.

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