Football 2011-2012

[Ed209]

12 matches for Barton. Seems right to me.

[thetime]

just a shame he probably dont give a shit and will just have a 3 month extra holiday.

[strummer77]

Flying out to America myself tomorrow. Nothing to do with the Liverpool job though. Do expect to be sat on the plane alongside about 14 different managers though if papers are to believed.

Slightly warming to Martinez, or preferably Rodgers under a bigger Sporting Director figure. News will break when I'm away anyway so at least I'll be away from all the scare stories etc.

[eFestivals]

Flying out to America myself tomorrow. Nothing to do with the Liverpool job though. Do expect to be sat on the plane alongside about 14 different managers though if papers are to believed.

- yep .... I keep reading that Martinez has flown to Boston, when other reports say he's on his hols in the Caribbean with no plans to fly to Boston.

I guess what these constant conflicting stories really get to prove is just how big a club Liverpool still are, despite the many people who want it to be different.

[thetime]

Flying out to America myself tomorrow. Nothing to do with the Liverpool job though. Do expect to be sat on the plane alongside about 14 different managers though if papers are to believed.

Slightly warming to Martinez, or preferably Rodgers under a bigger Sporting Director figure. News will break when I'm away anyway so at least I'll be away from all the scare stories etc.

[thetime]

- yep .... I keep reading that Martinez has flown to Boston, when other reports say he's on his hols in the Caribbean with no plans to fly to Boston.

I guess what these constant conflicting stories really get to prove is just how big a club Liverpool still are, despite the many people who want it to be different.

Edited May 24, 2012 by thetime

[thetime]

What do people think of clubs waiting until the chelsea situation is sorted out before they get there new managers in? With no quick fix at liverpool and villa, perhaps there waiting to see if rdm is free.

[eFestivals]

no just proves what a fucked up club they are now, can you imagine all this happenign 10 years ago. Say what you like about liverpool but they have never been a club that keep hiring and firing managers like the last couple of years.

How many will it be when they get a manager 4 in 3 years or something like that?

Oh, there's a lot to criticise about the manner in which Liverpool are going about things - that wasn't really anything to do with what I was commenting on.

I was commenting on the media obsession for reporting everything and anything about it, much of which has got to be made up (cos it's not possible for both sides of the various conflicting reports to be true).

There's far less reporting of other clubs hunt for a new manager, even Chelsea's - and the situation at Chelsea is much more ridiculous when you factor in that they already have a manager who's just won them the FA cup along with the Chumps.

[strummer77]

no just proves what a fucked up club they are now, can you imagine all this happenign 10 years ago.

[eFestivals]

Whilst I agree that I don't like the hire and firing aspect, I don't think the multiple stories prove anything other than the papers don't have a clue.

they don't have a clue about Chelsea either, but they write far less about it.

[The Nal]

Happy Birthday King Eric!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OJSCepgUVY

[strummer77]

Malcolm Glazer has apparently died. Dunno what that would change...

[eFestivals]

Malcolm Glazer has apparently died. Dunno what that would change...

Blimey - that could change an awful lot of things.

[The Nal]

Looks like a hoax.....

[eFestivals]

Looks like a hoax.....

oh good. Maybe he can give Eavis his beard back then?

[strummer77]

Yeah Mirror have gone from dead to alive quite quickly. Quicker turn around that Muamba there!

oh good. Maybe he can give Eavis his beard back then?

[The Nal]

Hes defo alive, hes just been pictures in Syria

[pink_triangle]

I.personally hope Liverpool don't go for one of the obvious names and take a risk for the manager job. Nobody had heard of wenger when he came to England and he hasn't done bad. Look for someone who plays good football, has had some success and its not a bad start, how well known he is should worry nobody but the tabloids.

I also think there needs to be gambles in the transfer market. Don't go go the likes of Adam, downing, Henderson etc who if successful may be the difference between 8th and 6th, go for the ridiculously talented players like Ben arfa who for some reason are not at the big clubs.

[strummer77]

Anyway I'm off for a couple of weeks. Sure it will be a fairly uneventful couple of weeks in football anyway...

I'll leave my congratulations to Martinez/AVB/Rodgers/Van Gaal/Benitez (delete where applicable) here in advance!

[kaosmark2]

go for the ridiculously talented players like Ben arfa who for some reason are not at the big clubs.

[The Nal]

[kaosmark2]

[eFestivals]

I wonder who'll be prepared to pay his wages given how much of a risk he'll be. QPR maybe? West Ham? Sunderland?

QPR seem a decent bet. Tony seems a bit of a mug so far.

[LondonTom]

QPR seem a decent bet. Tony seems a bit of a mug so far.

Edited May 24, 2012 by LondonTom

[pink_triangle]

In HBA's case, he had a really bad reputation for sulks, arguments, fights, etc before joining us. Had to have it drilled into him that the simple stuff can be worth doing as well.

He had an argument with Benzema and apparently punched Squillaci while at Lyon. He had some sort of fight with Djibril Cisse at Marseille, he did a Tevez (refusing to warm up in a match), missed training sessions. He didn't turn up for about a week at both Lyon and Marseille to engineer moves. Add in countless arguments with managers, a tantrum on a plane with the French squad.....

Yeah, there's a reason the big clubs didn't want to go for him. I'm delighted with him though, he can be absolutely sublime when he wants to be...