The English Football Thread

[11Drogba 2,000]

 

[Fernando 6,376]

I think they will go for jardim. 

[Adnane 1,101]

 

[Sideshow Luiz 2,310]

This is kind of bad news.  We have competition for a manager and I don't trust the board to beat Arsenal to our top target.

[Pizy 17,860]

I agree that it's bad news for us that Wenger is leaving when it comes to finding a new manager. As mad as it is to say, Arsenal is likely a much more attractive job than Chelsea simply because they'll surely give the new guy plenty of time. The next manager knows that he can go through an early rough patch and be given every opportunity to turn things around.

Theyll also likely be sniffing around the same names as we will be. Let us hope they do the foolish thing and get Brendan Rodgers! 😂

Who knows. Maybe if Conte finishes this season strongly and with a feel good factor he'll stay after all and we don't need a new manager.

[Fulham Broadway 16,392]

West Ham have given Arsenal permission to speak to David Moyes even though Arsenal have not asked for it.

[Jase 43,479]

48 minutes ago, Pizy said:

As mad as it is to say, Arsenal is likely a much more attractive job than Chelsea simply because they'll surely give the new guy plenty of time.

Please, do explain how we don't give managers time to turn things around. It's such an overplayed, lazy cliche. Do you realize that Conte is still in the job despite all the mess in 2018?

[Jase 43,479]

2 hours ago, Sideshow Luiz said:

This is kind of bad news.  We have competition for a manager and I don't trust the board to beat Arsenal to our top target.

All the targets out there are crap anyway. It's just a matter of choosing the best from an average bunch.

[Tomo 21,681]

35 minutes ago, Jason said:

All the targets out there are crap anyway. It's just a matter of choosing the best from an average bunch.

Some of the rumoured targets are far from crap.

[Pizy 17,860]

1 hour ago, Jason said:

Please, do explain how we don't give managers time to turn things around. It's such an overplayed, lazy cliche. Do you realize that Conte is still in the job despite all the mess in 2018?

Only reason Conte has kept his job is because there were likely no alternatives midseason. I doubt even Guus would've come back had he been asked. 

[Tomo 21,681]

34 minutes ago, Pizy said:

Only reason Conte has kept his job is because there were likely no alternatives midseason. I doubt even Guus would've come back had he been asked. 

There's always alternatives, especially for a short term shot in the arm type remit, even bang average managers like Avram Grant, Tim Sherwood and (i say this with a heavy heart) Di Matteo are living proof of that!!!!

[Iggy Doonican 4,186]

3 hours ago, Mana said:

Roman lost over £12 billion the other day because of Russia,

He's not worth 12 billion and even if he was you can't lose that sort of money overnight because of the UK having a diplomatic spat with Russia.

[Fulham Broadway 16,392]

34 minutes ago, Iggy Doonican said:

Roman lost over £12 billion the other day because of Russia,

 

34 minutes ago, Iggy Doonican said:

He's not worth 12 billion and even if he was you can't lose that sort of money overnight because of the UK having a diplomatic spat with Russia.

Lol think it was only haha ''only'' about £500 000 000, half a billion, because of US sanctions on Russia

[Iggy Doonican 4,186]

4 minutes ago, Fulham Broadway said:

 

Lol think it was only haha ''only'' about £500 000 000, half a billion, because of US sanctions on Russia

Half a billion can't even rebuild a football ground in West London for that FB  might get half the job done.

[Jase 43,479]

1 hour ago, Pizy said:

Only reason Conte has kept his job is because there were likely no alternatives midseason. I doubt even Guus would've come back had he been asked. 

Yes but we could have easily sacked him anyway given how bad things have been in 2018 but we have not done so. Putting this Conte situation aside, who else have we not given time to turn things around in the past? You could make a case for Ancelotti but the rest got sacked with good reasons. Am all for backing the manager to get us out of trouble if there are good reasons for it. Otherwise, you risk backing for the sake of backing and ending up with a situation like Wenger at Arsenal. 

[Jase 43,479]

2 hours ago, Tomo said:

Some of the rumoured targets are far from crap.

I guess you see it differently but all of our targets present high risks and I am not convinced by a single one of them at all.

[Fernando 6,376]

It would be funny that instead of getting someone like Jardim they get Carlo. 

[Sideshow Luiz 2,310]

I hope Arsenal go for Enrique.  And "steal" him from us.