You Don't Know What Your Doing.........

[BlueLion. 21,491]

Against even our wildest dreams, if Grant lands us the Champions League in his first season after Mourinho went so close two times in his tenure, I'd be willing to give him another chance. But for me now, he's blown it. He hasn't actually got a clue and I reckon our current "successes" are down to Clarkey and Ten Cate (who I think is a brilliant coach).

[misschief 24]

Whenever I see Steve he looks gloomy and down and isolated even when sitting next to Grant or Cate.

May be it's my imagination but I wonder if he really will stick around or leave next season.

Its not your imagination, he'll be off between now and next season and in all honesty I really dont blame him.

[pluto 0]

The awful thing is that if we do win the CL with Grant this season it will mean we are stuck with him for good.

Now I hear you ask what is wrong with that?

Well Benitez won the CL by some fluke very early on in his Liverpool tenure and where have they been in the league running since he's been with them?

Nowhere.

Winning the CL meant the fans were stuck with a coach who can manage cup competitions but the league (which for me is the really important thing) he is hopeless at but all everyone says is "oh but he won the CL he's wonderful a genius etc".

Big deal, it's a glorified knock out competition which any team on form for a given day can win.

I'd be very pleased to win it of course but dread the long term consequences if it's with Grant.

It will not make him some super coach in my eyes, winning games consistently in your own league over a season is a sign of a great coach.

As for Clarke, I would be surprised if he stayed on next season, I don't think he fits in with this new team of advisors Grant has bought in, at first they desparately needed him there to steady the players nerves and the fans.

Now I don't think they care so much if he left and he doesn't look that happy to be there either anymore either - although may be he always looked like that and I never noticed. He just doesn't seem happy - period.

Hope I'm wildly off base here, could well be but when you keep thinking something is up when you watch someone's body language on screen you end up usually being proved right in the end.

[middleoftheshed 388]

I'm sure you'll be glad to hear it was sung as he was going in at half time today.

[Elliott 7]

His only fault today was giving that lad Sidwell a run out.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

Made a good few decisions today regarding substitutions. The team on a whole were crap in the first 45.

[Fulham Broadway 17,299]

Grant has ran a line to the tabloids how he fired up all the players at half time, motivated them, and gave them a 'right Ballacking'.

Cant see it myself somehow.

[warnie_666 1,081]

Grant has ran a line to the tabloids how he fired up all the players at half time, motivated them, and gave them a 'right Ballacking'.

Cant see it myself somehow.

I saw Ballack's interview on ESPN while he was being gifted the Barclay's MoM. When asked what had an effect on their performance in second half, his reply was "The Manager was LOUD in the dressing room".

[Fulham Broadway 17,299]

Ok, so he made some grunting noises, cant see the miserable fucker being inspirational somehow.

[pluto 0]

Ok, so he made some grunting noises, cant see the miserable fucker being inspirational somehow.

I can't believe this man has an inspirational bone in his body frankly.

We were poor first half and if so he should have yelled.

A journo summed it up for me when he said today in his report that "it is not easy to like cold fish Avram Grant" or words to that effect.

He's right there - the man is about as exciting to listen to and watch as having root canal work done.

[Aesthetic Relic 301]

I saw Ballack's interview on ESPN while he was being gifted the Barclay's MoM. When asked what had an effect on their performance in second half, his reply was "The Manager was LOUD in the dressing room".

Someone had taken away the cones and bids from the changing room. He didnt know what to do and was giving off for someone to find him replacements asap

[joe_kura 0]

I saw Ballack's interview on ESPN while he was being gifted the Barclay's MoM. When asked what had an effect on their performance in second half, his reply was "The Manager was LOUD in the dressing room".

he didnt say 'the manager was loud in the dressing room'. he said 'IT was loud in the dressing room'. get your facts right please. IT could be grant, clarke or ten cate.

Edited January 2, 2008 by joe_kura

[Elliott 7]

Someone had taken away the cones and bids from the changing room. He didnt know what to do and was giving off for someone to find him replacements asap

Hahaha.

[kbchel 2]

as we move along the champions league we will meet real tacticians like moratti and bernd schuster.....

how is grant going to beat them????

[ironhorse 0]

as we move along the champions league we will meet real tacticians like moratti and bernd schuster.....

how is grant going to beat them????

Hi

i agree with you in all compitions pressure is going to increase , so that is where we need a manager who is able to take on the best minds in england & europe , we have 1 chance ten cate he seems up there with top tacticians