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Football Flavour of the Month Thread.

Wurzel

Wurzel

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I thought the forum needs a thread like this. A place to put your predictions for failure even though the media or fans are hyping them to death, then in the course of time it can be revisited to see if they really were that flash in the pan, or they turned into a superstar!

So to start I predict that Marcelo Bielsa will not be the second coming, and the greatest manager in the country.
 
garygaryshaw said:
I'd argue he's already been a miracle worker regardless of what happens next season
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There is a recurring theme in the premier league. Clubs with a manager who have their moment in time together , great while it lasts but the club eventually succumbs to relegation and the manager never repeats what he did with that club elsewhere.

Stoke, Huddersfield now Bournemouth .

I will be very very surprised if Eddie Howe is a success elsewhere.

I will be very very surprised if Sheffield United last more than another season or 2. And with them going so will Wilder either before they drop or after.
 
Melon Donkey said:
I will be very very surprised if Eddie Howe is a success elsewhere.
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I feel like Howe should have moved on 12 or 18 months ago, he’s taken Bournemouth as far as he can and now he’s possibly missed his chance as questions are being asked as his team fall backwards. Interesting on Match of the Day earlier apparently they are only team to have conceded 60+ goals in each of the last 5 seasons

I think Howe is young enough I’d be surprised if he never had a good spell in the future though
 
david-avfc said:
I feel like Howe should have moved on 12 or 18 months ago, he’s taken Bournemouth as far as he can and now he’s possibly missed his chance as questions are being asked as his team fall backwards. Interesting on Match of the Day earlier apparently they are only team to have conceded 60+ goals in each of the last 5 seasons

I think Howe is young enough I’d be surprised if he never had a good spell in the future though
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I don't know what it is but something about Howe just pisses me off. Can't put my finger on it, but it's a similar vibe to the one I get from that little turd who just got sacked by Bristol City....
 
david-avfc said:
I feel like Howe should have moved on 12 or 18 months ago, he’s taken Bournemouth as far as he can and now he’s possibly missed his chance as questions are being asked as his team fall backwards. Interesting on Match of the Day earlier apparently they are only team to have conceded 60+ goals in each of the last 5 seasons

I think Howe is young enough I’d be surprised if he never had a good spell in the future though
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I think that's the secret keep moving before you are found out, it happens in a lot of industries, not just football. The days when your manager could actually do your job went about 30 years ago
 
I predict that the greatest team the championship has ever seen will fail miserably even if they get promoted.
That's the baggies by the way for those of you who missed those comments earlier in the season
 
Villan57 said:
I predict that the greatest team the championship has ever seen will fail miserably even if they get promoted.
That's the baggies by the way for those of you who missed those comments earlier in the season
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Oh yes I had an Albion fan spend nearly the entirety of our break at work telling myself and a Wolves fan that the current baggies side Is the best in the history of the second tier. After nearly 25 minutes of this he wants asked "how come Leeds are top then" and fell silent.
 
Melon Donkey said:
There is a recurring theme in the premier league. Clubs with a manager who have their moment in time together , great while it lasts but the club eventually succumbs to relegation and the manager never repeats what he did with that club elsewhere.

Stoke, Huddersfield now Bournemouth .

I will be very very surprised if Eddie Howe is a success elsewhere.

I will be very very surprised if Sheffield United last more than another season or 2. And with them going so will Wilder either before they drop or after.
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Maybe I'm looking at this very different to others then. Going by that criteria you could argue Ron Saunders was the same. Worked wonders with Villa, complete disaster at Blues and Baggies. Dont think he was popular at Man City either but that was before my time.
 
Success for football clubs used to go in cycles but now the rich clubs (Man City, Chelsea, etc) have put a stop to that massively reducing the chance of an Aston Villa, Derby County, Nottingham Forest, etc winning a title or even any silverware.

So the distance between the rich and the has-beens has grown so intentionally big it's near on impossible for a club to try and bridge the gap.

The only hope you have is to have mega-rich owners so provided ours hang around then at least we have some long term hope.
 
garygaryshaw said:
Maybe I'm looking at this very different to others then. Going by that criteria you could argue Ron Saunders was the same. Worked wonders with Villa, complete disaster at Blues and Baggies. Dont think he was popular at Man City either but that was before my time.
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With some managers as well as players ut just clicks. See John Gregory as well, good fir us. Managing in India last I checked. Howe has already walked out on a "bigger" job to go back to Bournemouth who were a league lower. Dyche possibly the same but he might make a career of being a big Sam/Pulis type roving relegation battle specialist.
 
Pride of Lions said:
The last time I looked, he's nowhere near a relegation battle.
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I meant more that teams would bring him in if they are in a relegation battle to get them organised and give players a boot up the arse. So someone would bring him in if they are in the shit rather than he'd get them relegated himself.
 
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