Administrator Stan Posted October 28 Administrator Posted October 28 On 08/09/2024 at 11:10, MUFC said: Am going for our manager in November of this calender year. Only 4 days out. Good call! Quote
MUFC Posted October 28 Author Posted October 28 10 minutes ago, Stan said: Only 4 days out. Good call! Oh Mystic Meg. Quote
Smiley Culture Posted October 28 Posted October 28 On 02/10/2024 at 13:29, Toinho said: Postecoglou (you almost got his name correct) will be there come end of season, easy. Two away wins since March. He’s crap. Once their away form goes to shit, he’ll be gone. Quote
Toinho Posted October 29 Posted October 29 11 hours ago, Smiley Culture said: Two away wins since March. He’s crap. Once their away form goes to shit, he’ll be gone. If he was crap he would've failed massively last season. Losing their best ever player and still finishing above some big clubs was decent. Agreed that away form hasn't been great, but I don't think he's getting sacked anytime soon. Quote
Subscriber Dan+ Posted October 29 Subscriber Posted October 29 Wonder if Cooper is a low key shout here now. Ipswich away next following a dire loss at home to Forest. This is a bloke who the fans aren't on board with, the players aren't on board with and was appointed under the assumption of a points deduction that never arrived. I wouldn't say it's likely but I think circumstance probably goes against him quite a bit. The flip side is our board are binary and will just see us not in the bottom three and assume all is OK. Quote
Smiley Culture Posted October 29 Posted October 29 13 hours ago, Toinho said: If he was crap he would've failed massively last season. Losing their best ever player and still finishing above some big clubs was decent. Agreed that away form hasn't been great, but I don't think he's getting sacked anytime soon. One away win post-Christmas essentially killed their Champions League chances and a pot of whatever ghastly sum they’d have earned. Such honking away form has meant they’ve now won two away games this calendar year. Their run to Christmas sees them playing City, Villa, Chelsea and Liverpool and if they get nothing from those and continue being disgraceful away from home, coupled with his “I always win something in my second season”, which will quite possibly see them out of one cup tomorrow evening, then he’s on borrowed time. Frankly, it’s pretty shameful that they’re that woeful away, with or without Kane. They’ve enough resources and financial power to not turn out 10pts from 15 away games. Quote
Subscriber RandoEFC+ Posted October 29 Subscriber Posted October 29 Eddie Howe at 16/1 looks the best value to me at the moment. Glasner, Lopetegui and Dyche will get time now and I think Wolves have the fixtures to go on a good run to save O'Neil. Russell Martin looks likely but if Southampton decide to just accept relegation and stick with him, Howe isn't impossible. They've gone really stale under him and it's gone under the radar. Quote
Toinho Posted November 7 Posted November 7 On 29/10/2024 at 22:30, Smiley Culture said: One away win post-Christmas essentially killed their Champions League chances and a pot of whatever ghastly sum they’d have earned. Such honking away form has meant they’ve now won two away games this calendar year. Their run to Christmas sees them playing City, Villa, Chelsea and Liverpool and if they get nothing from those and continue being disgraceful away from home, coupled with his “I always win something in my second season”, which will quite possibly see them out of one cup tomorrow evening, then he’s on borrowed time. Frankly, it’s pretty shameful that they’re that woeful away, with or without Kane. They’ve enough resources and financial power to not turn out 10pts from 15 away games. Still in that cup, for now. Quote
Subscriber Dan+ Posted November 26 Subscriber Posted November 26 On 29/10/2024 at 04:32, Dan said: Wonder if Cooper is a low key shout here now. Ipswich away next following a dire loss at home to Forest. This is a bloke who the fans aren't on board with, the players aren't on board with and was appointed under the assumption of a points deduction that never arrived. I wouldn't say it's likely but I think circumstance probably goes against him quite a bit. The flip side is our board are binary and will just see us not in the bottom three and assume all is OK. 18/1 I got. Woop. Quote
OrangeKhrush Posted November 26 Posted November 26 Critical December for Howe, even if they dont make the move early he may end up getting his pink slip in the summer. Mid table manager, if you have mid table aspirations, perfect. Quote
Subscriber RandoEFC+ Posted November 26 Subscriber Posted November 26 I don't know what odds Dyche is on now but he won't make it to Christmas unless the Friedkin takeover gets delayed by more than 2 weeks and/or he manages to beat Wolves next week which I highly doubt. I'd get onto that now to be honest. You just need Saints to hold on to Russell Martin really now that Lopetegui went to Newcastle and got a result. Quote
Administrator Stan Posted November 26 Administrator Posted November 26 Sounds like Ruud Van Nistelrooy may be the front-runner for us. Quote
Gunnersaurus Posted November 26 Posted November 26 43 minutes ago, Stan said: Sounds like Ruud Van Nistelrooy may be the front-runner for us. Carrick has been mentioned. Thoughts? Quote
Administrator Stan Posted November 26 Administrator Posted November 26 1 hour ago, Gunnersaurus said: Carrick has been mentioned. Thoughts? Would prefer RVN. Has more experience given his time at PSV, and was able to capitalise on the 'new manager bounce' at Old Trafford for the short time he was there. Carrick wouldn't be the worst option, and he has had Middlesbrough playing some good football and they are starting to click this season. But it'd be more of a gamble. Quote
Subscriber Dan+ Posted November 26 Subscriber Posted November 26 I do quite like betting on this market because it fluctuates massively week to week. Martin being 5/6 is just not really true in my opinion. Think I quite like Dyche at 10/1. Howe at 33/1 might not be the worst long shot. Quote
Subscriber Dan+ Posted December 1 Subscriber Posted December 1 On 26/11/2024 at 23:31, Dan said: I do quite like betting on this market because it fluctuates massively week to week. Martin being 5/6 is just not really true in my opinion. Think I quite like Dyche at 10/1. Howe at 33/1 might not be the worst long shot. I backed both of these. Both prices in a bit already. Think for Dyche this weekend went really well - an abject loss and the favourite Martin didn't have a bad result. Dyche has really let himself down this season I think. Quote
Subscriber RandoEFC+ Posted December 1 Subscriber Posted December 1 20 minutes ago, Dan said: I backed both of these. Both prices in a bit already. Think for Dyche this weekend went really well - an abject loss and the favourite Martin didn't have a bad result. Dyche has really let himself down this season I think. Dyche went into this season as the last year of his contract and the new owners haven't spoken to him at all despite being two weeks from completing the purchase of the club. They've spoken to the director of football and many others. He knows he's a dead man walking now, the fight has gone out of him and he's going through the motions. It's a ludicrous position for a Premier League club to be in that we can't figure something out a few weeks early when everyone knows his feet won't touch the floor the day after the takeover is complete. Sadly no noise coming out of the club tonight that he won't be in charge for Wolves on Wednesday. Quote
Subscriber Dan+ Posted December 2 Subscriber Posted December 2 7 hours ago, RandoEFC said: Dyche went into this season as the last year of his contract and the new owners haven't spoken to him at all despite being two weeks from completing the purchase of the club. They've spoken to the director of football and many others. He knows he's a dead man walking now, the fight has gone out of him and he's going through the motions. It's a ludicrous position for a Premier League club to be in that we can't figure something out a few weeks early when everyone knows his feet won't touch the floor the day after the takeover is complete. Sadly no noise coming out of the club tonight that he won't be in charge for Wolves on Wednesday. That's probably the nearest thing to the situation that ended up relegating us that I've heard of - if anything even more dangerous because it's not like you were in a position so clear of relegation that you could probably get away with resting on your laurels. Think I'll probably back Wolves to beat you. Quote
Dave Posted December 2 Posted December 2 Given how they've handled the last two Roma managers I'd be slightly concerned who The Friedkin's will appoint. Quote
Subscriber RandoEFC+ Posted December 2 Subscriber Posted December 2 20 minutes ago, Dave said: Given how they've handled the last two Roma managers I'd be slightly concerned who The Friedkin's will appoint. They can't be worse than Dyche has been this season. There's more to get from this team. Despite another summer of penny-pinching, we actually slightly improved the squad if anything. We sold Onana but Dyche wasn't even starting him ahead of Garner and Gueye. Godfrey was being used as a right-back at times and then Lewis Dobbin was the only other one who left. We brought in Ndiaye who has started every game so is clearly seen as an improvement. Patterson returned to fitness and should have been getting minutes. We spent money on Jake O'Brien who is another option Dyche hasn't utilised while Tarkowski's form has been poor and Branthwaite missed a lot of the first few games with injury. This squad, largely the same as last year, racked up the same number of points as Brighton and Bournemouth last season and more than Fulham, when you add on the 8 points that were deducted. Yes, that is in part down to Dyche's good work but all of that has been undone this season. He keeps going on about problems that date back to before his time and talking down the players he has at his disposal but there's absolutely no excuse for us to be sat on 2 wins from 13 after the results this squad managed to get last season. Dyche is an absolute master at convincing people that he's working with a dross relegation squad when he's not getting results. Just like Allardyce always was. We're no great shakes but it isn't rocket science for us to be doing just well enough to not be worrying about a serious relegation scrap. I take your point though about the Friedkin Group. Hopefully they've learned from their mistakes out there and hopefully their approach suits Everton and the Premier League more than it seems to have done in Rome. Quote
Subscriber RandoEFC+ Posted December 10 Subscriber Posted December 10 Brilliant news if true. Pinch yourself moments if you support Everton, Leicester, Ipswich or Palace. Quote
Administrator Stan Posted December 10 Administrator Posted December 10 31 minutes ago, RandoEFC said: Brilliant news if true. Pinch yourself moments if you support Everton, Leicester, Ipswich or Palace. Very surprised. Their fixtures after Ipswich and us don't make for pleasant reading if you're one of their fans. Man Utd, Tottenham, Forest, Newcastle, Chelsea, Arsenal, Villa and Liverpool up to mid Feb! Quote
Dave Posted December 11 Posted December 11 I thought he was gone after Everton to be honest. It makes me think Moyes is holding out for the Everton job. I get why it's an unattractive job as thats a nasty run of fixtures to walk in to. They'll probably have better luck attracting a better calibre of manager from late Feb. This is what Ipswich needed, to be semi consistent and hope an established team expose themselves as pretty poorly run. Or in Leicester's case, hope you can cheat the system again, be semi consistent, hope Rudkin doesn't expose himself as incompetent and hope an established team expose themselves as pretty poorly run. Quote
Administrator Stan Posted December 11 Administrator Posted December 11 5 minutes ago, Dave said: hope Rudkin doesn't expose himself as incompetent Horse has already bolted on this one... 1 1 Quote
Subscriber RandoEFC+ Posted December 11 Subscriber Posted December 11 11 hours ago, Dave said: This is what Ipswich needed, to be semi consistent and hope an established team expose themselves as pretty poorly run They need two really. Even if they manage to stay ahead of Wolves, they need to clear Everton, Palace or Leicester as well and with 1 win in 15 games it's far from straightforward to overhaul the 4-5 point gap they already have to those teams. Quote
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