Dman

We were obviously watching a different game, AMN was appalling. Doesn’t look like a CM to me.

A warm welcome to the forum, Matthew Le Tisser!

It’s a really interesting point Valery made about confidence. It’s probably why we go on ridiculous bad runs of form and crumble under pressure. When confidence is low, Ralph doesn’t have the skill set to lift it. It’s a big issue.

If I was as poor as Bednerak and was being selected as a first choice for a PL side, I’d be right up the managers arse as well…. Weird that Bednerak didn’t want to stick around amd play under a manager of his skill set then, isn’t it!

Your TV is on its way out or your colour blind?

Not the debate I’m having. I already said I wasn’t a fan of Puel. Personally, I think he’s on par with the alpine Flopp, just wasn’t as ‘trendy’ so didn’t get the same grace as Ralph. My point is that getting to a final and getting to a semi final or the equivalent of each other. Clearly, getting to a final is a bigger achievement than a semi final.

There’s a reason it’s an alternative view….

Yes okay, if you say so. Clearly a pointless debate.

I mean, I was not a huge fan of Puel and don’t really see getting to a final (and losing) as an achievement, but clearly a final and semi final aren’t equivalent.

Looks like he’d be great in the ‘front sweeper’ role….

This will be Ralph’s last game, imo. After a disappointing, uninspiring, 2-1 loss.

Disagree. If anything, they can say “we backed him in the summer with new coaching staff and a huge (for us) net spend in the transfer window. Results / performances aren’t improving, so we feel now is the right time to make a change”. I think it’s probably clear to all that the new men brought in aren’t Ralph’s men, as such, and we’re found / appointed by the club. It would be a fairly simple transition for a new guy to come in with maybe 1 new coach, of their own choice.

And this is exactly why people call those who support Ralph ‘a cult’. People seemingly don’t care about on field performance and care more about the manager looking ‘trendy’ or being nice. Personally I couldn’t care less if Brendan is twat. Appointing him would give us stability in the PL and improve our chances of finishing top 10 or even in Europe. That being said, I think he’s nailed on for the Villa job, should it come up.

Women’s football belongs in the lounge, not topics as important as this.

Lucky you. I got a week long ban the last time I done that.

I’ve not seen many advocating Dyche or Moyes to be fair, both are better managers than Ralph, but probably don’t suit the philosophy of the club. Rodgers would be perfect however. If you don’t think he’s an improvement on Ralph, based on nothing other than a bad start to this season, then you’re completely deluded.

Yep, nothing has changed. He and JWP still can’t play together.

Ha! Touché.. but no; I think Ralph’s time is up. I’m not sure he’s right for us. I’m sure he’ll move on and do well elsewhere, but I don’t foresee it being here. I Agree with this. It always frustrates me when someone says ‘x’ manager is poor because he was relegated or ‘y’ manager is past it because they're struggling this season. There are many factors which may cause a team to lose form.

It’s a really daft and simplistic way of looking at things. Poch was sacked with Espanyol bottom of the league, was he out of touch… Even Sir Alex was under pressure at one point.

Both would be a huge improvement on Ralph, Rodgers especially.

Ralph or any manager for that matter, will have an input on who we sign and targets within our budget. If he can’t get a tune out of players in our budget, then let’s get someone in who can then please 👍🏻

Not very well, either.

If a big European club wanted him, he’d be off. He’s not getting the offers from those clubs because he’s vastly overrated.

This clearly won’t happen, we all know that. However, I find it really interesting to see where his next move will be. Seemingly not getting the major jobs, having recently rejected by Chelsea and United. Has said previously he won’t manage Arsenal and Barca. other than perhaps Italy, I just don’t see where his next move will be…? Back to Tottenham? I don’t think it’s as unrealistic as it seems for him to join a club like ours, but again, I don’t think (actually I know), he wouldn’t come back here. We can all dream though… right.

According to the Ralph cult, there is no one, absolutely no one out there who can replace him. There’s absolutely no chance we could possibly appoint someone ‘left field’ from Europe, who’s seen to be a bit of a coup…We never do that, I mean look at our last managerial appointment….