Dr. Kucho

Spors wasn’t the problem at Vitesse, it’s was the dodgy ownership and them thinking they could challenge for the championship. Offtopic, how come you follow N.E.C? I know the club well having gone to school at the other side of the Goffert park.

James Ward-Prowse not in the West Ham squad for personal reasons according to LiveScore. Under Potter a starter and has now been left out completely.

An interesting video regarding the promoted teams. And if you’re on this channel, watch his video about England under Tuchel and why they keep getting better. A good watch.

Good post! And like others have said, we can’t keep hiring and firing managers. Jones, Juric and Still have all done good/decent jobs at other clubs so it must be something at the club. Like said in an other comment, hiring Still makes sense with his C.V. But maybe Spors should have gone for an experienced manager to lift the club after last season. Like Wilder or Cooper, someone who’s seen it and knows the league.

Sports republic have struggled from day one in buying good strikers.

In response to the question in the thread title, no I don’t think Spors has been taken in by a fraud manager. I was pleased when Still signed and hope he succeeds. But thinking of it, is Still the right manager for us at this moment? I am doubting. We have just had our worst season ever and he’s a young guy who has to lift the players, fans and club. Thats a big task. Maybe Spors should have signed an older and more experienced manager. Someone who’s done it all before like Wilder for instance.

I was pleased when we signed Still and looking forward to the new season. But like others have said, this season has started disappointing and I can’t figure out why. We signed some good championship players in Azaz and Fellows, Charles returned and THB, Manning, Armstrong, Stewart etc aren’t too bad either. In his pre and post match press conferences Still says exactly what we often think and can identify where it went wrong. But watching us against the Skates and its so frustrating. We can’t continue to hire and fire managers whilst at other clubs they do decent jobs (Still at the French and Belgium clubs, Juric at some Italian clubs, Jones at Luton and Charlton). Makes you wonder if it’s something else that causes them to fail. That said I voted to give him more time, but results have to come very soon or this season isn’t going to be a lot of fun.

Pochetinno indeed made a huge impact when he arrived. But he inherited a squad that had 2 back to back promotions and wasn’t doing to bad in the league. Still has inherited the second worst squad in premier league history. That said he now has the players he wants and the results have to start coming in the next weeks.

Missed the first 15 minutes but wish I had missed the full 90. It was so frustrating watching us and seeing the lame attacks. I like Still and really hope it’s works out, but he made some crucial mistakes today. Should have changed the formation in the first half as it was obvious it wasn’t working. Brought the subs on to late for them to make a impact and playing this way he should have started with Stewart as a target point. Let’s hope next match will be better when all players have trained together as Jander and Scienza look like good additions.

All set and ready here, walked the dog, table set, girlfriend has her nun costume on, now all I need is a good livestream. To everyone in the stadium, make us proud and everyone watching from wherever you are, let’s beat the Skates. COYRs

My ITK contact just texted me that Scienza chose us over Paris after reading the comments in this thread how shit Paris is.

Spertsyan has 9 letters in his name, does that make him the 9th signing?

What an absolute waste of talent. Could have been a good Premier League defender but for his attitude, assuming it’s his attitude.

We’ve had Shields, Wilcox, Spors and whoever did the transfers between their appointments, and all make similar mistakes in going for cheap talent instead of proven players. When you look at when we went down to league 1 in 2009 we did a good job in recruiting (yes not every player was a hit). We bought the league top scorer (Lambert), a proven defender (Jaiidi), Hammond, convinced Fonte to drop a league and built a team of experienced along with young talents like Lallana and Schneiderlin. Resulting in promotions and the best time I had in supporting Saints (started supporting in 2002).

Don’t know, possibly the board and whoever is part of it. It’s just strange that we’ve had different directors of football and all seem to make the same mistakes.