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UpweySaint

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  1. Probably not but then I suppose what his options are and a possible Hughes link up could be a pro or con, fully expect he may have better offers though both here and across continent.
  2. Apparently Shaqiri has a £12mil release clause, a bargain fee by current markets. HCDAJFU or most teams in the league though to be fair and will likely have a range of suitors.
  3. I wasn't exactly comparing the two records like for like, simply pointing out that waiting can be a negative as part of a point about a hypothetical situation in which we might be considered an option for a 'proven' manager. Though in Curbs defense he did more than okay at Charlton. They overachieved under him and swiftly fell apart after he departed.
  4. It was an example of waiting out too long for 'the right offer' and managers being forgotten.
  5. To an extent yes but there is always the Curbishley counter argument. Waited too long and now get's "Alan Who?" when he goes for jobs. I agree he could wait and probably do better. All I am saying is that he might not want to. If he is burning to prove himself, wants to manage in the premier league etc it is not entirely implausible he, or any other manager, might fancy working with our les. Not really sure I take your point on Moyes. His work at Everton got him the Utd job. His decent showing at WHAM would likely get him another premiership job despite some poor showings in the interim.
  6. Fair shout they slipped my mind. Though the same really applies say they go for a manager swap with Napoli. We could end up best option by default.
  7. By all accounts he could probably do better than us on the continent. Indulge me a little on this but let us say he wants a chance to manage in the premier league. How many jobs are there that appear to be available and are better bets than us? Arsenal look set on Arteta, Everton seem to want Silva - probably have more going for them than us right now though but not by much, the Allardyce saga might also be a red flag to anybody considering taking over. WHAM, linked with a range - again probably have more going, finance, stadium, london etc. Though would he want to work with the dildo peddlers with the rent a gob sprog tweeting about all things WHAM? Leicester - will it be available? Nobody seems sure in the media. That sort of leaves us. He couldn't really do much worse than this season. We have a few pennies to play with, an decent squad, the academy is always a plus. I don't think it is any way likely but I would suggest we would make an interesting challenge for the right manager. All the same I still think Hughes is probably the safest and most realistic bet. He wasn't my first choice by any stretch but he's probably done enough to be top of the list.
  8. Agreed. I respect he is an okay tactician, we had a good cup run and probably should have won. He's been successful in France. No doubt he was the wrong man for us. We played our best football when we tried to impose ourselves on games tactically. Europe we allowed games to pass us by when really we could have achieved more.
  9. Call me a fool. We missed our chance in Europe which may not come around again, this was largely down to playing such negative football. We scraped to 8th in the league. We played some of the worst football I have seen from us in the second half of the season. We lost any identity to how we tried to play our football, particularly with his weird diamond experiment that didn't fit our players. I'd say we were probably at about our level under Puel but we lost any of the optimism of genuine possibility that was present under Poch, Koeman and, to a lesser extent, Adkins. It was certainly not all his fault he certainly played a significant part in our current slide.
  10. *Burton bradstock, just down the road. But I take your point! Good to see him doing well, always thought he might make the break through with us but his progress seemed to stall and it never quite happened.
  11. Yhep, far too many in the media keen to stick the boot in. Quite a few of the 'you can't keep selling your best players' mob were happy to see our failure as if we willfully planned to see our best players be tapped up in Blackpool hotels year on year. Puel is/has been a decent manager, just wasn't right for us. Probably not a good fit for this league by all accounts. No shame in that. Pellegrino was never the right man for the task at hand. I think some go OTT on their attitude towards him but clearly wasn't up to the job. He was a nice chap all considered but that kept him in post too long.
  12. https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/apr/26/claude-puel-leicester-city-manager-future-uncertain Similar piece, sounds fairly similar to views of him here. Sacking Puel was never the mistake some of the smug kn*bs in the media made it out to be, we just royally buggered up the replacement!
  13. http://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2018/03/21/name-to-watch-16-year-old-southampton-talent-enzo-robise-feature/ Nothing too detailed but, for what it's worth, a fairly recent brief mention for Enzo.
  14. Care to elaborate?
  15. About three hundred quid, that's decent and my car is falling apart! Never the less I briefly lived in Pompey and now too many smug knobs who would be giving it the big'un if we were in the same league to make it worth it!
  16. I got a very good price on a double, us down pompey up. I thought, and certainly hoped, it would be a few quid down the drain but, after seeing our slump last season alongside the mickey mouse takeover down the road I thought it was worth a punt just in case. Of course I would much rather see us stay up and lose but I am genuinely torn on Pompey. If we are screwed anyway a few hundred quid wouldn't be a bad thing. Ideal scenario, Pompey charge into the playoffs, we manage to escape last day of the season, pompey proceed to f*ck up the play offs and I find an appropriate time to take a decent cash out.
  17. I suppose it depends on your age, as a product of the 90's I can appreciate greats from before but, if you asked me on the spot, my answers would probably reflect my own 'heritage' as it were ... For me Liverpool would be Barnes or Owen though only as Kenny was before my time. Arsenal, Bergkamp or Henry? Chelsea, Zola. Palace, Wright. Leicester probably Mahrez. City, Aguero. Mn utd, probably Best though Scholes needs a mention. Newcastle, Shearer. West ham, Rio. Stoke, Shaqiri, never understand what he's doing there! West Brom, probably better historical examples but Gera was decent on his day. Spurs, Hoddle. Kane/Bale both worth a shout though. As does a fit Ledley King. Some of the teams with less time around the top flight it's tricky. Will always remember Fletcher for Bournemouth.
  18. There is an unfortunate reason we keep getting our talent cherry picked. If we can survive this season the goal long term has to be imitating the trend of European teams who recruit well and sell big while keeping together good sides. I know we aren't on the same level but the likes of Dortmund, Monaco, Atletico, RB Leipzig etc should be our model. Still maintain we have more quality players than a number of teams above us.
  19. Our best, as in for their impact with us, Bertrand, Pelle and Mane (though Davis and Tadic only just edged out). The most talented three, Mane, Toby and VVD. Whatever has gone right or wrong over the last few years I have to say our recruitment has been better than most. Some of the players who have come through the club have been top quality. Could have easily mentioned Clyne, Lovren, Wanayama before we even get to the academy lot.
  20. Enter joke about Bertrand having carried the side and/or various left wingers ...
  21. To be fair the lad hasn't looked too happy for a while. Form, manager or just not settled ... it could be one or all three really. Have to say though our fans have really got behind him and keep singing for him. I think we all recognise he is a talented player, just a case of getting the best out of him while we have him. Hopefully Hughes may be able to give insight. Even though his record as a manger is a tad patchy there is no doubting he was a top quality striker. On a side note I think some are being a tad harsh on Carillo. I'm not going to say he's started great but he has played a part in some of our better movements/goals from corners lately. Don't get me wrong I think we won't see too much from him this season but, should we scrape survival, we may be able to get more out of his next term. He has come into a team playing utter dross. I can't remember him missing a myriad of chances so again maybe with others playing better around him ... We all largely agree we needed the option of a target man like Lambert or Pelle, he may be able to come good and fit the brief. Then again buggered if I know, I thought Olly Lancashire was going to be top quality!
  22. I'd make a case for a few but generally take the point. Think Stephens has done okay all things considered and has at least shown some bottle - even if he would benefit from being part of a more assured backline. Sims has shown enough in cameos to make me think he could give something too.
  23. I really doubt it but can't help but feel it would be pretty hollow, though you never know if we get out of this mess the relief and euphoria may kick in! Be nice to have something, anything to get excited about this season. I've managed to find a few positives but it's hard work finding anything exciting about us this season. Olomola's almost magic cameo if i'm grasping! (how tragic is that eh!) Oh well, if nothing changes over the next few weeks it may be time to start drawing up a list of positives to relegation.
  24. I've been trying to avoid the constant negativity and find the positives but this has been utter w*nk! No urgency, no movement ... I know our confidence is shot but every time we play the safe pass and give Newcastle a chance to organise. The rare glimpses we have upped the tempo and committed men we have looked something approaching dangerous. We may as well go for it second half. Sims must come on, looked fearless last time out, we need more of that. May as well get Gabbi up and around Carillo to. 2-0 or 5-0 is irrelevant, we need goals, points and a bit of hope. Overwhelming sinking feeling today, if we stay up it will be more down to three other teams being more woeful.
  25. Had a dream Cedric finally scored for us only for a 70th minute stoke equaliser and the game ended up another frustrating draw!
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