Lampard

[Delinquent]

He clearly did wonders motivating the Rangers' players – they were suddenly very tough to beat even by technically superior teams in Europe. I think he is a very similar type to Blokhin (former Dynamo Kyiv Ballon d'Or winner who became the Ukraine national team coach) – a difficult personality, but can do very well in a limited type of a job.

I'd agree with that. The Rangers' players did respond well, but it suited Gerrard being a big fish in a small pond because he's less likely to find rivals to his ego, at least over the short term. I think he'll need to find some humility and improve his people skills if he wants to broaden his horizons.

 

[Modo]

Rumours of Rooney... hahahaha

I really hope they get Rooney

 

[rurikbird]

 

[tombrown]

I really hope they get Rooney

He would be a disaster for them, but I would worry they may get a bit of a new manager bounce from him (like scum did from Ole) that would be enough for them to survive. We need them to appoint someone who won't inspire a bounce ... maybe agent Benitez can come back

 

[King Binny]

 

[tombrown]

So, apart from Carlo (whose appointment was a, never to be repeated, blip in the cosmos anyway), it has been an ever decreasing return on win percentage. Long may it continue

 

[mark1975]

They need to just accept they're shite and that whoever they get in, they will continue to be shite. They'll be ok then.

 

[Hansern]

Bielsa trying to play his style with that crop or players sounds like the worst match ever.

 

[Markeh]

So we’re free to sign Lampard for our midfield?

 

[MomoWASright]

Bielsa trying to play his style with that crop or players sounds like the worst match ever.

The best.

 

[RobbySwanson]

Gazza only managed a handful of games, who compiles these stats? Nadhim Zahawi's accountant?

 

[King Binny]

 

[Beamrider]

Cunts are gonna need to buy a shit load more fireworks.

 

[Squiggles]

Ideas for what their new stadium can be turned into once they go bust? Roller rink? O2 area? The museum of 1995?

 

[Frogfish]

Duche, sorry, Dyche a shoe-in, no?

This is going to trigger someone on here.@doctor_mac @Judge Jules ?

 

[Frogfish]

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Looking back they must be wondering why the hell they fired Koeman + Ancelotti. Dreams above their station no doubt. Weren't they in the Top 10 at that time?

 

[Frogfish]

The only upside to firing Fwank now is that it maybe a little too late, they should have done it earlier this month.
Hopefully it'll take a few days to make the new manager appointment and by then the transfer window will have closed and he'll have the same bunch of under-performers to see them through to the end of the season ... and relegation (though they'll come straight back up the next season).

 

[rurikbird]

They already signed Danjouma, didn’t they?

 

[tombrown]

Looking back they must be wondering why the hell they fired Koeman + Ancelotti. Dreams above their station no doubt. Weren't they in the Top 10 at that time?

Haha; the thought of Neverton sacking Ancelotti 😛... he fucking sacked them

 

[tomasjj]

This is going to trigger someone on here.@doctor_mac @Judge Jules ?

And you are making sure it happens?

 

[Judge Jules]

There are times when cool detachment is the best way forward, yesterday for example when I had lunch with a Manc pal and had to take assorted jibes on the chin.

 

[doctor_mac]

This is going to trigger someone on here.@doctor_mac @Judge Jules ?

It's the Judge you require....

 

[doctor_mac]

Looking back they must be wondering why the hell they fired Koeman + Ancelotti. Dreams above their station no doubt. Weren't they in the Top 10 at that time?

Ancelotti left Everton for Madrid. Which the Ev fans found mind boggling. I still find it mind boggling they had a manager of that quality.

 

[Judge Jules]

If one didn't know already that Ancelotti was a top manager, the fact that he managed to get Calvert-Lewin into the England squad would have been credential enough.

 

[Squiggles]

Ancelotti left Everton for Madrid. Which the Ev fans found mind boggling. I still find it mind boggling they had a manager of that quality.

Goes without saying but it was all about the £14M a year in his pocket. It was one of the highest salaries in the game at the time.

 

[doctor_mac]

Goes without saying but it was all about the £14M a year in his pocket. It was one of the highest salaries in the game at the time.

It wasn't the prospect of coaching Pickford, Coleman and the likes? The supporters who frighten their own team much more than any opposition? The 'original features' of their grand old stadium? Really? You think it was about the money?

 

[Hansern]

It wasn't the prospect of coaching Pickford, Coleman and the likes? The supporters who frighten their own team much more than any opposition? The 'original features' of their grand old stadium? Really? You think it was about the money?

 

[rurikbird]

 

[Fabio]

God i hate that smug chelsea cunt

 

[Judge Jules]

A Latin scholar would tell you "Nil satis nisi optimum" means "Only the best is good enough".

When Everton use it I reckon it means "A goalless draw's the best we can hope for".