RMweb Gold BoD Posted October 20, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 20, 2021 47 minutes ago, cary hill said: Daka becomes the first Leicester City players to score 4 goals in a match since 1958. …. and in one match their joint top scorer in Europe. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calnefoxile Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 13 hours ago, cary hill said: Well I wasn't expecting that so soon after Saturday's win over United, particularly with Leicester's mediocre opening 44 minutes going 2-0 down, then up steps Patson Daka to score 4 goals in just over half an hour with series of finishes which were Vardy-like in their ruthless simplicity. Daka becomes the first Leicester City players to score 4 goals in a match since 1958. There was still time for Spartak to score a third goal in 4-3 mad thriller of a game. David, We still need to do something about our defence though. 2 of Spartaks 3 goals should have been defended better, I'll give them the first one because of the deflection but the other 2 where just poor defending. We need to sort this out, yes we've missed Jonny Evans but we are really missing Fofana, Soyuncu is a very good defender, but I think he's better in a back 3 with Fofana & Evans alongside him. However, notice how the media are all swanning over ManUre and how Ronaldo has 'come to the rescue' yet again!!!! Regards Neal. COYF 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold john new Posted October 24, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 24, 2021 Has a manager ever been sacked at half-time? 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RMweb Premium Claude_Dreyfus Posted October 24, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 24, 2021 4 minutes ago, john new said: Has a manager ever been sacked at half-time? No doubt a rhetorical question, but yes, it has been known... I believe Martin Jol was a victim of this approach, as was the manager of Chichester City (who was sacked during a match...not sure if it was at half time)... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted October 24, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 24, 2021 31 minutes ago, john new said: Has a manager ever been sacked at half-time? Someone needs 10 goalkeepers standing on the line! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted October 24, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 24, 2021 On 21/10/2021 at 19:01, Calnefoxile said: However, notice how the media are all swanning over ManUre and how Ronaldo has 'come to the rescue' yet again!!!! Regards Neal. COYF Will that happen in the morning? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanuts Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BoD Posted October 24, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 24, 2021 I feel another leaving by mutual sacking coming on. He won’t go voluntarily - he knows which side of the bread his pay-off is buttered on. Don’t you just hate mixed metaphors? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobby Posted October 25, 2021 Share Posted October 25, 2021 I can't decide whether it that he was let down by his players or out of his depth? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Torper Posted October 25, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 25, 2021 12 hours ago, BoD said: I feel another leaving by mutual sacking coming on. If he fancies a change, Cowdenbeath are on the lookout for a new manager. DT 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanuts Posted October 25, 2021 Share Posted October 25, 2021 Wow spectacular injury time 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted October 25, 2021 Share Posted October 25, 2021 5 hours ago, Hobby said: I can't decide whether it that he was let down by his players or out of his depth? A bit of both. But also the fans. IMO. More the ones that started supporting them post 1992 rather than the ones who remember the days when United were a very average team that won an occasional cup and sometimes flirted with relegation. In other words the 1970s and 1980s. They've got to lower their expectations a bit. They aren't the massive club anymore that's going to win everything, every season without opposition. They need to step back a bit and rebuild. Stop buying the big name flops that cost £100 million and buy quality hard working players. Or bring a few good youngsters through from the youth system. If you get rid of the manager, you just start the same thing again. Then again. Any manager needs time and needs the boo boys to get off their back. Most other PL teams wouldn't have touched Ronaldo with a bargepole. Just an expensive luxury brought in to paper over the cracks. But some of those fans seem to think it's the Second Coming, it's not. I know. I've been there with Liverpool. The fans can be your best friend, but they can also be a hindrance. Jason 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold john new Posted October 25, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 25, 2021 Mn U- Liverpool. It was a bit of a weird game anyway, I am definitely NOT a United fan but to be fair to them the first two were borderline offside and should have been disallowed; the converse Ronaldo got away with a yellow that should have been a red for deliberately booting the ball two or three times into the defenders nuts just before half-time. Seriously why was that not a red other than because of who it was? Then in the second half Liverpool got away with blatant time wasting (why when 5-0 up?) and I didn't see them get even a warning. Given the importance of goal difference the second half was just farcical. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted October 26, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 26, 2021 On 25/10/2021 at 23:51, Steamport Southport said: A bit of both. But also the fans. IMO. More the ones that started supporting them post 1992 rather than the ones who remember the days when United were a very average team that won an occasional cup and sometimes flirted with relegation. In other words the 1970s and 1980s. They've got to lower their expectations a bit. They aren't the massive club anymore that's going to win everything, every season without opposition. They need to step back a bit and rebuild. Stop buying the big name flops that cost £100 million and buy quality hard working players. Or bring a few good youngsters through from the youth system. If you get rid of the manager, you just start the same thing again. Then again. Any manager needs time and needs the boo boys to get off their back. Most other PL teams wouldn't have touched Ronaldo with a bargepole. Just an expensive luxury brought in to paper over the cracks. But some of those fans seem to think it's the Second Coming, it's not. I know. I've been there with Liverpool. The fans can be your best friend, but they can also be a hindrance. Jason There was a good article on EPSN, where it suggested that the problem was with United management, especially the owners, the Glazers, who appear to be willing to accept mediocrity. https://www.espn.co.uk/football/manchester-united-engman_utd/story/4505657/man-united-mediocrity-is-down-to-glazers-as-apathy-and-low-standards-take-hold Not bothering to turn up at one of United's biggest ticket games, as it's not worth getting out of bed for? But I guess as long as they continue to sell shirts in huge quantities, perhaps it doesn't matter! Buying in players that are past their prime - Ronaldo is a classic example and can only 'save' the club for a short time. Although to be honest, it would be good for other clubs if Ole stays! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobby Posted October 26, 2021 Share Posted October 26, 2021 I said before that one player can't "save" a club. I was chatting with a United fan a day or two ago and we both agreed that whilst they have some great individual players they are just that, "individual" players, and don't seem to like playing as a team. The top three on the other hand also have some great players but they play as part of a team and don't do their own thing. Of all the United players Pogba is the best example of this lack of team play, though Ronaldo isn't a great deal better. Contrast that with Salah who was often seen going to help out the defence when needed on one match I saw a week or two back. There's nothing wrong with buying in older players, plenty of clubs have done it successfully, but they have to fit in and play as part of a team. I just don't see that at United, sadly. Trouble is next time Ronaldo or Pogba turn up and score goals they'll be hailed again as United's saviours whilst the truth is very different. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobby Posted October 26, 2021 Share Posted October 26, 2021 On 25/10/2021 at 13:51, Steamport Southport said: They've got to lower their expectations a bit. They aren't the massive club anymore that's going to win everything, every season without opposition. They need to step back a bit and rebuild. Stop buying the big name flops that cost £100 million and buy quality hard working players. Or bring a few good youngsters through from the youth system. If you get rid of the manager, you just start the same thing again. Then again. Any manager needs time and needs the boo boys to get off their back. As far as results are concerned, no, not at the moment, but they are still the biggest club in the world so they are still "massive"! I agree wholeheartedly with the rest of that paragraph, though their fans need to give them time, as do the owners, and I don't see the patience from either of them to allow it to happen, hence the sticking plaster expensive players and up and down results. Regarding the manager, whilst I have some sympathy with what you say, for it to work you have to have the right manager in place to do that and be trusted to do it, I'm not convinced that Ole, nice bloke that he is, is that manager at that level. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobby Posted October 26, 2021 Share Posted October 26, 2021 Just been watching the end of England Women's annihilation of Latvia, some pretty impressive play by the England team and a result the current men's team would dearly like to have! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cary hill Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 On 26/10/2021 at 20:59, Hobby said: Just been watching the end of England Women's annihilation of Latvia, some pretty impressive play by the England team and a result the current men's team would dearly like to have! Just watched the highlights of that and I think the England Women's team should be reported to the League Against Cruel Sports. The poor Latvian keeper appeared to have flippers, where you would normally expect arms to be, which flapped haplessly in the vague general direction of the ball as it flew or rolled by her on multiple occasions. No idea how she managed to save the penalty and the follow up attempt though..... 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobby Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 They weren't doing too badly until the last twenty minutes when I think tiredness took over, I doubt most of the Latvian players are playing at anywhere the same level as the English players on a week by week basis. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sb67 Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 So the Spurs roller coaster is off again! Nuno is on the way out and we're linked with Antonio Conte, Poch, Graham Potter and Scott Parker. Let's see who we end up with! It would be more likely Man U get Conte and we end up with Ollie! Got to love social media 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobby Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 You won't get Ole, that result has no doubt saved him... I wouldn't mind Poch to take over from Pep... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold SHMD Posted November 1, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 1, 2021 I just think it is ridiculous that some are baying for Ollie to go. Just like it was ridiculous that some were also chanting for Sir Fergy to go 2 years before he retired. (That is a rare beast. A football Manager that retires!) Kev. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobby Posted November 7, 2021 Share Posted November 7, 2021 (edited) On 01/11/2021 at 13:15, SHMD said: I just think it is ridiculous that some are baying for Ollie to go. Perhaps because he's out of his depth? (Isn't it "Ole" not "Ollie"?) Interesting set of results this weekend, well done West Ham! Edited November 7, 2021 by Hobby 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobby Posted November 7, 2021 Share Posted November 7, 2021 https://www.football365.com/news/man-utd-verbally-agree-deal-premier-league-boss-replace-ole-gunnar-solskjaer 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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