Ex Lion Tamer

I'm still scarred by Neil McCann

He's doing a great job for Italy but I thought City should have got rid of him sooner to be honest

The thing is, most international managers aren't from the elite anymore. Southgate is an ok manager doing an ok job, which is enough. Roberto Martinez ffs https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:UEFA_Euro_2020_managers

As Crocker put it: "We have to be strategic and stick to our principles. We have made mistakes with signings that do not fit within our principles so a big part of my job is to make sure that we stick to the plan." https://www.hampshirelive.news/sport/football/transfer-news/southampton-ralph-hasenhuttl-summer-transfer-5499976

We got to the semis in 2018 by beating a tough-ish team early (Colombia) then having the draw open up. We were crap tonight but there's a good team in there somewhere. I'm not writing this tournament off yet.

No matter how bad we were, I'd still be aiming to win rather than settling for second so we can say we got the quarters.

If we have any ambition then we need to win the group. If we finish second then we end up with France in the quarters. Finish first then we get the beatable Portugal/Germany and then the beatable Spain

Not to deny your point at all, but that one against England in the 2012 Euros was good. Shortly followed by the friendly when Ibra scored that ridiculous overhead kick

Or they know more about football than you? 🤔🤔 🤔😃

You didn't rate Long so for you it would have been logical to let him go. But Ralph did rate him and started him in every game so it would have been weird if he didn't give him a new contract in the hope that he could hold back the years a while longer, at least as a useful squad player

If you look at the managers Levy has hired over the years, there's some real stinkers. It's like he's throwing a dart blindfolded and then it's pure luck when he hits the target

Again hindsight. There was no knowing that Adams would kick on this season and get over his goal drought. With the Adams we had then, your list of strikers is very weak. I'd have rather given a one year contract at the time, but if two was the only option and the wage was reasonable, it was a decent way to hedge our bets. Also, Ings was absolutely not under any obligation to be that effusive in his quote, and the fact that Long was a regular starter speaks for itself

I repeat this from another thread: At that point he had started 12 of the last 15 games and had been credited with bringing the best out of Ings We simply couldn't know when his form would fall of a cliff. You could maybe say that we should have given a 1 year contract rather than a 2 year one, but it seems like older players simply won't accept that these days, so we were left with the option of giving him a contract and keeping a first team player, or letting him go and having to pay a transfer fee for a replacement.

Hilarious what's happening at Spurs. Levy is such a poor chairman. Where have all the good managers gone? I suppose in the past a lot of clubs would be resorting to the Pardew/Allardyce etc merry-go-round so it hasn't ever been easy. I'm quite glad we're not looking at the moment but there must be talent out there. I suppose part of the problem is that people like Conte haven't accepted that football is in a bit of a recession and can't spend megabucks

I wonder if they're trying to appease the fans for the imminent departure of Grealish

Who are they about to sell though? White, Lamptey and Bissouma all being linked with big money moves

Totally agree that VAR was never the problem, just the way it's been implemented here

There was an article which suggested Gao will be in trouble with the Chinese government if he sells at a loss

Poch's system and coaching brought the very best out of them. So many of his players failed to replicate their form once they left the club. The same happened once Eriksen left spurs too

Without being complacent, I'd like to see a fair bit of rotation in the next one to keep the squad fresh, especially in the wide forward positions

Fair play, it does seem they are not the team they once were. I can also remember us struggling against Trinidad and Tobago in a world cup though, so I'll take that as a good performance

I thought it was really good performance. People saying Croatia were poor but that was partly because they couldn't handle our pressing

We can only speculate but if Lemina didn't show the right application/discipline, then he was better off out of the squad, otherwise it could rub off on the other players. Of course, to us on the outside we only see a player with ability not being used which can feel strange

The German Klopp was out of a job when Liverpool took him. It does seem that the pressing teams fall apart when the system isn't working, but when it does work it can be incredibly effective. The question is whether the Alpine Klopp can get it working again or whether he's run his course with our players. We'll find out early next season, but if we let him go then I wouldn't be surprised to see him having success with the next club he manages

A proper journeyman footballer