Nolan

Tonda is intense when focusing on Blackmore in the press conference, but he cant help breaking out in smiles at points. one of them was when Romeu was mentioned, and it could mean a Jander / Romeu partnership in the middle of the pitch.

Missed our end of season run in League One. So count my previous post as the best in the top two divisions and we continued this one into the first 4 games of 11/12.

2001 Premier League under Hoddle. the Everton game was the last game before Spurs got Hoddle from us.

I know it would be great to score more. But if you've got the opportunity to conserve a little energy by effectively winning the game in the first half, then you're already potentially in a better position than your next opponent.

Tonda speaks and gives nothing away. When interviewer asks if you're expecting a team to sit back or attack, he says "both' When hes asked about tactics he gives eff all away.

Vestergaard is 6 foot 6, Quarshie is 6 foot 5. that's the reason I'm placing on that selection

Ah the classic, read to much into a post on a message board. It's just a fun excuse to put a stupid gif up.

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You know Goztepe are challenging for Europe at the moment, right?

What are you expecting tactically from Leicester as a team? TE: We're going to be prepared for both a team that comes out and plays and wants to sit in. We're going to be prepared for both. The set-up in their press is a lot different, and playing against a different shape is a lot different. I think the references on the pitch are a lot different. The spaces are going to be somewhere else compared to Saturday. So, yes, we need to be ready for that.

That was a really interesting press conference. Tonda saying he would prepare the team for two situations. If Leicester sat back, or if Leicester pressed. Also said the spaces available for a Leicester formation would be completely different from Charlton. This is going to be a really interesting match.

You might want to reread those posts

Here's Charlton's home record so far this season. After yesterday, they've conceded 9 goals at home. 5 to us. Their only other loss at home so far was 0-1 against Leicester. In all 16 games, so against ⅔ of the league, Charlton have conceded 17 goals. FIVE of those are against us. "It was Charlton FFS" is an utterly crap argument.

They're 3 points above us.

Look at the table now and you can see these 9 points were essential. It seems that, other than top spot, everything is to play for from the position we're in. The 9 points between us and 2nd spot is assailable if we keep on as we are. Leicester is going to be a fascinating game. I absolutely don't want any coaching changes at the moment.

Just to point out the excellent mind games from Tonda's Presser yesterday...

Let's say Eckert has a particular way of playing. Bragg has been playing that way since then beginning of the season in the u21s. It may be just that he knows what Eckert wants the role to be better.

Alfie House suggests that Downes is being conserved for Leicester.

I believe the young lady of the Fan Advisory Board said Spots said "our interim manager is purely interim". That was a statement of fact at the time as he doesn't have a contract to be manager of the first team. It doesn't preclude that interim manager being offered a full time contract at any point after that.

So if we get 12 points from 12, after beating teams in 9th and 12th, it would be an idiotic decision to stick with the interim manager who guided the team to those results?

Scheiße. I joined this forum in 2006 when I was 13 und die world cup was in Deutschland. I knew then that one day I would become interim manager of die Heiligen.

The way it worked when Hassenhüttl went was Selles had a couple of game as interim. We installed Jones, sacked Jones in short order and went back to Selles. The way it worked when Martin went was Rusk had a couple of games as interim. We installed Juric, sacked Juric in short order and went back to Rusk. This time we've got two wins from three interim boss. I don't know whether anyone else would have won or lost those games, but if the man and the players click, why on earth would you change? He is still "interim" until he's not, but I do think it absolutely stupid to not keep on looking at his capabilities.

Hang on. Eckert can win games with 2 days training, but it will be a problem for experienced managers?

What is ludicrous is the amount of people be saying we don't want to Eckert based on "feels". He's won two from two. I've no idea if that keeps going or not. But there's also no guarantee that any other name comes in and gets points. Until there's any evidence that Eckert is utterly crap, and we've not seen that yet, let's see if we can continue the win streak. Absolutely no long term decision is needed yet.