Golac's Cunning Stunts

Those designs are embarrassing. My how we all laughed when the skates produced similar ones. Pie in the sky.

There is a good piece on the new guy in the Guardian blog. There is a favourable quote there from Guardiola http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2013/jan/18/southampton-mauricio-pochettino When he departed there was a sadness about the place, a recognition that Pochettino had been good for Espanyol. He had worked closely with the youth system, redesigning the setup, laying down tactical guidelines to be followed throughout the club and insisting on making each team play in an age group above, to increase their competitiveness and accelerate their development. It was not just an idea, it was a necessity. More than a dozen kids made their first-team debut under him and only three First Division teams had more youth-teamers in their first-team squad. There, they encountered a man with charisma and commitment. Players described his sessions as "fun" but "intense". He recorded every detail of his matches and set up a system that allowed him not only to use videos before matches but at half time. He made his team aggressive, pushing high up the pitch. He wanted them to keep the ball and play from the back. "There are teams that wait for you and teams that look for you: Espanyol look for you. I feel very close to their style of football," said Pep Guardiola. Pochettino was close to his players but tough: when he first turned up he encountered men that had been team-mates, and good mates, of his. He did not hesitate to shift out those he thought were not good enough. The problem was that with each passing year, more of his players were not good enough. He too appeared to have grown tired; his impact diminished. A club idol he may have been but results were no longer good enough. At Southampton, that is an advantage he does not have. Communication will be harder as he does not speak English. Pochettino has vision but, after the sacking of Adkins, he will have to get results too. And fast.

I thought it was quite apt actually.

So do you suggest that everybody just ignores what has gone on because it might upset the players? I'm sure they are more upset than we are. I know what you are trying to say, and to some extent I agree, however, saying the team might become unsettled because of the fans reaction is a bit rich. The team is unsettled now and it's solely due to NC.

I have a good one. Thanks for the advice though.

Hopefully we haven't got another Argie in charge of a sinking ship

I'll bet he isn't

Not in the same class so stupid question really. But yes, of course I would.

hmmm. It doesn't look like he just "accepted a job" though does it? He has been happily plotting with Cortese for past few months. You say he is talented, but I would hazard a guess that you hadn't even heard of him before yesterday. No matter how talented he is or isn't, I really fail to see how anybody can lead a group of men whose language he doesn't speak.

Why would it be stupid to protest? We have every right to voice our opinion. We pay our money. So although I will always support the 11 players, I do't welcome this guy and I will be letting him know as I will let Cortese know too. I'm sure they won't care, but I do.

Ramirez might be but the rest of the team are going to struggle. Perhaps we need to send Ricky on a Spanish course

Can you translate that?

Great a 29 year old "playmaker" Well worth all this palava then

This guy is a Cortese signing, Not really fussed. Would have preferred to have Nige's signings to be honest.

Make a turd look like it comes from Poland? Or do you mean pollish?

To be fair, a lot better than Matty's Caddy and I'm sure he'd be the first to admit that :-)

I think the sacking of Nigel is disgraceful. However, your views on Cortese are entirely subjective. Your opinion is formed by hearsay and second hand knowledge. You have no direct knowledge of anything yourself. Therefore it is no better than idle gossip really.

Well, let's start with a basic requirement: Cortese: We have players who can barely understand english, so you need to be able to communicate clearly. Can you do that? Argentinian manager bloke: que? Cortese: Excellent you have the job Regardless of any other credentials the cock can't even speak the same language as our Ricky. This has disaster written all over it I'm afraid

Also, one is a c-u-n-t and the other is a chairman of a premiership football club

No, you are a real life tool. And no mistake.

F-u-c-k you really are a k-n-o-b. Tell me, are you scouting for any professional teams yet? I won't be holding ny breath until you get "discovered" as the next greatest scout in English football

You seriously believe this? Next you will be suggesting that Nigel or Nicola should sign people based on their FM rankings. LOL LOL LOL

Had my disagreements with you Turkish in the past, but thoroughly behind you on this one. Perhaps one of you football manager types should tell Vegard Forren how he is ranked in your version of football manager so he can start conforming to it. Unbelievable clap trap. You should all get out more. Seriously.

Still not over it yet then?