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« Reply #540 on: Wednesday, February 26, 2014, 14:26:03 »

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/26350661

In particular - Senior players have expressed their concerns to Mel after struggling to adapt to the 50-year-old's preference for a high-tempo pressing game.

It is understood the players' preference is to adopt West Brom's usual counter-attacking style, which helped them finish eighth last season and 10th the previous term.
 
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« Reply #541 on: Wednesday, February 26, 2014, 20:02:19 »

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/26350661

In particular - Senior players have expressed their concerns to Mel after struggling to adapt to the 50-year-old's preference for a high-tempo pressing game.

It is understood the players' preference is to adopt West Brom's usual counter-attacking style, which helped them finish eighth last season and 10th the previous term.
 


I was going to raise the same story but differently, I have been in the car for a lot of today and fivelive have been playing the story to death, but it doesn't actually seem to be based upon any defined source, just the BBC journalists interpretation/perception.

I don't see why the BBC are pushing this so hard as it almost appears like they are creating news to try and force a manager out!
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« Reply #542 on: Wednesday, February 26, 2014, 20:06:36 »

I was going to raise the same story but differently, I have been in the car for a lot of today and fivelive have been playing the story to death, but it doesn't actually seem to be based upon any defined source, just the BBC journalists interpretation/perception.

I don't see why the BBC are pushing this so hard as it almost appears like they are creating news to try and force a manager out!

CONSPIRACYYYYYY!
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« Reply #543 on: Wednesday, February 26, 2014, 20:48:56 »

CONSPIRACYYYYYY!

Well, it is Sky who have the betting company and the ability to influence betting on such things as managerial sackings through their reporting Sky Sports News.
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« Reply #544 on: Friday, February 28, 2014, 16:47:43 »

Specific to the national team set up, but Aidy Boothroyd being put in charge of England U 20's  Head Hurts
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« Reply #545 on: Friday, February 28, 2014, 16:49:13 »

Classy
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« Reply #546 on: Friday, February 28, 2014, 17:04:21 »

Classy

There's a school of thought, that we're not much good at trying to play sexy football, so better to honestly stick with route 1, and try and do it properly...instead of the half baked flick fanny stuff that we get atm. Woy sort of did it in Ukraine, with Andy Carroll, but it fell down v Italy, because our most completed pass was Hart to Carroll.

You can see this argument in miniature with what is happpening at STFC atm...

Maybe Graham Taylor will be called out of retirement when Woy goes..
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« Reply #547 on: Friday, February 28, 2014, 17:09:49 »

If they're gonig to go for Ady Boothroyd why not go the whole hog and bring in John Beck.
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« Reply #548 on: Friday, February 28, 2014, 17:49:42 »

If they're gonig to go for Ady Boothroyd why not go the whole hog and bring in John Beck.

They have, he works at that St George's place....coaching the coaches  Smiley no really.
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« Reply #549 on: Friday, February 28, 2014, 17:53:45 »

Jesus Christ! That explains everything!
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« Reply #550 on: Friday, February 28, 2014, 18:01:25 »

Jesus Christ! That explains everything!

Maybe the likes of Beck and Hoofroyd, have had Cooperesque Damescene conversions...after all our man was allegedly a long ball merchant before becoming a tika taka man in the summer.
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« Reply #551 on: Friday, February 28, 2014, 19:38:00 »

They have, he works at that St George's place....coaching the coaches  Smiley no really.
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« Reply #552 on: Saturday, March 1, 2014, 01:20:23 »

Specific to the national team set up, but Aidy Boothroyd being put in charge of England U 20's  Head Hurts

You have to think it has something to do with their knowledge of getting teams to play in distinct styles or patterns, otherwise it will be like watching the 1950's Cup final's.  For anyone who has not seen this era and believes some odd hype of a bygone age, it was shit but slightly funny which is pretty much how Puskas found us probably.
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« Reply #553 on: Saturday, March 1, 2014, 01:49:19 »

You have to think it has something to do with their knowledge of getting teams to play in distinct styles or patterns, otherwise it will be like watching the 1950's Cup final's.  For anyone who has not seen this era and believes some odd hype of a bygone age, it was shit but slightly funny which is pretty much how Puskas found us probably.

The FA is a curious vessel....currently with Greg Dyke at the helm, a man who saved an early 80's TV launch by introducing Roland Rat to a wider audience. A seminal time, I don't suppose Wayne Rooney would be on £300K a week if Arthur Scargill had succeeded during the Miner's Strike..
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« Reply #554 on: Sunday, March 2, 2014, 17:05:31 »

Sol Campbell. Fuck off.
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