2013/14 Premier League and General Football Discussion
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- The__Luke
I kind of hope they resist all bids and develop their squad more. They will sell Osvaldo(pretty much guaranteed) and I'd say Gaston Ramirez will leave them too, them two players leaving will generate significant funds to push on. I want to see what a promising team could do without selling all their players.
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- m8h3r
Southampton will rake in cash this window then be in relegation battle and panic buy next window, yet still get relegated.
Well if that's the case with the Brighton manager then it's a completely different story. Takes balls to walk away after that sort of season.
Well if that's the case with the Brighton manager then it's a completely different story. Takes balls to walk away after that sort of season.
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If we would have won the league, Rodgers would have deserved it. In my opinion, Pellegrini doesn't deserve it because he inherited a title winning squad, and finished where he was expected to. Martinez did very well with Everton, but didn't really achieve all that much in the end.
Pulis, on the other hand, took over when Palace were sitting on just 3 points from 8 games. He took them from nearly guaranteed relegation to 11th place with a fairly weak side, stealing points off of a fair few top sides along the way.
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Sydney FC have confirmed that they won't be lobbying for Rio Ferdinand. Which is odd, because their usual way of doing things is to a) throw all of the money at a problem until it fixes itself, then b) fire whoever this year's manager is when it doesn't work, before c) rinse, lather and repeat. Having lost del Piero and lacking star power in their line-up, Ferdinand is right up their alley.
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Sounds like most clubs in England to me. In the premiership the three relegated teams all spent big money on a striker who scored basically no goals, some didn't even really play any games, they all had multiple managers and no doubt will still do the same next year in an attempt to get promoted.
This is because the owners of football clubs these days are the guys who have more money than they know what to do with so they buy a football club and expect instant success and more often than not they don't have a clue how to run a football club.
Pulis took a team that should have easily gone down to mid table safety and quite comfortably too, he definitely deserves manager of the season. If Liverpool had won the league then maybe they'd be an argument for someone else but as it is, there isn't for me.
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Sydney get some success - they're one of the biggest teams in the A-League - but I think they simply don't realise that the best teams are more than the sum of their parts. The Western Sydney Wanderers is made up of players who might not be the League's best player in their individual positions, but they were selected to fit Tony Popovic's philosophy, and as a result, they work incredibly well together. But Sydney FC put the cart before the horse, buying up the best players and then drafting a manager in to turn raw talent into results.
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Good to see Brendan and Tony getting appreciation from their peers 
Decent win percentage maybe, but Spurs got completely mullered on a number of occasions by teams above them in the league. Plus he was a bit of a liability in front of the cameras and generally looked out of his depth. No surprise to me and I think Levy would have sacked him earlier but didn't want 3 managers in one season!
Levy is the liability in that organisation
Decent win percentage maybe, but Spurs got completely mullered on a number of occasions by teams above them in the league. Plus he was a bit of a liability in front of the cameras and generally looked out of his depth. No surprise to me and I think Levy would have sacked him earlier but didn't want 3 managers in one season!
Levy is the liability in that organisation
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Samir Nasri's wife didn't seem to happy that he was left out of France's world cup squad:
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Paddy Power Spurs Manager odds...
Pochettino 5/4
De Boer 15/8
Benitez 5/1
Moyes 7/1
Ancelotti 20/1
Allegri 22/1
Poyet 25/1
Mancini 25/1
Laudrup 25/1
West Brom manager odds...
Mackay 4/1
McDermott 4/1
Sherwood 11/2
Hughton 13/2
Lennon 10/1
McInnes 10/1
De Matteo 14/1
Moyes 16/1
Pochettino 5/4
De Boer 15/8
Benitez 5/1
Moyes 7/1
Ancelotti 20/1
Allegri 22/1
Poyet 25/1
Mancini 25/1
Laudrup 25/1
West Brom manager odds...
Mackay 4/1
McDermott 4/1
Sherwood 11/2
Hughton 13/2
Lennon 10/1
McInnes 10/1
De Matteo 14/1
Moyes 16/1
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