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*Official* English Football Season 2016-17

Lillian Thomson

Lillian Thomson

Hall of Fame Member
Luton at home on day 1. I have no zest at all for the new season after last season's capitulation and appalling day out at Wembley - especially as we have about 3 decent players under contract.
 
sledger

sledger

Spanish_Vicente
Come to the away game in Luton LT. We can go to the pub afterwards and discuss important matters like Richard.
 
Lillian Thomson

Lillian Thomson

Hall of Fame Member
Go to Luton, meet sledger, discuss Richard. Hmmmm, tempting. Now to top it off we've drawn Reading away in the first round of the League Cup.
 
Lillian Thomson

Lillian Thomson

Hall of Fame Member
Very sad today to read of the death of Eamonn Dolan. Perhaps not a household name, but a well known figure in English football. Passed away aged just 48.
 
GIMH

GIMH

Norwood's on Fire
Did the England squad all postal vote or did they let them do it in an embassy or something?
 
cpr

cpr

International Coach
Insert age old joke about none of them being able to put a cross into a box anyway here
 
vic_orthdox

vic_orthdox

Global Moderator
GIMH said:
It's starting to creep in in lower league football too. We don't involve the manager in contract talks and have a 'head of academy and recruitment'

Makes sense tbh but it has to be a balance. Who was the guy at Spurs and Liverpool who signed a bunch of players that didn't fit the way their managers played?
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Has to be like that with the movement of managers. You need to set up an organisation that doesn't revolve around the person you appoint to be in charge, and probably double so in lower leagues where there's ambition for the manager to move higher, whereas that's not as much of a concern in a PL club.
 
cpr

cpr

International Coach
I think you only need to look at Southampton to see how it can work over here when done right. Look at the way they dealt with the loss of the manager and star players last time. Les Reed freely admits that they always have replacements in mind for players and the manager should anything happen, and Koeman was selected because he fitted to the Southampton way, not because he could revolutionize the team. As a result they've hit change without batting an eyelid so far.
 
cpr

cpr

International Coach
Talking of Southampton, they've signed Redmond from Norwich for £10m. Reckon that's going to be a cracking piece of business, as I feel he's looked good all through his Norwich career. Struggled as the rest of the team were not up to Prem scratch, but that season in the Championship he was excellent. Reckon the step up will be something he'll take in his stride, and £10m might be a bit of a steal.
 
cpr

cpr

International Coach
Nope, that's sort of the beauty of their system, the manager fits to the club ethos, not the other way round, which allows them to sign players knowing that any new manager will make use of them.
 
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