Compensation wouldn't be greater than what we receive for Gus though.
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The "if Poyet leaves, the next Albion manager should be..." thread
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Compensation wouldn't be greater than what we receive for Gus though.
would need to be Spanish speaker for me who can carry on the same football style as currently employed. Not sure what everyone sees in Robinson at MK. Big budget and failed to get them up and Di canio would not meet Bloom requirements I feel. I wait to be pleasantly surprised
jezzer
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i dont doubt adkins isnt a bad manager at all, hes has some form and gives the impression he is disciplined with the players etc, but has everyone forgotton what a complete prat he was when southampton were trying to get promoted with us in league 1, the bloke made himself look a complete **** with his comments, he did take the banter we gave him with good grace but i do wonder why someone does that and also why everyone would think he would be able to keep the team playing like gus does, i have doubts.
di matteo is the obvious choice if the gus philosophy is to be continued, although i would be concerned about discipline withint the team becuase he does seem to come across as a bit soft.
what no-one has really discussed on here though is the sulllible fact that if gus goes, he will surely attempt to bring the best players weve got to reading, i.e, ulloa, bridge, bridcutt etc , so not only will we lose our manager we could end up losing the spine of the team
di matteo is the obvious choice if the gus philosophy is to be continued, although i would be concerned about discipline withint the team becuase he does seem to come across as a bit soft.
what no-one has really discussed on here though is the sulllible fact that if gus goes, he will surely attempt to bring the best players weve got to reading, i.e, ulloa, bridge, bridcutt etc , so not only will we lose our manager we could end up losing the spine of the team
Contract schmontract.
The other interesting thing is that isn't the Brentford chairman a "friend" of TB - they had a LARGE wager on our game at Griffin Park IIRC.
For the job in hand you could do worse than warnock/Adkins/Mclesh/McCarthy
Genuinely don't get the RDM popularity. Was he a highly rated manager prior to going to Chelsea? Didn't he just pick up and finish the job there, same players, same playing style, lots of senior players who knew the drill?
Sort of did Chelsea win the Champions League with Di Matteo or did Di Matteo win the Champions League with Chelsea?
When you look at what Clarke has done at West Brom, and if my memory serves me well, it's way more than RDM (I think!)
He got WBA up from the championship
blockhseagull
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Wouldn't mind Di Matteo but would he actually want it ? maybe OGS ?
Luis Enrique has been linked with the Reading job, would he be a good like for like replacement ? I don't know much about him as a manager apart from he did reasonably well at Barca B and then spent a bit of time at Roma
Luis Enrique has been linked with the Reading job, would he be a good like for like replacement ? I don't know much about him as a manager apart from he did reasonably well at Barca B and then spent a bit of time at Roma
What a load of utter bollocks. You have absolutely no idea what is going on, so why pretend that you do? No doubt there is a clause in his contract saying if a Premier League club makes an approach then we have to let them speak to him. What sort of manager would he be if he didn't listen to what they have to say? I know I would. Doesn't mean he's going to take it, and quite how that amounts to blackmail, I have no idea.
Spot on kev. As usual
severnside gull
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Inigo Calderon with support from an experienced English manager (Brian McDermott comes to mind) and Charlie Oatway
They were a ping pong team. Cynic might say it was their turn!
I'm not sure about him at all but there seems some support for Robinson and I'd bite Di Matteo's hand off rather than Robinson.
OzMike
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What a load of utter bollocks. You have absolutely no idea what is going on, so why pretend that you do? No doubt there is a clause in his contract saying if a Premier League club makes an approach then we have to let them speak to him. What sort of manager would he be if he didn't listen to what they have to say? I know I would. Doesn't mean he's going to take it, and quite how that amounts to blackmail, I have no idea.
Spot on kev. As usual
I am as informed as the next bloke and everyone is entitled to an opinion whether you like it or not, so like or lump it.
Resorting to swearing exposes intellectual inadequacies in my book.
Idiots like Guardiola / Mourinho etc eh? Sorry kev but that is nonsense. Football HAS changed, and the failure of this country to realise it is the reason we can't get close to winning an international tournament. Why do you think that the top (and in fact, your average) Spanish players are so much better than ours? Because they were born in Spain so are naturally good footballers? Or because of the way they were taught the game from a young age? Which answer makes more logical sense, do you think?
But they DO get things wrong. Quite a lot. Wasn't Harry favourite to be England manager?
Di Canio is a loud mouth bully. He might get away with it with his Sunday League players but with any player of quality and/or on the up they'd tell him to do one and bugger off. It was the Reading players that were up in arms when he was suggested for them, as reported. He'd be a disaster.
Not sure about Curbs either, almost like coming out of retirement!
Well perhaps you should form your opinions on what you actually know, rather than what you just wildly speculate to be true, then they'll be more valid.
And according to the new NSC swear filter, I didn't swear.
wardy wonder land
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- Dec 10, 2007
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am i the only one that phoned 0891 44 00 66 to see if the albion club line was still going ( better still, the tape from the 90's) 
kevtherev
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I think foreign players being cheaper to buy is a lot of the reason there is a lack of talented English players about atm.
LU7 RED
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From your resident AFCB lurker....some interesting suggestions, Martinez though? I hope that was tongue in cheek, very unrealistic.
Main point though was Karl Robinson. Seen the lge 1 table recently? His rep is going down the pan at a great rate of knots. Completely overrated and surrounded by more experience to help him. They play boring 'crab' football backwards and forwards across the pitch with no end product. And employ thugs as forwards too (Lowe). Thankfully Tommy is back to fitness now.
Think RDM or Adkins best, both got clubs promoted to the prem. still think Poyet would be mad to leave though.
Main point though was Karl Robinson. Seen the lge 1 table recently? His rep is going down the pan at a great rate of knots. Completely overrated and surrounded by more experience to help him. They play boring 'crab' football backwards and forwards across the pitch with no end product. And employ thugs as forwards too (Lowe). Thankfully Tommy is back to fitness now.
Think RDM or Adkins best, both got clubs promoted to the prem. still think Poyet would be mad to leave though.