okay yes a pretty remarkable run. but you have to bear in mind that hodgson had taken them two thirds of the way through the season up to the point he left. the fact that we’ve only managed to do slightly worse than a 2/3rds hodgson season and a good run at the end should be very concerning
yeah i totally get that. and i liked potter a lot. but i suppose the emotion is what football is really about. even if i question to myself if i ACTUALLY enjoy that level of stress from time to time
16 (SIXTEEN!!) games since we last scored more than one goal, and that was against one of the worst teams in premier league history. that is diabolically bad. like, end-of-era hughton bad. and to put out that lineup when you know we need to win to finish above our rivals is unacceptable. bye bye...
i’m not really arsed about top 10, is what it is, and 11th is still decent. but to end up finishing below palace considering our retrospective positions for most of the season is horrendous
maybe one of the ones ‘questioning his future’ as mentioned by that article. certainly one of our most sellable assets, would imagine that’ll be very much at the front of the board’s mind if they want to raise more profit this summer
because suitable amounts of compensation were offered. which is not what we’d get for a player in his 30s with one year left on his deal. the experience he offers is worth way more than the €4M or so we’d get for pascal now.
in any case we didn’t sell caicedo in january because it wasn’t...
and what do you think suitable compensation would be to sell a player who has been consistently delivering in the best league in the world for seven seasons, and is able to offer the experience, continuity and stability that we are desperately going to need after the departure of the manager...
untrustworthy? no.
if mike ashley was able to convince a champions league winner to come and work for him at newcastle then i have absolutely no doubts about that. how we operate is common knowledge, and i’m not sure i’d want any manager who was stupid enough to not be aware of that.
that...
he is still contracted here for another year. if TB needs to explain to him in no uncertain terms that he needs him to stay, i’m sure something could be worked out. if pascal is still 100% adamant on leaving (which by the way there’s no evidence for) then i’m sure he’d let him go. but i’m also...
i think de zerbi leaving makes him less likely to go actually. surely the one thing TB is going to want when the new manager comes in is for the experienced players to liaise with them and help ensure that sense of stability and continuity. can’t see many who can offer that more than pascal...
I personally would be okay with it, as he knows the club, plays good football, would’ve had an excellent working relationship with TB and PB and for all those saying don’t go back, it got chelsea a PL title with mourinho, and it worked okay for us with murray, so it’s not inconceivable that it...