Pavilionaire
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- Jul 7, 2003
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Kompany - not for me, Clive.
Bloom usually surprises us with a manager from left field but in terms of the managers we know about there is one outstanding candidate and that is Andoni Iraola.
I see he is only on a 2-year contract at Bournemouth. It took time for his methods to work with the squad he had - no wins in his first 9 Prem matches, just 3 draws and 6 defeats but since then it's 11 wins, 6 draws and 7 defeats, i.e. the sort of form we strung together with MacAllister and Caicedo in midfield. He's done that with Ryan Christie and Lewis Cook.
They've had bit of a wobble in recent weeks and I wonder whether that is because they were mathematically safe from the drop. Had they beaten Luton they'd be above us. Iraola will be questioning the players' hunger.
Bloom usually surprises us with a manager from left field but in terms of the managers we know about there is one outstanding candidate and that is Andoni Iraola.
I see he is only on a 2-year contract at Bournemouth. It took time for his methods to work with the squad he had - no wins in his first 9 Prem matches, just 3 draws and 6 defeats but since then it's 11 wins, 6 draws and 7 defeats, i.e. the sort of form we strung together with MacAllister and Caicedo in midfield. He's done that with Ryan Christie and Lewis Cook.
They've had bit of a wobble in recent weeks and I wonder whether that is because they were mathematically safe from the drop. Had they beaten Luton they'd be above us. Iraola will be questioning the players' hunger.