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Inertia

I feel like I could... TAKE ON THE WORLD!!
Well I think I know where I would rather go at the moment. But I were him I would do another season at Burnley to be honest.
I've given up trying to figure anything in football out. As far as I can see, people jump at opportunities for fear their fortunes could change and the chance is lost.

I'd be gutted for Burnley though, the only positive for them is their board seems quite adept at picking good managers.
 

Andrew_P

In between here and there
Guess he is relatively cheap as opposed to buying someone out of their contract. Of Course Pardew is out of work and BFS
Am I enjoying this too much?
 

AndyRM

XOXO
Location
North Shields
I've given up trying to figure anything in football out. As far as I can see, people jump at opportunities for fear their fortunes could change and the chance is lost.

This. Doesn't always end well though. Bury poached Lee Clark off us and they binned him after 8 months. He tried the same trick there as he did at Killie, bringing in hunners of players, and unsurprisingly it didn't work.
 

Vapin' Joe

Formerly known as Smokin Joe
There are only a handful of great or innovative managers. Mourinho, Fergie, Pep, Wenger in his best years, maybe Conte and Benitez. The rest are just run of the mill Ron Managers, they have a good year or two when they are being tipped as the next big thing but they get found out sooner or later and join the merry go round of those being sacked and taken on and sacked and taken on etc etc. It all boils down to the desire for instant success and the massive hit a club will take if they are relegated from the Premier League. No one is allowed to develop talent as the likes of Greenwood or Lyall were at West Ham, where the club were prepared to suffer a few bad seasons and even relegation because the board could look at the longer term and believed in what they were trying to do.

It is quite depressing really.
 

SpokeyDokey

68, & my GP says I will officially be old at 70!
Moderator
The youth systems are failing smaller claubs mainly because even youth players are paid a bloody fortune.

Indeed. Plus: in the last week or so there was an article on BBC Sport where Derby are asking for £120k compensation for their investment for a youth prospect of theirs (15 or 16 years of age) that wishes to move club. Unless a much bigger club sees the potential and stumps up the cash then his chances of moving club and furthering his career are effectively stymied.
 

Joey Shabadoo

My pronouns are "He", "Him" and "buggerlugs"
 

Accy cyclist

Legendary Member
I'm sat here wondering how someone with only one eye can see and judge where the ball is properly. I'm blind in my right eye and find judging speeds and distances of balls coming at me or up in the air very difficult. Fair play to someone who can not only play football with such restricted eyesight but makes a decent living out of doing so.
 
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