| Matt Phillips 22:31 - Apr 7 with 6586 views | DieByYourSide |
Take a f*cking bow mate |  |
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| Matt Phillips on 11:36 - Apr 8 with 1871 views | johncharles |
| Matt Phillips on 10:11 - Apr 8 by ElHoop |
That's a bit of a laugh. I've only said that his signings weren't that bad. That's all I've ever said. I never mentioned his pay or his tactics or his coaching or who else he could have signed or not sold, that's what people like you have said. |
Like when you said "it's a bit damp in here " as the Titanic went down. |  |
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| Matt Phillips on 11:46 - Apr 8 with 1843 views | ElHoop |
| Matt Phillips on 11:36 - Apr 8 by johncharles |
Like when you said "it's a bit damp in here " as the Titanic went down. |
Ships are boring too. |  | | |
| Matt Phillips on 19:14 - Apr 8 with 1682 views | TopCat34 |
A genuine prospect right under our noses. You wonder if Redknapp had stayed on if he would have deteriorated in a similar way to Hoilett. |  | | |
| Matt Phillips on 19:24 - Apr 8 with 1675 views | Antti_Heinola |
| Matt Phillips on 09:27 - Apr 8 by ElHoop |
He might have been a shite manager, he might not have signed the right players, he might have sold some wrong ones, but most of those he did sign weren't that bad. |
Every signing he made in the summer was to play 3-5-2. It was a catastrophic summer of spending. Can't honestly believe what I'm reading. Every one of our major problems stem from him buying the wrong players. Individually they might not be bad players who could do decent jobs in other squads, but he made sure we were chronically over-subscribed in some areas and chronically weak in others. It's actually more about who he *didn't* sign. |  |
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| Matt Phillips on 20:14 - Apr 8 with 1638 views | ElHoop |
| Matt Phillips on 19:24 - Apr 8 by Antti_Heinola |
Every signing he made in the summer was to play 3-5-2. It was a catastrophic summer of spending. Can't honestly believe what I'm reading. Every one of our major problems stem from him buying the wrong players. Individually they might not be bad players who could do decent jobs in other squads, but he made sure we were chronically over-subscribed in some areas and chronically weak in others. It's actually more about who he *didn't* sign. |
I wouldn't disagree with that, but other managers have signed far worse players in the recent past. | | | |
| Matt Phillips on 20:25 - Apr 8 with 1620 views | johncharles |
| Matt Phillips on 20:14 - Apr 8 by ElHoop |
I wouldn't disagree with that, but other managers have signed far worse players in the recent past. |
Is that it ? "Other managers have signed worse players"  | |
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| Matt Phillips on 20:39 - Apr 8 with 1598 views | ElHoop |
| Matt Phillips on 20:25 - Apr 8 by johncharles |
Is that it ? "Other managers have signed worse players" |
You're just not very bright at all are you? | | | |
| Matt Phillips on 21:34 - Apr 8 with 1557 views | daveB |
When you list the players Redknapp signed both last summer and the summer before and his first January I think when he's paid a fee he got more right than wrong which is better than the previous two managers and we'll see how this one does in the summer.
After we went up I felt we needed to raid the best players from those going down and the best of the championship. We did that with Mutch, Caulker and Fer and it didn't work out although all of them for me are decent players. Anyone coming up this year will be looking to do the same and raid players from the 3 going down and plenty of decent players among them.
Not sure anyone is defending Redknapps overall record as a manager in terms of coaching, tactics, results etc
I think setting up to play 3-5-2 then bottling it after two games as Joey Barton didn't like it was poor and he should have been a lot stronger and stuck with it, the players he signed suited that formation but he gave up on it far too quickly. |  | | |
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| Matt Phillips on 22:02 - Apr 8 with 1524 views | johncharles |
| Matt Phillips on 20:39 - Apr 8 by ElHoop |
You're just not very bright at all are you? |
So it's descended to personal abuse | |
| Strong and stable my arse. |
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| Matt Phillips on 22:09 - Apr 8 with 1517 views | bosh67 |
He looked championship quality until Ramsey got hold of him. He's completely transformed. Much credit to Rambo. Found the player, brought him to this level. |  |
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| Matt Phillips on 07:30 - Apr 9 with 1435 views | ElHoop |
| Matt Phillips on 21:34 - Apr 8 by daveB |
When you list the players Redknapp signed both last summer and the summer before and his first January I think when he's paid a fee he got more right than wrong which is better than the previous two managers and we'll see how this one does in the summer.
After we went up I felt we needed to raid the best players from those going down and the best of the championship. We did that with Mutch, Caulker and Fer and it didn't work out although all of them for me are decent players. Anyone coming up this year will be looking to do the same and raid players from the 3 going down and plenty of decent players among them.
Not sure anyone is defending Redknapps overall record as a manager in terms of coaching, tactics, results etc
I think setting up to play 3-5-2 then bottling it after two games as Joey Barton didn't like it was poor and he should have been a lot stronger and stuck with it, the players he signed suited that formation but he gave up on it far too quickly. |
Crikey Dave - someone with a brain!!! | | | |
| Matt Phillips on 07:58 - Apr 9 with 1424 views | DylanP |
| Matt Phillips on 10:11 - Apr 8 by ElHoop |
That's a bit of a laugh. I've only said that his signings weren't that bad. That's all I've ever said. I never mentioned his pay or his tactics or his coaching or who else he could have signed or not sold, that's what people like you have said. |
Of course you are right. The players that 'arry brought in were mostly good. Austin, Phillips, Vargas, Caulker, Yun, Isla, and so on. All of them are young and have bags of potential. In addition he brought a few oldies on short term deals; Ferdinand and Niko. People always focus on those deals, when they aren't really that significant as we will be done with them once the season ends.
I don't know why he couldn't get anything out of Adel or anyone else, for that matter. I think he's a spent force -- old and out of energy. His "old school" style of management needs to be very hands on and he just never appeared to have the energy. His team selections were too often head-scratchers and his substitutions were always mind-bogglingly bad. He just came across as clueless and doddery (if that's a word) on match day.
Mind you, he got us back to the Prem at the first go and deserves more credit for that than people have ever been willing to give him for that.
I never wanted to have him, and was relieved once he went, but that doesn't make him the devil. He did some good stuff for us and I will acknowledge that. |  |
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| Matt Phillips on 08:54 - Apr 9 with 1409 views | HantsR |
Great thread on Matt Phillips this 
Oh, now where we? Yes, take a bow Matt - hope your confidence is restored and you go on to greater things with us. |  | | |
| Matt Phillips on 12:02 - Apr 9 with 1351 views | Antti_Heinola |
| Matt Phillips on 20:14 - Apr 8 by ElHoop |
I wouldn't disagree with that, but other managers have signed far worse players in the recent past. |
So?
I always think Hughes was a little hard done by with his signings:
Park. Not a bad fee, captain of his country, not too old, had played for the champions the year before. didn't work out, but you could see why he went for him.
Hoilett. Many clubs after him, everyone was pleased with this - young, exciting talent.
Granero. Well recommended by all that knew about him. Certainly started well. Right age.
Mbia. Some hate him, but he won the UEFA Cup after leaving us. Clearly a decent player.
Diakite. Well, we all wanted him.
Plus Onuoha, Cisse, Zamora, Johnson and Nelsen. Of those, only Johnson was really poor.
Goalkeeper situation an absolute clustermuck, mind. And obviously Bosingwa was dreadful. But all of those players, taken individually, were not bad signings, or at the very least you could make an argument at the time for why they were signed. | |
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| Matt Phillips on 12:26 - Apr 9 with 1338 views | adhoc_qpr |
| Matt Phillips on 08:54 - Apr 9 by HantsR |
Great thread on Matt Phillips this
Oh, now where we? Yes, take a bow Matt - hope your confidence is restored and you go on to greater things with us. |
Rubbish! Bomb him out for a loss and bring Matt Etherington out of retirement to replace him!
Young, pacy, direct, effective players have no place at QPR! | | | |
| Matt Phillips on 12:34 - Apr 9 with 1221 views | ElHoop |
| Matt Phillips on 12:02 - Apr 9 by Antti_Heinola |
So?
I always think Hughes was a little hard done by with his signings:
Park. Not a bad fee, captain of his country, not too old, had played for the champions the year before. didn't work out, but you could see why he went for him.
Hoilett. Many clubs after him, everyone was pleased with this - young, exciting talent.
Granero. Well recommended by all that knew about him. Certainly started well. Right age.
Mbia. Some hate him, but he won the UEFA Cup after leaving us. Clearly a decent player.
Diakite. Well, we all wanted him.
Plus Onuoha, Cisse, Zamora, Johnson and Nelsen. Of those, only Johnson was really poor.
Goalkeeper situation an absolute clustermuck, mind. And obviously Bosingwa was dreadful. But all of those players, taken individually, were not bad signings, or at the very least you could make an argument at the time for why they were signed. |
I'm not particularly interested in how they did before they came to us or what they've done since they left us. I don't think that many of Hughes's signings would get in the current side even if they were still here.
If Harry had just been buying the players and Hughes had just been managing the team then maybe things would have turned out a lot different, but to survive in this league let alone succeed you need to get most things right and we don't. | | | |
| Matt Phillips on 12:42 - Apr 9 with 1214 views | PhilmyRs |
| Matt Phillips on 12:02 - Apr 9 by Antti_Heinola |
So?
I always think Hughes was a little hard done by with his signings:
Park. Not a bad fee, captain of his country, not too old, had played for the champions the year before. didn't work out, but you could see why he went for him.
Hoilett. Many clubs after him, everyone was pleased with this - young, exciting talent.
Granero. Well recommended by all that knew about him. Certainly started well. Right age.
Mbia. Some hate him, but he won the UEFA Cup after leaving us. Clearly a decent player.
Diakite. Well, we all wanted him.
Plus Onuoha, Cisse, Zamora, Johnson and Nelsen. Of those, only Johnson was really poor.
Goalkeeper situation an absolute clustermuck, mind. And obviously Bosingwa was dreadful. But all of those players, taken individually, were not bad signings, or at the very least you could make an argument at the time for why they were signed. |
Do you think Hughes did better in the transfer market than Harry? I’m no fan of Harry, but I have to agree that one of the few things he did quite well with us was in bringing in decent players.
How he used those players once here (playing out of position), the players he wanted but was refused (Defoe), the players he didn’t get when we were desperately short (e.g. strikers), the players that may not have been his choices (Yun/Vargas?), the players he sold when he shouldn’t have done (Simpson) reflect poorly on him as a Manager, but the hard facts are he generally did ok with the players he bought.
Ignoring the players that weren’t with us this season (I include Remy in that list even though he played a couple of games) only Ferdinand, Mutch and Niko can be considered poor signings and in the case of Niko I actually thought he was one of the better players early on in the season. Unlike Hughes/Warnock’s signings we’ve also not been forced to keep these guys on ridiculous contracts. In the case of Mutch we pretty much got our money back whilst Ferdinand and Niko will be gone in the summer. A lot of Managers waste transfer budgets (Ray Wilkins anyone…) but Harry didn’t really do that. It’s everything else he brought to the table (a lot of which I’ve mentioned above) which was his problem.
Austin — couldn’t really have made a better signing.
Dunne — great signing.
Phillips — great signing
Fer — Good signing
Yun — good signing
Vargas — good signing
Caulker — good signing potentially, although I have to admit I’ve been underwhelmed by his performances.
Henry — good signing
Isla — ok signing | | | |
| Matt Phillips on 15:56 - Apr 9 with 1177 views | whittocksRs |
I would say of all the things Redknapp did wrong this year, his signings were not among them, apart from bringing in Rio and signing Krancjar again when neither are fit enough for this league.
Matt Philips is definitely up there with his best signings, the problem being Redknapp seemed to have no faith in him and gave him no support. Really like him bombing down the wing, gives off the impression of a man that can genuinely cause defences havok. He's also got a bit of spark, hence the goal against Palace. Key that we keep him if we go down. | | | |
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