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Well it's been a superb second half to the season. Incredible that we've achieved safety with a game to spare. Massive congrats to Clement, his staff and all the players for turning things round in the nick of time.
I've been thinking about where we would have finished had Bradley stayed? I'm thinking it'd be bottom with something around 20 points. Anyone a bit more/less optimistic than that?!
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What if Bradley had stayed? on 21:49 - May 21 with 2197 views
What if Bradley had stayed? on 21:27 - May 21 by spiderboy
Thats what i was thinking last night in bed. Seriously. I was also thinking this morning about it. I dunno,perhaps it was someone taking the pizz.but i dunno??? Help!!!
What I was thinking last night - are we being watched by some alien race, Truman Show style? We must be fantastic entertainment. Bunch of lunatics we are. What I was thinking this morning. - do we download the latest human software during the night? Is that why we sleep?
I appreciate I may need to get out more...
If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face--forever.
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What if Bradley had stayed? on 06:41 - May 22 with 2082 views
What if Bradley had stayed? on 21:52 - May 21 by nierika
What if Clement didnt have Ayew, Narsingh, Carroll and Olsson?
We'd still have played a shitload better because Clement knows what he's doing and Bradley is a clueless buffoon.
Happy to help.
Pain or damage don't end the world. Or despair, or f*cking beatings. The world ends when you're dead. Until then, you got more punishment in store. Stand it like a man... and give some back.
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What if Bradley had stayed? on 07:13 - May 22 with 2058 views
I'm sorry to burst the more childish among you's bubbles, but without January and massive signings we were down.
Thankfully the thought of Neil Taylor is now a distant memory but nobody should ever forget how bad he was.
Olson has been a revelation
Carroll has run our midfield and got us playing again
Narsingh has as many assists as Siggy from open play and he's been used as a sub mostly
And Ayew has got us over the line with performances of intelligence, true skill and desire.
One joker on here mentioned "oh Olsson really made a difference to our leaky defence" or words sarcastically similar... well, no, but the real difference between Bradley and Clement is how we set up right through the team and not just defence.
Under Bradley we were completely maverick, the back 4 had no protection or shape in front of them, quite often we were so ragged it was chaotic. We didn't defend from the front or as a team, we tried to get out of jail by leaving it just to our defence. The results and goals against evidenced this.
So Clement has had the nous to realise this and work on it and he's an all round more complete manager who i wouldn't swap with anyone right now, but without January he'd have been relegated too!!
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What if Bradley had stayed? on 07:13 - May 22 by nierika
Would have been great to see what Clement could have done with Neil Taylor!
Probably get half tidy defensive displays out of him, like other competent managers have in the past.
Pain or damage don't end the world. Or despair, or f*cking beatings. The world ends when you're dead. Until then, you got more punishment in store. Stand it like a man... and give some back.
What if Bradley had stayed? on 07:34 - May 22 by TheResurrection
No chance.
Taylor is and always has been a lost cause.
No.
Taylor is and always has been an adequate backup left back capable of doing a job at a push when coached correctly. That's exactly what he was in our first season under Rodgers, and exactly what he was when Ben Davies usurped him. He was also a gobby, arrogant little shite with an annoying, muckraking agent, but that's by the by.
I've got no position to protect here. I was pointing out Neil Taylor's deficiencies long before most others cottoned on. I just don't see the point in painting him to be worse than he was.
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Pain or damage don't end the world. Or despair, or f*cking beatings. The world ends when you're dead. Until then, you got more punishment in store. Stand it like a man... and give some back.
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What if Bradley had stayed? on 07:45 - May 22 with 2007 views
What if Bradley had stayed? on 07:13 - May 22 by nierika
Would have been great to see what Clement could have done with Neil Taylor!
Would have been interesting to see how he would have dealt with the constant press releases and stories that have suddenly dried up since his departure. Kinda strange, don't you think?
What if Bradley had stayed? on 07:45 - May 22 by waynekerr55
Would have been interesting to see how he would have dealt with the constant press releases and stories that have suddenly dried up since his departure. Kinda strange, don't you think?
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Keen eye for detail, Wayne.
Very interesting, indeed. Even during the worst moments of Clement's tenure with us there has been very little discord. I wonder why?
And to the OP, we would have (edit: definitely) been bottom of the table with Bradley. It doesn't matter about a transfer window, the team looked terrible and the performances were extremely poor. It's not debatable.
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What if Bradley had stayed? on 08:58 - May 22 with 1931 views
What if Bradley had stayed? on 07:28 - May 22 by TheResurrection
I'm sorry to burst the more childish among you's bubbles, but without January and massive signings we were down.
Thankfully the thought of Neil Taylor is now a distant memory but nobody should ever forget how bad he was.
Olson has been a revelation
Carroll has run our midfield and got us playing again
Narsingh has as many assists as Siggy from open play and he's been used as a sub mostly
And Ayew has got us over the line with performances of intelligence, true skill and desire.
One joker on here mentioned "oh Olsson really made a difference to our leaky defence" or words sarcastically similar... well, no, but the real difference between Bradley and Clement is how we set up right through the team and not just defence.
Under Bradley we were completely maverick, the back 4 had no protection or shape in front of them, quite often we were so ragged it was chaotic. We didn't defend from the front or as a team, we tried to get out of jail by leaving it just to our defence. The results and goals against evidenced this.
So Clement has had the nous to realise this and work on it and he's an all round more complete manager who i wouldn't swap with anyone right now, but without January he'd have been relegated too!!
Would that be the same Buffoon Bradley you spent most of the first few months of the year defending ?
"Sanity and happiness are an impossible combination" - Mark Twain
What if Bradley had stayed? on 08:10 - May 22 by Nirvana
Keen eye for detail, Wayne.
Very interesting, indeed. Even during the worst moments of Clement's tenure with us there has been very little discord. I wonder why?
And to the OP, we would have (edit: definitely) been bottom of the table with Bradley. It doesn't matter about a transfer window, the team looked terrible and the performances were extremely poor. It's not debatable.
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So true. Through gritted teeth, I agree with the alleged comment of the chairman that "managers are overrated" when you have a strong group of committed players. F*ck me, Avram Grant was a slip away from winning the Champions League...
However, when you have a group of players that have little difference to the rest of the league, that's when organisation and effective recovery/training strategies come into play. Bob Bradley was clearly out of his depth on that front, then again there are a number of managers who are similarly clueless who've ended up in jobs far higher up the football chain than us.
What if Bradley had stayed? on 09:02 - May 22 by TheResurrection
What other Bradley then? Wiggins?
Glad to see you reversed your judgement on Bradley. Now if you only do that about Gylfi ....perhaps that's a step too far to admit you are wrong about him, even though all and sundry disagree with you.
"Sanity and happiness are an impossible combination" - Mark Twain
What if Bradley had stayed? on 09:01 - May 22 by waynekerr55
So true. Through gritted teeth, I agree with the alleged comment of the chairman that "managers are overrated" when you have a strong group of committed players. F*ck me, Avram Grant was a slip away from winning the Champions League...
However, when you have a group of players that have little difference to the rest of the league, that's when organisation and effective recovery/training strategies come into play. Bob Bradley was clearly out of his depth on that front, then again there are a number of managers who are similarly clueless who've ended up in jobs far higher up the football chain than us.
Yes, I would agree Wayne.
That first training session video is brutal:
- Teaching/chastising professional footballers how to open their body to receive a simple pass? - Running around shouting "play from there" with a whistle cartoonishly between his lips? - Frantically checking his watch while pretty much nothing is happening?
Yeah, out of his depth sounds about right.
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What if Bradley had stayed? on 09:18 - May 22 with 1888 views
What if Bradley had stayed? on 09:15 - May 22 by Nirvana
Yes, I would agree Wayne.
That first training session video is brutal:
- Teaching/chastising professional footballers how to open their body to receive a simple pass? - Running around shouting "play from there" with a whistle cartoonishly between his lips? - Frantically checking his watch while pretty much nothing is happening?
Yeah, out of his depth sounds about right.
I bet Bob would have fined him 2 weeks wagers for "not using his instep"
What if Bradley had stayed? on 07:28 - May 22 by TheResurrection
I'm sorry to burst the more childish among you's bubbles, but without January and massive signings we were down.
Thankfully the thought of Neil Taylor is now a distant memory but nobody should ever forget how bad he was.
Olson has been a revelation
Carroll has run our midfield and got us playing again
Narsingh has as many assists as Siggy from open play and he's been used as a sub mostly
And Ayew has got us over the line with performances of intelligence, true skill and desire.
One joker on here mentioned "oh Olsson really made a difference to our leaky defence" or words sarcastically similar... well, no, but the real difference between Bradley and Clement is how we set up right through the team and not just defence.
Under Bradley we were completely maverick, the back 4 had no protection or shape in front of them, quite often we were so ragged it was chaotic. We didn't defend from the front or as a team, we tried to get out of jail by leaving it just to our defence. The results and goals against evidenced this.
So Clement has had the nous to realise this and work on it and he's an all round more complete manager who i wouldn't swap with anyone right now, but without January he'd have been relegated too!!
Sigy has saved as many penalties as Fab this year and he hasn't even played in goal so comparing Narsingh with Sigy is pointless.
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