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I would be very surprised if other out of work managers were invited to the club given that Marty and Xavi recently signed contract extensions. There is obviously a problem with recruitment that perhaps Marti wasn't fully consulted on and of course half the team out (a number of creative players and a key CB) that hasn't helped. I think the hand that Marti has been dealt this season has turned out to be so much weaker than what he eventually had last term and it's showing. But, the players are very obviously behind Marti so really loves the club and the fans go, even through this cycle, would just be a total disaster.
A full blooded game where our midfielders actually got stuck in.
Nardi with some wonderful saves. Their keeper too, especially the one from Lloyd at the end. Ref did well spotting the handball on their disallowed goal.
Shout out for Saito, I think the kid is really good and has plenty of skill. Varane getting up to speed and looking much better too. We're not finished yet!
We could really do with their Cannon who is an excellent number 9 for them. He has a touch of the Charlie Austin's about him.
I am guessing most on here will be too young to remember Paul Warhurst? Mainly played as a centre back but Sheffield Wednesday deployed him as an emergency striker because they were down to the bare bones. He was an absolute menace in the opposing box an had a regular eye for goal when needed and then went back to centre back in other games when he wasn't needed up front. You watch Jimmy Dunne and he always looks like our most effective player in the opposition box, he seems very comfortable up there and he causes no end of problems. Just wondering if he could be deployed as a Paul Warhurst emergency striker for us? After all, apparently Warhurst only showed evidence of being good further up in a few training sessions and then they took the risk. I'm not saying by any stretch of the imagination that this is the solution to our problems, but, perhaps while we have problems and while we seemingly have an overload of right backs that perhaps it's an experiment worth doing given that we just don't cause enough physical problems up front and Dunne up there, at 6 foot 4 would be a very good target man to lay stuff off and chip in. Just a thought. I'll shut up now...
I think just being realistic that even if the fans liked me as manager if I was rooted to the bottom of the table and couldn't get a win I would probably be concerned for my job. I hope it is just talk... Let's be honest, if we had gone down last season the hope was that Marti would be given the chance to rebuild the side in League 1, not let go of. I don't see that this season is any different apart from the fact that it appears that our CEO got our players in off Top Trump cards. It all seemed very impressive at the time but now it appears that these weren't Marti's choices (or he had little input). The problem is if Nourry pulls the trigger who on earth would come here with no money and a truck full of expensive injured players and others that are struggling to be footballers? If Nourry is as good as he thinks he is he should appoint someone with some football nouse to do his job properly and at least help prepare Marti for the fight or for life after a drop. But for me Marti has to stay. He is the manager but this is not all his doing, quite evidently. If Nourry fires him after giving him and Xavi longterm contracts then he will be a totally isolated d*ckhead of the first order.
This feels like our only chance to score a goal rather than our habit of passing back to the keeper. Only I'm not sure we actually have a player who could do this?
The great shame is that Dembele won't be seen until Halley's Comet next passes. He wasn't really up to speed but he showed a lot of promise. Without him and Chair it is always going to be difficult.
I have a little claim to fame in this genre in that I wrote the short story that got bought to then create the film Event Horizon. It paid for me and my then soon to be wife to get married in France (she was French), put a hefty downpayment on a flat in Highgate and a decent car. I sold the rights so was uncredited.
I did a similar thing when I wrote another short story that eventually got turned into the film Bad Santa (also uncredited). That one paid for my divorce!
"He rejoins Gerrard hoping to help improve Al-Ettifaq's fortunes, with the side currently 10th in the Saudi Pro League after losing five of their past six games." Well he should be able to help them extend that run. Open PowerPoint and play...
In life baked beans. Grew up thinking they were the Devil's puke but now I'm partial to a bit of Devil's puke on buttery toast.
In football it has to be this season. What were we on thinking that it was going to be any better? I came off the Leeds win and Coventry thinking we'd be comfortably mid table this season. I was 5 when we started supporting the Rs. 50+ years on I'm starting to change my mind that the lure of blue and white hoops wasn't just the football sirens dashing me to death on the rocks of hope.
Even as an England fan I agree that was at least worth a review. When you watched it in slow motion they are holding on to each other but you generally favour the attacker. Agree that the 'B' team seemed to work a lot harder than our 'A' team ever does. Obviously the game changes after the sending off and they are one down. Nice to see Manning on for Ireland though.
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