| Anderlecht in for Dhanda 18:35 - Jun 17 with 4486 views | KeithHaynes |
Thought I posted this before this afternoon 🤪
Confirmed interest from Vincent Kompany.
Seems Dhanda hasn’t signed the new contract he was offered last January and only has one year of his current one to go.
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| Anderlecht in for Dhanda on 19:31 - Jun 17 with 2331 views | Treforys_Jack |
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| Anderlecht in for Dhanda on 19:51 - Jun 17 with 2306 views | raynor94 |
Hallelujah Hallelujah! |  |
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| Anderlecht in for Dhanda on 19:55 - Jun 17 with 2286 views | Dr_Winston |
Another flair player sacrificed on the altar of Cooperball. |  |
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| Anderlecht in for Dhanda on 19:57 - Jun 17 with 2292 views | pencoedjack |
I have the car running & ferry booked.
A useless player no matter who the manager is. |  | | |
| Anderlecht in for Dhanda on 20:01 - Jun 17 with 2275 views | builthjack |
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| Anderlecht in for Dhanda on 20:02 - Jun 17 with 2283 views | ReslovenSwan1 |
| Anderlecht in for Dhanda on 19:55 - Jun 17 by Dr_Winston |
Another flair player sacrificed on the altar of Cooperball. |
For a team of little inspiratation it is fair to say Mr Cooper has seen McKay, Celina and now perhaps Dhanda leave the club. The club has Grimes Fulton and Korey Smith (6 goals in 14 seasons) and linked with Matty James yet another defensive midfielder. Ollie Cooper was barely risked not surprisingly then there is Arriola. Fans complain he was not wanted by the manager. Too right he was not. Not enough like Korey perhaps? [Post edited 17 Jun 2021 20:04]
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| Anderlecht in for Dhanda on 20:35 - Jun 17 with 2230 views | Kilkennyjack |
| Anderlecht in for Dhanda on 19:57 - Jun 17 by pencoedjack |
I have the car running & ferry booked.
A useless player no matter who the manager is. |
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5-a-side player for me … |  |
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| Anderlecht in for Dhanda on 21:54 - Jun 17 with 2129 views | ploppy |
| Anderlecht in for Dhanda on 20:02 - Jun 17 by ReslovenSwan1 |
For a team of little inspiratation it is fair to say Mr Cooper has seen McKay, Celina and now perhaps Dhanda leave the club. The club has Grimes Fulton and Korey Smith (6 goals in 14 seasons) and linked with Matty James yet another defensive midfielder. Ollie Cooper was barely risked not surprisingly then there is Arriola. Fans complain he was not wanted by the manager. Too right he was not. Not enough like Korey perhaps? [Post edited 17 Jun 2021 20:04]
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McKay? Seriously? He's found his level.
As will Dhanda. |  | | |
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| Anderlecht in for Dhanda on 22:17 - Jun 17 with 2101 views | monmouth |
| Anderlecht in for Dhanda on 20:02 - Jun 17 by ReslovenSwan1 |
For a team of little inspiratation it is fair to say Mr Cooper has seen McKay, Celina and now perhaps Dhanda leave the club. The club has Grimes Fulton and Korey Smith (6 goals in 14 seasons) and linked with Matty James yet another defensive midfielder. Ollie Cooper was barely risked not surprisingly then there is Arriola. Fans complain he was not wanted by the manager. Too right he was not. Not enough like Korey perhaps? [Post edited 17 Jun 2021 20:04]
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Good post. Are you well? |  |
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| Anderlecht in for Dhanda on 23:52 - Jun 17 with 2027 views | DJack |
| Anderlecht in for Dhanda on 22:17 - Jun 17 by monmouth |
Good post. Are you well? |
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| Anderlecht in for Dhanda on 00:05 - Jun 18 with 2006 views | Dr_Parnassus |
| Anderlecht in for Dhanda on 19:55 - Jun 17 by Dr_Winston |
Another flair player sacrificed on the altar of Cooperball. |
Let it go, it’s eating away at you man.
Dhanda has been shunned or pretty poor under every manager he’s ever worked for.
Let’s stick to blaming Cooper for real things, this sport of turning every situation and topic into a reason to bash one of our most successful football league managers is almost as insatiable on here as turning every topic into one of racism.
Say it how it is, not how you would like it to be. |  |
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| Anderlecht in for Dhanda on 00:36 - Jun 18 with 1996 views | dobjack2 |
| Anderlecht in for Dhanda on 00:05 - Jun 18 by Dr_Parnassus |
Let it go, it’s eating away at you man.
Dhanda has been shunned or pretty poor under every manager he’s ever worked for.
Let’s stick to blaming Cooper for real things, this sport of turning every situation and topic into a reason to bash one of our most successful football league managers is almost as insatiable on here as turning every topic into one of racism.
Say it how it is, not how you would like it to be. |
I’m confused. You believe Cooper is one of our most successful managers but it depends what you define success as. If he had got us promoted I would agree, however he didn’t. He got us into the play offs in the division we were in when he joined us when we had the benefit of parachute payments.
Coopers fit with us is the equivalent of a poor mans mourinho to spurs.
Mourinho won a lot more in his career than Cooper but the style of football they both put out on the pitch didn’t get promotion to a higher league/top European football which was the aim. Neither set of fans liked what they did and if Cooper goes few Will shed tears, just like Spurs fans with Mourinho. | | | |
| Anderlecht in for Dhanda on 01:28 - Jun 18 with 1979 views | Dr_Parnassus |
| Anderlecht in for Dhanda on 00:36 - Jun 18 by dobjack2 |
I’m confused. You believe Cooper is one of our most successful managers but it depends what you define success as. If he had got us promoted I would agree, however he didn’t. He got us into the play offs in the division we were in when he joined us when we had the benefit of parachute payments.
Coopers fit with us is the equivalent of a poor mans mourinho to spurs.
Mourinho won a lot more in his career than Cooper but the style of football they both put out on the pitch didn’t get promotion to a higher league/top European football which was the aim. Neither set of fans liked what they did and if Cooper goes few Will shed tears, just like Spurs fans with Mourinho. |
I don’t “believe” that he is, he just simply is.
We have never had back to back play off finishes at this level. Both unexpected too, the latter coming after chasing automatics for most of the season. It was incredible in reality considering the budgets and squads of the teams we were keeping up with.
The “benefit” of parachute payments? That’s a bit misleading isn’t it. His squad was decimated year after year while he had to bring in replacements on a shoestring. The only benefit of the parachute payments was he was allowed to keep Ayew, the only player of any sort of creative attacking goal scoring threat.
Mid table was the expected level we would get to, outside chance of playoffs. Remember, this after the much lauded Potter didn’t get us close with the benefit of McBurnie, James, Fer, Van Der Hoorn et al at his disposal.
The difference between your Mourinho comparison is that European qualification is the expectation at Spurs not the aim. Promotion was never the expectation for us, Cooper and his side have outstripped expectation year on year.
Like it or not, Cooper is one of our most successful football league managers and it will take a hell of a lot of hard work by someone else for it to be topped. [Post edited 18 Jun 2021 1:30]
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| Anderlecht in for Dhanda on 05:54 - Jun 18 with 1944 views | Whiterockin |
| Anderlecht in for Dhanda on 19:55 - Jun 17 by Dr_Winston |
Another flair player sacrificed on the altar of Cooperball. |
Flair but no substance. A cheaper version of CH. |  | | |
| Anderlecht in for Dhanda on 09:18 - Jun 18 with 1849 views | onehunglow |
McKay,Dhanda and Celina.Three of the most abject waifs we 're ever had employees.
If Winston likes them,then they are good players and those who disagree are ridiculed.
McKAY,rght up there with Asoro as the worse of all pur buys;we bought him and couldnt wait to off load him asap/ He was that bad
Celina had talent but not application or guts but no doubt misused
Dhanda has skill but not a much as people think.He is ineffectual.Nobody can say he has been.
none of thee players did anything of note.
Get the fark over it people. | |
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| Anderlecht in for Dhanda on 09:44 - Jun 18 with 1836 views | jack_lord |
| Anderlecht in for Dhanda on 09:18 - Jun 18 by onehunglow |
McKay,Dhanda and Celina.Three of the most abject waifs we 're ever had employees.
If Winston likes them,then they are good players and those who disagree are ridiculed.
McKAY,rght up there with Asoro as the worse of all pur buys;we bought him and couldnt wait to off load him asap/ He was that bad
Celina had talent but not application or guts but no doubt misused
Dhanda has skill but not a much as people think.He is ineffectual.Nobody can say he has been.
none of thee players did anything of note.
Get the fark over it people. |
I agree. Celina could play but seemed a bit of a chicken which stops him from being a top player.
Perhaps if Dhanda was braver he would move up a bracket. He has nothing on Hernandez.
In fact one of my mates from Dublin was a better footballer and never made it because his wonderful passing skills were pointless in the teams he had been playing in.
Good luck to Dhanda in whatever he chooses but please grow a pair. |  |
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| Anderlecht in for Dhanda on 10:11 - Jun 18 with 1813 views | AndyCole |
| Anderlecht in for Dhanda on 09:18 - Jun 18 by onehunglow |
McKay,Dhanda and Celina.Three of the most abject waifs we 're ever had employees.
If Winston likes them,then they are good players and those who disagree are ridiculed.
McKAY,rght up there with Asoro as the worse of all pur buys;we bought him and couldnt wait to off load him asap/ He was that bad
Celina had talent but not application or guts but no doubt misused
Dhanda has skill but not a much as people think.He is ineffectual.Nobody can say he has been.
none of thee players did anything of note.
Get the fark over it people. |
Spot on.
Three of our worst for doing the non-negotiables.
The mistake Our management team made was to give Dhanda far too much respect and opportunity to continue to prove to us how shockingly bad he is.
A double whammy after we lost MGW. Instead of pushing on with a proper AM, we were hindered in that space, which probably cost us promotion. | |
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| Anderlecht in for Dhanda on 10:28 - Jun 18 with 1803 views | dobjack2 |
| Anderlecht in for Dhanda on 01:28 - Jun 18 by Dr_Parnassus |
I don’t “believe” that he is, he just simply is.
We have never had back to back play off finishes at this level. Both unexpected too, the latter coming after chasing automatics for most of the season. It was incredible in reality considering the budgets and squads of the teams we were keeping up with.
The “benefit” of parachute payments? That’s a bit misleading isn’t it. His squad was decimated year after year while he had to bring in replacements on a shoestring. The only benefit of the parachute payments was he was allowed to keep Ayew, the only player of any sort of creative attacking goal scoring threat.
Mid table was the expected level we would get to, outside chance of playoffs. Remember, this after the much lauded Potter didn’t get us close with the benefit of McBurnie, James, Fer, Van Der Hoorn et al at his disposal.
The difference between your Mourinho comparison is that European qualification is the expectation at Spurs not the aim. Promotion was never the expectation for us, Cooper and his side have outstripped expectation year on year.
Like it or not, Cooper is one of our most successful football league managers and it will take a hell of a lot of hard work by someone else for it to be topped. [Post edited 18 Jun 2021 1:30]
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No you believe that is the case - it’s your opinion and it depends on how you view Cooper.
Yours is the glass half full version. Look at the final position and we didn’t expect that at the start of the season. It is a fair opinion but doesn’t take into account what happened.
Mine is that he got us into a good position but bottled it with negative tactics. The football was pretty awful at times in what I thought was a rather low quality division last season. That to me was snatching failure from the jaws of success; a golden opportunity missed.
The point about parachute payments was Ayew and though he could be hot and cold we had little creative spark or quality apart from him. MGW might have provided that, Houlihan was a major disappointment. We need someone creative in there for this season.
The comparison between Cooper and mourinho was that their teams played awful football for clubs whose fans want something better to watch. Also in their job interviews I doubt if either of them said that was the style they were going to play.
End of the day he has won nothing, got beat by Brentford two seasons running when it really mattered and most of last season his team was awful to watch. On the positive side we weren’t relegated.
Whether you view that as a success depends on whether you just look at the stats or not.
Whatever happens with Cooper we need quality and creativity in midfield. If Dhanda leaves and funds that so be it. | | | |
| Anderlecht in for Dhanda on 11:45 - Jun 18 with 1755 views | jack247 |
| Anderlecht in for Dhanda on 10:28 - Jun 18 by dobjack2 |
No you believe that is the case - it’s your opinion and it depends on how you view Cooper.
Yours is the glass half full version. Look at the final position and we didn’t expect that at the start of the season. It is a fair opinion but doesn’t take into account what happened.
Mine is that he got us into a good position but bottled it with negative tactics. The football was pretty awful at times in what I thought was a rather low quality division last season. That to me was snatching failure from the jaws of success; a golden opportunity missed.
The point about parachute payments was Ayew and though he could be hot and cold we had little creative spark or quality apart from him. MGW might have provided that, Houlihan was a major disappointment. We need someone creative in there for this season.
The comparison between Cooper and mourinho was that their teams played awful football for clubs whose fans want something better to watch. Also in their job interviews I doubt if either of them said that was the style they were going to play.
End of the day he has won nothing, got beat by Brentford two seasons running when it really mattered and most of last season his team was awful to watch. On the positive side we weren’t relegated.
Whether you view that as a success depends on whether you just look at the stats or not.
Whatever happens with Cooper we need quality and creativity in midfield. If Dhanda leaves and funds that so be it. |
It’s the classic outsider leading in the final stages of the grand national, slows to a canter and finishes second.
Is it a great achievement because on paper, he wouldn’t have been expected to finish anywhere near that?
Is it a huge wasted opportunity, because he slowed down with the finish line in sight?
For me, both opinions are valid. | | | |
| Anderlecht in for Dhanda on 11:51 - Jun 18 with 1749 views | A_Fans_Dad |
| Anderlecht in for Dhanda on 01:28 - Jun 18 by Dr_Parnassus |
I don’t “believe” that he is, he just simply is.
We have never had back to back play off finishes at this level. Both unexpected too, the latter coming after chasing automatics for most of the season. It was incredible in reality considering the budgets and squads of the teams we were keeping up with.
The “benefit” of parachute payments? That’s a bit misleading isn’t it. His squad was decimated year after year while he had to bring in replacements on a shoestring. The only benefit of the parachute payments was he was allowed to keep Ayew, the only player of any sort of creative attacking goal scoring threat.
Mid table was the expected level we would get to, outside chance of playoffs. Remember, this after the much lauded Potter didn’t get us close with the benefit of McBurnie, James, Fer, Van Der Hoorn et al at his disposal.
The difference between your Mourinho comparison is that European qualification is the expectation at Spurs not the aim. Promotion was never the expectation for us, Cooper and his side have outstripped expectation year on year.
Like it or not, Cooper is one of our most successful football league managers and it will take a hell of a lot of hard work by someone else for it to be topped. [Post edited 18 Jun 2021 1:30]
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"We have never had back to back play off finishes at this level."
We didn't need 2 back to back last time we were in the Championship, which is the whole point of what a decent Manager can achieve.
So it is not a valid comparison in any way. | | | |
| Anderlecht in for Dhanda on 12:22 - Jun 18 with 1705 views | Dr_Parnassus |
| Anderlecht in for Dhanda on 11:51 - Jun 18 by A_Fans_Dad |
"We have never had back to back play off finishes at this level."
We didn't need 2 back to back last time we were in the Championship, which is the whole point of what a decent Manager can achieve.
So it is not a valid comparison in any way. |
That’s because we had Brendan Rodgers, one of the best managers in Europe.
It’s happened twice in our history (promotion to the top league), which is why it’s incredibly ridiculous to expect that is the expected standard rather than an extraordinary event.
Martinez couldn’t get us promoted, Sousa couldn’t and neither could Potter (none could even get us to the play offs) - yet I would take any of their squads in a heartbeat. Britton, Rangel, Williams, Dyer, Gomez, Scotland et al, all in their prime.
It’s not an honest position to pretend promotion is the norm. | |
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| Anderlecht in for Dhanda on 12:25 - Jun 18 with 1700 views | Brynmill_Jack |
| Anderlecht in for Dhanda on 10:11 - Jun 18 by AndyCole |
Spot on.
Three of our worst for doing the non-negotiables.
The mistake Our management team made was to give Dhanda far too much respect and opportunity to continue to prove to us how shockingly bad he is.
A double whammy after we lost MGW. Instead of pushing on with a proper AM, we were hindered in that space, which probably cost us promotion. |
Ah but Andy Mole , your favourite and flawless manager Steve Cooper cost us £170 million by picking Conor Hourihane (ahead of proven grafters) who could be classed way worse than Celiana or Dhanda for effort and doing the basics.
He picked him continuously and even picked him in the play off final - so bad was Coopers judgement that it cost us promotion simple as. |  |
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| Anderlecht in for Dhanda on 12:27 - Jun 18 with 1698 views | vetchonian |
| Anderlecht in for Dhanda on 11:51 - Jun 18 by A_Fans_Dad |
"We have never had back to back play off finishes at this level."
We didn't need 2 back to back last time we were in the Championship, which is the whole point of what a decent Manager can achieve.
So it is not a valid comparison in any way. |
Well the last time we were a club in ascendancy and riding on the crest of a wave, losing on penalties in a play off final before being promoted as champions the following season,then after 2 changes of manager we won THE playoff final...all this time using a nucleus of players who had been together a long time...many with a pedigree of PL apprenticeships.
THis time we were a club in danger of freefall following relegation. Hangover of PL wages, and a constant turnover of players...IT might be interesting to see how ROberto and Brendan would do in the same circumstances ....so yes your are right there is not a valid comaprison | |
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| Anderlecht in for Dhanda on 12:31 - Jun 18 with 1694 views | Badlands |
| Anderlecht in for Dhanda on 11:45 - Jun 18 by jack247 |
It’s the classic outsider leading in the final stages of the grand national, slows to a canter and finishes second.
Is it a great achievement because on paper, he wouldn’t have been expected to finish anywhere near that?
Is it a huge wasted opportunity, because he slowed down with the finish line in sight?
For me, both opinions are valid. |
On whose paper?
Our squad was good enough, as they showed for much of the season, to be automatic promotion challengers but Cooper's philosophy was to not lose games.
How many points did we gift to teams struggling way below us because there was a complete lack of ambition.
I know, i know every team in this division could beat any other … except far morr of those teams beat us than any other. |  |
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| Anderlecht in for Dhanda on 12:38 - Jun 18 with 1676 views | jack247 |
| Anderlecht in for Dhanda on 12:31 - Jun 18 by Badlands |
On whose paper?
Our squad was good enough, as they showed for much of the season, to be automatic promotion challengers but Cooper's philosophy was to not lose games.
How many points did we gift to teams struggling way below us because there was a complete lack of ambition.
I know, i know every team in this division could beat any other … except far morr of those teams beat us than any other. |
Did anyone outside of Swansea have us to go up automatically last season? What did the bookies think?
If we’re being honest, it was an achievement for our squad to go toe to toe with stronger squads in the three promoted teams and Bournemouth until half way through the season.
At the same time, we were in a fantastic position and we blew up. Cooper needs to take his share of credit for initially punching above our weight and blame for us capitulating. | | | |
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