chinapig

Clubs can be slaves to fashion. They see what the likes of Edwards and McKenna have done and decide they want some of that as if a trendy young coach is a guarantee of success. Follow that logic and Coventry should sack Robins immediately on the grounds that he is doing well but not in a fashionable way. Sunderland clearly didn't do their due diligence on Beale though since he is a well known ******** with not much of a track record.

Fair enough and I've said before that Liam is not responsible for the nonsense spouted by JL and BT but my point was that if he thinks he doesn't have enough time to coach he shouldn't try to change the playing style until he does.

In which case don't try to significantly change the style until you have the time to do it.

It's what we football experts call an excuse. More seriously, if you don't have much coaching time stick to the style the players are most used to, aggressive and intense. Don't tell them to control possession if it leads to pedestrian football that the opposition can handle comfortably.

You may very will think that, I couldn't possibly comment.

Evidence of exceptionally good recruitment over the last couple of years without spending a fortune also imo.

Thanks for your contribution but rest assured we welcome fans from other clubs here. Indeed we have a number of very good semi-regular posters from other clubs, even a couple of Gasheads. Compare and contrast with the Gaschat forum where any of their fans who doesn't toe the party line is likely to be banned. Great performance last night btw, looks like it's going to be nip and tuck for the second spot to the end.

Turns out a minimum of 2 games per round will be free to air. https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/feb/15/tnt-sports-agrees-four-year-deal-for-live-fa-cup-coverage-from-2025-26-season

Palace had already agreed terms with Oliver Glasner who won the Europa. League with Eintracht Frankfurt. https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/feb/15/crystal-palace-roy-hodgson-oliver-glasner-manager

"Eh, what's up ref?"

TNT Sports is part of Discovery+ which is in turn owned by Warner Bros.

Bulk buy out of date chocolate coins and you'll make a killing. Though on the down side they'd clear them off the pitch and sell them from a wheelbarrow in the alleged concourse.

He always comes across as vain but going to greet his adoring fans before the game is another level of cringe.

They were never the same after their drummer died in a bizarre gardening accident.

I've said the same in another thread though you have put it better. If Liam is showing flexibility and a willingness to adjust his approach that's to his credit. Better that than someone who has a fixed way of playing and tries to shoehorn players into it whether or not it suits them.

It was said that when Nigel and his staff saw him in pre-season training he was even better than they expected. When you look at the squad Liam inherited it shows that recent recruitment has been unusually successful, Roberts being an example. Compare and contrast with the Ashton/LJ era and you can see how consistent it has been. I expect Max Bird to continue that trend.

There is no cult other than in your head. Being pro Nigel doesn't mean being anti Liam. What happened was nothing to do with Liam so most of us can judge him on his merits without comparing him to anybody. Our performance in the first half on Saturday and the whole game tonight makes me wonder if he's concluded that our players' strengths lie in being energetic and aggressive rather than playing a possession game. If so it's beginning to pay off perhaps. Long may it last.

He should be good at orchestrating the play then.

Yet you passed up the chance to keep Chris Martin, now leading Bristol Rovers to a glorious promotion.

This is the kind of question we need answered. A job for the Former Players Association I reckon.

Yep, heard that this morning. Football Cliches is very funny and an antidote to taking the game too seriously. After all we need to know why some teams are given their full name in league tables and others not, which players in what positions are allowed to wear long sleeved shirts or what the threshold is for saying a team hasn't laid a glove on the opposition. Work of national importance.

Thanks, he did coach the youth team for a while, I'd forgotten that.

Wasn't it financed with a high interest loan though? Fortunately they can meet the repayments thanks to the massive increase in attendances.

Well I did say it was a stretch!

A stretch maybe but Dave Merrington played for us and was later Saints manager.