Jah Lush Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 Southampton have had a very good recruitment policy for a long time though that could now be put to the test as their former Head of Recruitment Paul Mitchell joined Spurs at the beginning of last season. He's the man Poch trusts in the transfer market. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/35029-football-focus/page/267/#findComment-999860 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jah Lush Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 David Ginola evidently very very lucky to be alive. Good well soon David.http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36340327 Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/35029-football-focus/page/267/#findComment-1000112 Share on other sites More sharing options...
red devil Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 Wow, first report I read they thought he had just fainted. Hear him on the radio/TV, always comes across as a really nice guy. Let's hope he makes a full recovery... Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/35029-football-focus/page/267/#findComment-1000120 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Mac Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/football/2016/may/20/celtic-appoint-brendan-rodgers-manager?client=ms-android-htc-rev#It's official. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/35029-football-focus/page/267/#findComment-1000123 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Medic Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 What time is It's a Knock Out on? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/35029-football-focus/page/267/#findComment-1000259 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Mac Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 Sunshine on Leith. 114 years of hurt is over for the Hibees, and well done to Alan Stubbs in particular. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/35029-football-focus/page/267/#findComment-1000536 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otta Posted May 21, 2016 Author Share Posted May 21, 2016 Considering it's been the worst kept secret in football for months, you'd have thought they'd at least have let LVG have a night of celebration for winning the cup before they let the cat out of the bag. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/35029-football-focus/page/267/#findComment-1000539 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Mac Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 I find that quite ridiculous. Poor form from MU.And I don't mean the timing of this I mean the decision itself. Mourinho=boring negativity. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/35029-football-focus/page/267/#findComment-1000544 Share on other sites More sharing options...
red devil Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 Otta Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> Considering it's been the worst kept secret in> football for months, you'd have thought they'd at> least have let LVG have a night of celebration for> winning the cup before they let the cat out of the> bag.I don't think it's come from the club, more likely Mendes (Mourinho's agent) who fell out with LvG over Falcao and Di Maria. It had also been reported in the Spanish press on Saturday morning. When Utd change the manager they are obliged to make a statement on the NYSE first.Mick, I'm not a big fan of Mourinho, but he doesn't equal boring negativity. He only has to look at LvG's experience to see that Utd fans won't put up with that type of football in the long term. Who would you have employed? When it comes to top quality managers, the cupboard is bare at the moment. I'm more worried about his whole demeanor and behaviour. I expect an initial charm offensive, then the usual fireworks. Hopefully being at Utd he will rein it in... Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/35029-football-focus/page/267/#findComment-1000624 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Mac Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 I don't know RD - you feel a change was needed so soon I'd have given LVG another season - what happended to MU's managerial longevity. It seems these negotiations started many months ago - that's hardly fair. You cant really argue that MU fans don't put up with dull football and then in the same breath appoint Jose - he's success at a cost. I think people are completely bored with his antics. I hoped MU would always be out of his reach. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/35029-football-focus/page/267/#findComment-1000955 Share on other sites More sharing options...
???? Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 Mick Mac Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> Sunshine on Leith. 114 years of hurt is over for> the Hibees, and well done to Alan Stubbs in> particular.mmm. Not sure.Rangers fans and club are hard to like but blatant assaults on staff/players and fans by sectertarian driven 'nationalism', which is being widely ignored by the media and scottish nationalist establishment . A reminder why the sectarian bigotry of Scottish football should be kept well away from the Premiership to me. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/35029-football-focus/page/267/#findComment-1001000 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Mac Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 Great performance by the team and the management. Which it was, and the match was a fantastic spectacle. Not sure I commented on the fans - neither do I want to. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/35029-football-focus/page/267/#findComment-1001025 Share on other sites More sharing options...
???? Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 Mick Mac Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> Great performance by the team and the management.> Which it was, and the match was a fantastic> spectacle. > > Not sure I commented on the fans - neither do I> want to.Well, yes that's the point in all the Hibs Love (team not EDF poster :) ); all the nastiness is swept under the carpet Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/35029-football-focus/page/267/#findComment-1001136 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jah Lush Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 Hibs and Hearts (Jambos) Rangers and Celtic. The secretarian hate goes on. With you on this one Quids.On a side note enjoy your Thursday and Sunday football now you've qualified for the Europa League thanks to Man Utd's FA Cup win on Saturday. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/35029-football-focus/page/267/#findComment-1001258 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Mac Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 Apart from you two stating the obvious, there is a problem in Scotland, I don't see what your comments have got to do with the match on Saturday. I prefer to discuss the sport and not the politics. As such it was a great game. The political problems need to be sorted out in society, like racism in England, before they drop out of football - which tends to represent the worst in society, pretty well. But hey why not talk about the football. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/35029-football-focus/page/267/#findComment-1001266 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCSB79 Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Hibs were by far the better team on Saturday bar twenty odd minutes or so where Rangers showed how well they can play.Since beating Celtic in the semi's we've struggled to play nearly as well as we know we can.I think Stubbs outsmarted Warburton with his 5 in midfield.Rangers need a good few signings this closed season otherwise we could find ourselves mid table pretty easily.This guy will help start things rolling - like him or not, there is no denying he is a quality player:http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/36360594 Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/35029-football-focus/page/267/#findComment-1001275 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otta Posted May 24, 2016 Author Share Posted May 24, 2016 Yep, bit of a cock, but he can definitely play. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/35029-football-focus/page/267/#findComment-1001286 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parkdrive Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Otta Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> Yep, bit of a cock, but he can definitely play.A bit????!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/35029-football-focus/page/267/#findComment-1001332 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Mac Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 I would worry about his temperament for the old firm games. Not that many cope with that particularly well. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/35029-football-focus/page/267/#findComment-1001348 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otta Posted May 24, 2016 Author Share Posted May 24, 2016 Parkdrive Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> Otta Wrote:> --------------------------------------------------> -----> > Yep, bit of a cock, but he can definitely play.> > > A bit????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Haha, okay a complete cock. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/35029-football-focus/page/267/#findComment-1001359 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parkdrive Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Otta Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> Parkdrive Wrote:> --------------------------------------------------> -----> > Otta Wrote:> >> --------------------------------------------------> > > -----> > > Yep, bit of a cock, but he can definitely> play.> > > > > > A bit????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!> > > Haha, okay a complete cock.That's more like it Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/35029-football-focus/page/267/#findComment-1001386 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCSB79 Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Otta Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> Parkdrive Wrote:> --------------------------------------------------> -----> > Otta Wrote:> >> --------------------------------------------------> > > -----> > > Yep, bit of a cock, but he can definitely> play.> > > > > > A bit????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!> > > Haha, okay a complete cock.And he is our complete cock now. Keeps the head screwed like the last season and he will run amok. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/35029-football-focus/page/267/#findComment-1001447 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Mac Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Brendan Rodgers - I couldn't be happier. For me this is a great appointment of a Celtic fan for the Celtic job, with Europe as a priority, and a friend of Mark Warburton, so all set up nicely for the future. Desmond has finally upped the ante and pulled off a major coup here. And was interested in Luis Suarez' view on his management ability: ?Brendan is one of the best coaches in Europe and I am not surprised he is looking to get back in to the game because it is a game he loves,? said Suarez?If it wasn?t for Brendan, then I know I would not be the same player that you see at Barcelona today. Such a big part of my education is down to him and his management.?Of course he works to make the team stronger but he really works on a one-to-one level with the players.?He will sit down with each player at the club, and work on where you can improve, where you can exploit opposition, he leaves nothing to chance.?He is a very intelligent man. If the players listen to his words, they will become better players for sure.?I wasn?t proven and I had to adapt to the Premier League, which Brendan knew. He knows all about English football and he educated me to become successful.?I am glad he has taken his time since leaving Liverpool. He should only be looking at the top jobs, with the top clubs, who will be playing Champions League football.? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/35029-football-focus/page/267/#findComment-1001468 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCSB79 Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 What about his signings though?Successes? Can, Sturridge, Coutinho...maybe Origi in time?Get a load of this though:Benteke - ?32mNathaniel Clyne - ?13mJoey Gomez - ?6mBalotelli - ?16mAlberto Moreno - ?13mLazar Markovic - ?20mAdam Lallana - ?26mRicky Lambert - ?5mTiago Ilori - ?7m (nope, me neither)Sakho - ?16mBorrini - ?10mJoe Allen - ?17mLuis Alberto - ?7mIago Aspas - ?7mSimon Mignolet - ?10m (possibly a pass)Hope he has such a success rate with you lot!! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/35029-football-focus/page/267/#findComment-1001578 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otta Posted May 24, 2016 Author Share Posted May 24, 2016 I don't think most of those were HIS signings. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/35029-football-focus/page/267/#findComment-1001588 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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