(01-01-2025, 09:01 PM)Lurker#3 Wrote:

(01-01-2025, 08:41 PM)Derek Hardballs Wrote:

(01-01-2025, 05:50 PM)Lurker#3 Wrote:

(01-01-2025, 05:44 PM)Ted Maul Wrote:

(01-01-2025, 05:23 PM)Derek Hardballs Wrote: Williams led Swansea lose 4-0 to a very poor Portsmouth… I’m very much in the no thanks camp.

Flagged for point scoring.

Don't worry Ted. Dekka won't be happy unless somebody turns up with an abacus, sacks all the analysts and sports science staff, starts shouting "gerrit fucking forward" and reintroduces the magic sponge and half time orange segments. All whilst having a "I hate Pep and all his followers" poster in his office. Which is just an empty room full of tobacco smoke and a blank tactics board.

I understand tactics and sports science as much as you think you do  I’m not a football Luddite, I just don’t slavishly follow trends or think because I go on a few stats sites I’m more insightful than others. Football trends come and go, there is nothing ground breaking or particularly insightful about doing the same as other coaches do. Fitness and data help any coach or manager but they aren’t the only attributes they need to succeed, ultimately they are just tools.

This brings me onto Williams, I have no idea if he would be a success and neither do our finance and tactical wbaunofficial board experts . It’s ok to have preferences and it’s never an exact science with regards to recruitment. From what I’ve seen he’s achieved less than Robins and Eustace as a manager, his Swansea team from the games I’ve seen are bang average, neither punching above or below their squads ability. I didn’t just decide he wouldn’t be my preference after a drubbing at Pompey, not that matters. 

Whoever gets the job lives or dies by their results nothing more or less. Let’s see who we get… I got diddly squat for saying I’d like Megson to be considered for the job before we appointed him, I got bugger all for declaring my support for Roy and RDM and I got nowt for them giving Bruce the time of day.

Fwiw, Dekka. I've always thought you have been pretty spot on much of the time football wise. But you've developed quite the obsession with "modern trends", and I am not sure now is the time to be too worried. The last 2 or 3 years we have seen more and more teams, particularly at the top start changing their tactical approach and the variation we used to enjoy in the English leagues has returned. I have alluded to it in a previous post. The likes of Palace, Newcastle, Forest for example are all playing a much more direct, 'vertical' brand of football. The target man has become useful again to help bypass the 'high press' and we are seeing more emphasis on midfielders breaking forward than we have in recent years.

(01-01-2025, 07:42 PM)MancBaggie Wrote:

(01-01-2025, 07:40 PM)Tom Joad Wrote:

(01-01-2025, 07:31 PM)Mouse Wrote: Ryan Lowe mentioned on .com as having been spoken to.

Whoever it is, the club as always are keeping their cards close to their chest (which is a good thing IMO)

I wondered when he might get a mention. Left Preston before August was out, mutual consent?

He was sacked tbf. Fell out with board and fans - football was atrocious

(01-01-2025, 10:37 PM)Stillclem4england Wrote: On the basis we seem to be prioritising Championship experience and coaching credentials - and that Danny Roehl would be out of our reach - I am very surprised Cifuentes hasn’t been mentioned. The improvement between QPR at home and away was absolutely incredible.

(01-01-2025, 09:30 PM)Squid Wrote:

(01-01-2025, 07:42 PM)MancBaggie Wrote:

(01-01-2025, 07:40 PM)Tom Joad Wrote:

(01-01-2025, 07:31 PM)Mouse Wrote: Ryan Lowe mentioned on .com as having been spoken to.

Whoever it is, the club as always are keeping their cards close to their chest (which is a good thing IMO)

I wondered when he might get a mention. Left Preston before August was out, mutual consent?

He was sacked tbf. Fell out with board and fans - football was atrocious

Risedale says otherwise and that Lowe initiated his departure:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c990yxd90y5o

.com is an odd place. I've applied for an account several times and never been accepted.

(01-02-2025, 12:57 AM)baggie_ray Wrote:

(01-01-2025, 09:30 PM)Squid Wrote:

(01-01-2025, 07:42 PM)MancBaggie Wrote:

(01-01-2025, 07:40 PM)Tom Joad Wrote:

(01-01-2025, 07:31 PM)Mouse Wrote: Ryan Lowe mentioned on .com as having been spoken to.

Whoever it is, the club as always are keeping their cards close to their chest (which is a good thing IMO)

I wondered when he might get a mention. Left Preston before August was out, mutual consent?

He was sacked tbf. Fell out with board and fans - football was atrocious

Risedale says otherwise and that Lowe initiated his departure:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c990yxd90y5o

.com is an odd place. I've applied for an account several times and never been accepted.

Have you applied using your username on here?

I understand that everybody on this bored is banned on .com just by association! 

(01-01-2025, 07:44 PM)tHEgLASSdOORS Wrote: It’ll be Williams and it’ll be very soon