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Palace : who is pulling the strings?
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Well thank you �� I am only nice on this board, don't really go in for the silliness.
I've heard that about Hoddle too. There are rather too many stories about him showing off his skills to his players.
It's such a shame: he was probably the most gifted English footballer in my 50 years of watching football and yet his reputation among the younger generation is of someone who's a complete cock.
I don't think it's true though that great footballers make terrible managers - Guardiola's doing OK; Conte and Pocchetino had decent careers too. And our own Chris was a very decent player
rogersix
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i was unfortunate enough to witness hoddle "coaching" the saints once, and he behaved like a total bell!
Yep. That's the story that emerges from quite a few of his clubs. If FDB is in the same vein, the situation would probably have got a lot worse
My first thought on reading that post was "Hoddle". He was desperately jealous of Beckham being able to hit a ball well and of Gascoigne's skill, so he set out to humiliate them on the training ground to prove that he was still the best player ever.
He then dropped Gazza from the squad and then didn't play Beckham in the first two games at the finals (he was the only player to play every qualifying match) because he "wasn't focused". Hoddle, as ever, wanted to prove that he knew better than everyone else when in reality it was all smoke and mirrors (and vanity) as he's actually really stupid.
In doing so he ruined our chances of winning the World Cup in 1998 with probably the best England team I've ever seen, as I blame Hoddle, not Beckham and always did. Beckham was very young and perhaps, had he had a manager rather than an antagonist, he may not have been so wound up as to retaliate to Simeone. Also, if he'd played all the group games and hadn't had his confidence battered, maybe we wouldn't have been playing Argentina in the first place.
When you find out more about the toxic environment Hoddle created it's hard to blame anyone but him.
The ****.
I digress, but it still annoys me.
Bingo! Master plan of the Chicago Cubs that has worked to perfection.........until this season.
My Dad. We could be brothers.
Sussex Nomad
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And in that scenario could be in for the Leeds Utd, Portsmouth, et al ride in coming seasons.
W.C.
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Feel the same. One of my favourite players as a kid. Now, not only does he come across as a complete tool but is terminally dull as well.
Mackenzie
Old Brightonian
Is it Henry, the mild mannered janitor?
The Birdman
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Ian Wright on radio today saying the club gone backwards but the fans have gone up to another level
Justice
Dangerous Idiot
mongs dressed in black being lead by a head mong is hardly another level.Ian Wright on radio today saying the club gone backwards but the fans have gone up to another level
I'm sure a lot of us thought of Hoddle. Like FdB, he probably struggles with the less gifted teams, but he did pretty well with England. It's been downhill since he left.
Medwayseagull
JCB
Ian Wright on radio today saying the club gone backwards but the fans have gone up to another level
Well they could probably fit them all in to a decent size lift.
GreersElbow
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It's an interesting one.
Rivalry aside, Parish before the Yank investment seemingly was running the club well. Since then, spending appears to have been on the increase and their decline equally as evident.
Not all rosey, but where's the ultra, against modern football protests from the Palace fans. It's all very quiet over there...
Rivalry aside, Parish before the Yank investment seemingly was running the club well. Since then, spending appears to have been on the increase and their decline equally as evident.
Not all rosey, but where's the ultra, against modern football protests from the Palace fans. It's all very quiet over there...
nicko31
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At some point Palace's luck has to run out. Now it seems they are clueless too, Parish to be fair was a good operator
Penry.
As in, more backwards than the club?Ian Wright on radio today saying the club gone backwards but the fans have gone up to another level
Not Andy Naylor
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When a chairman takes any notice of what players like Ward, Kelly and Delaney think about a manager, the tail is wagging the dog. Those three should just consider themselves lucky to be employed by a Premier League club. I doubt they'd get in a top-half Championship side. Delaney and Ward let Pardew down week after week but he kept pcking them.
AlastairWatts
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I agree. nd what can't be forgiven or forgotten was the nonsense with the 'medium' and the publication of the his wretched book during the tournament....
Maybe he should have gone to Iceland along with Hodgson