Because I saw his Charlton side at The Amex and on TV and his Blackpool team got a point here with about five regular players.
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Sunday Mirror : Sherwood & Riga up front as Sami struggles
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Because I saw his Charlton side at The Amex and on TV and his Blackpool team got a point here with about five regular players.
sir albion
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Riga would be awful to be honest and yet another YES man...Time to get a proper manager 
A mex eyecan
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- Nov 3, 2011
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if he came, and there is such a thing as Karma, think about how much we have suffered up in bygone years, people ripping the club off, no home, no hope, no FA Cup win, never winning the 1st Division (old).
So Hod's comes here, gives us big dose of Karma, opposites to all the above take place, loads of dosh, bigger better Amex, hope in abundance, FA Cup winners in 2016, Premiership winners in 2017, European glory in 2018....
God I'm getting so excited and its not even Christmas Day yet. Bring him on ....
A post by someone who knows their football.
Doc Lynam
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- Jun 19, 2011
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Know very little about the guy why do you rate him?
Articles I've read about him...interviews with him and look at his record except Blackpool on wiki.
Seagull over Canaryland
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The harsh reality of our current situation means that regrettably I'm now in the camp hoping for a hard nosed, experienced, no nonsense, back to basics (British?) coach to stabilise our season and move us into mid table security.
Even so I'm not sure that the Pulis types are really acceptable to Tony Bloom - or affordable, assuming they would even be interested, especially when there may be Prem jobs vacant. Will Tony Bloom abandon his preferred managerial template? I guess he might, if only as a temporary and short term fix, maybe then start afresh next summer.
A month or two ago when we were first starting to wonder who might be our next manager I suggested Riga. Not because he is the best candidate for us - but because he appears to fit the Club's recent template i.e. a younger, ambitious continental manager, from slightly below the radar and with a record of working with an average Championship squad - and saving them from a relegation fight. He is not accustomed to a champagne transfer budget and is well connected in Europe, which ticks other boxes.
I know he showed rather bizarre judgement in taking on the Blackpool job, when it seemed such an obvious poisoned chalice. However I also take heart that he gave it a real go in adversity and would not cave into Oyston. So he might not be quite as compliant as some candidates (which is no bad thing) but I suspect he would regard the Albion job as a bed of roses by comparison.
Finally Riga has a more passionate presence on the touchline, is articulate with the media and has an air of confidence about him that ought to rub off on the players - all attributes that are conspicuously lacking in Sami.
It will be interesting to see if Bloom sticks to his template with Hyypia, maybe looks to similar candidates like Riga - or completely abandons it in favour of a Pulis type in order to rescue our season.
Doc Lynam
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- Jun 19, 2011
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All sounds interesting i'll be interested to do a bit of research on him.