aolstudios
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I thought he got a tune out of a wafer thin squad. Being further thinned as he worked
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[Albion] Bloom's managerial appointments
- Thread starter Cheshire Cat
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I thought he got a tune out of a wafer thin squad. Being further thinned as he worked
TSB
Captain Hindsight
Widely reported at the time(s).
Had to ask MK Dons for permission for Karl.
Sherwood's Barber's mate and was shortlisted when Hughts got it.
Icy Gull
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- Jul 5, 2003
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Half of those players were injured on and off throughout the season, can’t find the link but I know we had without a doubt the worst injury crisis for decades. I think you do Garcia a great disservice but it’s all about opinions
Trelford Mills Guide Dog
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- Jun 14, 2008
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Yep, he did well to get us in to the play-offs, but I felt the football was very dull.
So he interviewed them ..... that doesn't mean he 'came close to appointing' them. I've interviewed dozens of people and sometimes put them forward for second interview. It doesn't mean I've come close to offering them the job. It's a process of elimination. Getting shortlisted is in no way getting close to being appointed.
Of course, but having checked the programme, not injured as much as you think and crucially not at the same time.
In the same way you were unhappy with Hughton’s football, I felt exactly the same way about Garcia’s (which of course was at a lower level).
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TSB
Captain Hindsight
They were both on shortlists of 3.
You're going to try to claim being one of three for a role isn't coming close to appointing someone, are you?
Icy Gull
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The massive difference being that CH was backed in player purchases and Oscar wasn’t.
Yes, but one is in the PL and one is in the championship with the basis of a strong team that has been inherited from Poyet.
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SeagullCrow
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- May 9, 2008
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But the argument does apply. The same squad who became relegation contenders under Hyppia made it to the play-offs under Garcia. It's about the management of the players we have - not necessarily the players we want.
Bold Seagull
strong and stable with me, or...
So Barnes, Buckley, Bridcutt, Upson, Ulloa, Orlandi, Lopez, Teixeira, all going by the end of that season, you don't think had much of an impact on Hyppia starting the next?
Have a look who departed and arrived at the end of the Hyppia season going into the following, it really isn't anywhere near as dramatic as how we started the season with Hyppia. What Chris achieved was startling in terms of how he transformed the side.
The question is, is whether you do believe this group has been held back from achieving a greater potential, or they are what they are. Our level of spending in the summer may tell us what Bloom really thinks.
FatSuperman
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- Feb 25, 2016
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Sod that, a treble in their first season or they are loosers - we need a European* trophy next year.
*I accept that entry to the appropriate competition is going to be the first stumbling block, but with a couple of ex-FA big shots in our midst, surely we can grease the appropriate palms.
We were not PL then. He may have panicked, but now has a lot more experience and a great team around him. I think he's just proved he's learnt a lot over the years.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
Yes, we scraped into the playoffs with Ulloa's header in the very last minute. The playoffs against Derby were awful.
The current crop of players are 13th-17th at best, we also had players out injured this season - Groß, Izquierdo, Pröpper and March, held back not so sure, only time will tell..