Stumpy Tim
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This. I would be disappointed to say the least. And he didn't play attacking football at all - he played 4-2-3-1 religiously.
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Steve Clarke
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This. I would be disappointed to say the least. And he didn't play attacking football at all - he played 4-2-3-1 religiously.
CAPTAIN GREALISH
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always my first choice
Napier's Knee
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Dull
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Not seen such Bravery!
Would be OK. Not great. OK.
supaseagull
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Shocking record at west brom with just a 31% win ratio.
Please not Steve Clarke - would rather have Ken Clarke.
Please not Steve Clarke - would rather have Ken Clarke.
Ouch that really is wee-wee poor.
I think him being championed, even with those stats, just shows how poor the standard is of the other candidates.
Teamclem.
I doubt even ferguson would get much above 35% at west brom !!
Another deluded premiership team.
Clarke would be a solid appointment for me.
Have you read the West Brom forum boards about him? They seem to think his football was defensive and boring, then you look at his stats as a manager.
Again you can only play with the hand you're dealt. Most lower half premiership teams are unhappy with their managers, but in reality most lower half premiership teams don't have anywhere near the budget of the top 6/7. I guess we have this to look forward to in the next few years when we eventually go up!!
Btw did you know that pochettino's managerial win rate is 34%
By virtue of the difference between the top 6 and the rest there's at least 10 deluded Premiership teams.
Clarke didn't exactly set the mini league alight, he was racing to the bottom with no sign halting.
It's not all about the win rate, you need to look at what the fans think, look at the style of play and then look at the results. Clarke falls down on all of them.
Pochettino has got Southampton playing exciting football and the fans do not want him to go.
Its not about getting into the play offs or PL for me first. I want to go and watch entertaining football from our players win, lose or draw and then think about promotion.Most people on here would agree that although we finished 6th, our football was dire.
I do think Clarke can be a good manager, but he needs to build his own team like Gus did. We need a manager to take us to the next level, not one who needs to find his style.
Geriatric Seagull
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Can you imagine a Ken Clarke team? They'd all be wearing suede boots!
n1 gull
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Totally uninspired by him. Boring name, boring looking, boring previous footballing history, just dull zzzzzzz
Seasidesage
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I'd be delighted, by far the outstanding candidate IMO. Did a solid job at WBA despite what some on here say 31% is a respectable ratio, looking on a list of PL managers win ratios it puts him above 8 as of last season. A very highly regarded Coach and a chance to rebuild his career.
Would make a lot of sense.
Would make a lot of sense.
In context, you could except a low win rate,if the football was exciting and entertaining. If the football is defensive and boring then you would look at the reasons why,
West Brom, the fans thought Steve was to defensive and the football was boring and the team were dropping down the league.
Southampton again not a good win rate, however the football was exciting and the club were moving forward with a manager. The expectations for next season if he had stayed would be to move the club forward.
Seasidesage
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Pulis at Stoke was 30%, over a longer period, and if you want to see what boring football really looks like...
Roberto Martinez was 25% before he went to Everton, would you rule him out for that reason?
supaseagull
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You've just hit the nail on the head by calling him a highly regarded coach but that's it. He's not a manager...just like our Wendy
The Merry Prankster
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Maybe Tony feels he's been burnt twice and is now going for the vanilla option.