Taxi for Advocaat ?

[SIMMO SAYS]

Surely no way back for him now ?

Hearse :

 

[Javeaseagull]

I know the perception of long ball is an albatross round his neck, but he was on Sky last season on one of those tactical manager shows talking in-depth about possession stats and he openly admitted West Ham had some of the worst possession stats in the division. He also pointed out that Swansea had the best stats but were still only 9th in the table.

What Hodgson has done with measured success is to make England keep the ball better. The sad thing is he's done pretty well with an ordinary squad and you wonder what Hodgson might have achieved with Sven's side.

He is an analyst and always has been, He realised before many others that a huge percentage of goals came from set pieces, something that seems to have escaped Arsene Wenger for instance. To be fair, other managers cannot go along this route. The top teams have to play wonderful football and entertain. I think England fans would settle for winning! Be honest, if we went to the euros and played hoofball and we won, who would give a monkeys?

 

[Javeaseagull]

West Ham under Bilic have played more long balls than they did under Big Sam.
(That a Football Weekly FACT)

That's a great stat!

 

[Pavilionaire]

He is an analyst and always has been, He realised before many others that a huge percentage of goals came from set pieces, something that seems to have escaped Arsene Wenger for instance. To be fair, other managers cannot go along this route. The top teams have to play wonderful football and entertain. I think England fans would settle for winning! Be honest, if we went to the euros and played hoofball and we won, who would give a monkeys?

To play hoofball effectively you need defenders who could pass the ball 50 yards with accuracy, so that's another reason why Sam won't get the England job.

 

[Driver8]

Poor Gus. It appears his premiership dream was just that!

 

[GT49er]

The last few years have been their most successful in terms of time in the top division and is possibly their longest unbroken period in the top division.

Apart from the 57 seasons between 1890 and 1958 you mean? Surely you remember them?

 

[wakeytom]

Looks like no one wants the job, cannot blame them though

 

[The Modfather]

Looks like no one wants the job, cannot blame them though

Shame you lost your Dick. Reckon Nigel Pearson would take it if offered.

 

[OzMike]

Big Sam could do the Liverpool job I would have thought, he does have an accent.

 

[8ace]

The JEC has backed Big Sam for the job.