The Dude
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Lop on the other hand, inherited the shit show.Sure, but fuck Lop.
Lage didn't, Nuno didn't, Lambert did, Zenga didn't.
Lop on the other hand, inherited the shit show.Sure, but fuck Lop.
It's a narrative that even Gary would have you believe, if you weren't paying attention - like the national press weren't, so are happy to peddle that BS.Sorry mom
No he didn't. GON inherited a squad that had turned a corner. A team that in the end had stayed up comfortably and could afford a drubbing or two.
Lopetegui didn't just vanish one day. He gave the club weeks to find a new manager while overseeing a successful preseason.
Don't rewrite history. As far as circumstances go taking over a new club, GON couldn't have had it much better...
Since his arrival we signed Bueno, Bellegarde and Doyle. There was no shit show.
Glad you're happy in yourself.It's a narrative that even Gary would have you believe, if you weren't paying attention - like the national press weren't, so are happy to peddle that BS.
I'm fast warming to our Gary but his line that he walked in to a "mess" is a load of bollocks.
And before it we lost Neves, Moutinho, Collins, Raul and Traore, and shortly after we lost Podence and many pundits thought we’d be relegated.Since his arrival we signed Bueno, Bellegarde and Doyle. There was no shit show.
Yup, one nailed on starter, a midfielder whose legs had gone, a calamitous centre half, a striker who couldn't score and a winger with no end product.And before it we lost Neves, Moutinho, Collins, Raul and Traore, and shortly after we lost Podence and many pundits thought we’d be relegated.
How could they be, knowing the manager had that day, handed in his resignation?We don’t actually know what things were like behind the scenes. To quote, Doherty said “things aren’t great” after Celtic.
Lop bailed because promises were reneged on.Do you really think Lop would have bailed on a Premier League job if he thought things were hunky dorey?
Ignoring all the smoke over the summer feels like revisionism to me.
That said, I wasn't at all pleased when GO started bringing it up in pressers.
Well thank fuck he martyred himself so we could learn from our mistakes ehLop bailed because promises were reneged on.
So they “weren’t great” then. Thanks for clarifying.How could they be, knowing the manager had that day, handed in his resignation?
Pundits are fucking morons.And before it we lost Neves, Moutinho, Collins, Raul and Traore, and shortly after we lost Podence and many pundits thought we’d be relegated.
But at that point we had replaced them with:Pundits are fucking morons.
Moutinho was coming to the end, Collins was shit, Raul was done, Traore is fucking wank and Podence is a prick.
Anybody who thought we were dependant on any of those players is as thick as pigshit and not worth the steam off your piss.
As far as situations go for a incoming manager they were pretty fucking peachy!So they “weren’t great” then. Thanks for clarifying.
As far as situations go for a incoming manager they were pretty fucking peachy!
Not in a relegation dog fight...
Previous manager not sacked for poor performance...
The rot had been stopped. Compare that to QPR's new coach and the mess he walked in to - which is the norm for a new manager.
"Weren't great" is pretty fucking good.
The "mess" was there for all to see at Old Trafford.Well thank fuck he martyred himself so we could learn from our mistakes eh
How is "the owners reneged on promises (twice!)" not a mess??
A match we lost.The "mess" was there for all to see at Old Trafford.
Dude was suggesting GO has benefited from the addition of Bueno, Bellegarde and Doyle. The players that left played a lot more under Lop than these three have under GO.Pundits are fucking morons.
Moutinho was coming to the end, Collins was shit, Raul was done, Traore is fucking wank and Podence is a prick.
Anybody who thought we were dependant on any of those players is as thick as pigshit and not worth the steam off your piss.
Not much gets past you does it?A match we lost.
Plenty of alarm bells in the 6-0 @ Brighton.Not much gets past you does it?
I can think of plenty of games we never lost where alarm bells were going off. Alarm bells were silent v Man U.
Swansea at home under Mick would be a good example.