Absolutely, and the guy who reinvented their player recruitment department just so happens to be our current SD.
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Yes but that doesnt explain his spending last summer, is he better shopping at the corner shop than Pall Mall?
Everything I read about Iraola and watching Bournemouth, of course, makes me think heās a lot of what we need but Iām surprised thereās not more consideration for Glasner (sorry, I said he was German earlier for some reason when heās Austrian). Discipline, tactics and ambition is second to none and the only thing that might put off Edwards and Hughes is that he doesnāt suffer fools gladly and is known to stand up to management when he doesnāt get his way. For me thatās a recommendation. Iād rather avoid non-PL experience managers (excepting maybe Luis Enrique) for the obvious reason and especially when there are guys we know CAN do it in the PL who would come to us. I think this is one reason Alonso maybe wasnāt in the frame. If Regis LeBris had another season of success behind him at Sunderland, he could have been considered? Finally, how do journos who didnāt have the foggiest that Slot was going to be sacked suddenly know who is on the āshortlistā or has been approached. Answer - they donāt.
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All of the signings will be good. The coach not using them correctly was the issue.
He had Wirtz dropping into a low-block for fucks sake. Give them a chance under the new guy. They were signed for high tempo, high pressure football which is what Slot continually talked about as his preferred style before not delivering anything like that.
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Yeah Glasner winning those trophies is pretty impressive.
I suppose coming 15th in the league is a bit less so.
Maybe, Im going to have ot wait and see, my point was more at SD prowess in the market and we dont have any evidence yet, bar Hugo.
For me Glasnerās style of football is wretched and would be similar to Slot this season with pragmatism instead of style. Thatās fine when you are winning but the minute the winning stops then youāve got nothing to fall back on, as Slot found this season.
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Before they were taken over they had a total of 2 Ligue Un titles. Now they have the most of any team with 14.
There is/was a danger of City making a mockery of English records too if Guardiola stuck around for another decade.
Sad state of affairs.
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When you consider how many top players Glasner has lost - more than Iraola - you have to admire how he adapts to still keep winning even when Parrish doesnāt replace the missing players. I don;t think it;s a wretched style at all - they looked a perfect example of power and finesse in that Conference League final. There wasnāt anything slow and pnderous about it.
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I am not saying its an unimpressive body of work, I just have doubts that what he has showed so far is replicable in a top club whereas I believe Iraolaās style can be.
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Hoeness or Iraola Iām cool with.
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For me, Iraolaās biggest challenge is that he has never been in elite environments before. I believe the gap between clubs nowadays is smaller , but I donāt remember many great coaches who succeeded with a club like us without any experience at top clubs ā whether as a player, assistant, or coach. Maybe only Klopp? But Klopp is special. Emery and Pochettino all failed with top clubs? I donāt know.
On the other hand, I feel Iraola is a safe choice given the current Premier League situation. This league has become a pure mess of physical, chaotic football and heavy, small-detail combat. I do believe anyone from outside the Premier League needs a lot of time to adapt to this. And Iraola has that advantage for me.
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Interesting. My thinking is the PL has sacrificed quality for athleticism and playing percentages.
Iād like our new coach / manager to contrast that. Quality on the ball, carving teams open. Making me want to watch.
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It would be nice if we could successfully counter the aggression, shithousery and percentage stuff with beautiful attacking football, but itās easier said than done. Letās not forgot that the witch-kings of time wasting and set pieces are the newly crowned champions.
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That Merino dude in Mf, one of the cheatiest cunts Ive seen in recent years. He should be limping off injured 
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When half the refs are still morons who strictly focus on their biased rules rather than letting teams play football, then I donāt see anything changing soon. They clearly allow that to happen to sell their ābest competitive leagueā narrative.
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Yeah Iraola has done far more in the prem than anyone else who we could get. Heās a no brainer now that Xabi isnāt available and has a couple of specific advantages over Xabi - style of play; length of his coaching career including overcoming adversity; depth of PL coaching experience - that make it fairly plausible that we actually always preferred him (rather than were jilted by Xabi/too slow) if Arne was going.
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I make it a point NEVER to be critical of my teammateās mistakes when I play, at any level. I tell them to forget about it and start again. Putting them down will do nothing to stop that goal that has already been conceded. Itāll just make them go into their shell even more which damages my team.
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I argued many times when playing about this, some of the young lads, usually on the wings and up front, can make mistakes, there was a Cb behind me, a real good one, that just liked to destroy them after any mistake. I often had to turn around and request stfu pls.
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