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[Sol thewall Bamba]

Re - E - Wind, when the crowd says Bo SVENSSON

[Torten]

33 minutes ago, StriderHiryu said:

Well there's an important distinction. I think many fans hear "possession football" and collectively groan, because they envisage laborious poassing back and forth between the centre backs. But the original Ajax / Barcelona 433 style is supposed to be about quick first time passing and player rotations to bamboozle the opposition and generate attacking opportunities. Something a bit like this:
 

 

 

If that went in, that would have been the greatest goal ever scored in the Premier League and I genuinely don't think that's an exaggeration. 

[winteriscoming]

Oddschecker all over the place atm. 
About an hour Cifuentes was favourite now it’s Dyche. 

[jonny_wright]

It’s becoming a circus, essentially at this point it could be anyone still 

[Bluearmyfox28]

Fvcking hell nipped to Asda and now we’ve got Bo Svensson! I can’t keep up!!

[Wymsey]

2 minutes ago, winteriscoming said:

Oddschecker all over the place atm. 
About an hour Cifuentes was favourite now it’s Dyche. 

Who's his agent?

[Iwebema]

3 minutes ago, winteriscoming said:

Oddschecker all over the place atm. 
About an hour Cifuentes was favourite now it’s Dyche. 

Sky bet have suspended it with the Cifuentes news.

 

One thing I would say this has been proof that odds dont mean a lot. 

 

Its swung so much based on nothing but speculation and Cifuentes wasnt even considered an option 24 hours ago.

[HoustonFox]

30 minutes ago, winteriscoming said:

😂 I think I did. 
 

[winteriscoming]

10 minutes ago, Wymsey said:

Who's his agent?

Please don’t. 

[FoxesWalk]

Miguel Delaney is a highly regarded journo, I’ve listened to a fair bit of him and can’t see him putting his good reputation on the line for bullshit. Id put him in Tier 1 personally, though I don’t recall him speaking much about us specifically in the past. 

Edited 8 July 2025 by FoxesWalk

[Spudulike]

29 minutes ago, jonny_wright said:

It’s becoming a circus, essentially at this point it could be anyone still 

Gone to Southampton, I think.

[Fozdog]

Wow. Go to bed thinking it’s going to be one manager & wake up with a brand-new contender.
 

Can’t wait to do this all again in three months.

[Mendi]

Would be decent appointment.

[dooflip]

34 minutes ago, winteriscoming said:

Oddschecker all over the place atm. 
About an hour Cifuentes was favourite now it’s Dyche. 

 

33 minutes ago, jonny_wright said:

It’s becoming a circus, essentially at this point it could be anyone still 

That’s what happens when you interview 18 managers. Is it scattergun haven’t got a clue, or is it a tactical smokescreen? We will never know. Rudkin masterclass in either brilliance or uselessness.

[fox_favourite]

 

1 minute ago, Mendi said:

Would be decent appointment.

Ok or decent appointment? You have two answers and my brain can only take one...go! 

[Haywood_6]

Fkin hell.... it just feels like we're spinning a big wheel of names at the minute 

[fox_favourite]

Just now, Haywood_6 said:

Fkin hell.... it just feels like we're spinning a big wheel of names at the minute 

Wheel of misfortune 

[Spudulike]

6 minutes ago, dooflip said:

 

That’s what happens when you interview 18 managers. Is it scattergun haven’t got a clue, or is it a tactical smokescreen? We will never know. Rudkin masterclass in either brilliance or uselessness.

No one knows who's been interviewed or how many. It's just media speculation and harsh to criticise the club when we really have no evidence of what is going on. It's in confidence. 

[ashbyj]

Still my question is why do we only appoint domestically and never from across the continent?!

[Ian Nacho]

All of his staff still at QPR which would need compensation which is the biggest concern. 

[winteriscoming]

Best not to look on oddschecker who’s joint favourite with Cifuentes. 
A new scouse name and guess who his agent is…….
 

Edited 8 July 2025 by winteriscoming

[Aleksz]

Who’s lumped on Gerrard for a laugh, own up 

[Foxdiamond]

29 minutes ago, ashbyj said:

Still my question is why do we only appoint domestically and never from across the continent?!

Claudio?

[Hirsty The Blue 94]

Think a big issue here is that whoever the dice eventually falls on to get the job, they know they weren't in any way the 1st choice for the job.

By all accounts, Martin, Dyche & Rohl were clearly the favoured candidates, and the combination of them going elsewhere, turning us down or being too awkward to get out their current club being stumbling blocks.

Firstly it doesn't say much about their character & self worth if they're happy to be 4th, 5th or 6th choice, and secondly I don't think it would give me the impression that they would have particular clout in the boardroom regarding transfers, contracts etc if they were so low down the pecking order of candidates.

Now it could be that all the other names were smoke and mirrors and whoever we end up with was the guy we wanted all along, but given how long the process has dragged and how many people have been interviewed/been at Seagrave I very much doubt that.

At this point we just need someone in so they can start their work both with the players here, and transfer dealings in and out given the season starts in 4 and half weeks. When Enzo came in which was 3 weeks earlier, if I recall although we won our 1st 4 games, but we got hammered by Cov but nicking it, and scraped by Huddersfield, Cardiff and Rotherham in unconvincing manner before being outplayed and beaten by Hull. It was only after the 1st International break when we stuffed Southampton that we looked like the 'Enzo' way had been mastered.

[Aleksz]

1 minute ago, Hirsty The Blue 94 said:

Think a big issue here is that whoever the dice eventually falls on to get the job, they know they weren't in any way the 1st choice for the job.

By all accounts, Martin, Dyche & Rohl were clearly the favoured candidates, and the combination of them going elsewhere, turning us down or being too awkward to get out their current club being stumbling blocks.

Firstly it doesn't say much about their character & self worth if they're happy to be 4th, 5th or 6th choice, and secondly I don't think it would give me the impression that they would have particular clout in the boardroom regarding transfers, contracts etc if they were so low down the pecking order of candidates.

Now it could be that all the other names were smoke and mirrors and whoever we end up with was the guy we wanted all along, but given how long the process has dragged and how many people have been interviewed/been at Seagrave I very much doubt that.

At this point we just need someone in so they can start their work both with the players here, and transfer dealings in and out given the season starts in 4 and half weeks. When Enzo came in which was 3 weeks earlier, if I recall although we won our 1st 4 games, but we got hammered by Cov but nicking it, and scraped by Huddersfield, Cardiff and Rotherham in unconvincing manner before being outplayed and beaten by Hull. It was only after the 1st International break when we stuffed Southampton that we looked like the 'Enzo' way had been mastered.

Read this 2 and a half times and still not sure what the overall point is.