DennisNedry Posted 14 June 2013 Posted 14 June 2013 Stop using Vitor as an example of a good Sven signing, it was Sousa who loaned him!
ealingfox Posted 15 June 2013 Posted 15 June 2013 God we absolutely saw off Sousa's managerial career didn't we? Where is he now, Hungary wasn't it?
Bayfox Posted 15 June 2013 Posted 15 June 2013 God we absolutely saw off Sousa's managerial career didn't we? Where is he now, Hungary wasn't it? When you put it like that. Maybe its lcfc that is the problem!! Afterall levine got the scotland job!! Hollowhead has 2 promotions to the top flight to his name. Maybe kelly and allen wern't that bad afterall.
MC Prussian Posted 15 June 2013 Posted 15 June 2013 God we absolutely saw off Sousa's managerial career didn't we? Where is he now, Hungary wasn't it? Was. It's Maccabi Tel Aviv in Israel now.
Chilwell_Fox Posted 15 June 2013 Posted 15 June 2013 I was always impressed with Vitor. I remember playing Preston at home and he really stood out as being too good to play in the Championship.
Dickov22 Posted 15 June 2013 Posted 15 June 2013 Why is everyone so obsessed with Vitor? I can barely remember him! Never particularly stood out for me
bmt Posted 15 June 2013 Posted 15 June 2013 Why is everyone so obsessed with Vitor? I can barely remember him! Never particularly stood out for me Just as he kept the ball on the floor I reckon. Good passer
Fox92 Posted 15 June 2013 Posted 15 June 2013 Why is everyone so obsessed with Vitor? I can barely remember him! Never particularly stood out for me I just thought he was solid, and read the game well. Will never forget his performance at Scunthorpe away.
lcfcsnow Posted 15 June 2013 Posted 15 June 2013 God we absolutely saw off Sousa's managerial career didn't we? Where is he now, Hungary wasn't it? Not quite, almost 60% win record in Hungary, now hired by the champions of Israel so Champions League for him next season. He is a very good manager but here he spent a whole summer teaching Pearsons side to pass the ball whilst the club was changing ownership, players making it difficult such as Fryatt/Wellens/Gallagher (and don't we all know how awkward the latter two can be) after Pearson had left. Tough ask.
ScoutMan Posted 15 June 2013 Posted 15 June 2013 Sousa signed Vitor after he struck an agreement with his old friend from his playing days Rui Costa whose the general manager there. Like a director of football. But Benfica fans didn't want it to happen for 2 reasons, 1. Despite s making nearly 100 appearances for Benfica (mostly under Sven) he moved to there hated rivals Sporting Lisbon. So hes known as a 'Pig' or 'traitor'. They didn't want a talented prospect being managed by Sousa and 2. Mandaric signed Marco Ferrieria on loan from Benfica the year we went down and he never played for in 6 months being here.
RonnieTodger Posted 15 June 2013 Posted 15 June 2013 I just thought he was solid, and read the game well. Will never forget his performance at Scunthorpe away. Only to be dropped for the next game
Chilwell_Fox Posted 15 June 2013 Posted 15 June 2013 I'm in the minority here, in the fact that I quite like Sousa. When he talked about the way he thought football should be played my mouth watered. With hindsight, I'm not even sure sacking him was the right decision when you consider how fruitless the Sven era actually was.
The Doctor Posted 15 June 2013 Posted 15 June 2013 I'm in the minority here, in the fact that I quite like Sousa. When he talked about the way he thought football should be played my mouth watered. With hindsight, I'm not even sure sacking him was the right decision when you consider how fruitless the Sven era actually was. We were rock bottom with 5 points from 9 games... how was that the wrong decision?
Kitchandro Posted 15 June 2013 Posted 15 June 2013 Not quite, almost 60% win record in Hungary, now hired by the champions of Israel so Champions League for him next season. He is a very good manager but here he spent a whole summer teaching Pearsons side to pass the ball whilst the club was changing ownership, players making it difficult such as Fryatt/Wellens/Gallagher (and don't we all know how awkward the latter two can be) after Pearson had left. Tough ask. You see saying things like that just makes you look a biased cvnt.
Jimothy Posted 15 June 2013 Posted 15 June 2013 I wouldn't have minded Sousa if we were building a project of a team over time, but he came in and was very different to Pearson, and tried to change things very quickly. It was a complete change of style for a team built by one man who'd made them hard working and hard to beat to a man who liked a passing style with less pressing. It's no coincidence he had a a decent time at Swansea following on from Martinez who had a similar style, and they've carried that on through Rodgers and now Laudrup. We should either have never have employed him and gone for a similar style manager to Pearson, or backed him with buckets full of money. In the end we did neither. But then Sousa should have realised he was going to struggle to implement his style with the players he had.
Grewks Posted 15 June 2013 Posted 15 June 2013 Best of a bad bunch springs to mind. Only looked good due to how bad moreno (what a legend) was.
Chilwell_Fox Posted 17 June 2013 Posted 17 June 2013 We were rock bottom with 5 points from 9 games... how was that the wrong decision? How many points did we take from 18 games in the latter half of this season?
deanolegend1989 Posted 18 June 2013 Posted 18 June 2013 How many points did we take from 18 games in the latter half of this season? More than 10... In fact 18 in the last 18. if Sousa had even 9 in 9 he would of stayed.
Mack Posted 26 August 2013 Posted 26 August 2013 I see Vitor signed for PAOK in Greece. Shame that, because if they can afford him we certainly would have got a bargain.
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