New thread as the last thread seems to be broken.
I thought he was an atrocious assistant manager to Kenny but I'm glad to see him doing well in the premier league, we haven't had too many Irish managers at that level.
Andrews has really surprised me at Brentford, first job , thought they would struggle given player sales - done a fantastic job, future manager maybe in future.
You would think Roma are struggling this season and Gasperini was close to the sack.
Same before the qualifiers when people got very animated about any suggestion that Ferguson was anything other than Irelands best (only world class) player and anyone thinking the in form Parrott should be ahead of his was just stupid.
I'm more surprised at Roma, Atalanta under Gasperini were a great team watch with goals flying in all the time whereas Roma seem to be struggling even creating chances never mind scoring.
Really thought it was gonna be a great move for him as Italian league is a bit slower to the prem but sadly looks like another wasted opportunity.
I'd be going to the Dutch league to hopefully get the confidence back.
Conte has had a lot of success, both in Italy and in England. This is only the second big job Gasperini has had. Inter being the other. He was sacked after only 3 months. In fairness to him, he did a great job at Atalanta.
conte is the same and he’s had plenty of big jobs. There’s a culture clash at play here. Latin temperament.
True - and he has all his own hair.
Gasperini seems to like shooting his mouth off about his players in public. Maybe it's not too much of a surprise he hasn't had many big jobs.
Agree with alot of this.
I swear the Roma manager is attributed to a different quote after every game.
Somewhere less high profile might be better. Roma strikers have not been scoring this season generally
To be fair, Potter has zero record where it comes to developing talent, and as you say he was always under pressure. This is pro football, it's not designed to develop kids, and most of Evans managers have been struggling to keep their own job (as most pro managers are always doing) Personally, while I'd have good time for Barry Ferguson from his playing days, I'd always question the reasoning of allowing a lad of 14 or 15 to play Adult football, and here seems to be another example of it. When a lad like Evan has the size and is thrown in like that, the tenancy can be to concentrate on the here and now, and forget about the longterm vision. Certainly, and t manager is more worried about their own skins, and not about the long term plan for the likes of Evan - the temptation for the likes of Gasperini is to use him as an example to others because he's foreign and disposal (and probably relatively expensive in Italian terms).
The kid needs to be left alone, farmed out to the continent in Holland, or a mid level German team or someplace out of the limelight, and left alone. If he farts he's all over the Irish websites, leave him alone.
I wonder if we're really getting the full quotes and context of what Gasperini is saying.
What I don't understand is the incongruency of it all; all of the early reports in his break out season were that he had a great attitude, has a head on his shoulders, and then has the right people around him.
Then you have Gasperini saying what he's saying. It doesn't really add up for me.
Also, Potter at West Ham was under immense pressure, and doing an awful job. I don't think he had the bandwidth for breaking new players into the squad.
It's either lack of ability or laziness holding him back. Unfortunately it appears to be the latter which is why he's getting under the skin of managers who seem, one after another, to be irritated by him. He needs to sharpen up fast I think.
fenerbache have two burly no. 9s on their books already who are scoring. Seems a non starter. And he doesn’t need a trip to turkey at this stage in his career.
Latest rumour from the Italian press is Ferguson to Fenerbache.
to an extent, but at the end of the day that’s now Hürzeler, Potter and Gasperini in a row who just had no interest in him. That’s a worrying trend at club level. It’s also not necessarily goals Gasperini is complaining about, he’s just not getting what he wants from Ev, even in terms of being a foil for their wide forwards.
I do find myself muttering ‘just move!’ when watching him loitering around, ball watching, rather than trying to find space. I wonder did he nearly develop too soon physically, and miss learning some of the strikers fundamentals? I remember training ground footage of De Zerbi literally grabbing him and repositioning him over and over again to get him where he wanted him… at the time it looked like De Zerbi being a bit of a dick, but in hindsight maybe it points towards some issues with Ev’s movement that have exasperated later managers. I dunno… but something is not right.
You'd have to question Gasperini here.
He doesn't set his team up to service the striker at all. They're an awful team to watch. Then he starts moaning when the strikers don't score.
I was hoping this move would work out for Ferguson and I do accept that he hasn't played particularly well but the manager has to take some of the criticism for the style of play his team plays.
Roma manager in relation to Evan Ferguson “If I had to choose between Paulo Dybala and Ferguson, I’d choose Dybala all day, every day,” reiterated Gasperini. “You need more to be a centre forward than being tall. It’s not just about technique, he hasn’t settled into the spirit of this team.”
Ferguson is at a fairly important crossroads in his career after a couple of disappointing loan moves. I know there's talk of Celtic but I hoped his level was higher than the SPL.
Another goal for Parrott today.
And it was himself who fouled that caused it :) Some man to save them though
Kelleher with yet another peno save.
Albeit apparently a shocking peno
I'll wait until it comes out online. Watched that Fran the Man movie and it's not worth a watch. The funniest part was at the very end during the credits.
Saipan movie out in a few days. I'll go watch it for the craic. I wonder how many people will be interested.
Idah scores injury time winner in the Welsh derby.
An extremely jammy tap in after an unspeakable mistake from the Wrexham keeper 😬
Ah that's sad… had some record with Denmark, qualified for both the Euros and World Cup in his 4 year stint, and went 34 games unbeaten before he stepped aside!
Fairly battered us alright — though O'Neil outwitted himself really. Hareide took full advantage, but it perhaps doesn't take too much of a genius to exploit a midfield that your opposite number has decided to completely empty in a fit of panic.
Very young to die so sudden . RIP.
Never realised he was from Norway
I wouldn't say he out witted. MON threw the baby out with the bathwater with his changes at half time and second half. Denmark didn't have to do much tactically after half time to win convincingly in the end.
Aage Hareide has died. He was manager of Denmark when they hockied us 5-1 in the World Cup play-off in 2017. Totally out-witted Martin O'Neill on the night.
Given Roma's lack of goals and their links with wanting to bring Zirkzee in they probably want their CF playing deeper.
Isn't part of his game arriving late into a scoring position though?
