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Post by luke45 on Oct 24, 2011 17:24:59 GMT
www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/3891235/Leicester-sack-boss-Sven-Goran-Eriksson.htmlIt is pretty ridiculous considering we are only 13 games into the season and Leicester are 1 win away from 4th place, but that's the problem when you give a manager the sort of money he's had to spend this Summer, idiotic owners expect instant success and results and lose all sight of the importance of stability in a club. I can't say I'm surprised to be honest, he was always a ticking time bomb at that club.
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Post by dozintheseventees on Oct 24, 2011 17:35:18 GMT
Said a couple of days ago that Eriksson would be leaving Leicester and joining Blackburn in the near future. 50% there! Watch this space.
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Post by luke45 on Oct 24, 2011 17:36:41 GMT
I've seen that mentioned elsewhere too, wouldn't be surprised. I wouldn't be surprised to see Martin O'Neill return to management at Leicester either.
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Post by redsaturday on Oct 24, 2011 17:41:33 GMT
I've seen that mentioned elsewhere too, wouldn't be surprised. I wouldn't be surprised to see Martin O'Neill return to management at Leicester either. Good shout
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Post by eddyclamp on Oct 24, 2011 17:41:41 GMT
I`ve said it before,this bloke is a blagger,yet there always seems to be some mug ready to give him millions. I am sure he will find another project that interests him,how about a Brian Little tribute act.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2011 17:45:40 GMT
I`ve said it before,this bloke is a blagger,yet there always seems to be some mug ready to give him millions. I am sure he will find another project that interests him,how about a Brian Little tribute act. I wish I could "blag" the success he's had in numerous different countries. He's a mercenary who clearly stopped caring years ago, but he's been a very good manager in his time. Probably deserve the push at Leicester. One of the better England managers.
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Post by heworksardtho on Oct 24, 2011 17:49:50 GMT
hes pissed away millions on piss poor and injured players ,there away form is shocking, he had to go, now our tone on the other hand .................
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Post by theloudest on Oct 24, 2011 17:52:19 GMT
hes pissed away millions on piss poor and injured players ,there away form is shocking, he had to go, now our tone on the other hand ................. has turned this club from a laughing stock in to a European force.
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Post by eddyclamp on Oct 24, 2011 18:27:28 GMT
I`ve said it before,this bloke is a blagger,yet there always seems to be some mug ready to give him millions. I am sure he will find another project that interests him,how about a Brian Little tribute act. I wish I could "blag" the success he's had in numerous different countries. He's a mercenary who clearly stopped caring years ago, but he's been a very good manager in his time. Probably deserve the push at Leicester. One of the better England managers. One of Englands better managers? please expand,I am trying to understand what was good about him.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2011 18:35:22 GMT
I wish I could "blag" the success he's had in numerous different countries. He's a mercenary who clearly stopped caring years ago, but he's been a very good manager in his time. Probably deserve the push at Leicester. One of the better England managers. One of Englands better managers? please expand,I am trying to understand what was good about him. His win/loss record and the fact that he effortlessly qualified us for every tournament he was involved with. He was also a penalty shoot out away from a Euro semi final and one away from a world cup semi final. He made plenty of mistakes and completely lost the plot by the end and we were right to get rid when we did, but overall he did a thoroughly decent job, which compares pretty favourably to the majority of managers who have had the job since Sir Alf.
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Post by matisfaction on Oct 24, 2011 18:39:01 GMT
Eriksson should be in the building trade, he gets paid upfront for doing half a job.
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Post by beatlestokie on Oct 24, 2011 18:49:37 GMT
hes pissed away millions on piss poor and injured players ,there away form is shocking, he had to go, now our tone on the other hand ................. has turned this club from a laughing stock in to a European force. HERE, HERE!!!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2011 19:18:28 GMT
Does he do away games?
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Post by scfcno1fan on Oct 24, 2011 19:53:47 GMT
He must be still getting paid for like six jobs.
Incredible.
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Post by mayf on Oct 24, 2011 19:56:10 GMT
he's a bottler and Leicester are well shot of him
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Post by mica on Oct 24, 2011 20:28:59 GMT
According to my local paper*, the club's owners, 'The Thai Commercial-Stuff-and-Nothing-to-do-with-Chicken-Farming Investment Trust' issued a statement expressing their disappointment with Sven's performance. "He been here months an' he no win Premier League and World Series yet. Team not even in Rugby World Cup! We run out of patience! You want nice ladyboy, you call me, huh?"
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Post by JoeinOz on Oct 25, 2011 2:22:19 GMT
Sven was a very good England manager. He didn't used to spend games charging around with blood pissing from his ears in fury so his face didn't fit.
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Post by albanianstokie on Oct 25, 2011 7:40:49 GMT
Not sure Sven is a blagger, he's won trophies as a manger at Gothenburg, Benfica, Roma, Sampdoria and Lazio! I'd love to have blagged that!!
Stupid decision by an overly twitchy board, managers to get the club working the way they need it to, Sven's work should have probably just started to bear fruit at the back end of this season, but the board clearly are not prepared to wait. Look at Man City, even with all their money it's taken 3 seasons to get them where they are now.
Still I've never liked Leicester, so I'm glad they won't be joining us in the prem anytime soon.
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Post by eddyclamp on Oct 25, 2011 9:11:22 GMT
Sven was a very good England manager. He didn't used to spend games charging around with blood pissing from his ears in fury so his face didn't fit. Joe he spent most of his time with his head in his hands in the dug out after getting knocked out of major tournaments. Any decent manager would have won the WC in Japan with that squad,but he failed,remember the Walcott fiasco?takes him to a WC "for exprience",playing a grossly unfit David Beckham? Not interested in what he has done in Europe,he was paid millions by the idiots at the FA and he did no better than any non-league manager would have done with the tools at his disposal.
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Post by offthewall on Oct 25, 2011 9:44:00 GMT
Sven was a very good England manager. He didn't used to spend games charging around with blood pissing from his ears in fury so his face didn't fit. Joe he spent most of his time with his head in his hands in the dug out after getting knocked out of major tournaments. Any decent manager would have won the WC in Japan with that squad,but he failed,remember the Walcott fiasco?takes him to a WC "for exprience",playing a grossly unfit David Beckham? Not interested in what he has done in Europe,he was paid millions by the idiots at the FA and he did no better than any non-league manager would have done with the tools at his disposal. "Not interested in what he has done in Europe" says it all really. Just ignore any facts that don't fit your own blinkered point of view. FFS.
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Post by jonah77 on Oct 25, 2011 9:54:53 GMT
he was an average england manager with a decent squad.if we had won the w.c. in 02 or 06 it would have been despite the manager,not because of him.
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Post by roylandstoke on Oct 25, 2011 9:56:37 GMT
Poor manager, good con man.
Never sorted out England's left side. Tried to play our best CM (Scholes on the left), while persisting with Lampard and Gerrard.
Went to the world cup with 4 strikers; an injury prone Michael Owen, Peter Crouch, a sending off waiting to happen(Rooney) and a 17 year old who five years later is still miles and miles away from being good enough to play up front for Wales.
Good manager my arse.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 25, 2011 12:12:35 GMT
Sven was a very good England manager. He didn't used to spend games charging around with blood pissing from his ears in fury so his face didn't fit. Joe he spent most of his time with his head in his hands in the dug out after getting knocked out of major tournaments. Any decent manager would have won the WC in Japan with that squad,but he failed,remember the Walcott fiasco?takes him to a WC "for exprience",playing a grossly unfit David Beckham? Not interested in what he has done in Europe,he was paid millions by the idiots at the FA and he did no better than any non-league manager would have done with the tools at his disposal. Erm, haven't all England managers spent most of their time getting knocked out of major tournaments or not even qualifying for them? A big part of the problem is this attitude that "any decent manager" would win the world cup with England. It's bollocks. We haven't been good enough for years and the 'golden generation' stuff was always absolute tripe of the first order. To say he did "no better than the average non-league manager" doesn't really stand up to scrutiny when you look at his immediate predecessors and successors, all of whom he's done better than with largely the same group of players. In 2002 he took an England team featuring such 'stars' as Trevor Sinclair and Danny Mills out of the group of death and to the quarters, where they lost to by far the best team in the tournament despite leading at half time. In 2004 we played some good stuff and we arguably a touch unlucky to lose on pens. In 2006 he lost the plot completely and still nearly got to a world cup semi final. Not many have done a better job, and people tend to forget when deifying the likes of Robson and Venables that Robson had his share of disasters and allegedly had to bow to a player mutiny in both his half decent world cups, while Venables had a fair bit of luck on his side.
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Post by eddyclamp on Oct 25, 2011 12:21:03 GMT
Joe he spent most of his time with his head in his hands in the dug out after getting knocked out of major tournaments. Any decent manager would have won the WC in Japan with that squad,but he failed,remember the Walcott fiasco?takes him to a WC "for exprience",playing a grossly unfit David Beckham? Not interested in what he has done in Europe,he was paid millions by the idiots at the FA and he did no better than any non-league manager would have done with the tools at his disposal. "Not interested in what he has done in Europe" says it all really. Just ignore any facts that don't fit your own blinkered point of view. FFS. What`s blinkered about it?I don`t give a toss what he did with Benfica or whoever,I do know he was paid millions and came unstuck against people like Scolari who was on a fraction of his money. Leicester and Man City have sacked him.Notts County,not sure what happened there. He would have had the sack from England had it not been for his contract. As a matter of interest can you tell me why no prem club have enquired about his services? After all I assume you believe him to be a top club manager.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 25, 2011 12:23:55 GMT
"Not interested in what he has done in Europe" says it all really. Just ignore any facts that don't fit your own blinkered point of view. FFS. What`s blinkered about it?I don`t give a toss what he did with Benfica or whoever,I do know he was paid millions and came unstuck against people like Scolari who was on a fraction of his money. Leicester and Man City have sacked him.Notts County,not sure what happened there. He would have had the sack from England had it not been for his contract. As a matter of interest can you tell me why no prem club have enquired about his services? After all I assume you believe him to be a top club manager. He did a decent job at Man City really. Signed some good players. Had them in the top four for a good chunk of the season. He's a mercenary and past his best, but there haven't been many better England managers.
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Post by eddyclamp on Oct 25, 2011 12:31:01 GMT
Rob When we were in Japan,I don`t think any team really stood out and I thought we had a chance. But I remember playing Brazil and Scolari just took the piss. The bloke was and is clueless IMO we will have to agree to disagree. Perhaps it`s something to do with the fact I never wanted him in charge from day one.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 25, 2011 12:33:37 GMT
Rob When we were in Japan,I don`t think any team really stood out and I thought we had a chance. But I remember playing Brazil and Scolari just took the piss. The bloke was and is clueless IMO we will have to agree to disagree. Perhaps it`s something to do with the fact I never wanted him in charge from day one. I think it is Eddy, because you're clearly not prepared to be objective about it. Against Brazil we were ok until we fell behind, but Brazil were deserved winners of that world cup and we had done pretty well in the tournament despite having injuries and a tough group. Could it be that your problem is actually more to do with the fact that he's one of them dirty foreign types? Who have been the good managers if Sven was and is clueless?
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Post by str8outtahampton on Oct 25, 2011 12:38:30 GMT
I have absolutely no doubt that any no of managers wd have achieved what Sven did - on a fraction of his wages, as suggested above. And I have no doubt that the same applies to most of his predecessors and successors. However, it's not Sven's fault that he (and the others) have been (massively) overpaid. That was his employer showing a staggering lack of negotiating skill - or even common sense.
But the reason England have "failed" (that is what the media call it when the team does not progress beyond the last 8) in tournament after tournament is not down to Sven (or even MaClaren/Keegan/Capello). I think it's because the players in general:
- cannot pass consistently to a colleague - cannot move into space - look uncomfortable on the ball - have a second touch which is often a tackle - lack pace - panic when the opposition plays a pressing game - fail to concentrate for 90+ minutes - almost never do the unpredictable - have no plan B when things go wrong (this possibly is down to the manager).
In short, the "Golden Generation" was (and is) nowhere near as good as it thinks it was (is). Under-achieving? No. World class in salary but not in ability? Yes.
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Post by offthewall on Oct 25, 2011 12:45:24 GMT
Eddie, What Scolari got paid has nothing to do with it. If our stupid FA are willing to pay managers crazy money then that's not the fault of Sven.
It's the players on the field that matter. I pretty much agree with Rob on this. Our 'golden generation' were not that good. We manage to convince ourselves that Engerrrland are world beaters when QF's of competitions is just about where we should be.
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Post by Los Alfareros on Oct 25, 2011 14:16:33 GMT
Whenever I see or hear of Eriksoon I dont even think football, I still cant get over the fact that the loathsome little freak has buffed Ulrika Jonsonn.
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