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Post by prestwichpotter on Nov 5, 2021 13:22:51 GMT
‘The key will be to not get too high when we’re winning and not get too low when we’re losing.’ Someone should pin that quote to the top of the message board. I think that sums O'Neill up to be fair, some don't like it but he's generally calm and considered win, lose or draw......
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Post by prestwichpotter on Nov 5, 2021 14:55:17 GMT
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Post by wagsastokie on Nov 5, 2021 15:07:32 GMT
‘The key will be to not get too high when we’re winning and not get too low when we’re losing.’ Someone should pin that quote to the top of the message board. Without the highs and lows Football becomes almost meaningless
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Post by The Toxic Avenger on Nov 5, 2021 15:15:34 GMT
‘The key will be to not get too high when we’re winning and not get too low when we’re losing.’ Someone should pin that quote to the top of the message board. Without the highs and lows Football becomes almost meaningless It's about not getting carried away though, that's the point being made. He's not saying don't go mental when we score. Just maybe don't anoint the manager as Shankly reincarnated one week and then call for him to be burned in a giant wicker oatcake the next.
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Post by tommycarlsberg on Nov 5, 2021 16:39:47 GMT
Without the highs and lows Football becomes almost meaningless It's about not getting carried away though, that's the point being made. He's not saying don't go mental when we score. Just maybe don't anoint the manager as Shankly reincarnated one week and then call for him to be burned in a giant wicker oatcake the next. I wouldn’t expect wagsastokie to get that, he does struggle with a lot.
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Post by zerps on Nov 5, 2021 16:40:52 GMT
We need Nath back or we’ll be relegated
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Post by Olgrligm on Nov 5, 2021 20:35:08 GMT
Another really interesting article and marked contrast to his thoughts on Rowett and even, to an extent, Pulis. The failure of Jones was a failure at all levels of the club from top to bottom. My feeling is that we will come to regret it over the coming years. His performance last year in taking comfortably the worst side in the division to finish just above the most expensively assembled squad in the history of the Championship was Manager of the Year stuff. More on this. There's another bit of Ryan's trademark subtext in this little bit: As a group we didn’t do enough to make sure the club was successful. As players we made too many excuses and blamed the manager too easily.
When you don’t win in five or six, you find out which players like a manager or not. You see players finding that bit extra and players who taper off a little. You need players to pull you through rocky periods and I don’t think we had the mentality to grind out results.
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Post by future100 on Nov 6, 2021 11:55:48 GMT
We need Nath back or we’ll be relegated Did you mean to write "we need Nath back to be relegated"?
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Post by zerps on Nov 6, 2021 12:09:30 GMT
We need Nath back or we’ll be relegated Did you mean to write "we need Nath back to be relegated"? Nah he kept us up
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Post by crouchpotato1 on Nov 26, 2021 8:19:56 GMT
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Post by Vermelho20312505 on Nov 26, 2021 12:16:24 GMT
When are we going to give Ryan a testimonial?
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Post by Vadiation_Ribe on Nov 26, 2021 19:43:04 GMT
I'm pleased to see Butland chosen. I seem to be in the minority on here when I say Butland at his best is the best goalkeeper we had in the Premier League. Shawcross also seems to have been picking up management tips from here and there for years, which hopefully bodes well for his future career.
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Post by clarkeda on Nov 26, 2021 22:12:28 GMT
I'm pleased to see Butland chosen. I seem to be in the minority on here when I say Butland at his best is the best goalkeeper we had in the Premier League. Shawcross also seems to have been picking up management tips from here and there for years, which hopefully bodes well for his future career. His first 18months as our no1 he was absolutely ridiculous and people forget he single handily kept us in a game at Arsenal and Norwich I think.
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Post by crouchpotato1 on Dec 10, 2021 8:47:59 GMT
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Post by Olgrligm on Dec 10, 2021 9:17:30 GMT
It's easy to forget just how good peak Ryan circa 2016 actually was.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 10, 2021 9:27:19 GMT
‘The key will be to not get too high when we’re winning and not get too low when we’re losing.’ Someone should pin that quote to the top of the message board. Without the highs and lows Football becomes almost meaningless True, but you're thinking about it from a supporter's POV. The manager isn't a supporter, his success/failure is determined by his ability to make decisions. And making decisions to the best of one's ability is only possible with good emotional control. MON's temperament was the exact tonic that we needed to drag us out of the shit after the disastrous situation that Jones left us in. And Jones is clearly an emotional guy. I'm not saying managers should be robotic and passionless at all times, but you need the leadership to have clear heads when the bombs are dropping and everyone else is panicking.
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Post by bayernoatcake on Dec 10, 2021 12:11:58 GMT
When did he play against Dion Dublin?
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Post by theonlooker on Dec 10, 2021 12:14:23 GMT
When did he play against Dion Dublin? Twice in the promotion season. Dublin was playing for Norwich.
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Post by bayernoatcake on Dec 10, 2021 12:17:57 GMT
When did he play against Dion Dublin? Twice in the promotion season. Dublin was playing for Norwich. Never knew that
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Post by independent on Dec 10, 2021 12:25:29 GMT
‘The key will be to not get too high when we’re winning and not get too low when we’re losing.’ Someone should pin that quote to the top of the message board. Without the highs and lows Football becomes almost meaningless Bring back Nath and the excitement.
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Post by crouchpotato1 on Dec 17, 2021 8:06:05 GMT
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Post by The Toxic Avenger on Dec 17, 2021 8:19:40 GMT
'Salif Diao was a monk' are words I didn't necessarily imagine reading when I woke up this morning.
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Post by Vadiation_Ribe on Dec 17, 2021 11:23:30 GMT
It's easy to forget just how good peak Ryan circa 2016 actually was. That's my favourite read from Shawcross so far. It was too short if anything. Who would've thought Suarez and Dion Dublin mentioned in the same breath. I liked the El Hadji Diouf anecdote and love that photo of Costa hiding behind the ref.
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Post by crouchpotato1 on Dec 24, 2021 9:02:37 GMT
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Post by lordb on Dec 24, 2021 10:16:42 GMT
Interesting what he says there about refs, about Hughes and the false 9
I think Hughes is the best worst manager we have had
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Post by Olgrligm on Dec 24, 2021 11:34:50 GMT
As for referees, I know some of our supporters think they have it in for us. I’d love to say I was above that! I know that they study all games to know what to look out for and when we worked so hard on triggers and blocks at set pieces, particularly under Tony Pulis, they seemed to have more of an eagle eye on what we did than the opposition.
That's news to me. I didn't know that referees scout opponents.
You have to wonder, in that case, how perennial cheats continually get away with it?!
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Post by tommycarlsberg on Dec 24, 2021 12:10:24 GMT
I’m sure he’s already thinking of it but he should write a book. Another great read.
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Post by lordb on Dec 24, 2021 12:16:17 GMT
As for referees, I know some of our supporters think they have it in for us. I’d love to say I was above that! I know that they study all games to know what to look out for and when we worked so hard on triggers and blocks at set pieces, particularly under Tony Pulis, they seemed to have more of an eagle eye on what we did than the opposition.That's news to me. I didn't know that referees scout opponents. You have to wonder, in that case, how perennial cheats continually get away with it?! 2009-10 it was abundantly clear that the refs had got together and decided to referee our games differently. Alan whateverhisname was the head ref essentially admitted as much the day after he disallowed a 100% legitimate Shawcross winner v Man City Millwall get the same treatment for their home games
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Post by Vadiation_Ribe on Dec 24, 2021 12:27:17 GMT
I forgot Vokes had scored that winner against Sheffield Wednesday. I've never been critical of Vokes, but maybe that goal and what it led to made the £7m fee worthwhile! Shawcross also pushing for the winner when the team seemed happy enough with the equaliser.
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Post by nottsover60 on Dec 31, 2021 0:23:43 GMT
Well if that was supposed to be the fitting send off our captain would get once crowds were allowed back in which I was promised in a reply to an email I sent to the club then it was very disappointing. Half time when we were losing with no announcement it would take place and most people on the concourse and no chance for him to walk around the pitch?
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