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trifficTotnum

I don't know how much lower we have to drop the bar until we draw the line. All these problems were avoidable. But I have come to conclusion that Levy or ENIC, whatever he calls himself is going to fuck us over this summer again. The last game of the season is coming up and fans need to demonstrate their frustration within reason, whether its booing Levy, A chant, a signboard or whatever something needs to be done.

We have lost 5-1 to westham over three games
we have lost THREE times to woolwich
Stuffed 11-1 by City, 9-0 by Liverpool and 4-0 by Chelsea.
Midseason a rookie was given the job with no experience ,tactical nous and man management ability.
Players have been ostracized such as Lamela, Capoue and Holtby,
The same lack of training and organization is manifesting itself on the pitch.
We are going into next season still in TRANSITION and on the verge of losing key defensive players such as lloris and Vertonghen.

What needs to be done, is we need to KEEP our players this summer. Where on the table would we be without Eriksen and Lloris?.
We need to ensure FRANK DE BOER is appointed and given the time to implement his ideas and long term strategy to make us a respectable and progressive outfit like AJax.
We need a LEFTBACK , I am soo sick of saying it.
We need a new PHYSIO TEAM
We need a striking coach.
Hopefully we can channel some of that intelligent club management from Ajax rather than have same pub league cunts turning us into Newcastle.
 
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The fans are partly to blame as well - we needed to be patient with AVB

there was no way so many new players were all going to hit the ground running, we needed stability and as little change as possible.
 
Whatever we do - we need to eliminate the poisonous charlatan and all his little cronies. Start a fresh and give the new guy a 3 year cattle blanche
 
trifficTotnum said:
I don't want Levy out, he is the majority shareholder, but he needs to get stick for his stupidity and poor handling of management affairs.
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Put him in with almost every chairman in the country then, because sacking managers is not a Levy trait, it's modern day football. 65+ managers sacked last season across the 92 professional football teams in England.

But Levy's the cunt!

Every year, most teams change manager, finding the right bloke long term is not easy. Everyone wants more, everyone wants better. Sometimes you're just better of sticking rather than twisting. Fuck me some of the chairman and debacles in the leagues this season should have taught us that.

The 'red' Bluebirds
Hull City 'Tigers'
Coventry playing at Sixfields (70-mile round trip and quarter of the size of Ricoh Arena)
Leeds allowed to be purchased by convicted fraudster

It's not the players' fault? Not the managers? Not the DoF's? Look at the performances - the style of play - the failed signings. No one could have forseen the failure of our signings, we were cumming all over each other back in August, whispers of a title challenge surfaced. Did Levy derail that by sacking AVB? No - we hadn't been good enough up to that point, and he saw fit to change. I didn't agree with it, but it hasn't been a disaster since either.

I'd have Levy run this club for my lifetime if I could. Fuck knows what is going to happen to us when he moves on.
 
trifficTotnum said:
I don't want Levy out, he has a majority shareholder, but he needs to get stick of his stupidity and poor handling of management affairs.
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Poor handling of affairs indeed, but it is stubbornness rather than stupidity that has caused these problems. If he continues to learn, we could hardly do better as far as a chairman. Thank your stars we were bought by English Spurs fans, not some Asian playboy who changed the very color of a club away from the colors you came to adore and treasure to suit his own wishes.
 
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trifficTotnum said:
I don't know how much lower we have to drop the bar until we fucking draw the line. All these problems were avoidable. But I have come to conclusion that Levy or ENIC, whatever he calls himself is going to fuck us over this summer again. The last game of the season is coming up and fans need to demonstrate their frustration within reason, whether its booing Levy, A chant, a signboard or whatever something needs to be done.

We have lost 5-1 to westham over three games
we have lost THREE times to woolwich
Stuffed 11-1 by City, 9-0 by Liverpool and 4-0 by Chelsea.
Players have been ostracized such as Lamela, Capoue and Holtby,
The same lack of training and organization is manifesting itself on the pitch.
We are going into next season still in TRANSITION and CHAOS.

What needs to be done, is we need to KEEP our players this summer. Where the fuck on the table would we be without Eriksen and Lloris?.
We need to ensure FRANK DE BOER is appointed and given the time to implement his ideas and long term strategy to make us a respectable and progressive outfit like AJax.
We need a LEFTBACK , I am soo sick of saying it.
We need a new PHYSIO TEAM
We need a striking coach.
Hopefully we can channel some of that intelligent club management from Ajax rather than have same pub league cunts turning us into Newcastle.
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To make matters worse it's actually 7-1 against Spam in three games.. I feel sick having to write that.

I'm not into demonstrations as such, but something certainly needs to be done.
 
cahspur said:
Give Levy one more summer. Last year, he demonstrated he had finally learned to make a few necessary additions sooner than the end of the window so as to stop hemorrhagic vital points in August. This year, he's rehired Broomfield. Give him this summer, and if he doesn't make some of the necessary changes, I will be standing right next to any of you calling for his head.
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I don't want Levy out, he is the majority shareholder, but he needs to get stick for his stupidity and poor handling of management affairs.
 
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Don't really understand the need for threads like this after every loss. Our situation is that we need a new manager, but we've known we're getting a new one for at least three weeks since the club leaked Sherwood wouldn't be returning. Sherwood is a lame duck, people need to chill out about him.
 
trifficTotnum said:
I have seen Chelsea play several times this season and Mourinho is trying to make the perfect premier league side. That can transition from defence to attack smoothly. But he obviously does not have the strikers to play attacking football like City or Liverpool but given he has achieved the most points against the top 4 clubs this season compared to all the other big clubs, he has created a very solid foundation for next season.
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You're entirely missing the point. Chelsea is very good and I agree that they are going to be a force to be reckoned with next season.

My point is that when you are trying to play pragmatically and are not playing good football your morale is entirely dependent on results. Even with a team that has been extremely successful like Chelsea, Hazard got frustrated with their inability to actually play football. If you can't deliver results while playing pragmatic football you put yourself in a tenuous with the players and fans. That's the biggest problem I believe AVB had this season.
 
When we're flying high next season, joint top of the league with 5 games played, the person who starts the "Can we win the league?" thread is going to get a proper kicking.
 
Give Levy one more summer. Last year, he demonstrated he had finally learned to make a few necessary additions sooner than the end of the window so as to stop hemorrhagic vital points in August. This year, he's rehired Broomfield. Give him this summer, and if he doesn't make some of the necessary changes, I will be standing right next to any of you calling for his head.
 
cahspur said:
I completely agree that it's unacceptable, but for me I chalk the most direct cause up to Baldini and AVB not even being remotely close to on the same page as far as planning, squad needs, and recruitment. It is the reason for this fiasco of squad dynamics. But Baldini is no longer in charge of talent selection, and we'll have a new manager this summer. So let us have hope for a summer of prudent decision-making, as we can still rectify this situation more easily than it seems some people believe.
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Problem when levy spends he SPENDS, when he dosen't he is far too prudent. The judgement and timing off decisions are poor.And no, It's pathetic to blame AVB when he had spent ages trying to drill out the defensive problems in the squad. Baldini and Levy were both involved in the transfer fiasco.
 
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Figure of speech, but there were a lot of reports at the time of the sacking that people who weren't even answerable to him at the club had become disenfranchised with him on a personal level. While they certainly don't have to like a manager, it speaks to the extent of his grating personality and stubbornness, which undoubtedly affected the players.
 
Blanchflower said:
Doesn't matter - the only acceptable reason for changing manager mid-season is if you are in danger of being relegated.

Now we have to change twice in one season and we are a far worse prospect for managers and players we are looking to sign because of it.
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Which is precisely why I think we didn't outright sack him. I think it was more mutual. Also, while I agree about players, we've one of our top prospects that any of us would've preferred speaking amicably of us regardless.
 
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