If I could be bothered I could make a case that he's kept a fairly average Fulham team mid table for the last few years, and that given more resources he could likely do even better.
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Edu/Marinakis have created a real dilemma. Or perhaps Nuno did? I don’t know who to blame. It was obviously felt that Nuno needed to get with the programme and kick on or move on. He/We chose the latter. The “upgrade” was supposedly Ange despite very few people thinking he was….it looked like a terrible decision then and looks even worse now.
Decent for 60mins vs Swansea without putting the game away, attractive without being penetrative at Burnley and electric for 25mins vs Betis, again without putting the game away. In between there has been utter shite, defensive mayhem and an approach to selection that looks like names out of a hat. It won’t get better for a few weeks yet by which time we could possibly be fucked.
But I remain unconvinced that someone could come in and do anything decent. It’s a new squad, key players are injured or out of form and the crowd is turning.
What a fucking state…..
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We will never know the objective truth, assuming there even is one.
What we do know, is that a squad was built without reference to what the existing manager wanted, nor that suited him. And that another manager(s) was pursued... possibly as a maybe later, possibly now.
That pursued manager has limited experience at the level, and nothing you would describe as successful... but has a track record of second rate competition trophy accrual. I would argue unproven, as is the squad. He continually sets his teams up in such a way that teams at the level systematically and consistently exploit.
I, personally, wouldn't be wanting a new unproven manager, as a cherry to top that particular cake.
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Yeah, sacking the manager 7 games into the season with Forest at the wrong end of the table has never worked out before....
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Throughout the history of football, it largely hasn't.
Except where miracles happen.
What we are looking at here is avoiding an entirely predictable sinking, arising from a helmsman who has mistaken a sieve for a seagoing vessel, and intervening before they get too far offshore.
Different circumstances.
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It would be sacking the second manager 7 games into the season….
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Sounds like the answer is "Cooper" and not "Dyche" after all.
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Ange is in his V8 Commodore and on the way back to Oz. It's on Sky Sports.
It's been emotional.
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The usual reliable sources are saying absolutely nothing. I mean it could be because nothing is happening but usually there is the ‘being backed’ type articles.
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I wouldn't mind Cooper back. It would unite the fans at least.
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The campaign counter is now showing 2!
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I'm very much in that campaign. God how I miss Cooper
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I appreciate this is probably mostly just ingobot trolling (great work), but SSC would be an utterly terrible idea, doomed to fail and sully his legend status.
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Nice dream. Never going to happen.
Dyche is more realistic, because the fans will hate it, and any success will be down to the owner.
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Cooper was excellent at getting us promoted. He showed his limitations as a Premier League manager. Twice. There’s a reason he’s at Brondby. Thankfully won’t happen.
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despite all the twitter stuff yesterday, still no official news. I suspect Ange is with us for a while longer.
