Still confused why Conte wasn’t considered for the United gig for ‘not fitting the United DNA’

I mean what DNA are we talking about in a club with a lack of a central through line?

He’s an excellent coach with a big rep, he’s proven to be able to handle egos. He makes players better, be repurposes players deemed redundant and gets a tune out of them too, look at Victor Moses at Chelsea as a wing back.

It took a bit but he really seems to be getting a tune out of Spurs, said as they’ve just gone 2-0 up and seemingly into the ascendancy for the top 4 race.

Pandemona

Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts

April 09 2022 19:21 GMT

#2127

Don Contes DNA is winining, Yanited didn't want him because they clearly dont want to win simple as that.

The way he moulds a team is normally though buying experience and Yanited didn't want that, they didn't want a bunch of 28 year old+ signings keeping them in the hunt for titles and such. Gary Neville has been a huge voice in the media about this and its utterly crazy.

Under Fergie they signed a few youngsters, not many worked out but some did like Ronaldo and Rooney, but he still signed just good solid players like Park Ji and Evra that were good for them. Whenever Fergie went into the market im sure he didn't think about age and "is this the right value player for the club" he went to find the best player right for him.

So whenever Neville speaks like this i just chuckle to myself thinking that he clearly doesn't know what Fergie was thinking and doesn't understand what it takes to win when you are the manager (clearly knows as a player).

Ten Haag is pretty much getting that job now and he will take 18 months to put his "philosophy" into place and if that goes wrong and it still doesn't work for them, they are another 2 seasons in struggling to get top 6 again let alone top 4! All because people with influence like Neville say coaches like Don Conte "aren't the right fit"

GTR

51593 Posts

April 09 2022 23:19 GMT

#2128

cristiano ronaldo smashing a kid's phone cause he was pissed

and hilariously, his PR response wasn't "hey, i'm sorry, i'll buy a new phone for you", but it was "hey, i'll offer you to watch a game at old trafford" which right now is a much worse offer LOL

+ Show Spoiler +

Pandemona

Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts

April 10 2022 15:25 GMT

#2129

Ok big game time, scouse vs city!

Don't like Thiago starting in that midfield for Liverpool with how offensively they are lined up....City starting Jesus who struggles to score but does give them more of a rounded approach up front.

Pandemona

Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts

April 10 2022 15:36 GMT

#2130

Fast start by City! Sterling miss into Debruyne deflected goal!

Liquid`Drone

Norway28794 Posts

April 10 2022 15:43 GMT

#2131

Beautiful attacking play giving us 1-1.

Exciting start!

Pandemona

Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts

April 10 2022 15:44 GMT

#2132

Yeah scouse finally got the ball and first attack really scored, games going to be nuts now lol

Pandemona

Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts

April 10 2022 15:54 GMT

#2133

Ederson holy shit wow, that is insane, balls of steel!

2-1 City! Jesus scores with a perfectly timed run i guess.

2-2 Mane instant second half

~~3-2 Sterling megs the keeper!~~ Offside !

DropBear

Australia4400 Posts

April 10 2022 17:27 GMT

#2134

City lucky to get their first goal through a deflection.
Liverpool lucky Thiago wasn't sent off.

Fair result?

sharkie

Austria18635 Posts

April 10 2022 17:52 GMT

#2135

So city win the title again

Pandemona

Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts

April 10 2022 18:15 GMT

#2136

Personally i thought City were much better offensively and had way more clear cut chances they squandered. Liverpool had 2 chances and scored them both but they cut city open you can argue to make them.

WombaT

Northern Ireland26764 Posts

April 10 2022 21:16 GMT

#2137

On April 11 2022 02:52 sharkie wrote:
So city win the title again

In the driving seat certainly.

If their squad wasn’t so absurdly deep, I could see them take the eye off the ball as the Champion’s League is the Promised Land for them and the one they haven’t won.

Liverpool have their fingers in even more pies too, so there is that, but I think if they could choose they’d want another league title, whereas City will want that Champion’s League, so even a slight shift in focus could make a difference.

Pandemona

Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts

April 11 2022 17:54 GMT

#2138

They both have same amount of fingers in the same amount of pies though but the difference is Liverpool have to play Spurs, Yanited and Everton in their run in whereas City play Watford and Leeds who might be battling relegation still at that point or might be over and then West Ham who look set to be battling Arsenal for 6th spot which again could be over by the time they meet.

Bacillus

Finland2048 Posts

April 11 2022 18:33 GMT

#2139

City this season is a bit of mystery to me. Before Sunday the were 22 wins in 22 games when they scored first. That's completely insane.

Then again they've had some games where they don't score first and then it seems to be a bit of a coin flip. Some teams seem to be able to shut them down and create trouble. I do think they may still drop points in surprising games, especially with the UCL and FA Cup still working as disctractions.

Then again fully fit De Bruyne is scary stuff and may secure them a triple almost by himself.

Liquid`Drone

Norway28794 Posts

April 11 2022 19:39 GMT

#2140

Right now, the top 5 in the PL is the same final top 5 as in 2018/19.

That season, Liverpool and City both won their last 9 games (actually 14 for City) and City ended up clinching it 1 point ahead of Liverpool.

3rd 4th and 5th were Chelsea Tottenham Arsenal, United was 6th (currently 7th, behind west ham on goal difference + 1 more game played). Curious if it holds!