That Thiago goal was really a thing of beauty.

From what I understand Poch hasn’t just got egos in the dressing room to contend with, but Leanardo as sporting director too and that’s not a smooth relationship.

Whether he goes or not is another thing.

Wow Dortmund out too, Haaland’s injury has been pretty badly timed between them and Norway losing out on a World Cup playoff

justanothertownie

16325 Posts

November 25 2021 16:18 GMT

#1262

If United really appoint Rangnick they now have a very good manager. The question will be if their dressing room divas accept him.

LennX

4568 Posts

November 25 2021 16:29 GMT

#1263

On November 26 2021 01:18 justanothertownie wrote:
If United really appoint Rangnick they now have a very good manager. The question will be if their dressing room divas accept him.

We cant be PSG-lite. I sure hope the players will accept it

It is a surprising astute move from the Utd board. Maybe Woodward wants to burnish his credentials before leaving

WombaT

Northern Ireland26779 Posts

November 25 2021 16:35 GMT

#1264

I don’t know if it’s their plan, but Ragnick seems to be more content in working behind the scenes these days, and he’s regarded to be pretty good at it.

Him as interim, then he moves upstairs into some director of football role and a Pochetino comes in as permanent coach?

That could be inspired, they could fill their obvious lack of some kind of clued-in football man up at the board level, get some cover for 6 months and have a setup more appealing to top coaching talent.

justanothertownie

16325 Posts

November 25 2021 16:45 GMT

#1265

On November 26 2021 01:35 WombaT wrote:
I don’t know if it’s their plan, but Ragnick seems to be more content in working behind the scenes these days, and he’s regarded to be pretty good at it.

Him as interim, then he moves upstairs into some director of football role and a Pochetino comes in as permanent coach?

That could be inspired, they could fill their obvious lack of some kind of clued-in football man up at the board level, get some cover for 6 months and have a setup more appealing to top coaching talent.

Yeah, that would indeed be surprisingly sensible.

Sapaio

Denmark2037 Posts

November 25 2021 17:06 GMT

#1266

I predict that Ragnick does good enough to get a longer contract, then in the middle of next season he will get fired after lackluster results.

Pandemona

Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts

November 25 2021 19:57 GMT

#1267

Ralph has always been highly sort after by Chelsea hierarchy, but he never wanted to manage, as he gets too stressed out from it and prefers the technical role upstairs. Very good appointment from Yanited, 6 months of him coaching into him being director of football for 2 years after which is perfect for actually getting a basis for them to go on.

GTR

51595 Posts

November 25 2021 20:25 GMT

#1268

can't believe they actually are going to do it. probably the most sensible move they've made in the post-fergie era.

Pandemona

Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts

November 25 2021 20:28 GMT

#1269

Yeah i didn't think they would do this "kind of" interim, i thought legit would just be like Carrick plus 1 until end of season unless some sort of Yanited legend came in like Scholes plus Neville for example. This is by far the best outcome and now if Poch comes in the summer he has someone like Ralph to work with who im sure they would get on really well unlike the toxic Leonardo at PSG and the crazy egos he has to control there, he just has Ronaldo at Yanited xD

Harris1st

Germany7195 Posts

November 26 2021 10:54 GMT

#1270

On November 26 2021 05:28 Pandemona wrote:
Yeah i didn't think they would do this "kind of" interim, i thought legit would just be like Carrick plus 1 until end of season unless some sort of Yanited legend came in like Scholes plus Neville for example. This is by far the best outcome and now if Poch comes in the summer he has someone like Ralph to work with who im sure they would get on really well unlike the toxic Leonardo at PSG and the crazy egos he has to control there, he just has Ronaldo at Yanited xD

I don't think CR7 is nearly as egomaniac as Mbappe or Neymar. His workethic and professionalism is off the charts from what I've read about him

Copymizer

Denmark2107 Posts

November 26 2021 14:00 GMT

#1271

With Ralf Ragning joining the premier league can we now say that european football has entered the era of german style dominated football coaching at the highest level? Has there ever been an era where so many top level german coaches have dominated this much that last 60 years?

KobraKay

Portugal4297 Posts

November 26 2021 14:10 GMT

#1272

Portuguese media says Zidane is on his way to PSG? did i miss the firing of poch?

Mafe

Germany5966 Posts

November 26 2021 16:27 GMT

#1273

These european world cup playoffs are ridiculous.

Dav1oN

Ukraine3164 Posts

November 26 2021 16:30 GMT

#1274

Depends on your point of view :D I like this draw to be honest

So what we got:

Scotland - Ukraine
Wales - Austria

Russia - Poland
Sweden - Czech Republic

Italy - Nothern Macedonia
Portugal - Turkey

mahrgell

Germany3943 Posts

November 26 2021 16:31 GMT

#1275

Italy, Portugal, Turkey -> only one will advance... This is gonna be fun!

{CC}StealthBlue

United States41117 Posts

November 26 2021 16:43 GMT

#1276

Think Portugal is the safe bet to advance.

Pandemona

Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts

November 26 2021 18:09 GMT

#1277

Actually ridiculous lol. Ronaldo or European Champions will not make the world cup over teams like;

Scotland - Ukraine
Wales - Austria

Russia - Poland
Sweden - Czech Republic

I mean wow xD

Dav1oN

Ukraine3164 Posts

November 26 2021 19:06 GMT

#1278

On November 27 2021 03:09 Pandemona wrote:
Actually ridiculous lol. Ronaldo or European Champions will not make the world cup over teams like;

Scotland - Ukraine
Wales - Austria

Russia - Poland
Sweden - Czech Republic

I mean wow xD

Why is that ridiculous? Both failed and got what they deserved. But I agree, getting both in the same bracket is kinda nuts. The other brackets looks balanced to some degree

deacon.frost

Czech Republic12129 Posts

November 26 2021 19:08 GMT

#1279

Both had the same chance to qualify via the standard groups. It's not these countries fault they are as bad as them

Pandemona

Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts

November 26 2021 19:40 GMT

#1280

This the first qualifier i can remember for a world cup in Europe which doesn't allow top two from each group to automatically qualify right?

Yes i agree they both messed up getting to this point in the first place, but still the hell is the drawing system to "allow" per se the ranked 6th and 8th team in same "bracket" xD