Premier League 2021/22

[Baddar]

Deserves an immediate raise.

[DavidMarrio]

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/may/24/government-did-encourage-premier-league-to-approve-saudi-newcastle-takeover?CMP=share_btn_tw

Guardian have posted an article about how the government apparently encouraged the Prem to approve the Saudi takeover. 

 

 

[The Lusophone]

Which means Boris lied in Parliament. Again.

[Lineker]

I would laugh if that was what got him in the end, though. 

[Matt]

15 hours ago, 9 to 5 said:

Didn't know my cousin is swapping Ipswich for France.

Probably a different Paul Mitchell mate tbf

[9 to 5]

Oh, I didn't know.

[Hobo]

3 minutes ago, 9 to 5 said:

Oh, I didn't know.

You better call somebody

[Lineker]

 

[Lineker]

 

[METALMAN]

21 hours ago, Lineker said:

 

Is this just a thing Antonio Conte does every year in every job? Sure, he gets results but he doesn't exactly seem like the most agreeable person.

[Hobo]

He'll only do 3 seasons max before he goes off elsewhere most likely.

[Naitch]

Managers actually staying in the same job for more than three years is impressive these days, to be honest.

Apparently only 16% of managers in the top four divisions have lasted more than three years, and the same page makes a point to say that one of those was non-league for 11 of his 13 years at the club. In contrast, over half of them have been in the job for less than a year and more than a third only began their tenure in 2022.

[Hobo]

4 minutes ago, Naitch said:

Managers actually staying in the same job for more than three years is impressive these days, to be honest.

Yeah and since he left Juve it's pretty typical of Conte to leave a job after 2 years.  I figure you can pretty much set your watch by him.

[METALMAN]

It is interesting and is clear evidence of some pretty systematic failings. Is it that the due diligence and hiring process in football management is fucked up so they higher people that aren't fit for the job? Or is it that the hire is fit for the job but the club or the fans have unrealistic expectations? Or is it because the whole circus of hiring and firing managers and the gossip about who goes where is central to football being an entertainment product?

 

[gunnar hendershow]

Surely a lot has to do with the fear of relegation and the reward of promotion (or in the highest leagues European football). Worse to stick with a failing manager too long than take a chance with a managerial change.

There's also that the very good managers in the lower leagues don't stay with the clubs they made successful, and are rewarded with a more lucrative job at a richer club. While very bad managers with experience can, with ease, drift around second-rate jobs for a year or two. 

Some managers, Conte being an example and Jose another, are very dictatorial in what they want and expect from a club. And because they historically win trophies it's very easy for them to leave for the next job at the drop of a hat. 

[Szumi]

Conte isn't happy unless he's winning at least one trophy a year, really, and even then, he wants to be winning the league every year. While also having as much control as possible over everything in the club, and getting a lot of money spent on transfers. Conte is simply a LOT to handle, and when he doesn't get his way, he throws tantrums and eventually leaves because he knows there will be a new club ready to spend on him to give him what he wants, at least for a year or so.

He's a very smart businessman and will use the threats of leaving to get the money he needs to be successful. While he pretty much always has to spend big money, he does get a lot of them right. Got them both right big time with Spurs. Lukaku, Hakimi, Barella at Inter. He's truly one of the best in the world.

[Lineker]

I'm just enjoying this while it lasts.

[gunnar hendershow]

1 hour ago, Szumi - A Polack said:

Conte isn't happy unless he's winning at least one trophy a year, really, and even then, he wants to be winning the league every year. While also having as much control as possible over everything in the club, and getting a lot of money spent on transfers. Conte is simply a LOT to handle, and when he doesn't get his way, he throws tantrums and eventually leaves because he knows there will be a new club ready to spend on him to give him what he wants, at least for a year or so.

He's a very smart businessman and will use the threats of leaving to get the money he needs to be successful. While he pretty much always has to spend big money, he does get a lot of them right. Got them both right big time with Spurs. Lukaku, Hakimi, Barella at Inter. He's truly one of the best in the world.

I think a mind like Pep or Klopp can build these incredible clubs but require a lot of under-the-radar transfers for players that will fit a precise role, not to mention developing incumbent players around their new roles. If I needed to try and turn it all around in a single year Conte is my guy. He knows the exact players who fit his system and doesn't require a lot of time to build it up. He takes what he's given and knows exactly what else is needed - and very often hits on filling out his squad. As you said, truly one of the best in the word.

[Lineker]

It's also the fact that we have Paratici alongside him. Along with Deki/Bentancur (from Juve) and now Perisic and maybe Bastoni from Inter (if we succeed in that chase).

[Kyle]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/61629815

Chelsea's sale has been completed.