Pendant is pre Thelwell as well
Thelwell in February, Pendant in March. Technically under his reign, but maybe the deal was effectively done prior.
Pendant is pre Thelwell as well
Thelwell in February, Pendant in March. Technically under his reign, but maybe the deal was effectively done prior.
"Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth." - Iron Mike
Bitch covered my plaid?
The sorrow inside me grows.
I need my plaid pitch.
"It goes without saying that when things don't go your way they just don't go your way. " - JCO
"He can't kick with his left foot, he can't tackle, he can't head the ball and he doesn't score many goals. Apart from that, he's all right.”
George Best, on David Beckham
So the narrative I see here is that both Struber AND Thelwell are incapable of building an attack but capable of building a defense?
There seems to be a belief that defenses can be built and "systemed," but offense only happens magically through desire and individual creativity.
"Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth." - Iron Mike
Bitch covered my plaid?
The sorrow inside me grows.
I need my plaid pitch.
"It goes without saying that when things don't go your way they just don't go your way. " - JCO
"He can't kick with his left foot, he can't tackle, he can't head the ball and he doesn't score many goals. Apart from that, he's all right.”
George Best, on David Beckham
He cites Colorado and NE as examples of two teams that are doing well with lower budgets. I can't comment on Colorado, but NE is basically the Red Bulls plus Gil and Bou. Overall, their budget may be low, but they spent some money to buy two players that are better than anyone on the Red Bulls. And that's the difference between fighting to make the playoffs as a low seed and winning the Supporter's Shield with a few games to spare.
Hopefully, they can bring in a couple of guys comparable to Gil and Bou this offseason.
So whilst we all think we want more money to spend, that also brings with it its own problems.
And so what I need to do, and what Gerhard needs to do and the football club needs to do, is understand that the next window is going to be very important to us.
I do understand that the landscape says you have to have players in certain positions who are going to have an instant impact on the game.
our vision ... be one of the top four clubs
We are good enough to beat the best teams, and bad enough to lose to the worst teams.
"Even if we finish in the playoffs this year, thats not what the ambition is.... "
What? Even if we finish in the play-offs? We made play-offs for over a decade straight. It's not even the question of ambition being that low. Not making the play-offs is a massive failure for this team. Seems to me he is just covering his ass for making the team worse than it has been in years.
But not from 2019-2021. If we can be again starting in 2022 I am onboard.We were a "top 3 or 4 club in MLS" from 2010-2018.
From an American perspective I hear top 3-4 clubs and translate it to perennial Shield and Cup contender.Sounds like a standard English management comment,
since that gets you into the UEFA Champions League.
Anyway, talk is cheap.
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