To which the reply is surely: "well, that wasn't a great long-term strategy."
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And the response to that is a short term measure that bumps the income up by £150 million can be part of a longer term strategy.
Its no longer necessarily the case that the place to build your top-flight capable team is out of the limelight in the second tier, ready to be unleashed fully formed or close to it. The building work can come in multiple steps up and down.
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Without doubt Forest needed to add significantly to their squad, but of the four loanees in their final winning squad they probably could have secured three of them. Keinan Davis is on loan again in the Championship at Watford, Philip Zinckernagel was bought by Marinakis, but for Olympiakos (and has now been loaned to Standard Liege), while Garner would have been obtainable had they come in with sizeable money early in the window. Spence was the only one who was out of bounds, with Tottenham rapidly wrapping up a deal.
So they could have had greater levels of continuity had they been inclined to go in that direction.
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Is Steve Bruce still at WBA? If so can only continue to extend sympathy to Baggies fans. If not can only extend sympathy to fans of wherever he pitches up. Because some daftie will offer him another chance. We gave him £7 million to get rid. Why does he keep doing it? He not being fair to himself. Or to supporters at wherever he rocks up.
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Originally posted by ale View PostIs Steve Bruce still at WBA? If so can only continue to extend sympathy to Baggies fans. If not can only extend sympathy to fans of wherever he pitches up. Because some daftie will offer him another chance. We gave him £7 million to get rid. Why does he keep doing it? He not being fair to himself. Or to supporters at wherever he rocks up.
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Originally posted by Capybara View PostHe's gone. Please no.
On the other side I could see West Brom going for Chris Wilder. They've been linked with him at least twice before, and they seem to like appointing Proper Football Men given that they've had Pardew, Allardyce, Pulis and Bruce in recent memory.
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Originally posted by ale View PostIWe gave him £7 million to get rid. Why does he keep doing it? He not being fair to himself. Or to supporters at wherever he rocks up.
pure fate that the wolves job is open now, they should definitely hire the man to complete another pair of rivals on his CV.
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- Jan 2015
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- Wrexham... ish
- R. + R. McReynold's Travelling Circus, The Jurgen Klopp Farewell Tour XI, Page's Boys
- Ginger Nut
He's probably one of the few people thankful for the postal strikes recently.
Well, him and whoever's been doing the rounds down his way... not having to put up with the stench in their vans.
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I think if he did it would have to be at a club where there is potential for growth and a project - Charlton, or maybe Bolton, would be possibilities. Appointing him at a mid-to-lower budget club like Exeter or Bristol Rovers and hope he could take them to the play offs would be a waste of time for everybody - it's not an area he's ever really worked and there's plenty of other lower profile (cheaper) managers who can do that thing. And given his age he probably wouldn't be looking to develop those skills now.
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Originally posted by Cousin Boneless View PostDoes anyone think Bruce may do what Mark Hughes did and manage a team in the lower leagues? I really cannot see any PL or Championship club going for him.
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Originally posted by longeared View Post
They'd be daft to, Bruce has achieved pretty much fuck all since he left Hull which is a while back now. This might well be the end of his managerial career.
On the other side I could see West Brom going for Chris Wilder. They've been linked with him at least twice before, and they seem to like appointing Proper Football Men given that they've had Pardew, Allardyce, Pulis and Bruce in recent memory.
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Originally posted by Sean of the Shed View PostI'm wondering how much influence Cooper had regarding the summer spending spree. You could see a spiv like Harry Redknapp going full on Brewster given half the chance, but Cooper gives me the impression of someone who would keep the core of his promotion squad and only add players who would improve the team in the right positions.
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Originally posted by Sean of the Shed View Post
Has anyone looked closely when Cooper is being interviewed to see if he is asking us, via blinking, to come and rescue him?
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It feels like it should be a joke doesn't it?
It's the day of the big meeting with the board. Steve Cooper knows results have been bad, the recruitment is being questioned, the league table doesn't lie. He returns home, walking in the door, ashen-faced. He sits down heavily at the kitchen table. His wife puts a fresh mug of tea in front of him. She sits down too and takes his hand.
"How was it, love?" she asks, anxiously.
With a heavy sigh, Steve answers. "It was awful."
"Did they sack you?"
"It's worse than that, love. They extended my contract!!"
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I don't know if Exeter's supporters should be proud or relieved or offended that few of these recycled ex-managers are getting linked to our own vacancy, even in the meaningless gossip fillers.
It's like we're at the school dance getting rejected by partners we don't want anyway, but for our self-esteem we'd like to be the ones doing the rejecting.
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