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The wrong decision was not firing him, but in hiring him in the first place, especially at the time that they did, with no pre-season for him to adjust.
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They'll probably hire Pardew. He'll start off well, keep them up, then reveals how average he really is next season.
They'd be taking a massive gamble if they hire Ryan Giggs. A gamble that they can't afford to lose. |
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Yeah, sure, unless it gets you relegated. I'm sure you'll love Pardew at WBA after Pulis goes.
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Not sure why Rodgers is on it. He's just took over at celtic. Rowett might be a possibility but they really should be going with someone with both prem experience and fighting relegation.
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Quite how after such a dismal record at Palace, Pardew can seemingly just walk into another job, as if nothing actually happened, is a bit strange when you think about it.
Also I have seen it mentioned a few times on my twitter stream, that this sets back American coaches/managers, quite why that would be, when we have plenty of British managers that keep on getting jobs, despite getting fired, the only person that this will set back is Bradley himself, not the entire American coaching department. |
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What bad timing.
Big Sam was available just a few days ago. So Palace got in their first by sacking Pardew before Christmas
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Average?????? Nothing wrong with being an average Premier League manager
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Pardew has been dodging the raindrops for a while. Such a streaky manager, that cup run last season covered his blushes.
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Ryan Giggs is the early favourite.
Ryan Giggs 4/7 Alan Pardew 4/1 C Coleman 14 Brendan Rodgers 20 Jurgen Klinsmann 20 Steven Gerrard 20 Chris Hughton 25 Frank Lampard 25 Ally McCoist 33 G Rowett 33 Glenn Hoddle 33 http://www.oddschecker.com/football/...wansea-manager All went wrong when they got rid of Laudrup. Monk didn't do too well in the transfer market. |
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What's the alternative?
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What's the alternative?
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What's the alternative?
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Whereas, when he came in, he was working with someone else's squad of players, and with a way of playing that might not have been to his liking, and would have taken more than just one or two training sessions to change. Bringing someone, anyone in to a club after a transfer window has shut, and before the next one opens, is always a hard way for a manager to change things, as he is not working with an ideal situation, and if he wanted to change players, well he is unable to do so, and is thus stuck with the same problems that the previous manager was. Whomever comes in next, will fortunately have a transfer window on their side, if they do wish to bring in any players, send at least try to change things from that perspective. Once a club gets into a bit of a spiral of defeat after defeat, it is hard to change the culture and the mindset, but at least with a transfer window, a new manager can offer change to the fans, Bradley sadly for him, was never allowed to get that far. |
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If you're appointing a manager to keep you up you're not going to tell him to wait eight months until a pre-season where you're already relegated.
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Am I right in thinking that Bradley's only victory was over Crystal Palace who were managed by Alan Pardew - one of the favourites to replace him it seems
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Y A R in thinking that
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If you're appointing a manager to keep you up you're not going to tell him to wait eight months until a pre-season where you're already relegated.
If they wanted him in asap, then they should have at least given him a transfer window to see what changes he felt were necessary. Any manager, not just him, who comes into any club after a window shuts, will find things hard going, so a manager does I think need one window at least to try and implement the changes that they think will improve their situation. Not allowing him one transfer window, I do think is not really allowing him to implement change that he might think does need to be done, in order for them to stay up, and to achieve whatever targets were set him when he took over. |
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Ever consider maybe he just wasn't up to the task rather than it being a case of timing? Managers have turned teams around in similar circumstances, it's not exactly a death knell.
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Edited.. Got that stat completely wrong... It was less than three goals. Per game conceded.
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Ever consider maybe he just wasn't up to the task rather than it being a case of timing? Managers have turned teams around in similar circumstances, it's not exactly a death knell.
Yes it can be done without a window, but from a clubs perspective, why not give him one window at the very least, to see if his changes work out? If they don't, then fine, sack him, as he would have at least had the chance to change things around. |
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Because the longer they wait, the closer they get to the Championship.
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Whoever they appointed would have not had a pre-season. Why would a caretaker be any more able to navigate that hurdle than someone they identified as the person they wanted for the job?
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Because the longer they wait, the closer they get to the Championship.
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If he gets the window and nothing improves, they're stuck in an even worse position and with less time to remedy it. As he's given them next to no reason to believe he will succeed with the team, why not give that window to a manager who might?
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If he gets the window and nothing improves, they're stuck in an even worse position and with less time to remedy it. As he's given them next to no reason to believe he will succeed with the team, why not give that window to a manager who might?
It is if course hard to know which way things might go, but of course things were not looking good there for him, and perhaps a new manager coming in, with the added advantage of having the window, might improve their fortunes for the rest of the season. |
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Am I right in thinking that Bradley's only victory was over Crystal Palace who were managed by Alan Pardew - one of the favourites to replace him it seems
ycmiu I think Pardew is best avoided at this time tbh. |
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