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Sandy, im afraid it's the nature of the PL these days, play a different set of players for cup games due to the demands of the league. But yes I agree if our defence is not strong then it adds much more pressure onto our keeper. Which was my point when we lost to Chelsea.

some very good posts on this thread in my humble opinion.

nice to see a bit of reality coming through

not alot of people do reality on here, armchairs fair weather fans who overeact to everything, every club has them

i think most people mean well sandro's. we're probably all guilty to greater or lesser extents of seeing what we want to see

Gallas

Redknapp lost his focus as a result of the interest from the F.A. Fair enough, who wouldn't? But what has AVB given that HR didn't (or couldn't)?

Currently, we are sitting pretty, and playing gash. At least under HR, we played pretty and had something to admire!

I think it's fair to say that AVB could have either continued HR's attractive football, or implemented his own attractive style yet, instead, we have this complete dross.

Is AVB really any better than HR? Unless there is some hidden talent, yet to be unveiled, then absolutely not.

Under HR we played very good football and finished fourth. Under AVB, we play tosh, and might finish fourth: no competition, surely?

I think it's fair to say that AVB could have either continued HR's attractive football, or implemented his own attractive style yet, instead, we have this complete dross.

Is AVB really any better than HR? Unless there is some hidden talent, yet to be unveiled, then absolutely not.

Under HR we played very good football and finished fourth. Under AVB, we play tosh, and might finish fourth: no competition, surely?

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Not sure what your argument here is, but you are completely missing the point on the whole managerial change situation

Furthermore, avb highlighted two players that he wanted for his style to work - William and moutinho. He got neither. So let's give him a break about the standard of football. I personally cannot notice much change for most of the game. It's only when we get overly cautious then it's different to last year.


There are several times that we couldn't even break sides down under redknapp! We haven't really had that problem this season

Chronic...

Whoooooo. Yeah! That was close to Redknapp-standard football, eh?

Regardless of AVB not having acquired his desired players, the man seems to be utterly clueless. Please, do give a contrary example, if there is one.

It seems to me, that currently, we are gash in terms of style, gash in terms if results (whooooo, we beat MUFC! Um, great, given the current predicament!), and gash in pretty much all other departments.

Harry Redknapp, what a poor choice of manager, eh?

Maybe not!