Ruud Van Nistelrooy applies for Coventry Job (32 Viewers)

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Can only play out from back of have better players?

So Brighton and Bournemouth have much better players than the rest of teams in prem?


Really?

Sigh

 

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[wingy]

But King is only expecting to reach PO's not necessarily winning them?

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

But King is only expecting to reach PO's not necessarily winning them?

Thing is to just reach them requires 2 points a game for the rest of the season, about double what we’re doing right now.

 

[procdoc]

So is he coming or not

 

[LJC_CCFC]

Frank Lampard among leading contenders for Coventry job

Former Chelsea and Everton manager heads list of potential successors to Mark Robins, which also includes Ruud van Nistelrooy

www.telegraph.co.uk

 

[ccfc922]

Not a fairytale but idiotic to say he did the bare minimum. It's his style of play that got him to Bayern.

Meanwhile idiots on here acting like rob Edwards is a better manager than Kompany lol

I'll bite, the same Bayern who lost 1-0 to Villa and got dicked by Barca?

I'd Kompany had taken a mid championship team to the title, I'd be agreeing he's the bollocks.

 

[MAFF]

Frank Lampard among leading contenders for Coventry job

Former Chelsea and Everton manager heads list of potential successors to Mark Robins, which also includes Ruud van Nistelrooy

www.telegraph.co.uk

Lampard among the leading names to succeed Mark Robins. Lampard is thought to be prepared to speak to Coventry, even though he has not formally applied for the job.

Weird.

 

[Shannerz]

His style of play works at Bayern because generally that football works with elite players or a big technical advantage over the opposition. He has both there, but neither at Burnley when they got crushed in the top flight.

Completely agree.

He's only ever succeeded when the players he has are better than everyone else's. His squad were good enough to have stayed up had he changed the style to suit the league and opposition, but he didn't have the nous / ability to be pragmatic.

Same with Maresca; he didn't seem to have great nous last year, just a better squad then his opponents. Think Leicester would be doing far worse if he were still there.

 

[COVKIDSNEVERQUIT]

I believe there could be something in it, put it out there you're interested in the Coventry job to drum up business from someone in the Premier League.

Agents do it all the time.

 

[Otis]

Lampard among the leading names to succeed Mark Robins. Lampard is thought to be prepared to speak to Coventry, even though he has not formally applied for the job.

Weird.

Maybe we are not going to appoint anyone until Frank Lampard applies.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

I believe there could be something in it, put it out there you're interested in the Coventry job to drum up business from someone in the Premier League.

Agents do it all the time.

Seems more likely

 

[Shannerz]

He stuck to his guns in prem and I respect that.

You respect that his team got relegated without a fight because he didn't know how to get them to play in a way to keep them up?

Ok. Strange take, but ok.

It's really simple do you want mark robins replaced by a manager who may make it to the v top of just someone you can say yeah he's pragmatic???

I want someone with the pragmatism to succeed. We're never going to have the best players in the division, so if a manager tries to play a style that requires them, they will fall on their arse.

 

[Deity]

Lampard among the leading names to succeed Mark Robins. Lampard is thought to be prepared to speak to Coventry, even though he has not formally applied for the job.

Weird.

There is a hierarchy in football.

the big names don’t apply their agents tell the clubs they are interested …..

It’s not weird that FL sees himself in this way, whether it’s justified or not.

 

[covcity4life]

You respect that his team got relegated without a fight because he didn't know how to get them to play in a way to keep them up?

Ok. Strange take, but ok.


I want someone with the pragmatism to succeed. We're never going to have the best players in the division, so if a manager tries to play a style that requires them, they will fall on their arse.

So Edwards style is a fighting chance 26pts

Burnley didn't put up a fight 24pts


Ok....

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

So Edwards style is a fighting chance 26pts

Burnley didn't put up a fight 24pts


Ok....

How much did each team spend in the summer?

 

[junglej13]

I believe there could be something in it, put it out there you're interested in the Coventry job to drum up business from someone in the Premier League.

Agents do it all the time.

Completely agree with this. Feel uneasy with the RVN link. Even if appointed it feels like he could be gone within 3 months.

 

[Shannerz]

So Edwards style is a fighting chance 26pts

Burnley didn't put up a fight 24pts


Ok....

If we're going to compare them (which I wasn't): last season Luton lost a lot of points from winning positions (often big winning positions), and lost a lot of games late. That suggests a squad without the quality / experience (and this can apply to the manager, too) to manage and see out games.

From what I recall, they were also in with a fighting chance until the last month or so, when their form completely bombed.

Burnley were never in it.

 

[wingy]

If we're going to compare them (which I wasn't): last season Luton lost a lot of points from winning positions (often big winning positions), and lost a lot of games late. That suggests a squad without the quality / experience (and this can apply to the manager, too) to manage and see out games.

From what I recall, they were also in with a fighting chance until the last month or so, when their form completely bombed.

Burnley were never in it.

That's how I saw/remembered it!

 

[Great_Expectations]

Not against RvN, but I still don’t get the hype.

Still prefer someone who has a defined style of play, has been doing it for years and is ready to step up.

 

[Otis]

Not against RvN, but I still don’t get the hype.

Still prefer someone who has a defined style of play, has been doing it for years and is ready to step up.

I prefer RVN. He's a bigger name than Frank Lampard.

 

[Sky Blue Goblin]

Lampard among the leading names to succeed Mark Robins. Lampard is thought to be prepared to speak to Coventry, even though he has not formally applied for the job.

Weird.

Whole telegraph article seems a nonsense.

Everyone has reported Frank did apply including the club owner. Seems also a couple of days out based on toms reports interviews have already started (over the weekend).

 

[Legia Sky Blue]

I prefer RVN. He's a bigger name than Frank Lampard.

What's Jan Vennegour of Hesselink up to these days?

 

[HuckerbyDublinWhelan]

What's Jan Vennegour of Hesselink up to these days?

Fun fact - his name is actually translated to “Vennegoor or Hesselink” something about arguing families not agreeing to a surname

 

[bobbyson]

O

When Eustace got sacked from Birmingham I said at the time we should of got him in as number 2 to MR with the plan that if Robins left or got sacked like he has he would be a ready replacement.

 

[usskyblue]

 

[mmttww]

Still prefer someone who has a defined style of play, has been doing it for years and is ready to step up.

Who fits that bill? Anyone in the UK?

 

[skyblue025]

Thing is to just reach them requires 2 points a game for the rest of the season, about double what we’re doing right now.

You mean the very same amount MR got in his last 5 games.........

 

[MalcSB]

You mean the very same amount MR got in his last 5 games.........

No. Wasn’t it 1.4 points per game over his last 5 games?

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

You mean the very same amount MR got in his last 5 games.........

He didn’t?

 

[edgy]

So, if we are believing what the Man Utd Youtuber is saying about Lampard, then RVN has played us, right?

 

[Balli001]

So, if we are believing what the Man Utd Youtuber is saying about Lampard, then RVN has played us, right?

Course he has. Tell the world he is available and they might miss out if they arent quick

 

[skyblue025]

No. Wasn’t it 1.4 points per game over his last 5 games?

You're right dunno where I got that from???

 

[MalcSB]

You're right dunno where I got that from???

Wishful thinking perhaps!

 

[shmmeee]

He got 2ppg his last three games if that helps.