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Personally, I don't have anything but admiration and gratitude to Callum. Two times he has had to step in extremely difficult circumstances. I said in the match thread today that his TV interviews are a breath of fresh air compared to Maresca and the P.E. teacher. He keeps it simple. No posturing, no bullsh*t, no verbal diarrhea.
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He's literally doing what every single one of us would do in his position. He's done f**king well to get to where he is and I respect it.

The players clearly like him and he's doing a decent job for someone who is massively under qualified

 
I'm so suspicious of the Clearlake mob that I'm thinking they may have lied to him.

Could it be that they've finally realized that what they're doing won't work?

 
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Why do they think he owes them any loyalty? He played for them for 5 seasons, he's not homegrown and his career only went upwards when he left them.
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They are probably desperate because of Slot 😁

I would understand if Slippy G is coming (not that I want it lol) but Alonso is probably on par if someone like Cesc/Ballack goes to manage them.

 
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We won the f**k all cup today.

At least Alonso knows what he has to do and it wont be pretty. Lots announcing hes going to sign. Liverpool fans in meltdown, perhaps we can relegate spurs for some end of season joy.

 
They basically had to tuck their tails between their legs and concede power or he would have never touched us in a million years.

Clowns 🤡 had to take that sh*t elsewhere with their idiotic idea that the manager isn’t important.

 
We won the f**k all cup today.

At least Alonso knows what he has to do and it wont be pretty. Lots announcing hes going to sign. Liverpool fans in meltdown, perhaps we can relegate spurs for some end of season joy.
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Or a defeat against Spurs keeps them up.

Shiver

 
He finished 2nd the year after?? Hardly a poor season
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Let's see then.

He will need help.

Goalkeeper needs an upgrade

Colwill needs a top class partner.

Caicedo needs a a physical powerhouse partner

We need 2 class wide attackers/wingers

And a top class striker to challenge JP.

He also needs the log line of deadwood removed, Jorgensen, Gusto, Tosin, Badiashile, Lavia, Garnacho, Neto, Jackson, Delap, Guiu etc etc

 
I'm honestly wondering, is he a top appointment?

As a player yes a top career, excellent. As a manager though what makes him a top manager?
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For me it’s twofold.

He’s played at the absolute highest level, which should command the respect of the squad, under some of the greatest coaches of all time (& FSW) if you’re that way inclined to want to go into management then some of that HAS to be taken in/rub off

Coupled with the unbelievable job he did at Leverkusen, going unbeaten in the biggest 1 team league in Europe, playing an effective style of football whilst also developing the young talent he had. The Madrid job, he wasn’t even doing badly! Just the absolute arrogance of the likes of Vini (the biggest cancer in world football) refusing to be coached undermined him, look at the freefall once he left.

With the options on the table being Iraolo (Good midtable manager), Marco Silva (sh*t) or Glasner (Good midtable manager) snagging Alonso whilst the dippers stuttered is an absolute masterstroke.

Have genuinely not been this excited about an appointment since Tuchel, and if Alonso has more of a say in the squad build up it’s a double positive as far as I’m concerned.

 
Alonso actually had a good record at Madrid and left them closer to Barcelona than they ended up if you look at his record closely.

The fact he is gonna be called Manager rather than Head Coach is a step in the right direction and hopefully points to them trusting the manager to have significant input on footballing matters.

We probably won't even finish in a European place in the league so grabbing Alonso is great for a team that will only leave this country in pre-season.

It will really p*ss off Liverpool fans and they get to keep Slot for another season.

Wins all round as far as I'm concerned!

Hopefully beat Spurs to put them under relegation pressure and then I'll actually look forward to next season.

And you know he is gonna look the part on the touch line whether he's wearing causual clothes or club clothes.

I'm very happy with this appointment.

 
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For me it’s twofold.

He’s played at the absolute highest level, which should command the respect of the squad, under some of the greatest coaches of all time (& FSW) if you’re that way inclined to want to go into management then some of that HAS to be taken in/rub off

Coupled with the unbelievable job he did at Leverkusen, going unbeaten in the biggest 1 team league in Europe, playing an effective style of football whilst also developing the young talent he had. The Madrid job, he wasn’t even doing badly! Just the absolute arrogance of the likes of Vini (the biggest cancer in world football) refusing to be coached undermined him, look at the freefall once he left.

With the options on the table being Iraolo (Good midtable manager), Marco Silva (sh*t) or Glasner (Good midtable manager) snagging Alonso whilst the dippers stuttered is an absolute masterstroke.

Have genuinely not been this excited about an appointment since Tuchel, and if Alonso has more of a say in the squad build up it’s a double positive as far as I’m concerned.
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Spot on. This is a coup, landing him at last shows the ownership are heeding the harsh lessons. It’s now important to back him. Not having Europe, next year will give him more time to implement his ideas on the training pitch. Naming him manager will carry gravitas with the players, important now to give him the time to change the mindset within the club.

 
I’m shocked because this seems sensible for a change. My hope is he’s been given the go ahead to put his stamp on it and bring in who he wants.

 
Ye of little faith! Doom merchants the lot of ya (me included) saying no way it’s gonna be Silva. Well we got who we wanted. Some good news and a bit of optimism at last.

On top of today’s performance in the final which for me showed we can compete. With a few additions and a helping guide for the new manager we maybe on the right track. But we’re not out of the woods just yet.

The owners are no way out of the bad books but you’ve got to give them some credit IF they have realised their mistakes (be it a year or two too late) and change direction.

At least we can look forward to next’s season now.

 
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