Vincent Vega

@dave u Any chance of updating the Pickems so we can put in this weekend’s games Dave?

Cheers

There is hope. 

I think Tariq’s tongue was firmly in his cheek, but this reply by Nick Harris is still majestic. 

I see someone from the club has allegedly been leaking today that Nunez was 100% on Klopp and that the data nerds had identified Nkunku. Pretty poor if that is coming from the club.

The one thing I really want to see from the end of this season is Arsenal failing to win the league on the final day. They might have been disappointed last season, but they don’t know the disappointment of losing the league to those Abu Dhabi cheats on the final day. I will enjoy the schadenfreude of that. 
 

Oh yeah there is another I’d like to see, and that’s that our fans and the club give Klopp the send off he thoroughly deserves against Wolves.

If we had just won our first home game against an opponent since 2010, I’d expect us to show a bit more humility.

They’re out to maim us tonight.

The state of their support. Rabid doesn’t even come close.

I read an article in The Times the other day about how VAR can be improved. They spoke with Peter Walton, Richard Scudamore, Jacqui Oatley and Connor Coady. These remarks from Peter Walton were pretty unbelievable in my view. I mean, the Rugby League refs are happy to do it and most of them sound like they’ve just walked out of a Victorian mill.

If anyone wants to read the article you can do so here.

https://archive.is/ecKEz

How communication can be improved

2 hours ago, Anubis said:

Vega jinxing another managerial appointment.

At least I spelt his name right on this thread. 

1 hour ago, Kevin D said:

He seems quite qualified to be the West Ham manager, but not someone who should be in serious contention for the Liverpool job.

 

If the point is to eventually win the league and champions league, I don’t think he’s the man to overhaul oil states like City and the likes of Real Madrid.

I’m not sure there’s a plethora of candidates that fit your criteria Kev. Alonso one day? Maybe, maybe not. 
Most of us are struggling to come up with suggestions, I know I am. I’ve kept quiet because there isn’t anyone out there I can see as streets ahead of everyone else. I was all in on Alonso but once he ruled us out, I couldn’t say who I wanted. I could say for certain who I didn’t want (Mourinho, Tuchel etc). 

17 minutes ago, Moo said:

 

That too no doubt, but ultimately nearly every manager needs time. However they're now known as a sacking club with a bunch of cry arses as a fan base who will turn on the owners when they don't get their own way, who will in turn respond by sacking the manager to appease the supporters for a little while. It's a vicious cycle that they're really struggling to get out of at the moment. Patience is essential.

 

They’re undoubtedly a bunch of entitled cunts, but I’m not sure any of the managers they’ve appointed since Ferguson left would have gone on and achieved anything if they’d been given more time. 

19 minutes ago, Moo said:

 

I don't like the sound of that at all. The Mancs have had one major and continued problem these last 10 years and it's their supporters being impatient, spoilt brats.

Every manager needs time, especially those operating on a tight budget as no doubt ours will be.

The major problem the Mancs have had is that they have appointed managers totally unsuited to the demands of the fans to play in an exciting front foot way, then signed crap players for lots of money and given those players megabucks so they can't get rid of them.

I said when the Mancs appointed Heisenberg that I would be wary of Dutch managers as they are very rooted to a specific way of playing and don't deviate from it. This is why Ten Hag has done most of his transfer business in the Eredivisie because he wants players who can immediately fit into his system and style of play, and he's even made a pigs ear of that. Hopefully the fella we're targeting is the exception to the rule. 

Impressive speech here, delivered in perfect English.

10 minutes ago, manwiththestick said:

Hopefully we don't make that Beto bum look like peak Drogba.

I doubt he'll be fit, he was knocked out cold on Sunday and had to be stretchered off. I'm sure the concussion protocols mean a player can't play again for a week if they're out cold.

Interesting article on fixture congestion from Opta.

Where Forest lead…..

I’d like to see the figures on how many times the refs have been sent to look at the monitor this season. I bet those figures are well down on previous seasons? When was the last time it happened in one of our games? Was it Spurs away when we got shafted with the Curtis Jones red card when they showed a still of his studs hitting the other player’s leg?

The lack of being sent to the monitor tells me that they’ve agreed between them not to do it unless absolutely necessary. Every week I watch Match Of The Day and am amazed at the penalties that aren’t given, and no referral to the monitor. 

He’s very good at carrying the ball forward, needs to work on his decision making though.