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Scottish Fitba'

Lord Tyrion said:
You say that but turgid soon wears thin. Simply winning when you aren't sounds like a panacea but when you are grinding results out and little more then it isn't enough. After all, football is meant to be entertaining as well.

Get him in, don't give him more than a two year deal. That way, when you've had enough of what you are watching you simply don't renew his contract and it doesn't cost you to get rid
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What’s so bad about his style of play?
 
KenL said:
What’s so bad about his style of play?
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It's a safety first approach. Pack the defence and midfield, restrict the midfield from breaking and joining up with the solo striker. The striker will be lonely, very lonely.

Goals will come from set pieces or a break, containing 2-3 players only. 1-0 wins are his target.

He's a pragmatic coach but he's not able to move beyond damage control. If you want that, crack on, but blimey it will be a tough watch. Oh, and he won't change. It will just be more of the same.
 
Lord Tyrion said:
It's a safety first approach. Pack the defence and midfield, restrict the midfield from breaking and joining up with the solo striker. The striker will be lonely, very lonely.

Goals will come from set pieces or a break, containing 2-3 players only. 1-0 wins are his target.

He's a pragmatic coach but he's not able to move beyond damage control. If you want that, crack on, but blimey it will be a tough watch. Oh, and he won't change. It will just be more of the same.
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The very nature of the EPL makes about 16 teams play like that.
Martin at least gave it a go with Southampton, played with a bit of flare but that just got him the sack.
 
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rudebhoy said:
Couldn’t understand the excitement about Gerrard coming back. He won 1 domestic trophy out of 9 in his spell, then walked out mid season.

McInnnes would be a good choice, but can’t see him leaving the Jambos.
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I doubt he’d turn rangers down if they went for him
 
Doon frae Troon said:
The very nature of the EPL makes about 16 teams play like that.
Martin at least gave it a go with Southampton, played with a bit of flare but that just got him the sack.
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Southampton under Martin shipped goal after goal via the keeper and defenders trying to play Beckenbauer football and failing. He kept doing the same week after week, they were so easy to play against. Had he compromised there a little, kept the flare for further up the pitch, he may still have been employed by them.

A bit of compromise when needed, from either end of the spectrum, not hard to grasp. Some managers become blinkered though (see Amorim at Utd right now)
 
Lord Tyrion said:
The chat was over the person who turned them down this weekend, Gerrard.

Tomorrow the chat might be McInnes turning them down today, but........ 😄
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That was how it started but the references to McInnes were about him turning down Rangers in the past. Whether he is asked this time and turns them down again, or he is overlooked because of his past snub or because there are other candidates in the frame, who knows...

And I only replied to correct your statement re. McInnes HAS turned Rangers down, albeit in the past. Your original reply made no reference to timescales 👍🏻
 
There are also reports that Dyche has said he's not interested in the vacancy at Rangers, but no idea if that's accurate or one of those lives across the road from his window cleaner type of rumour.
 
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