General Football Nonsense

[Letters]

Ambition has to be sustainable

They ended up in the position they did because Peter Ridsdale was mortgaging the clubs future on title runs and qualifying for the champions league. They failed to get into the CL in 2001 and it spiralled from there, they frankly couldn’t afford to spend what they were spending, and the player sales couldn’t cover the costs of the debts he accrued. They were actually quite fortunate not to have been put out of business.

I saw some thing about that - some documentary or something. And yeah, Leeds spent big to break in to the CL places and...didn't. They then went double or quits, spent big again assuming they'd get the CL money the following year and...they didn't qualify the following season either. So then they were in all kinds of shit financially and sank like a stone.

[Letters]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football...s/c8rpxjgr8mjo

This competition continues to be a roaring success.

[HCZ_Reborn]

Our first game of the season is away at Old Trafford

Whilst clearly not the daunting fixture it was, also not the fixture you’d want to start the season with

[HCZ_Reborn]

First three away fixtures are

United (A), Liverpool (A), Newcastle (A)

We finish the season away at Palace

[HCZ_Reborn]

So fixtures of note up to the end of the year

Liverpool (A) - August 30th - likely to be moved to lunchtime or evening of that date or Sunday afternoon of August 31st

Man City (H) - September 20th - as above

Newcastle (A) - September 27th

Tottenham (H) - November 22nd

Chelsea (A) - November 29th


Aston Villa - Play them twice in December, away the first weekend in December and at home provisionally on December 30th (a Tuesday)

[HCZ_Reborn]

This the same Santo that got sacked after 10 league games by Spurs, and the same one that managed to get one point from their final four home games for Forest in the season just gone. Or is it his far smarter twin brother?

[Mac76]

This the same Santo that got sacked after 10 league games by Spurs, and the same one that managed to get one point from their final four home games for Forest in the season just gone. Or is it his far smarter twin brother?

It's the Santo that was giving everyone a good thrashing until other teams got the hang of Forest's tactics and stymied them, plus I think Forest ran out of puff

Could Santo have counteracted that? perhaps, but still it was a very good effort overall with what he had

and tbh he doesn't have to be faultless to be smarter than another manager, Arteta or otherwise, it's a question of degree

[HCZ_Reborn]

It's the Santo that was giving everyone a good thrashing until other teams got the hang of Forest's tactics and stymied them, plus I think Forest ran out of puff

Could Santo have counteracted that? perhaps, but still it was a very good effort overall with what he had

and tbh he doesn't have to be faultless to be smarter than another manager, Arteta or otherwise, it's a question of degree

Intelligence is relative you’re right. When I call you stupid it’s not that I think you’re the same intellectual level as some of the poor bastards who can’t wipe their own backsides, it’s more that you’re a fairly good example of the Dunning-Kruger effect.

Despite my many differences with Arteta I don’t question his intelligence (although like you, he’s no where near as intelligent as he thinks he is).

Plus Nuno hasn’t had to work under a shoestring at Forest, he’s done better there than Steve Cooper managed, just as he did well at Wolves. But those kind of clubs are about his level, a bit like in reality how Emery’s level is Aston Villa.

Is Arteta good enough to win the major prizes at Arsenal…I have significant doubt, but he’s not totally out of his depth at a big club clearly

[HCZ_Reborn]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football...s/c628d92wnr9o

That’ll learn them

[Niall_Quinn]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football...s/c628d92wnr9o

That’ll learn them

I think that's very unfair. They have mistaken a delay of kick-off for their typical style of play. Same thing could happen to us.